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Regional Differences

Can someone make some sense of this and add it to regional differences (and maybe clean up the rest of that awful section)? Thanks.

"There's this other thing in the update,but I forgot the name of it.Basically; You can get a chance of getting a plant,Puzzle Piece,or a Costume Piece for 35 Gems. You can also use 300 Gems to get 10 things from it. (It's random through.) (Tell me if there's anything wrong with this.)"

--BMF54123 (talk) 19:33, 4 August 2014 (EDT)


I think, I kinda fixed it.

--Walter20210 (talk) 13:26, 12 August 2014 (EDT)

Spawning unused plants in game

Ok, I tired to modify the obb to replace dark ages night 10 plants with most beach plants in hxd, but I save and copied the modded obb and pasted it in android, tested it out and crashes on start, please solve the problem.

ý...ConveyorBeltþ‘...ConveyorSeedBankProperties‘.…..DropDelayConditions†ý.…..Delay$...MaxPackets!ÿ…‘)$.‘*$.ÿ…‘)$.‘*$.ÿ…‘)$.‘*$.ÿþ..InitialPlantList†ý.
…..MaxCount$...MaxWeightFactorBš™™™™™¹?..PlantType..coconutbolwer..Weight$.ÿ…‘,$.‘-!‘...gravebuster‘0$.ÿ…‘,$.‘-
Bš™™™™™É?..MinCount$...MinWeightFactor$.‘...tangledkelp‘0$.ÿ…‘2$.‘3"..À?‘...bamboom‘0$.ÿ…‘,$.‘-!‘2$.‘3"..À?‘...peanut‘0$.ÿþ..SpeedConditions†ý.

--Andreethewikiuser (talk) I know this is way too late, but misspelled "coconutbowler". You wrote it like this "coconutbolwer".

Bamboom is a scrapped plant for now

There's a new plant that acts like bambom is named 胡萝卜导弹车 but that was from a upcoming update that adds a new world for Chinese version only. Andreethewikiuser (talk)

Some RTON info

I have looked into RTON which appears frequently in the obb file. I hope it helps to discovering more unused contents. Do you have any idea how the unknown commands work? Purplebridge001 (talk) 12:17, 17 January 2015 (EST)

Commands in RTON

  • 52 54 4F 4E 01 00 00 00: Header (RTON and possibly a 4-byte version number, which is 1)
  • 00: false for boolean value
  • 01: true for boolean value
  • 24: Number, appears as $ sign in Hex editor. It is followed by 1 or 2 bytes. PvZ2 RTON uses weird number system. Please see "Number System" for more info.
  • 85: Unknown
  • 83 03: Starts "String Array Mode".
  • 86 FD [NN]: Create a new "group". NN is the number of elements in this group.
  • 90 [LL]: New String. LL is string length. This string is added to the history and can be reused with 91 command.
  • 91 [NN]: Reuse the previously appeared string. NN is string number. The first string added by 90 command is 00, and the second is 01.
  • FE: Two FEs can be used to leave "String Array Mode", but also used as a 1 byte command for unknown purpose (end marker?)
  • FF: Unknown, possibly also an end marker of something
  • 44 4F 4E 45 (DONE): End of RTON data

String Array Mode

When the RTON parser encounters "83 03" command, it enters a special mode where multiple strings can be defined without adding them to the history. During this mode the parser expects the following format: [L1] [L2] [String Body]

Both L1 and L2 is the same value, which is the length of the string. The parser leaves this mode when

  • L1 and L2 is both FE
  • L1 and L2 don't match

In the latter case, the parser resumes regular operation and interprets L1 as a command.

Number System

If the first byte is 00-7F in hex (0-127 decimal) then it is just 1-byte and used as is. If the first byte has 7th bit (80-FF in hex, 128-255 decimal) the RTON parser reads the second byte and do different things.

  • If the second byte is 00 the first byte gets ANDed with 7F, which means the 7th bit gets removed.
  • If the second byte is 01 then the first byte is used as is (with 7th bit intact)
  • If the second byte is 02 then first byte gets ANDed with 7F and ORed with 0x100 (7th bit removed and 8th bit set)
  • If the second byte is 03 then first byte gets ORed with 100 (8th bit set)
  • If the second byte is 04 then first byte gets ANDed with 7F and ORed with 0x200 (7th bit removed and 9th bit set)
  • If the second byte is 05 then first byte gets ORed with 200 (9th bit set) *unconfirmed
  • If the second byte is 06 then first byte gets ANDed with 7F and ORed with 0x400 (7th bit removed and 10th bit set) *unconfirmed
  • If the second byte is 07 then first byte gets ORed with 0x400 (10th bit set) *unconfirmed

This pattern probably repeats but I'm not entirely sure.

Source: Ganrash (http://plantsvszombies.wikia.com/wiki/Thread:218962#48)

Copy-pasting levels

You can replace a level with something smaller than the original (Copy-pasting Ancient Egypt 5 to later Frostbite Cave levels seems OK) but you can't go bigger than the original, even though there are enough padding. I tried overwriting Vasebreaker Intro with Ancient Egypt levels but it just crashed the game. The game probably have a size-table somewhere but I have no idea where it is located.

Unused Zombie Features

Treasure Yeti has a unused feature to let players have more than one lunchboxes at the same time, but you can actually edit a level to have two or more yetis and after ending the level, it showcases the lunchbox get screen and chooses random lunchboxes. Could be used for testing? The preceding unsigned comment was added by Andreepika11233 (talk • contribs)

A picture of two yeti boxes in a unknown early version of pvz2

Actually, it is possible to get 2 lunch boxes at a time, though it is a very rare accurance. Ernesto Aguirre (talk) 02:17, 1 August 2015 (EDT)

Unused Frostbite Caves level

Is this real and not a hack?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgULVUgg25A--Knightofthewind (talk) 00:28, 31 May 2015 (EDT)

Anyone? --Knightofthewind (talk) 00:21, 4 June 2015 (EDT)

  • I have created hacked arcade_config.json.3.6 that can access to this level (iceage27_b). I can confirm it is legit at least in Lost City Part 1 update. To use it, backup everything of your /sdcard/Android/data/com.ea.game.pvz2_row/files or /sdcard/Android/data/com.ea.game.pvz2_na/files then replace the arcade_config.json.3.6 in /sdcard/Android/data/com.ea.game.pvz2_(row|na)/files/No_Backup. Next, disconnect from the internet by turning off your Wifi and mobile data then turn on the airplane mode, otherwise the game will download the arcade_config from PopCap's server. Finally, launch the game, go to Vasebreaker mode and then play Vasebreaker Intro 3. When you finished playing it, restore the backup.--Purplebridge001 (talk) 12:02, 4 June 2015 (EDT)
iceage24_b
Thanks for replying. --Knightofthewind (talk) 00:06, 5 June 2015 (EDT)

1Zulu's obb patcher

If you can't find anything in the obb of pvz2 3.6.1 and higher with hex editor you should try this. 1zulu's obb patcher --Andreepika11233 (talk) 09:15, 29 June 2015 (EDT)

Help

There's no Neon Mixtape Tour on here, and I can't do all of the work by myself! Can someone get all the information up on this page now? Angry3456 (talk) 22:09, 1 September 2015 (EDT)

PvZ2 Chinese

I think we should have a separate article for the chinese version of PvZ 2. Basically a completely different game at this point. Different plants, worlds, mechanics, even made by different developers (Talkweb.)

I think there are just too many differences between the international and chinese versions to regulate it to just a regional differences page imo.

--Cutesycookie (talk) 16:30, 2 October 2021 (UTC)