Trailer 2

Trailer 2
Video Info
Released:	August 21st, 2006
Run time:	3:28

First revealed at GC 06, Trailer 2 showcased the various abilities of Team Fortress 2's player classes. Showing an early rendition of the game, the trailer contains several differences from the final product.

Video

Changes

General

• The general texture and lighting of the character models is of significantly lower quality.
• The emblems on the classes' arms are solid circles, instead of class emblems. The exception to this is RED Pyro.
• All characters have the same voice and stock dying noises including the infamous Wilhelm Scream (click to listen). The generic voice was going to be used for the Civilian.
• The classes had more lowerpoly heads, which can be seen in their gib models.

Scout

• Appears to have more upper-body build than the current model does.
• Is shown wielding the Nail Gun which was later replaced with the Scattergun. The Nail Gun was the primary weapon used by the Scout in Team Fortress Classic.
• Has two team-colored stripes near the tops of his socks, and his shoes do not have the white stripes that they do now. Instead, they have a different pattern which can be seen in his gibs.
• His earpiece has changed to Cream Spirit.

Soldier

• RED Soldier is identical to Trailer 1.
• His BLU coat is a dark blue team color.
• His pants are less saturated.
• His helmet is a dark grey hue.
• His class emblem is blank yellow.
• The Rocket Launcher has different textures and is visually a single-shot frontloaded RPG much like it is in Team Fortress Classic. The protruding rocket was removed in the final version.

Pyro

• Their gloves are fully black.
• The tank on their back is fully yellow instead of gray with a yellow top.
• The Flamethrower is not team-colored.
• Their asbestos suit is more saturated and has darker hues, and their BLU class emblem is blank yellow.

Demoman

• He wields a Pipebomb Launcher instead of the Stickybomb Launcher.
  • The grenades look completely different and lack any "countdown" particle effects.
  • The viewmodel of the Pipebomb Launcher has a different origin.
• The Demoman is shown wielding the MIRV Grenade before later being scrapped along with all other Grenades.
• His class emblem is blank yellow.

Heavy

• Moves slower.
• The viewmodel of the Minigun is slightly different.
• Minigun's bullets are less accurate.
• His class emblem is blank yellow.
• His vest is similar to the final version.

Engineer

• The animations of the Wrench and Shotgun were more rudimentary. However, the shells from the Shotgun eject out of the ejection port as they should, which does not happen in-game.
• His overalls, goggles, and belt buckle look slightly different.
  • His shirt is similar to the final version, and his class emblem is blank yellow.
• The level 1 Sentry Gun has different textures and sounds.
  • It also fires slightly faster, but with bullet spread and lower accuracy.

Sniper

• Has different shaders for his glasses.
• The charge symbol, shown when his Sniper Rifle is scoped in, looks different. The Sniper Rifle uses the manual shot charging mechanism from its Team Fortress Classic counterpart.

Spy

• His cloak lacks color transition.
• Cigarettes are white & gold for both BLU and RED, and do not appear to be lit.
• Has a team-colored pocket protector, striped tie and visible buttons.
• The textures on his gloves and mask appear to be different.
• The Butterfly Knife has a longer and more articulate backstab animation. This was considered too long and shortened by the time of the pre-release, and was later changed so that the animation was an instant kill, and remains that way to this day.

2Fort

• The bridge in the center of the map is uncovered, which is covered in the current release.
• The spawn rooms have separate exits and entrances.
• The entrances to the BLU and RED bases have stairs. These were later replaced by ramps.
• The entrances from the sewers have spiral staircases, which were also in Team Fortress Classic.
• The truck that appears in the background has a red roof.

Trivia

• From 1:47 to 1:48 as well as at 1:51, a Medic can be seen on the left side of the screen in the reference pose.
• At 0:52 you can hear one of the Quake pain sound effects.
• At 3:01 you can see a giant window floating in the sky behind the rocket jumping Soldier.
• Although textures for a BLU version of the Dynamite Pack exist, they are not used, meaning the textures may have been added after the trailer.

See also

• Trailer 1