Proto:Ar tonelico II: Melody of Metafalica

This page details one or more prototype versions of Ar tonelico II: Melody of Metafalica.

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A prototype of the US version of Ar tonelico II was released by Hidden Palace on March 20, 2021 as part of "Project Deluge". Built on September 22, 2008 (about three months before the retail release), the game at this point has a lot of half-translated things and a vast amount of debugging options.

  This prototype is documented on Hidden Palace.

Debug Menus

The game boots into a massive list of debugging options used to test various aspects of the game.

Debug Menus
Game Start
<Localize Test> <Divers Therapy Test> Choice Message Reaction Message Result Message State Message <Dualstall Test> Core Data(Status) Drug Data(Status) Log Message Tutorial Message <Topics Test> Conversation Topics Head Conversation Topics Title Heroine Topics Head Heroine Topics Title Heroine Topics(Bath) Title <Window etc. Test> Profile Info Text <Message Test> NPC Message Mob Message Spiritual Message Objective Message Yado Message <MemoryCard> MemoryCard.inc Test
Map Test Map Test Start All Set Flag Edit
Btl Test
Game Load Quick Title Master
<System> <Tex2D> Ipu Anm <Effect> Illusion IllusionCircle SpiralTest EffectBase BtlEffectCircle BtlEffectFollow BtlEffectMc IllusionSp <Model> Lwo Hig HigScene Sound <Movie> Sofdec <GameStartMenu> (SAME AS "GAME" from Main Menu) Load Quick Title Master
Higdon <Wmap> WmapTest WmapDETest WmapDEOpenTest TmapTest MonsterInfoDebug SupportMsgTest ZukanMenu OmakeMenu ErxTest ErxTest OmakeSaveSetAll
Harasawa EventDebug BucTest BucMessTest harasawa_menu_sub PaletteChangerTest EventLogDebug EventGameOverDebug IpdFaceGpDrawDebug IpdDataGpTest IpdRadarGpTest IpdDataDebugIpdStatus IpdDataDebugIpdTermsExp IpdDataDebugIpdSupplyExp IpdBelongExecDebug IpdCareMenu IpdGroupiesMenu OyakitaGpTest IpdRadarFoamDebug IpdWarClearGpTest IpdOnGpTest DtIpdGpTest harasawa_menu_qv QvTest QvAnmTest QvTelopTest QvTelopTest2 QvDebugKnowledge QvSeMapTest QvEncountBarTest harasawa_menu_spiritual SpiritualWorldDebug SpiritualWorldDebugRTLv SpiritualWorldDebugNpc SpiritualWorldDebugKey DiveShopDebug DiveDpGpTest haramain_menu_musume MusumeKaiwaTest MusumeKaiwaEditM HeroinKaiwaTest HeroinKaiwaEditM SphereMatterGpTest SphereHeroinGpTest DiversTherapyDebugMenu DiversTherapyLucaEditExp
Kawasaki EventDebug BucTest <Localize Test> FontDispTest <Divers Therapy Test> Same options from "<Localize Test>" in main menu <Dualstall Test> Same options from "<Localize Test>" in main menu <Message Test> Same options from "<Localize Test>" in main menu <MemoryCard> Same options from "<Localize Test>" in main menu <Gimmick & NPC Tool> Gimmick Place NPC Place MC Debug Old MC Copy <Component Test> ScrlSel Test Title Test Save Load 3D ItemInfo Test Mix Anm Edit Status TherapyGp Test Omake Yougo Test <Main Menus Test> Item Menu Test Song Menu Test Equip Menu Test Formation Menu Test Status Menu Test Option Menu Test MainMenu Debug CampMenu Debug Mix Test Mix Shop Drug Mix Shop Weapon Mix Shop Etc Mix Shop Food Event Mix Test <Each Menus Test> Shop Test
T.Nakai BtlSchedule BgMulti EffectMultiTest MoveMulti BtlFldTest EffUseCheck BtlAnmTest BtlVoiceTest BtlModeEffectAutoTest CycleDataTest BlurCircleTest BlurCircleTest2 BtlTest EffSpark EffBreak AnmEffect BtlHrcTest BtlChain BtlBackRead *THIS MENU ITEM IS OFF SCREEN*
Taisyo Dualstall DualstallData BtlTest BtlSchedule WipeTest BtlFld BtlEmotionIndicator BtlResult AnmTest GameOverBg GameOver furokaiwa MathMissle OmakeTM

Debug Controls

General

Button(s)	Effect
L2 + Square	Character Stat Editor
L2 + Triangle	Party Menu (Press Triangle to cycle through menus)
L2 + R1	Memory usage
R1 + Square	Resource Monitor?

Map Test

Button(s)	Effect
L2 + Start	Bring up debug menu
R2 + L1	Particle Editor
R2 + Select	Bounding Boxes/Action Triggers Debug
R2 (Hold)	Disable character collision

Battles

Button(s)	Effect
L1 + Square	Battle Debug
L2 + Circle	All Magic Available

Voiceover Differences

The intro to the game in this build is voiced over, while the retail version is not.