| “Ok guys, bad news: we lost that last one.” This article documents experimental content for Team Fortress 2. It may contain speculation, broken links or errors.
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The Knight is an experimental boss from an old Mann vs. Machine prototype from 2009 simply called "Raid". In this "Raid" gamemode, players would be on a 5 man team and enemy bots would spawn in, much like in Left 4 Dead. Much like today's MvM, Raid would've also featured waves of hordes with unique enemies, but would've also had boss battles.
The existence of this boss was first discovered in the form of filename strings found in some .lst
files from before the May 13, 2013 Patch when all .lst
files in the tf\reslists
folder were deleted. These filename strings are for files related to a knight with a big sword and big shield.
tf\materials\models\bots\knight\knight.vmt
tf\materials\models\bots\knight\knight.vtf
tf\models\bots\knight\armor_parts.txt
tf\models\bots\knight\armor_arm_upper_l.mdl
(+ .ani
, .dx80.vtx
, .dx90.vtx
, .jpg
, .phy
, .sw.vtx
, .vvd
)
tf\models\bots\knight\armor_arm_upper_r.mdl
(+ .ani
, .dx80.vtx
, .dx90.vtx
, .jpg
, .phy
, .sw.vtx
, .vvd
)
tf\models\bots\knight\armor_leg_upper_l.mdl
(+ .ani
, .dx80.vtx
, .dx90.vtx
, .jpg
, .phy
, .sw.vtx
, .vvd
)
tf\models\bots\knight\armor_leg_upper_r.mdl
(+ .ani
, .dx80.vtx
, .dx90.vtx
, .jpg
, .phy
, .sw.vtx
, .vvd
)
tf\models\bots\knight\knight.mdl
(+ .ani
, .dx80.vtx
, .dx90.vtx
, .jpg
, .phy
, .sw.vtx
, .vvd
)
tf\models\bots\knight\knight_animations.mdl
(+ .ani
, .dx80.vtx
, .dx90.vtx
, .jpg
, .phy
, .sw.vtx
, .vvd
)
It is assumed that the following two weapon models were for this boss as they are only found listed in the .lst
files.
tf\models\weapons\c_models\c_bigshield\c_bigshield.mdl
(+ .ani
, .dx80.vtx
, .dx90.vtx
, .jpg
, .phy
, .sw.vtx
, .vvd
)
tf\models\weapons\c_models\c_bigsword\c_bigsword.mdl
(+ .ani
, .dx80.vtx
, .dx90.vtx
, .jpg
, .phy
, .sw.vtx
, .vvd
)