Unused content
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Like many video games, Team Fortress 2 changed significantly over the course of its development. Decisions as to how the gameplay would work changed, such as whether or not grenades would be used like they were in Team Fortress Classic. An item might have been cut simply because it was replaced by something better, like the Soldier's medals, and sometimes content was cut due to the change in the game's style. Listed on this page are weapons, items, and other odds and ends that were cut from the game, but in most cases left over in some form in the game's .vpk files as unused content.
Classes
Name | Notes |
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Civilian | Unused gamemode specific-class. Was to be escorted from one point on a map to another, functioning as a playable Payload bomb cart. |
Commander | Non-physical class removed during Team Fortress 2's development. Was to oversee the map, provide aerial support, place buildings, and communicate tactics to teammates. |
Weapons
Primary weapons
Name | Class | Replacement | Notes |
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Heraldic Targe | Demoman | Unknown | Assumed to have been a replacement for The Chargin' Targe, but its true function is unknown. The Heraldic Targe was revealed in the December 23, 2010 Patch. |
Ludmila | Heavy | Natascha | Primary fire would have functioned like that of the regular Minigun, whereas secondary fire would have dealt less damage, but drain health from enemies hit, in a manner virtually identical to the Blutsauger. The downside would have been the inability to spin the weapon prematurely. |
Nail Gun | Scout | Scattergun | Wielded by the Scout in Trailer 2. Team Fortress Classic weapon. |
Sucker | Pyro | None | Could drag enemy players towards you. |
Tranquilizer Gun | Spy | Revolver | Wielded by the Spy in Trailer 1. Team Fortress Classic weapon. |
Walkabout | Sniper | Huntsman | Would have allowed the player to walk at normal speed while sniping, with the downside being reduced damage and no zooming/charging abilities. |
Secondary weapons
Name | Class | Replacement | Notes |
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Backpack | Scout | Bonk! Atomic Punch | Would have allowed the Scout to pick up items such as Health, Ammo, and Metal and drop them in the field for easier access to allies. |
Big Bomb | Demoman | None | Would replace the default 8 Stickybomb Launcher with one large explosive. |
Dynamite Pack | Demoman | Stickybomb Launcher | Would have exploded into several dynamite sticks that scatter and explode in turn. See MIRV Grenade. Wielded by the Demoman in both Trailers 1 and 2. |
Instant Teleport | Engineer | Wrangler | Would have allowed the Engineer to instantly teleport back to his teleport exit. |
Medi Gun Beta 1 | Medic | N/A | Would have permanently boosted a player's health to 150% of their maximum but healed at half the rate of the Medi Gun. |
Overhealer | Medic | Kritzkrieg | Would have permanently boosted a player's health to 200% of their maximum with the ÜberCharge meter filling either very slowly or not at all. |
Syringe | Medic | Medi Gun | Would heal allies on injection. Wielded by the Medic in Trailer 1. |
Melee weapons
Name | Class | Replacement | Notes |
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Baleful Beacon | Pyro | None | This weapon was created specifically for the Halloween Update 2011. Texture files were released during the Very Scary Halloween Special. |
Beer Stein | Demoman | Bottle | |
Branding Iron | Pyro | Fire Axe | Within the game_sounds_weapons.txt file, the Fire Axe has the heading "BRANDING IRON". |
Catcher's Mitt | Scout | Sandman | Would have allowed the Scout to catch enemy projectiles and throw them back, dealing the same damage as the caught object. |
Club | Sniper | Kukri | The Kukri is still called the club internally. |
Crowbar | Unknown | Unknown | Team Fortress Classic weapon. |
Fscestab knife | Spy | None | A scrapped knife that could backstab from any direction. | |
Flyswatter | Soldier | None | A kill icon is included in the GCF, and the weapon is used in a promotional image for the Very Scary Halloween Special. |
Lead Pipe | Heavy | Fists | |
Grenades
The only projectile Grenades in Team Fortress 2 are those fired from the Demoman's Grenade Launcher, Loch-n-Load, and Loose Cannon. The Soldier does utilize a grenade for a taunt, but does not throw it.
They were a strong feature of Team Fortress Classic, and were scrapped during the early testing stages of Team Fortress 2. Developers have revealed this choice was due to gameplay concerns with how they were used, such as Spamming, certain potential exploits, and general over-reliance on them as a whole.
Each class was set to have primary and secondary grenades, with the primary grenades being Frag Grenades and secondary grenades possessing more specialized functions. There is still code pertaining to thrown grenades in the server_i486.so
file as well as keybinds (+grenade1 and +grenade2).
Several grenade types are modeled, some of which are updated versions of those found in Team Fortress Classic and some of which are new designs. Sounds for thrown grenades can also be found in the game files.
An unobtainable crafting item called a "Grenade Token" used to exist, but was removed with the Mann-Conomy Update.
Name | Class | Notes |
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Bear Trap | Sniper | Possibly would have had the same functionality as the Team Fortress Classic caltrops. RED version reappeared as a decoration of the Mann vs. Machine Upgrade Store. |
Concussion Grenade | Scout | Team Fortress Classic weapon. |
EMP Grenade | Engineer | Team Fortress Classic weapon. |
Frag Grenade | All (except Scout) | Team Fortress Classic weapon. The Soldier carries two unusable frag grenades on his belt and uses one in his Equalizer / Escape Plan taunt. RED version reappeared as a decoration of the Mann vs. Machine Upgrade Store. |
Gas Grenade | Spy | Team Fortress Classic weapon. |
Heal Grenade | Medic | Based on the class that carried this grenade, it is possible that it would have healed teammates upon detonation. |
MIRV Grenade | Demoman/Heavy | Team Fortress Classic weapon. Wielded by Demoman in Trailer 1 and Trailer 2. Changed to a secondary weapon, then replaced by the Stickybomb Launcher. |
Nail Grenade | Soldier | Team Fortress Classic weapon. |
Napalm Grenade | Pyro | Team Fortress Classic weapon. The Pyro carries three unusable napalm grenades on his belt. |
Buildings
Name | Notes |
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Repair Node | Was to act as a replacement for the Teleporter or the Dispenser. Would automatically repair buildings when the Engineer was away from his base. |
Turrets
Name | Notes |
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Turrets | The Original design of Team Fortress 2 appears to have had spawn room turrets; several different designs were created, including a large turret and a mini turret, but none of them made it into the final game. |
Miscellaneous
In addition to weapons, several items were created for TF2 that were ultimately never fully implemented or used. All of the items on this page originated from the Team Fortress 2 .gcf files.
Hats
Name | Class | Notes |
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Bonk'n'Flash | Scout | A helmet, similar in appearance to the Batter's Helmet, based off of the mask worn by DC Comics superhero "The Flash." The Bonk Boy was designed to replace this hat. |
Legionaire's Lid | Soldier | Description reads "An antique from the late Imperial Gallic period". |
Sam's Hat | All-class | Would have been released, along with Max's Severed Head, the Lugermorph, and the Big Kill as part of the week-long cross promotion for purchasing Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse on Steam. |
Bullseye's Head | Scout | Would have been released, along with the Athletic Supporter, the Superfan and the Essential Accessories as part of the promotion for purchasing Monday Night Combat on Steam before February 1, 2011. |
Miscellaneous Items
Name | Class | Notes |
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ID Badge | All-class | An unused ID Badge that would have been able to be used with the Decal Tool. As of November 11, 2013 Patch, the files for this were removed. |
Action Items
Name | Class | Notes |
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Noise Makers | All-class | Three unused noise makers exist in the game files, through icons and sound files: one from the Scream Fortress updated called "Spooky," one from the Shogun Pack called "Yell," and one from the Japan Charity Bundle called "Prayer Bowl." |
Valve Store Shipment Box | All-class | Single use action item without any texture. Function unknown. |
Taunts
Name | Class | Notes |
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N/A | Soldier | The Soldier would stomp his feet, cross his arms then show something off. |
N/A | Heavy | The Heavy would lift his leg then show something off. |
N/A | Engineer | The Engineer would take out his guitar and play a long tune on it. |
N/A | Engineer | The Engineer would wiggle around uncomfortably, then vomit. |
N/A | Engineer | The Engineer puts down his Shotgun and taps his hardhat. |
taunt_come_and_get_me | Scout | The Scout puts his arms out and wags his lower body in a challenging and somewhat suggestive way. |
taunt_slit_throat | Soldier | The Soldier looks at his enemy and makes a gesture across his throat in a threatening manner. |
taunt_gimme_20 | Soldier | The Soldier first points at his enemy and then at the ground. |
taunt_sit | Pyro | The Pyro quickly sits down with his head in his hands, exactly like he did in the True Meaning comic, before jump-standing up again. This also references a small meme with the Pyro that came from that comic. |
taunt_big_gorrila | Heavy | The Heavy pounds his chest with his fists like a gorilla. |
taunt_russian | Heavy | The Heavy does a Ukrainian Cossack Dance. |
taunt_buy_a_life | Spy | The Spy appears to pull something like money out of his coat (though whatever he holds is not seen, or part of the taunt's animation), licks his thumb, files through the money, pulls one out, throws the dollar at someone, and puts the other dollars back in his coat. |
taunt_i_see_you_primary | Sniper | The Sniper uses two fingers on his left hand to point at his eyes, then turns one finger to point at his opponent. |
taunt_saxophone | Sniper | The Sniper appears to play a saxophone, then bows and tips his hat when he finishes. |
N/A | Demoman | A battle cry-like taunt that resembles the Demoman's shout of "Let's do it!" in Meet the Demoman. |
taunt_xray | Medic | The Medic pulls out a print or a negative of an X-ray image, looks at it, then crumples it up and throws it away. |
taunt_party_trick | Pyro | The Pyro blows up a skinny balloon, ties it into an animal, and presents it to someone. Then he pops the balloon and jumps and claps, possibly laughing. Also possibly related to the Bozo's Bouffant hat. |
taunt_highfive_start and taunt_highfiveSuccess | Demoman and Soldier | The Demoman puts his hands out and cups them low, acting as a foothold and springboard for the Soldier, who would then jump off the Demo's hands and do a backflip. Was in the Scream Fortress 2013 event update and replaced the High Five! taunt between Demos and Soldiers, and could potentially crash servers when performed. This was fixed in the October 30, 2013 Patch. |
taunt_rps_start, taunt_rps_paper, taunt_rps_rock, taunt_rps_scissors, taunt_rps_win, and taunt_rps_lose | All classes | A type of Rock, Paper, Scissors game, similar to the High Five! taunt and an unlockable taunt in Portal 2's co-op multiplayer. |
taunt_dosido_intro and taunt_dosido_dance | All classes | The character prepares to dance, inviting another player to join them, similar to a High Five!. When accepted, both classes engage in a short 9-second dance with each other. Likely associated with the unused "fortress_reel" and "fortress_reel_loop" sounds. |
Vehicles
Name | Notes |
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Prototype rideable cart models | Two prototype rideable cart bomb cars were created and leftover in the TF2 files. Neither model has textures, as both appear to be very early models. However, these rideable carts have been seen in some custom maps. A slightly different rideable cart exists in Frontier. |
Prototype cart bomb | Listed as a spytech cart bomb. Unfinished model based off of this piece of concept artwork. |
Music
Name | Notes |
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intruder_alert_midi.midi | A rendition--perhaps the original version--of Intruder Alert in MIDI format. All of the instruments are set to "piano", including the percussion. |
tf_music_upgrade_machine.wav | A 1-minute loop of elevator music that presumably would play in Mann vs. Machine when players were at an Upgrade Station. |
fortress_reel.wav and fortress_reel_loop.wav | 9-second and 8-second clips, respectively, that consist primarily of a violin, a banjo, and clapping. The loop features only a violin and clapping, while the non-loop adds in the banjo. Possibly intended for the unused "dosido" taunt for the Heavy and Spy added in the January 23, 2014 Patch. |
Other items
Name | Item Type | Notes |
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Camera | World item | Its ultimate in-game purpose is unknown but is believed that it was a feature for recording without using demo files which can be made using the developer's console. It has a highly detailed model, bearing the brand name Arr!, a play on the Arri line of cameras. |
Old flags | World item | Prior to using Intelligence briefcases for CTF mode, several flags bearing the faces of Valve employees were used as placeholders. |
Decapitation models | Aesthetic item | Released along with the Eyelander, assumed to be scrapped models that would have been placed at the player's neck, when decapitated by the Eyelander. Only the Soldier's model was included in the GCF, but it is assumed all players would have had their own model, in a similar fashion to Max's Severed Head and Modest Pile of Hat. |
Scroll | Pickup | Included as part of the Australian Christmas update. Its intended use is unknown, though it is in the DeGroot Keep materials folder. |
Ticket Booth | Prop | Included as part of the Australian Christmas update. Its intended use is unknown, though it is in the DeGroot Keep materials folder. |
Unused kill icons | Icon | Several unused kill icons exist in the game files, including an alternate Ambassador headshot image, an alternate level 1 Sentry Gun image, and an explosion image. |
Alternate Deathcam UI | User interface | Alternate version of the deathcam function. Would have depicted the captured deathcam screenshot landing on top of a pile of other pictures, all of which appear to have been taken from beta versions of the game. |
Tobor | Unknown | Unused texture added in the Mac Update. |
Unused Item qualities | Quality | Three unused item qualities exist, named Completed, Rarity2, and Rarity3. The hexidecimal colors for Rarity2 and Rarity3 are #8D834B and #70550F respectively. Completed has no associated color. |
Other Unused Textures | Classes | There are several unused textures in the game files, some include weapons and others include beta class textures, and some weapon textures, like Demoman's bottle's BLU texture. |
Unused Unusual effects | Particle(s) | During the Mann-Conomy Update and the Very Scary Halloween Special, several particle effects were added that went unused. |
Burning animations | Animation(s) | The GCF contains 8 unused class specific death animations to all but the Pyro, presumably for death by burn damage. |
Mann vs. Machine
Robots
These are unused robot templates that exist in the game files.
Scout Robot
Icon | Name | Melee | Attributes |
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Scout | Holy Mackerel |
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Icon | Name | Melee | Attributes |
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Wrap Assassin | Wrap Assassin |
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Icon | Name | Primary | Attributes |
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Giant Scout | Scattergun |
1,600 HP +30% knockback resistance |
Icon | Name | Melee | Hat | Misc 1 | Misc 2 | Attributes |
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Major League | Sandman |
Cockfighter |
Summer Shades |
Boston Boom-Bringer |
10,000 HP +800% move speed |
Pyro Robot
Icon | Name | Primary | Hat | Attributes |
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Giant Airblast Pyro | Degreaser |
Dead Cone |
3,000 HP Airblast pushes opponents with 5 times the force +40% knockback resistance -99.5% damage penalty -50% move speed |
Icon | Name | Primary | Attributes |
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Chief Pyro | Flame Thrower |
55,000 HP Airblast pushes opponents with 2 times the force +40% knockback resistance Regenerates 500 HP per second -50% move speed |
Demoman Robot
Icon | Name | Primary | Secondary | Melee | Hat | Attributes |
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Chief Tavish | Ali Baba's Wee Booties |
Chargin' Targe |
Eyelander |
Prince Tavish's Crown |
55,000 HP +40% knockback resistance Regenerates 500 HP per second -50% move speed |
Heavy Robot
Icon | Name | Melee | Hat | Misc | Attributes |
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Heavy Mittens | Holiday Punch |
Point and Shoot |
All-Father |
35% smaller in size
100% crit chance |
Icon | Name | Primary | Attributes |
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Giant Heavy | Natascha |
5,000 HP +70% knockback resistance +50% damage bonus -50% move speed |
Icon | Name | Primary | Attributes |
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Giant Heavy | Brass Beast |
5,000 HP +70% knockback resistance +50% damage bonus -50% move speed |
Icon | Name | Melee | Hat | Attributes |
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Super Heavyweight Champ | Killing Gloves of Boxing |
Pugilist's Protector |
5,000 HP +70% knockback resistance +20% damage bonus +40% attack rate -50% move speed |
Sniper Robot
Icon | Name | Secondary | Hat | Attributes |
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Jarate Master | Jarate |
Desert Marauder |
+90% recharge rate Game files indicate it was cut for not having a working throwing animation |
See also
- Weapons
- Beta weapons
- Developer weapons
- Valve's Team Fortress
- Team Fortress 2: Brotherhood of Arms
- Team Fortress Classic
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