User:HarveyLi/Doom 2016 Unused Models

As expected, this game has a decent amount of unused models that range from interesting to just strange.

Early Doomguy Helmet

Located in "generated/basemodel/md6/player/human/base/assets/mesh" is what looks to be an early Doom marine helmet modeled after its original concept art:

Nailgun

Found in "generated/basemodel/md6/objects/weapons/mp_weapons/" is a nailgun.

Its design resembles a weapon of the same name in Quake, so it's likely that this is either leftover from a Quake-themed project, or they wanted to combine the arsenal of both Quake and Doom. In further inspection, the model appears to be a heavily modified version of the early Doom 4 Grenade Launcher model.

Magnum

Found in "generated/basemodel/md6/objects/weapons/mp_weapons/" is a weapon that calls itself a "magnum."

It looks to be some sort of harpoon gun.

Early Weapon Crate

Located in "cooked/model/models/weapons/weapon_crate_01/" is some sort of weapon crate.

This doesn't seem to be the one used in-game. The final model is wider on the sides.

Pickups

Located in "cooked/model/models/pickups/" are various pickup models that don't appear in the game.

A Santa hat, obviously was meant to be used around Christmas.

A model named "placeholder_armor_custom". A placeholder for some sort of armor pickup.

Test Models

Located in "cooked/model/models/test" are two pickup models which might have been used in the early iteration of the game.

This one is labeled ammodrop_lg - "lg" likely stands for "large".

This one is labeled upgradedrop_sm - "sm" likely stands for "small". Shares the same textures with ammodrop_lg. texture sets use the name "MRE".

Plasma Rifle With Different Texture

Located in "cooked/models/weapons/energy/plasma_rifle.bmodel". The Plasma Rifle on the left is a separate model with an unused texture. Its color scheme is based on concept art.

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Boomerang

Located in "generated/basemodel/md6/objects/weapons/thrown/boomerang/assets/mesh/". It is unknown where this model is from.

Celling Turret

Located in "generated/basemodel/md6/objects/weapons/turret/ceiling/turret_a/assets/mesh/". A similar model appears in the early hologram study video.

According to the design document of the Lazarus Labs level, this turret was planned to be an enemy, and in one moment as an ally in a specific area of the map.

Olivia's Guard

Located in "generated/basemodel/md6/characters/monsters/oliviasguard/base/assets/mesh/oliviasguard.bmd6model", this is a separate untextured model of a Hell Knight that was used as a placeholder model for the Hell Guards. They appear in gameplay footage in the second part of old DOOM 2016 development documentaries authored by Noclip. They wielded early models of a staff and hammer as weapons.

These weapons are located separately from each other, located in "generated/basemodel/md6/objects/weapons/melee/hammer/assets/mesh/hammer.bmd6model" and in "generated/basemodel/md6/objects/weapons/melee/staff/assets/mesh/staff.bmd6model".

Textures and other files in the folder of the final model of the Hell Guard, called talisman_guard, have oliviasguard in their names.

Pavdemon

Located in "generated/md6/characters/monsters/mp_pavdemon/base/assets/mesh/mp_bfd_weaponproxy.bmd6model" The Cube model that was used for pinky AI test before the model was finished.

DOOM 4 Leftovers

Leftovers from the first iteration of the game.

Guardian Assault

Located in "generated/basemodel/md6/characters/humans/male_rage/player_coop/assets/mesh", implied to be a leftover model from Rage, however, it has the UAC logo on its shoulder. It's also shown as a player model from the earlier Doom 4 Multiplayer component.

Assault Rifle

Located in "cooked/model/models/weapons/assault_rifle_3/" is an assault rifle:

Despite the similarities, this is not the Heavy Assault Rifle used in the final game. Instead, this is a rifle used in the canceled earlier version of the game.

A variant of this rifle appears in "generated/basemodel/md6/objects/weapons/assaultrifles/assaultrifle", which does not include the sight:

Grenade

Located in "cooked/model/models/weapons/grenade/" is a grenade used for the early Doom 4.

Since its purpose is unclear, it could have been a placeholder to develop the usable grenades for the final game.

Unused Zombie Model

Located in "generated/model/basemodel/md6/zombie/zombie_a" is a model without textures, most likely a variant of an enemy with 3 heads and 5 arms shown in the same "push-forward combat" animatic and leaked 2012 Doom 4 concept trailer. It is missing from the Multiplayer alpha's files.

Proximity Mine

Located in "cooked/models/weapons/proximity_mine/". Most likely, this is C4 and another leftover from the original project.

RAGE Leftovers

Leftovers from Rage, another game developed by id Software.

Pickups

A water bottle,

Some bandages.

Player's hand

Located in "cooked/model/models/characters/player/" is a hand model.

Wall Turret

Located in "prototypes/weapons/turrets/wall Model". This turret appeares in Rage's DLC The Scorchers.