Daikatana (Windows)/Graphics/Items

This is a sub-page of Daikatana (Windows)/Graphics.

Powerups

Stat Powerup Items

There are unused textures for earlier versions of the stat powerup pickups. The icons are drawn similar to the pre-alpha's menu icons, suggesting they were made by the same person that made the pre-alpha menu icons.

The models these textures were meant to be used on can be found in the pre-alpha.

Acro
Attack
Power
Speed
Vitality

Early Wraith Orb Model

An early Wraith Orb model named "wraith" can be found. It is simply a sphere, instead of the final's sphere with a demon skull wrapped around it. No texture for it exists.

Unused	Used

Early Megashield Model

An early Megashield model named "mega" can be found. When compared to the final's, it is quite thin and has three large spikes in front of it. No texture for it exists.

Unused	Used

Early Attack Powerup

An untextured model that looks like a rocket taking off can be found in Episode 1's model files. According to Planet Daiakatana, this was an early version of the "Attack" powerup.

Unused	Used

Episode 1

Early Plasteel Armor

An unused Plasteel Armor model is present in Episode 1's model files. Its UV maps point to the final's Plasteel Armor texture, which creates a lot of texture errors on the model. A fixed version of this model appears in-game in the MPlayer Demo.

Episode 2

Early Episode 2 Armor

What appears to be a texture containing the Gold and Silver Armors used in Episode 2 can be found in the skins folder. These textures have a much rougher style not seen in any of the final's artwork, suggesting that this texture is very old and is likely from when Daikatana was on the Quake 1 engine.

Episode 2 Health Pickup

This unused texture for the health pickup items in Episode 2 is much smaller and lighter than the one used. Its style is completely different as well, suggesting it was made during an earlier development phase.

Unused	Used

Episode 2 Health Fountain

A lighter version of Episode 2's health fountain can be found in d2_hlthfrnt.

A copy of the texture can be found in "helthfount.skn".

Unused	Used

Episode 2 Mushroom

A small texture for a mushroom can be found. Two copies of this texture exist in the games' files; one is called "a2_mush1", while the other is called "wa_mush1". Based on its naming scheme for both textures, it was supposed to appear in Episode 2 and was an ammo pickup. It might've been an ammo pickup for the scrapped Midas weapon, as its ammo type is unknown.

Episode 3

Early Episode 3 Armor

A file containing the textures for both the Chainmail and Black Adamant armor from Episode 3 can be found in the /skins folder. The Chainmail armor actually looks like chainmail, while the Black Adamant Armor is much less detailed than the final's skin.

Unused E3 armor texture	Used Chainmail texture

Unused E3 armor texture	Used Chainmail texture

Unused Episode 3 Health Potion Texture

An unused texture for the health potion exists. Instead of being metal, it is semi-transparent with a blue liquid in it.

Unused	Used

Episode 4

Unused Episode 4 Armor Texture

A texture for a dark grey armor not seen in the final game can be found. Based on the name “a4_armor”, it was meant to be for E4. The style is completely different from the armor in E4.

CTF Flag

Unused Skins

Several unused skins for the CTF flag with texture colors that would never fit into CTF, such as orange or purple, exist.

White
Tan
Green
Orange
Purple
Yellow

Skull Flag

An alternate flag design with a skull on it exists in the game's files. There is a variation for all of the flag colors the regular flag has, including the unused ones mentioned above.