LittleBigPlanet 2

LittleBigPlanet 2
Developer: Media Molecule Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment Platform: PlayStation 3 Released in JP: February 10, 2011 Released in US: January 18, 2011 Released in EU: January 19, 2011 Released in AU: January 20, 2011 This game has unused animations. This game has unused areas. This game has unused code. This game has hidden development-related text. This game has unused modes / minigames. This game has unused graphics. This game has unused models. This game has unused items. This game has unused sounds. This game has unused text. This game has a prototype article This game has a prerelease article This game has a bugs page

This game/console's online features are no longer supported. While this game/console's online features were once accessible, they are (as of September 13, 2021) no longer officially supported and online-exclusive features may be documented as now-unseen content.

To do: There's a lot more than that. There are variables in the game such as EnableDebugMenu that were used to enable developer options. Document the leaked Debug copy of the game as it has A LOT of development leftovers. Find more information about the unused team level type.

The sequel to LittleBigPlanet with more tools, more features, more characters, more possibilities, and more level creation tools most don't even know how to use properly.

Just about all of the unused content from the first game still remains here.

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Prototype Info

Prerelease Info

Bugs

Unused Text I've created a Player Challenge in #LittleBigPlanetHUB on #PS3. Why don't you try to beat it?

Unused Dialogue Oh didn't you hear? He died suddenly and unexpectedly.

Unused Plans A bunch of unused items, emitter plans, duplicates, and a whole ton of fun.

Subbed Level Information Unnamed Level.

Unused Graphics

Debug Screenshot

An unused in-game photo of Huge Ship's head. The most interesting aspect of the photo is the debugging information at the bottom.

Unused Loading Screen Animation

Previously only seen in pre-release footage for the game, this is an unused animation originally intended for the loading screen. This would eventually be used on the "Downloadinating!" screen in the unreleased LittleBigPlanet HUB.

Early Clive Texture

gamedata/lbp2/character/clive/clive_face.tex is an early texture for Clive Handforth's face, previously seen in gameplay at press conferences.

Early Eve Texture

A texture for an earlier design of Eve, which had a green worm sticking out of her head. Her eye is also different.

Placeholder Motion Control Prompts

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  button_icons_move_roll_y.tex

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  button_icons_move_roll_x.tex

Two placeholder graphics for twisting the PlayStation Move Controller, found in gamedata/texture_library/ui/.

Move Beta Placeholder Music Icon

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A placeholder music icon leftover from the Move Beta is present.

DLC Test Stickers

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gamedata/texture_library/stickers/dlc/dlc_test_stickers contains 10 stickers that were most likely used for testing DLC-related functionality.

Placeholder Face

LBP1	LBP2

The placeholder graphic used for Emitters with missing preview icons was changed from Arnold Schwarzenegger in the movie Total Recall to a new picture, presumably of one of the developer's faces.

Replaced Tutorial Icon

LBP1	LBP2

The ghost icon from the tutorials in LBP1 was replaced with a different icon, possibly from an earlier build.

Replaced Skin Icon

LBP1	LBP2

The icon for the pink splat skin was replaced with a different icon from an earlier build.

Early Clu & Anon Skin Icon

Original	New

After the Tron: Evolution Minipack was released, the icon for the Clu & Anon skin was changed.

mss_gonzo_in_the_o.tex

gamedata/texture_library/th_muppets/mss_gonzo_in_the_o.tex is a sticker of Gonzo holding a trumpet. It can be seen as part of the level badge for The Great Gonzo!, but the sticker itself doesn't appear to be used.

Motion Controller Stickers

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Stickers that were used for showing players how to tilt the PlayStation Move Motion Controller, but weren't given out.

Cross-Controller Pack Stickers

To do: There are also a bunch of decorations from the kit that weren't given out, take pictures of them in-game.

Stickers that weren't given out in the LittleBigPlanet 2: Cross-Controller Pack.

Placeholder Cross-Controller Badge

gamedata/texture_library/level_badges/dlc_badges/crosscontrol/badge.png is a level badge associated with the Cross-Controller Pack, most likely intended as a placeholder.

Placeholder Toy Story Music Icons

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Some early icons for the music from the Toy Story kit. Notice that one of them uses an ungiven sticker.

Danger Tweaker Horrible Gas Icon

gamedata/texture_library/ui/electronics_materials_lethalise_gas.tex is a Horrible Gas icon that appears to be related to the Danger Tweaker, suggesting that you could originally turn things into Horrible Gas via logic. This icon goes unused because the only hazards available in the Danger Tweaker are Fire, Electricity and Plasma. The icon would later be used in LittleBigPlanet 3, where Horrible Gas was added to the Danger Tweaker.

Pink Material Icons

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Objects with a strange glowing pink material can be found among Da Vinci's Hideout's files.

News Fill

gamedata/texture_library/ui/news_fill.tex is the news background with crude X's and "JU" scribbled on it. The used version, news_fill2.tex has a coffee stain on it.

Unused Materials

Attract-O-Felt

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  mup_attractofelt.tex

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  mup_attractofelt_normal.tex

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  mup_attractofelt_spec.tex

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  mup_attractofelt_trim.tex

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gamedata/lbp2/th_muppets/materials contains textures for an early iteration of Attract-O-Gel referred to as attractofelt. Someone on the development team seems to have scribbled on the diffuse textures.

Move Pack Doormat Trim

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The doormat material from the Move Pack has an alternate version that has a trim.

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Cross Controller Kit Materials

To do: There are some ungiven materials that can be found in the pack's levels that use textures that were used on other materials, but have different gmats. Get pictures of them in-game to show the difference.

A lot of materials weren't given out in the LittleBigPlanet 2: Cross-Controller Pack.

Diffuse Map	Normal Map	Specular Map

Early Logic Models

Early models for several pieces of logic can be found within gamedata/lbp2/unthemed/mesh/electrics_kit and gamedata/lbp2/unthemed/gadgets/direct_control. These early models more closely resemble the art style of the tools and gadgets from the first game. Some of these models can be seen in early screenshots, and some can even be found within certain story levels in the Private Beta. In the final game, all of the gadgets were redesigned to be more uniform, with each gadget using one of a handful of different models, coupled with a different graphic applied to its screen to convey the gadget's functionality.

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  signal_toggle.mol

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  signal_invert.mol

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  signal_countdown.mol

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  signal_randomizer.mol

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  amg_move_orb.mol

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  amg_magic_wheel.mol

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  amg_look_at.mol

Early Screen Textures

Danger Tweaker

screen_trigger_danger_icons.tex

Associated with trigger_danger.mol is a texture that has all of the icons that would be applied to the Danger Tweaker's screen. The lack of a Plasma graphic suggests that it was created before the Plasma Tool had been added to the game.

Destroyer

screen_trigger_destroy_icons.tex

Associated with trigger_destroy.mol is a texture with all of the icons that would be applied to its screen. There are only four icons present (explode, dissolve, disappear and fade), suggesting that it was made before the rest of the destruction effects had been implemented.

Early Default Pod Background (Creator's Background)

An early version of the default Pod background model can be found at gamedata/mesh_library/cosmos/cosmos_room/cosmos_room.mol. It's nearly identical to the final version found at gamedata/mesh_library/cosmos/cosmos_room/cosmos_room_default_lbp2.mol apart from a lot of the paintings and posters on the wall either being missing entirely or being unfinished. Another thing to note is the fact that it replaces the Pod background model from LBP1.

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  Early version of Creator's Background

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  Final version of Creator's Background

Unused Logic

Logic gadgets that were either removed from the game, or just never given out as prizes.

Icon	Name	Description	Additional Notes
	Pin Giver	Awards a Pin to the player when activated.	Used in various level kits like the Move Pack to award a Pin to the player when a certain goal is reached.
	Circuit Node	Use Logic Nodes to neaten up your circuit boards by making the wires go where you want them to!	While not unused in and of itself, it has a .plan file and description which suggests that it was originally intended to be stored in the Popit with the rest of the gadgets. Since it never gets added to the Popit though, its .plan file and description go unused.

Unreleased Downloadable Costumes

Found within the last few patches for the game, the Killzone Helghast costume can be found at gamedata/lbp2/dlc/killzonehelghast/, costumes from Run Sackboy! Run! can be found at gamedata/lbp2/dlc/rsbr/, and the Frozen costume pack, later released in LittleBigPlanet 3, has a Sven costume for Sackboy, while the final version is for Oddsock.

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  RSBR American Footballer Outfit

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  RSBR Kangaroo Outfit

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  RSBR Sackicorn Outfit

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  RSBR Yeti Outfit

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  Killzone Helghast Outfit

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  Sven

Unused Team Versus Mode

There is a byte in memory that determines the current level's game mode, with 0 being Cooperative, 1 being Versus and 2 being Cut Scene. By setting this byte to 5, an unfinished Team Versus mode can be accessed. This mode can be played in 1v1, 1v2 or 2v2 depending on how many players are in the party. Players are surrounded by either a red aura or a blue aura depending on their team, and the goal is to score more points than the other team.

For the most part scoring works as it does in standard Versus, where players gain points for killing other players and lose points for being killed by stage hazards. Unlike other game modes Score Bubbles, Prize Bubbles and Unprotected Creature Brains do not award points when collected, and score multipliers have no effect, meaning the only ways to gain points in this mode are by killing players on the opposite team or by activating Score Givers. When the Scoreboard is activated, the score counter does not fly onto the Scoreboard's screen like in other game modes.

(Source: Caliber - Level Types Mod (unused level type found))

Unused Gameplay Tools

To do: Get the icon for the Sticker Scrubber and Unphysicalizer as an image.

Found within the game's code are two unused Create Tools: the Sticker Scrubber and Unphysicalizer (renamed to Dephysicalizer in LittleBigPlanet 3).

When adding these tools to your profile these tools have several differences, one of them being the names that have the prefix "*DEV ONLY*". The dephysicalizer, which is known as the unphysicalizer in LBP2 is very limited and doesn't dephysicalize many meshes. The other tool is the Sticker Washer and exists in LBP2 and LBP3 as an unused tool, the Sticker Washer only removes stickers and can only be used on materials and not meshes.

POPPET_TOOL_STICKER_WASH
POPPET_TOOL_UNPHYSICS
E_POPPET_STICKER_WASH_MESSAGE
E_POPPET_UNPHYSICS_MESSAGE

Unused Tutorial Level

gamedata/lbp2/dlc/move/tutorials/levels/tutorial_4.bin is a tutorial level dedicated to the Paint Tool. It contains a video board showing the Paint Tool's tutorial video, and a standard tutorial exit with no Prize Bubbles, suggesting it was cut fairly early on. Unlike the other tutorial levels, the Popit is not confined to a limited selection of tools. This level can be accessed using a glitch, which uncovers a hidden planet revealing the Move Pack tutorials, including this one.

Unused Animations

gamedata/lbp2/character/sackboy/direct_control_seat contains 13 animation files related to the Controlinator, 7 of which are never seen normally.

Controlinator Collide

collide_front.anim, collide_side.anim and collide_back.anim show Sackboy being hit whilst using the Controlinator, likely as a result of something colliding with whatever Sackboy is controlling.

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  collide_back.anim

Controlinator Compact

seat_into_compact.anim and compact_into_seat.anim depict Sackboy being flattened and unflattened, most likely as a result of the Controlinator retracting into its compact state. It is not possible to have a character occupy a Controlinator in its compact state, so these animations go unused. Alternate versions of these animations exist, labelled side_seat_into_compact.anim and side_compact_into_seat.anim, which were most likely intended to be used when the Controlinator's Side-Mounted tweak is enabled.

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Unused Sound Effects

Emitter Creation Effects

There are six sound effects that correspond to two Emitter creation effects that were removed from the final version.

Audio	Filename	Internal Reference Path
	explode_appear_01.wav	gameplay/lbp2/dissolve_effects/explode_appear
	explode_appear_02.wav
	explode_appear_03.wav
	disolve_appear_01.wav	gameplay/lbp2/dissolve_effects/disolve_appear
	disolve_appear_02.wav
	disolve_appear_03.wav

Early Multiplayer Sounds

There are four unused sound effects that were intended for the competitive multiplayer mode. These would have played whenever a player gained or lost points. The "receive" sound was later used in Run Sackboy! Run! as part of the sound effect that plays when overtaking another player's score.

Audio	Filename	Internal Reference Path
	multiplayer_get_points_01.wav	gameplay/lbp2/multiplayer_scoring/receive
	multiplayer_get_points_02.wav
	multiplayer_loose_points_01.wav	gameplay/lbp2/multiplayer_scoring/loose
	multiplayer_loose_points_02.wav

Raven

There are seven sound effects of a raven with an unknown purpose.

Audio	Filename
	raven_squawk_angry_01.wav
	raven_squawk_angry_02.wav
	raven_squawk_angry_03.wav
	raven_squawk_throat_01.wav
	raven_squawk_throat_02.wav
	raven_squawk_throat_03.wav
	raven_squawk_throat_04.wav

Player Boing

A boing sound meant for the winner's icon on the Scoreboard in Versus levels. This is used but it gets drowned out by the other sound effects, and becomes inaudible when the feedback screen appears.

Audio	Filename	Internal Reference Path
	player_boing_01.wav	gameplay/lbp2/multiplayer_scoring/winner_boing

Debug Remnants

Debug Display

A decoration given out in the game's story mode called "Golden Apple Stem" from the Eve's Asylum theme has a debug display leftover in its icon. It's cut off, but it can be seen to the right of the icon. In debug builds of LittleBigPlanet 2 and 3, this is the debug function "Show cpu+gpu timings" in the Optimising category of the debug menu.

Golden Apple Stem Icon	Show cpu+gpu timings display

TTY Notes

To do: Originally, the TTY notes for the Nov 30 2010 debug build were pasted here. As said in the todo for this page, the build should have its own page so that its TTY notes, other debug functionality and differences (e.g. BETA Controllinator circuitboard) can be documented.

Leftover in the game's executable are various printf() notes to help the developers debug the game.

LooksFucked %f (0x%x)
CrappyOldLBP1Switch
RetardedOldJoint
Whoah! %s is not sorted - SortedIndex is %d, should be %d
cellHttpSendRequest failed to send everying :(
cellHttpRecvResponse failed to receive everything :(
Load from network fail, we're shutting down :(
Load from network fail, not ready :(
Npc bailed out of jump after 15 frames as failed to get off the ground :(
Unable to find a good level to go into. Pod looks broken, and it's not been possible to fix it
The telemetry buffer has overflowed. Oh noes!
Oh noes: cached level data isn't loaded yet, so have to block
WARNING: Defaulting to SCEE because title ID doesn't match any of our known ones
WARNING: Trying to start operation %s (%d) whilst still finishing %s (%d)
WARNING: Failed to find connection for player %s
Warning: Failed to find player number for client %s, pad %d - maybe they just left?
Failed to find thing uid %d to decorate - maybe it exploded?
hmm, maybe get a coder to look into downcoding these?
less/simpler stuff on screen plz!
less stuff in level plz!
use less switches dude
use less emitters dude
use less impact switches
less sackbots active in whole level kthx
less physics vertices/convexes/shapes/joints please