Proto:Quake/Qtest1/Graphics

Gibs
Two of the gib models have changed between Qtest1 and the final game; the “chest” and “head” gibs. The chest gib is based on the player's model's armor in Qtest1, while the final one is based on a bare chest. The head gib has been changed from having baby blue eyes to more realistic-looking ones. The helmet also changed a bit.

HUD
The HUD is completely different compared to the one in the final. It uses a different font, background and layout (no space for the runes/keys/items). Even the multiplayer scoreboard is different between Qtest and the final; frags are displayed at the bottom of the HUD, while the final has a unique display that appears on the center of the screen when scoreboard is activated.

Of note is that, no matter how much damage the player takes, the HUD face will never change. There are no different faces either, so it seems that the HUD face wasn't fully implanted at this stage.

Console Texture
Qtest1's console uses a completely different texture compared to the final's and there's no ID Software trademark.

Alternate HUD
Tiles for an alternate HUD can be found hidden in “gfx.wad”. It uses the same design the Qtest1 HUD uses, but has a different background and font.

Font
In Qtest1, the console uses a different font compared to the final's console.

In addition, the texture that has the console font has a strange-looking stone under it. In the final, the stone has been replaced with a brown version of the font.

Teleports
Teleports use the skybox in Qtest1, while the ones in the final use a texture that is used only for teleports.

Sprites
Qtest uses a lot more sprites compared to the final version. Items like torches are sprites instead of models, and there are a few sprites that do not exist in the final version at all.

Teleport
A sprite animation is used to indicate that a person has used a teleporter, instead of the final's particle effects. Interestingly enough, these sprites were still in use in Beta3, showing they were replaced at the last minute. The spites are actually taken from Doom, however the palette conversion isn't very good, resulting in the originally white and yellow center becoming black and light orange.

Torches
There are a ton of unused torch sprites hidden in the game's files. Only one of them is actually used in Qtest1.

Statue
Two sprites of a gargoyle statue can be found; one with a torch, the other without.

Orb
The strange orb seen in the underwater section of the final's E4M7 is in Qtest1, but has an animation of it exploding (once again using poorly converted Doom sprites) for some reason. This animation does not exist in either Beta3 or the final game.