Team Fortress 2

Team Fortress 2
Developer: Valve Publisher: Valve Platforms: Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Mac OS X, Linux Released internationally: October 10, 2007 (Windows), June 10, 2010 (Mac OS X), February 14, 2013 (Linux) Released in US: October 10, 2007 (Xbox 360), November 11, 2007 (PlayStation 3) Released in EU: October 18, 2007 (Xbox 360), November 23, 2007 (PlayStation 3) Released in AU: October 25, 2007 (Xbox 360), November 22, 2007 (PlayStation 3) This game has unused animations. This game has unused areas. This game has hidden development-related text. This game has unused graphics. This game has unused models. This game has unused items. This game has unused music. This game has unused sounds. This game has unused text. This game has debugging material. This game has regional differences. This game has a prototype article

This game is still under active development. Be aware that any unused content you find may become used or removed in the future. Please only add things to the article that are unlikely to ever be used, or went unused for some time. If they do get used, please remove them from the page and specify in the edit summary!

This article is a work in progress. ...Well, all the articles here are, in a way. But this one moreso, and the article may contain incomplete information and editor's notes.

To do: There's still a lot of stuff that needs to be added in general. And I mean a lot... There's several weapons and cosmetics made by the community that includes hidden signatures or messages on their textures. Shelf gib prop images Some of the competitive badges got removed, and replaced with newer ones to indicate tiers better. Also the Starboard Crusader got an update to add badges to the hat, as well as 2 skins to add said badges. Document these models.

Team Fortress 2 (shortened to TF2 by many) is a team-based multiplayer first-person shooter created by Valve, the same creators behind the Half-Life series among others. Starting its life as a far more gritty and realistic military shooter more in the vein of its predecessor (and having its life end at various points according to the community), it was initially released on the Orange Box in 2007 for Windows, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3. It was also ported to Mac OSX in 2010, with the Linux community seeing a port in 2013. The game features nine different classes to play, all with their different features, weapons, and cosmetics. Oh, so many cosmetics...

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Prototype Info

Unused Sounds They just couldn't get them to shut up!

Unused Weapons Heavy has...old weapon?

Unused Items Hat Fortress 2: The Unused Cosmetic Item Edition

Unused Models Scrapped machines and unrefined items that have been reclaimed

Unused Textures Miss Pauling?

Unused Text Do not look upon the forbidden text!

Debug Commands Tons of debug commands

Half-Life 2 Leftovers

A lot of the resources from Half-Life 2 were kept in for this game, with the hl2 sub-folder folder being around 2.6 GB. Files that can be found in it include voice lines, NPC models, enemies...pretty much everything short of the actual map files.

The only reason this folder even exists in the first place is because a tiny fraction of the content is used in-game, such as the sound for respawning items, the respawn closet, and the sounds for hitting the geometry of the map. This is especially good considering the entire game is already upwards of 20 GB.

Civilian Class

The Civilian is an unused class that was in the VIP Escort gamemode in Team Fortress. In the original's gamemode, the Civilian had to be escorted from one point on a map to another while under attack. Fitting the name, the Civilian was completely harmless to the opposing team. The class exists in TF2's game code as an unarmed, reference posed Scout with 50 HP, but made inaccessible in the December 20, 2007 patch, at least via the join_class civilian command.

A model of the Team Fortress Classic Civilian was created to act as a bobblehead in Meet the Sniper, with a couple of design alterations to make him not resemble Hitler so much.

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  Civilian

Unused Maps

background01

To do: Maybe get a picture of the re-enabled menu on the pre-Meet Your Match TF2 as well?

Initially used as the background for the main menu in the beta and console versions, this "map" also had the hidden purpose of pre-caching assets, namely class models and map-universal props, hence why these are in the map "off screen" if one were to access it in-game. The map itself is based on the final capture point of cp_dustbowl. The main menu was reworked during the beta period in the September 21, 2007 patch, leaving this unused outside of the console versions. This map can be accessed using the console command "map background01" and can also be re-enabled as a menu background with "map_background background01".

Xbox 360 Main Menu	Re-enabled on PC (post-Meet Your Match)	Hidden Models

Unused Map Sections

While the following maps are not unused, there are sections of them that are normally inaccessible without noclipping or other means. This does not count areas that the player was blatantly never meant to be in, such as the ghost's spawn area in Harvest Event.

cp_powerhouse

Powerhouse, considering its lengthy development cycle, may have had more areas they intended for the players to access at one point. This includes an area at the final control point of both teams, which leads to an unfinished pathway, potentially for another path to the control point or for another control point entirely. With this also comes a waterfall which cannot be properly seen without using noclip.

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  The waterfall, not visible from either of the last control points.

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  The unused and incomplete area near the final control point, the Red one in particular. mat_fullbright 1 has been turned on for better visibility.

cp_mercenarypark

Two unused areas exist in this map. The first one, located just outside the first control point, is a simple two-tiered room. Considering its design, it may have been considered as a spawn point at one point of development. The second area, however, is more intriguing. Located below the second control point, this area has more detail put into it, with cages and containers in it.

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  The unused room outside of the first control point. This is the upper tier of said unused room.

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  The unused room outside of the first control point. This is the lower tier of said unused room.

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  The area below the second control point. mat_fullbright 1 has been turned on for better visibility.

Unused Training Mode

Spy was going to have a training sequence in Dustbowl, but it was cut. It is fully functional minus some missing text. To access it, go to Training and select Spy, then press ~ (default key) to open the console, type "map tr_dustbowl", and press enter.

If you try this with either Demoman or Engineer, the hint box will show only a title and the countdown clock will freeze at 9 seconds.

(Source: Spyrin (reddit))

Unused Taunts and Animations

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All Classes

This needs some investigation. Discuss ideas and findings on the talk page. Specifically: This video plus all of the grenade nonsense complicates the third bullet point a lot. Note(s) for investigations: Grenades were cut way early on in development so nothing throwing-animation-related would be for the original grenade stuff. There were some throwable weapons and new grenades that were found in staging build code that Valve tested. As well, bread textures are located in materials/models/weapons, so make of that what you will. Bread could have been intended to be a throwable. Far as anyone can tell, the throwing animations were for the bread, and if memory serves, were added roughly around the same time as the bread, but they could've easily been used for any of the throwables in the future as well. Such is the nature of the beast.

• All classes minus Soldier and Heavy had a taunt named "taunt_loot". The taunt depicted the characters taking something out of a chest or box. They are quite rough, especially the Engineer's, which is sped up a bit. As of the Gun Mettle update, the animations were removed entirely, but can still be found in Source Filmmaker under "Animation Sequences" for the characters that have this taunt.
• All classes have animations for throwing something in their c_arms models, and are presumably used for the Water Balloon weapons although throwable bread was a possibility as well. Other throwable weapons and new grenades were experimented with by Valve, so it's anyone's guess as to what the animations were actually for. As well, the spell animations and the Scout's and Sniper's throwing animations are different.
• Animations for death by fire are present for all classes excluding Pyro. Some seem more fleshed out than others, and it's likely they were removed due to how distracting they would have been.

Scout

• "taunt_come_and_get_me" has him gyrating his body in an extremely...taunting way.

Soldier

• "show1" had him stand up straight, cross his arms, and then extend them to assumedly show something off. It was removed entirely some time after May 2012.
• Soldier also had two taunts, "taunt_slit_throat" which has him make a slitting throat gesture, and "taunt_gimmie_20" which has him point forward and then point to the ground. Both sequences are still in the Soldier's animation files, but were dummied out some time after November 2013.
• The aptly named "test" has Soldier standing somewhat awkwardly, assumedly loading two rockets into his rocket launcher.

Pyro

• "taunt_sit" had him sit down enthusiastically and then jump back up, possibly a reference to him sitting in the True Meaning comic (or the other way around). The sequence is still in the Pyro's animation files, but has been dummied out some time after November 2013.

(Source: TF2 Wiki (GIF))

Demoman

• An unnamed taunt that had him raise his weapon triumphantly in the air. It was removed entirely some time after November 2013.

Heavy

• "taunt_big_gorilla" had him put down his minigun and pound his chest like, predictably, a gorilla. The animation was removed entirely on an unknown date.

(Source: TF2 Wiki)

• "show1" had him boisterously lean back before showing off something. It was removed entirely some time after May 2012.

Engineer

• An unnamed taunt where he would take out his guitar and play a long tune on it. Possibly an early version of the Frontier Justice taunt kill. The animation was removed entirely on an unknown date.

(Source: TF2 Wiki)

• "taunt10" has the Engineer stumble around for a few seconds before assumedly puking. Possibly meant for his Brundle Bundle costume set.

• "taunt_test" had him put down his shotgun and tap his hardhat. It was removed entirely on an unknown date, and was probably never intended to be used based on the name.

(Source: TF2 Wiki)

• Engineer's c_arms model has four animations for a potential Engineer revolver, all with the simple prefix "revolver". The animations have been in the game since 2015.

Sniper

• "taunt_saxophone" was fairly similar to the used Killer Solo taunt's animation with slight differences and a little jump at the end. It was used in the Expiration Date short, so they may have planned to reuse that animation, but ultimately altered it. This taunt was removed from the files some time after November 2013.
• Sniper's c_arms model has four unused animations with the prefix "rifrevolver", possibly meant for the High Noon community weapon, which has not been put in the game as of March 2021. Attempting to play them in the Half Life Model Viewer will crash the program.

Spy

• Spy's c_arms model contains four unused animations with the prefix "c_dart_gun", intended for the planned Dart Gun/DNA Gun. The animations were added to the Spy's c_arms model in the June 18th, 2014 patch (Love and War update). For some reason, Spy's left hand will twitch a bit at the end of the idle animation.

Robots

• All robot classes minus Engineer have unique animations for dying from headshots and/or being backstabbed. The Engineer's animations for these are the same as its human counterpart (down to having the unused burning animation present), and all robots in-game will simply ragdoll when killed in these ways.

Unused Item Qualities

Within the game files, there are 4 item qualities that currently remain unused, one of which shares the same quality color as the Vintage quality.

• "Completed" - No associated color
• "Customized" - #476291
• "rarity2" - #8D834B
• "rarity3" - #70550F

Unused Marketing Poses

The following poses were used in marketing images, but never actually used in-game. The animations have been removed from the TF2 player model animation .MDL's, but can still be found in the Source Filmmaker animation .MDL's.

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  Scout Marketing pose, demonstrating the infamous "Crazy Legs" glitch. Used in the blog post Better Late Than Never.

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  The Soldier, prepared for war. Used in the WAR! Soldier page.A similar pose can also be seen as an easter egg in sd_doomsday and cp_foundry.

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  The Soldier, triumphing over the Demoman to earn the Gunboats. Used in the WAR! Victory page.

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  The Soldier poses with his new weapon, the Direct Hit, which is missing from its raw model shot. Used in the WAR! Soldier page.

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  The Soldier poses with an active Buff Banner. Used in the WAR! Soldier page.

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  Unused. Assumed to have been for the Equalizer's section on the WAR! Soldier page, or as a 'Loss' pose on the WAR! Victory page if the Soldier had lost the battle. If it's the former, then it was likely scrapped due to obvious model flaws.

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  The Demoman gestures to the sky in victory. Would have been used in the WAR! Victory page if the Demoman had won the war.

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  The Demoman looks down, defeated. The bottle he is clutching in his right hand is missing from the raw shot. Used in the WAR! Victory page.

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  The Demoman relaxes, holding his Scottish Resistance loosely. Used in the WAR! Demoman page.

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  The Demoman holds his Eyelander high, and prepares to decapitate an enemy. Apart from the facial expression, this pose matches the taunt animation for the Eyelander. Used in the WAR! Demoman page.

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  The Heavy shows love to his minigun Sasha. This pose, or possibly a similar pose, was used for the VI Day image posted on the official blog with the conclusion of the WAR! Update.

Unreachable Objects

mvm_ghost_town.bsp

Right behind the bathrooms, there are two misplaced objects. One is a medkit, another is an ammobox.

mvm_coaltown.bsp

A similar situation in Coal Town map.

Regional Differences

To do: Provide pictures/audio of differing content and provide comparisons.

The German release of the game contains several changes to avoid getting a "keine Jugendfreigabe" ("adults only"). Valve changed the mercenaries to robots and made the blood to sparks; silly gibs are always enabled as well. There are also "bloodless" versions of the Axtinguisher and Ubersaw weapons, but, oddly enough, not of any other weapons.

(Source: Schnittberichte)

The French release of the game has the Spy's voice lines in English rather than French.

(Source: TF2 Voice Comparison (English, Spanish, Russian, German, French) - YouTube)

Oddities

• Mannhattan's map-specific sounds are located in a directory called mvm_warehouse (under ambient or ambient_mp3) in "tf2_sound_misc_dir.vpk". This may have been the map's name during development.