Left 4 Dead 2/Unused Items

Unused Weapons/Items
Some weapons did not get their chance to be used for killing sumbitches, regardless of officiality of instructions.


 * Desert Cobra: Used in "left4dead2_%language%.txt" in reference to the Magnum Pistol. Likely an early name for that weapon.
 * LAW: A rocket launcher. It remains are in the game_sounds_weapons.txt file. It may have been replaced by the Grenade Launcher.
 * Flare Gun: Like the LAW, its only remains is in the game_sounds_weapons.txt file, though Ellis will occasionally mention it at the start of Hard Rain.
 * Riot Shield: A scrapped melee weapon. Unlike the other cut weapons, the shield is almost finished and can be spawned by console commands.
 * Ammo Pack: A reskinned medkit that would have resupplied ammo for you and your team. According to the Developer Commentary it was cut for because it went against the idea of players having to pick up new weapons when their current one was low on ammo. Although it still has a texture sheet and a code to be spawned called "give ammo_pack", the game will not spawn one since it lacks a model.
 * Defibrillator Pack: Also a reskinned medkit, used as an early version for the Defib unit. It was most likely changed for being too obscure.
 * Digeridoo: A planned melee weapon that was scrapped during development. All that remains is a low-poly world model without textures.

Counter-Strike: Source Weapons
oU_SWRUZViQ {{todo|Get any sound files for the German Weapons.

In order to make up for the huge cuts to the German version of the game, Valve added a little something special - if a player of the censored version is present in a game, a Combat Knife, H&K MP5, SIG SG552, Steyr Scout, and an AWP from Counter-Strike: Source will appear alongside the normal weapons.

It's possible with some console trickery to spawn these weapons in offline matches if you want to play around with them, using the "give" command. ("give rifle_sg552", "give sniper_awp" , "give sniper_scout" , "give smg_mp5" etc.)... however, these weapons won't do any damage until you reload the map due to them not being precached (but they do cause damage on servers with mods that allow the guns to spawn).

Interestingly, Ellis has a unique line ("Grabbin' a bread slicer") for picking up a Combat Knife... {{clear}}