Peggle Nights

Peggle Nights
Developer: PopCap Games Publisher: PopCap Games Platforms: Windows, Mac OS X Released internationally: September 16, 2008 (Windows), March 1, 2009 (Mac) This game has unused areas. This game has hidden development-related text. This game has unused graphics. This game has debugging material.

This page is rather stubbly and could use some expansion. Are you a bad enough dude to rescue this article?

To do: Explore the Japanese release's files, interesting stuff is present like: Some Photoshop source files.

Peggle Nights was advertised as a sequel to the first game. Turns out it wasn't, as Peggle 2 later proved.

Sub-Pages

Unused levels Hey look, there's backdrops too!

Duplicated Level File

Early	Final

The Plants vs. Zombies level in the Spring level pack had an older copy of the level in the PAK file that went unused. A change to a few pegs was made.

Development Text

// new fields:
// UniqueStyleShotsReq number of unique style shots to pass
// StyleScoreReq style shot score req to pass
// Powerups                comma delimited list of powerups ("Guide","Flippers","Multiball","Pyramid","SpaceBlast","SpookyBall","ZenBall","ShotExtender","FlowerPower","Fireball","LuckySpin","ChainLightning","MagicHat","TripleScore")
//                            NOTE: you can optionally provide a count with format "Guide=4","Pyramid=5"
//                            use number > 1000 for infinite
// Characters              characters to force pick on levels ("Jimmy Lightning","Kat Tut","Splork","Claude","Renfield","Tula","Warren","Lord Cinderbottom","Master Hu","Marina")
// GravityMod gravity multiplier (normal is 1.0)
// ProjSpeedMod gun fire speed multiplier (normal is 1.0)


// new flags: (these only take ": true" as a parameter)
// NoFreeballs             don't allow freeballs (from bucket, total miss, or score)
//  NoGreens                no green pegs on board
//  NoForceWin              don't force player to complete board in order to win challenge (must have other objectives)
//  FreeballCovered         freeball bucket always covered
// NoEndOnWin don't immediately end a level when the challenge has been won

// >>>NOT WORKING<<< 
// ScorePenaltyForNoOrange scoring mod for missing orange pegs. Negative values are penalties, can also be positive for a bonus reward.

// misc:
// ThumbnailOverride use a different thumbnail picture than the matching quickplay level (note: these must be constructed by hand: copy dat file to an existing quickplay level, snapshot it, then rename to unique challenge image name)
// BackgroundOverride: use a different background picture (include full path but no extension, ex. "levels/bjorn1")

Present in trophy.cfg and level pack config files.

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// LEVEL DEFINITIONS
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//  Name: name in quick play
//  Desc: description in quick play
//	Level: filename, display name, ace score, min stage
//  Dialog:	level number, text, header, character id
//	Dialog: 1,"Jolly Jimmy sez Dig on These!", "An Expansion?!?", 2
//	Decal: image name, layer, emit rate mod, x, y, hoverRectX, hoverRectY, hoverRectW, hoverRectH, hoverText, alphaCurveValLoop, deltaXCurveValLoop, deltaYCurveValLoop
//		multiple (or no) decals okay 
//		emit rate mod is normally 1.0, if there are too many particles (large objects) you may want to modify it
//		trophies are hardcoded at layer 1000-1003 (1004 is in front of trophies, 999 is behind)
//		layers are also used for the unique id of the decal (use a unique layer if using duplicate images)
//		press 'd' in cheat-enabled build to see decal hover rects in main menu
//		you CAN use existing Peggle images here too, if you want
//		alphaCurveValLoop, deltaXCurveValLoop, deltaYCurveValLoop, scaleCurveValLoop are all optional
//	Decal: images/decals/xmas_decal2, 		1100, 1.0, 341, 235, 341, 235, 30, 35, "Play levels from the Christmas pack!"
// OTHERS:

// uncomment this line to exclude random level selection of these levels
//ExcludeRandLevels: "bowl", "funnel", "scary", "slides", "level13web"
// don't know if this works at all
//Tip: "Don't forget to check out the new expansion levels!"
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// CHALLENGE DEFINITIONS
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

Present in level pack config files, a note suggests that a cheat-enabled build can show decals in the main menu with a keypress.

//	Trophy "Sea Son's Greeting"
//	{
//		Id: 204
//		Levels: dingaling
//		Characters: Claude
//		Powerups: Flippers=1000
//		NoGreens: true
//		NoForceWin: false
//		Desc: "Beat the level using Claude and his Flippers."
//	}

Present in the Holiday 2008 level pack config file.

//Desc: "Get one Extreme Slide Style Shot and beat the level."

Present in the Art Contest and Spring 2009 Challenge level pack config files.

Page "Art Contest Challenges"
{
	Desc: "Contest your skills with these new challenges!"
	
	Trophy "Underground"
	{
		Id: 401
		Levels: graveyard
		ScoreCeil: 100000
		NoForceWin: false
		Desc: "Beat the level but stay under 100,000 points."
		SmallDesc: "Stay under 100k"
	}

	Trophy "Super Cool"
	{
		Id: 402
		Levels: peggledas
		StyleShots: CoolClear
		NoForceWin: false
		Desc: "Use a Cool Clear style shot to beat the level. If you don't know which one that is, check the Help section!"
		//Desc: "Get one Extreme Slide Style Shot and beat the level."
		SmallDesc: "Get a Cool Clear"
	}
	
	Trophy "Cake A L'0range"
	{
		Id: 403
		Levels: caykee
		NumOrange: 40
		NoForceWin: false
		Desc: "Clear the 40 orange pegs to win."
		SmallDesc: "40 Orange Pegs"
	}
	
	Trophy "Fiery Finish"
	{
		Id: 404
		Levels: peggle3d
		ClearLevel: true
		Powerups: Fireball=1000
		Characters: "Lord Cinderbottom"
		NoGreens: true
		NoForceWin: false
		Desc: "Clear all of the pegs with Lord Cinderbottom and his Fireball."
		SmallDesc: "Clear with Fireballs"
	}
	
	Trophy "500,000 Rads"
	{
		Id: 405
		Levels: kidradical
		ScoreReq: 500000
		NoForceWin: true
		NoEndOnWin: true
		Desc: "Score over\n500,000 points."
		SmallDesc: "Score 500,000 points"
	}
	
//}

Commented out in the Art Contest level pack config file.

Level Editor

To do: There is hardcoded stuff too! Maybe it's usable?

The game executable mentions strings for one.

LevelEditor/stats_cheat.dat
LevelEditor/autosave

The strings below along with their code are only present in the Windows releases and the Xbox 360 release.

Keyboard Reference
Edit
 (Multi Place)
 (Drag)
 (Make Poly)
 (Center Drag)
 (Image Drag)
 (Single Sel)
 (No Draw Sel)
 (Paused)
Edit (Order Mode)
LevelEditor/globals.dat
LevelEditor/buffer%d.dat
LevelFile
SOFTWARE\\
levels
editlevel.dat
*.dat
Save Level
.dat
autosave
LevelEditor
LevelEditor/autosave
LevelEditor/autosave%d.dat
leveleditor/editlevel.dat
autosave%d
Inspect AutoSaves?
Would you like to inspect AutoSaves?
No autosaves
No autosave data available
LevelEditor/LevelEditor.cfg
LevelEditor/editlevel.dat
Choose Group
No Choices
: 

Debugging Material

Level loader

To do: If possible, find the values that properly enable this. Hijacking the level loading function by replacing a JNE feels forced. Add Mac addresses if possible.

The game has support for loading raw level files and their backdrops elsewhere via using a dialog related to your OS. It's possible to enable it by changing the function at the following address with one that has no operation will load it when trying to load a level or demo.

Build	Header text
PopCap.com (WW, Final)	00408CA4

If loading levels this way, the word Dev will be above the word score on your scoreboard and that will write to replay data, you also cannot save high scores from levels loaded this way and the level complete dialog only offers three options, returning to the main menu, replaying the level or playing a random level. Reloading a level makes the game write the name of the level file to the game window in this form.

 -  %s

In-Game Debug Display

To do: Try to figure out what DebugStep and TotalStep mean. If possible try to not hijack the JNE, but change the value to trigger it.

The game has a debug display that his hidden from normal gameplay. It's possible to enable it by changing the function at the following address, it is shown when a level is already loaded or is going to be loaded.

Build	Header text
PopCap.com (WW, Final)	0040D03F

Unused Text

Source File Names

properties/default.xml in localized distributions has a LOT of source file names mentioned. Pretty much possibly ALL the source program files of the game are in it, even the files with no text!

AIMgr.cpp
AIMgr.h
AdventureScreen.cpp
AdventureScreen.h
Antialias.cpp
Antialias.h
BSpline.cpp
BSpline.h
Ball.cpp
Ball.h
BallPeg.cpp
BallPeg.h
BlendedImage.cpp
BlendedImage.h
Board.cpp
Board.h
Brick.cpp
Brick.h
BrickPeg.cpp
BrickPeg.h
CharacterDialog.cpp
CharacterDialog.h
CharacterMgr.cpp
CharacterMgr.h
CollisionMgr.cpp
CollisionMgr.h
Combobox.cpp
Combobox.h
ContinueDialog.cpp
ContinueDialog.h
CurvedVal.cpp
CurvedVal.h
DebugMgr.cpp
DebugMgr.h
DownloadOrPlayDialog.cpp
DownloadOrPlayDialog.h
DragDropListener.cpp
DragDropListener.h
EditDialog.cpp
EditDialog.h
EditValObj.cpp
EditValObj.h
EditorWidget.cpp
EditorWidget.h
EffectMgr.cpp
EffectMgr.h
EndLevelDialog.cpp
EndLevelDialog.h
FloatingTextMgr.cpp
FloatingTextMgr.h
GameStats.cpp
GameStats.h
GlobalEditVal.cpp
GlobalEditVal.h
Gun.cpp
Gun.h
HelpScreen.cpp
HelpScreen.h
HighScoreDialog.cpp
HighScoreDialog.h
HighScoreMgr.cpp
HighScoreMgr.h
HighScoreScreen.cpp
HighScoreScreen.h
Hole.cpp
Hole.h
IUnknownHelper.h
ImageMgr.cpp
ImageMgr.h
InterfaceMgr.cpp
InterfaceMgr.h
IntroScreen.cpp
IntroScreen.h
LevelEditor.cpp
LevelEditor.h
LevelFileDialog.cpp
LevelFileDialog.h
LevelScreen.cpp
LevelScreen.h
LightningSparkEffect.cpp
LightningSparkEffect.h
Line.cpp
Line.h
LoadTime.h
LoadTimer.cpp
LoadTimer.h
LoadingScreen.cpp
LoadingScreen.h
LogicMgr.cpp
LogicMgr.h
MainMenu.cpp
MainMenu.h
ManagerBuild.cpp
MiscBuild.cpp
MiscEffectUtil.cpp
MiscEffectUtil.h
Mover.cpp
Mover.h
NameDialog.cpp
NameDialog.h
NewUserDialog.cpp
NewUserDialog.h
ObjectBuild.cpp
OptionsDialog.cpp
OptionsDialog.h
PegInfo.cpp
PegInfo.h
PhysObj.cpp
PhysObj.h
PlayerInfo.cpp
PlayerInfo.h
Poly.cpp
Poly.h
PopupListWidget.cpp
PopupListWidget.h
ProfileMgr.cpp
ProfileMgr.h
ProgressScreen.cpp
ProgressScreen.h
ReplayDialog.cpp
ReplayDialog.h
ReplayFileDialog.cpp
ReplayFileDialog.h
Res.cpp
Res.h
ScreenSaverDialog.cpp
ScreenSaverDialog.h
ScreenSaverHelp.cpp
ScreenSaverHelp.h
SlotMachineDialog.cpp
SlotMachineDialog.h
SoundMgr.cpp
SoundMgr.h
SpeechBubble.cpp
SpeechBubble.h
StageDialog.cpp
StageDialog.h
StageMgr.cpp
StageMgr.h
StageScreen.cpp
StageScreen.h
StatsMgr.cpp
StatsMgr.h
StoryScreen.cpp
StoryScreen.h
ThunderButton.cpp
ThunderButton.h
ThunderCommon.cpp
ThunderCommon.h
ThunderDialog.cpp
ThunderDialog.h
Thunderball.cpp
ThunderballApp.cpp
ThunderballApp.h
TonePlayer.cpp
TonePlayer.h
TrophyMgr.cpp
TrophyMgr.h
TrophyScreen.cpp
TrophyScreen.h
TypingCheck.cpp
TypingCheck.h
UpsellScreen.cpp
UpsellScreen.h
UserDialog.cpp
UserDialog.h
WidgetBuild.cpp
WidgetMover.cpp
WidgetMover.h
main.cpp
resource.h

Localization Notes

The JP version contains comments in the localization file.

FTPAT Format changed to +%s Style Points -dp 03.28.2008

FTPAT -dp 03.28.2008

Commented Dialog Text

Dialog: 2,"Come on, primal energies of the universe, do your thing!","Brrrzap!"
Dialog: 3,"Yep, that's me flying out of\nthe cannon! I must be doing\nat least fifty!","Me-YOWWWW!"
Dialog: 4,"Hey! There hasn't been a single strand of yarn in this whole dream! What's that about?","Jump the Squid"
Dialog: 5,"It's a good thing I know what\nI'm doing!","Death Defying"
Dialog: 3,"Fling! This ball-launching could be the one of all!","Last Ball"
Dialog: 3,"Is Claude not allowed to take une souvenir? Not even ze teeny piece snipped off ze top?","Eiffel Power"
Dialog: 4,"And now I'll unhuff and unpuff and draw this fire away!","Fire Eater"
Dialog: 3,"Huh! Look at all these strange carvings! Reminds me of a game\nor something!
Dialog: 3,"Don't think about the judges or what it could mean, just sing.","Wild Thing"

The following dialog text was commented out in stages.cfg

Removed Strings

The multilingual versions of the game have all the translated text and text to overlap in the executable for a variety of functions that are not present in public builds of the game. The text is most likely from a development build of the game, suggesting some functions were removed or stubbed after release.

Source File Name	English	Japanese	Possible explanation
DebugMgr.cpp	Series: %d	シリーズ: %d	Display of the series number?
DebugMgr.cpp	Skill: %d	スキル: %d	Display of the skill number?
DebugMgr.cpp	Mouse:%d,%d&cr;	マウス:%d,%d&cr;	Display of mouse coordinates? The framework already has a function to draw mouse coordinates.
HighScoreMgr.cpp	a quick check on score values, if your ace score is set to a weird value this may not look right	スコアがおかしな数値に設定されていて、正しくなさそうに見える場合、スコアの数値を素早くチェックします。	Miscellaneous display test?
LogicMgr.cpp	%d + %d (style) = %d (total: %d)	%d + %d (スタイル) = %d (トータル: %d)	Point display?
ProgressScreen.cpp	count: %d (%d)	カウント: %d (%d)	Debug progress display?
ScreenSaverDialog.cpp	Screensaver	スクリーンセーバー	Unknown.
ScreenSaverDialog.cpp	Enable Screensave	スクリーンセーバーをオンにする	Unknown.
ScreenSaverDialog.cpp	Enable Sound	サウンドをオンにする	Unknown.
ScreenSaverDialog.cpp	Periodically Darken Screen	定期的に画面を暗くする	Unknown.
ScreenSaverDialog.cpp	Allow Monitor Powersave Mode	モニターの省エネモードを有効にする	Unknown.
ScreenSaverDialog.cpp	Check here to set your Pego as your Screensaver.	ここをチェックして、ペゴをスクリーンセーバーにしよう。	Unknown.
ScreenSaverDialog.cpp	Check here to allow your monitor to go into powersave mode while running the Pego Screensaver.	ここをチェックして、ペゴスクリーンセーバーが作動中にモニターが省エネモードになるのを許可します。	Unknown.
ScreenSaverDialog.cpp	This option controls whether or not to play sounds in the Screensaver.	このオプションで、スクリーンセーバーを音付きにするかどうかを選びます。	Unknown.
ScreenSaverDialog.cpp	This option will make the Screensaver periodically darken the screen.	このオプションは、スクリーンセーバーが定期的に画面を暗くするようにします。	Unknown.
ScreenSaverDialog.cpp	Pego Screensaver Settings	ペゴスクリーンセーバーの設定	Unknown.
TrophyMgr.cpp	Style Shot not found:	スタイルショットがみつかりません:	Error handler for style shots?

Development Leftovers

Windows Shortcut

levels in the JP version contains a Windows shortcut (.lnk) file called "Shortcut to levels.lnk". With a tool like LECmd, you can get some interesting information from this file.

LECmd version 1.4.0.0

Author: Eric Zimmerman (saericzimmerman@gmail.com)
https://github.com/EricZimmerman/LECmd

Command line: -f \levels\Shortcut to levels.lnk

Warning: Administrator privileges not found!

Processing '\levels\Shortcut to levels.lnk'

Source file: \levels\Shortcut to levels.lnk
  Source created:  2022-02-12 22:47:40
  Source modified: 2022-02-12 23:06:59
  Source accessed: 2022-02-12 23:12:49

--- Header ---
  Target created:  2009-12-24 09:28:27
  Target modified: 2010-01-11 08:17:02
  Target accessed: 2010-01-11 08:18:36

  File size: 0
  Flags: HasTargetIdList, HasLinkInfo, HasRelativePath, IsUnicode
  File attributes: FileAttributeDirectory
  Icon index: 0
  Show window: SwNormal (Activates and displays the window. The window is restored to its original size and position if the window is minimized or maximized.)

Relative Path: .

--- Link information ---
Flags: VolumeIdAndLocalBasePath

>>Volume information
  Drive type: Fixed storage media (Hard drive)
  Serial number: 2AE3393C
  Label: (No label)
  Local path: D:\localization_programme\PeggleNights\Universal\ThunderballNights\levels

--- Target ID information (Format: Type ==> Value) ---

  Absolute path: My Computer\D:\localization_programme\PeggleNights\Universal\ThunderballNights\levels

  -Root folder: GUID ==> My Computer

  -Drive letter ==> D:

  -Directory ==> localization_programme
    Short name: LOCALI~1
    Modified: 2009-11-24 07:04:12
    Extension block count: 1

    --------- Block 0 (Beef0004) ---------
    Long name: localization_programme
    Created: 2009-11-20 06:37:44
    Last access: 2009-11-27 07:21:56

  -Directory ==> PeggleNights
    Short name: PEGGLE~1
    Modified: 2009-12-07 06:31:24
    Extension block count: 1

    --------- Block 0 (Beef0004) ---------
    Long name: PeggleNights
    Created: 2009-12-02 03:37:32
    Last access: 2010-01-11 07:59:14

  -Directory ==> Universal
    Short name: UNIVER~2
    Modified: 2010-01-08 01:48:54
    Extension block count: 1

    --------- Block 0 (Beef0004) ---------
    Long name: Universal
    Created: 2009-12-02 03:38:30
    Last access: 2010-01-11 07:59:14

  -Directory ==> ThunderballNights
    Short name: THUNDE~1
    Modified: 2010-01-11 04:03:46
    Extension block count: 1

    --------- Block 0 (Beef0004) ---------
    Long name: ThunderballNights
    Created: 2009-12-02 03:38:30
    Last access: 2010-01-11 08:06:32

  -Directory ==> levels
    Short name: levels
    Modified: 2010-01-11 08:17:04
    Extension block count: 1

    --------- Block 0 (Beef0004) ---------
    Long name: levels
    Created: 2009-12-24 09:28:28
    Last access: 2010-01-11 08:17:04

--- End Target ID information ---

--- Extra blocks information ---

>> Tracker database block
   Machine ID: dt-3xtdr2x
   MAC Address: 00:25:64:a3:96:aa
   MAC Vendor: DELL
   Creation: 2009-12-24 09:05:54

   Volume Droid: b421cc40-0ec1-4015-b5c2-b82aba0244a7
   Volume Droid Birth: b421cc40-0ec1-4015-b5c2-b82aba0244a7
   File Droid: 8ad10f09-f06b-11de-888d-002564a396aa
   File Droid birth: 8ad10f09-f06b-11de-888d-002564a396aa


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Internal Project Name

Given by the original was called Thunderball, this title was called ThunderballNights.