Bass Pro Shops: Trophy Bass 2007

Bass Pro Shops: Trophy Bass 2007
Developer: Big John Games Publisher: Vivendi Universal Games Platforms: Windows, Xbox Released in US: November 17, 2006 (Windows), November 21, 2006 (Xbox) This game has hidden development-related text. This game has unused graphics. This game has unused cinematics. This game has unused sounds. This game has unused text. This game has debugging material. This game has revisional differences.

Bass Pro Shops: Trophy Bass 2007 is a fishing game that is notable for the fact that it went through multiple title changes during development and that it runs on an engine primarily used for first-person shooters. Also there is a treasure trove of unused contentǃ

Unused Graphics

bigmap.tga

A rather strange unused character skin can only be found in the Xbox release in media\nonwater\textures.

live_well.dtx

live_well.dtx is an earlier revision of the livewell HUD.

strength_bar.dtx

An earlier revision of the wire tension bar.

Detail On.dtx

Originally, the detail option in settings could be turned on or off instead of being set from low to high.

Detail Off.dtx

GenCan1 copy.dtx

A placeholder texture.

rod_display.dtx

This is probably a scrapped HUD for the fishing rod.

gamemenu.dtx

gamemenu.dtx is a leftover help screen texture from when the game was still titled Trophy Bass 2005.

choose_lure_bg.dtx

Another leftover texture from when the game had a different title.

Leftover Photoshop Files

Both releases of the game contain some leftover psd files from early builds.

mainmenu_bg.psd

In Rez\Main Menu is a file named mainmenu_bg.psd. It contains the main menu background from when the game was still intended to be titled Trophy Bass 2006.

lake6.psd

Also in the folder is lake6.psd, which contains early main menu textures for Webb Lake.

Layer 1

Background

woo.psd

An cropped image of professional fisherman Woo Daves. It was intended to be used as a text box for dialogue before the commentary sounds were recorded.

Layer 2

Layer 1

reel_casting.psd

Several revisions of the reel casting texture are in reel_casting.psd.

Layer 3

Layer 2

Layer 1

Background

Thumbs.db

There is a database of thumbnails for screenshots made by the developers in WORK\bin.

wake_1.jpg

Taken during June 2005 and features the original UI elements.

boat_2.jpg

A screenshot of the main menu taken during the same month.

Screenshot9.bmp

An August 2005 screenshot that shows the main menu when the game got renamed to Trophy Bass 2006.

Screenshot15.bmp

Another August 2005 screenshot that features the text box mentioned above.

Unused Videos

Jupiter.xmv

Only in the Xbox port is an oddly unused logo for LithTech Jupiter EX, the game engine.

Unused Sounds

drag_3wav.wav		A fish dragging soundbyte that was probably used in early builds.

Debug Functions

Console

Pressing the tilde key will open a console that can be used for activating the debug functions documented below.

Wireframe

Inputting Wireframe 1 into the console will cause the level's wireframes to be rendered.

WireframeModels

WireframeModels 1 renders the wireframes of the game models.

ModelDebug_DrawBoxes

ModelDebug_DrawBoxes 1 will display boxes that indicate the placement of various objects.

ModelDebug_DrawSkeleton

ModelDebug_DrawSkeleton 1 draws the skeletons of the game models.

Unused Text

Configuration Files

dedit.ini

A configuration file containing references to developer directories.

[Options]
ExecutablePath=C:\TBASS\release\Lithtech.exe
WorkingDirectory=C:\tbass\work\
ProgramArguments=-rez engine.rez -rez C:\tbass\work\rez -config C:\tbass\work\bin\autoexec.cfg +runworld %WorldName%
PackerDirectory=E:\horseflys

Race Files

Older revisions of the race files used for tournament mode are present in the release folder.

old_Race1.txt

Race 1
5860, -1060, -9040
5860, -1060, -10540
4176, -1060, -13570
1347, -1060, -15390
-2761, -1060, -15390
-5523, -1060, -14649
-8688, -1060, -11382
-7476, -1060, -6870
-8015, -1060, -4580
269, -1060, -6941
-9059, -1060, -707
-17747, -1060, 3199
-19498, -1060, 10204
-16535, -1060, 15222
-9126, -1060, 14211
-707, -1060, 11652
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10743, -1060, 17916
16468, -860, 10170
10541, -1060, 11719
14447, -1060, 3300
11652, -1060, 539
8385, -1060, -879
-4075, -1060, -8486

old_Race3.txt

RACE 3
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-5971	-1060	4492
-3688	-1060	-2252
-4155	-1060	-6559
1188	-1060	-5106
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5961	-1060	1224
-2651	-1060	-955
4042	-1060	-2356
17906	-450	820
17012	-450	-489
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22045	-450	-3083
26350	-450	-6486
29527	-450	-5294
28582	-450	-3186
36675	-450	-955
31695	-450	1224
19389	-450	6193
21242	-450	6432
23915	-450	2991

old_Race5.txt

RACE 5
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12745	-1060	-2331
14040	-1060	4818
15957	-1060	12434
8289	-1060	-207
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9585	-1060	16993
881	-1060	5336
-2539	-1060	1554
-1192	-1060	9274
-4507	-1060	6424
-10984	-1060	11864
-7979	-1060	15543
-10569	-1060	18703
-17874	-1060	11139
-17512	-1060	17252
-12020	-1060	-933
-10414	-1060	4145
-4404	-1060	-4715
-104	-1060	-3523
466	-1060	-10310
1917	-1060	-9585
12849	-1060	-15698

old_Race8.txt

RACE 8
9000	-1060	-4600
11750	-1060	6700
14000	-1060	12500
20500	-1060	10500
30000	-1060	22500
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4500	-1060	18500
-10500	-1060	-2700
-15000	-1060	-3000
-22000	-1060	8000
-23000	-1060	-1600
-19000	-1060	-17500
-13500	-1060	-24500
-1500	-1060	-19000
-2200	-1060	-9700
3100	-1060	-4400
-4500	-1060	7500
-6000	-1060	-1300
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1000	-1060	0
2500	-1060	11000
-5000	-1060	-6000
-12000	-1060	-12500
24000	-1060	24000

boat.txt

A log generated during the building process of one of the boat models is in the Models folder.

loading lta file

hierarchy

  - node_root

shapes

 - lenkrad

animations

 tools-info

Creating Model 

Creating Pieces 

Applying Deformers

Assembling custom LODS

lenkrad

 done Creating AnimNodes 

Apply Sockets

ChildModels:

------------------------



------------------------

Setting AnimBindings

Setting Weights Sets

Setting Command String.

Setting Model Node Flags.

Setting oriented bounding boxes.

--- done --- 

Leftover Executables

Download TrophyBass2007Xbox_LeftoverExecutables.zip File: TrophyBass2007Xbox_LeftoverExecutables.zip (info)

The Xbox port has some leftover DLL files in GAME.REZ. However, the file hashes for them differ from what was included in the Windows version. This could imply that development of the port began some time before that version of the game was completed.

Revisional Differences

The later released Xbox port has several differences from the Windows version.

• The glow on the game's logo is much more prominent.
• Information about the game mode selected is now displayed on the loading screen.
• Additionally, a fish animation is also displayed while levels are loading.
• The font used for the infobox was changed.
• The items on the livewell HUD were renamed for the Xbox port.

Windows	Xbox