Proto:The Sims 2 (GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox)/Alpha 814 (PlayStation 2)

This is a sub-page of Proto:The Sims 2 (GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox).

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: Quite a few things. Images, maybe rip the models? Retake some of the images with the PlayStation 2 version rather than the GameCube one. Comparisons, comparisons! Possible more Urbz 2 leftovers?

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Title screen

In mid-2018, a listing on Ebay for a PlayStation 2 disc of the game dating to the 14th of August 2005 surfaced. The disc was later bought in July 2018, and a couple days later a download of the prototype appeared.

Photo of the prototype disc from the Ebay listing. The disc has, among other things, "Alpha 814" on the label.

Main Differences

• Uses cheat codes from The Sims.
• Pressing Select + L3 toggles the HUD.
• Freeplay Mode is bugged. The houses cannot be checked since there are no families and bulldozing lots causes them to have a weird glitch in the road.
• Story Mode starts at 1:00AM rather than 7:00AM.
• The Team Photo is now changed to the final graphic.

Cinematics

Early	Final

• The intro video is an earlier version of the one from the final game. In Alpha 814, it's stored inside MOVIES.ARC named urbz_intro. In the final build it's been renamed to s2c_intro.
• If you try to play freeplay, there are no families and if you create a family it won't have enough money to move into any of the lots. You are able to bulldoze the lots so they only cost $0, however this causes the lot to be *bugged and the floor to glitch into the road.
• There are no thumbnails/icons for the options in CAS (like personality, fashion and body).
• Some of the hairstyle thumbnails in CAS are in different colours compared to the final version.
• The background outside of the window in CAS slightly changed.
• The prototype starts at 1AM in the game's campaign whereas the final versions start at 7AM.

Unused Clothing

• (check discussion)

Unused Objects

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  An unused painting.
• Shrub object was slightly changed, in the final game the hedge actually uses the 'shrub' title and description.