LittleBigPlanet (PlayStation 3)

LittleBigPlanet (PlayStation 3)
Developer: Media Molecule Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment Platforms: PlayStation 3 Released in JP: October 30, 2008 Released in US: October 28, 2008 Released in EU: November 3, 2008 Released in AU: November 7, 2008 Released in KR: October 31, 2008 This game has unused code. This game has unused enemies. This game has unused graphics. This game has unused models. This game has unused items. This game has unused music. This game has unused sounds. This game has unused text. This game has a prototype article This game has a prerelease article

LittleBigPlanet is a game heavily based on user-generated content, with a lot of materials to allow players to create levels. You could make levels ranging from platformers, to minigames, to adventures, to blank levels with objects scattered everywhere.

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Unused Icons Icons for items you can't normally get in the Pop-It menu.

Unused Stickers Stickers that either aren't seen anywhere, or just not given out as prizes.

Unused DLC Downloadable costumes and objects that were never given out anywhere.

Unused Text Text that isn't seen anywhere in the game.

Unused Graphics

Unused Controls Screen

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  Early loading screen

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  Controller that would be put in the middle of the loading screen

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  In action

In early gameplay footage, a loading screen is seen (before levels begin) which shows controls such as jumping and moving. Some interesting details about this image are that the L1 button does not jump (this is a very awkward control scheme) and the right stick does not move Sackboy's arms.

Early Global Lighting Icon

File:Globallighting.png

This is the first version of the Global Lighting Object as in-game icon before it was changed. It can be seen around 2:00 in the video -

Early Gardens Story Badges

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• Gardernbadge2.png

There are two early level badges that were based off the final "First Steps" level icon. In the beta, these are the exact icons used as placeholders on the Gardens' levels. Can be found in gamedata/texture_library/level_badges/.

Placeholder Face

When you spawn an object and tweak an emitter with a missing preview icon, a picture of Arnold Schwarzenegger appears in the object-to-spawn preview space. The picture is from Total Recall, from the scene where he wakes up from his dream vacation at Rekall Inc. Can be found in gamedata/texture_library/ui/auto_icons/auto_gen_icon.tex.

PC Editor Icons and Resources

There's all sorts of odd things here. We got a color wheel, a font, Mac OSX icons, a Windows XP folder... what is going on here?!

Lots of hand-drawn icons, a bunch of stickers, Flubber, and a picture of a developer's head.

Odd (possibly) debug icons. The story mode levels were most likely made with a computer, and these might be the icons for the editor.

Early Pop-It Icons

There is a whole sheet of early Pop-It icons. The symbols are all different, the PlayStation Eye is called the EyeToy, and there are balls of various materials.

Numbers

A row of numbers divisible by 16.

Early Loading Icon

Two loading arrows. In some early gameplay videos, it is seen in the bottom left along with debug information while textures are being loaded into memory. In the final game, the arrows look hand drawn and smaller, without the debug info.

Early Pod Logo

An early name and logo for the pod. In early gameplay videos, it is seen in the pod's front window.

HUD Test

Some sort of HUD test, most likely for testing the position of the screen.

Unused Reflection

File:Lbp churchreflection.png

An unused reflection texture that doesn't seem to be used anywhere. It's an old building with blue dirt on the ground. It could be an early version of The Wedding.

Globe

A faded world map.

Water Texture

A water texture. It's visible via the Dark Glass material (see below) when scaled up.

Pos X

An orange square saying Pos X.

Backdrop Indian Texture

File:Data.farc.1441.png

A blue mysterious looking pattern that was stretched out for the background of an early prototype of the game.

Back of Matchbox

The matchbox object has a back to it, but you can never actually see it normally.

Fork/Knife Texture

The texture to the fork/knife emblem from the GDC video still remains the game.

"Tutorial Board" Icon

The icon for the Score Board like object that plays a video during the tutorials.

Unused Gameplay Tools

Ice Hazard/Freezatron Tool

Through hacking, it's possible to get the "Freezatron" tool, dubbed by the community as the "Ice Hazard", in your popit. However, the tool does not work, and refuses to come out when selected. This is most likely because the tool was compiled for an earlier build of the game, and the other tools have been updated since.

The following is the leftover language data mentioning the ice tool.

Freezatron
"I thought I told you to freeze"
Fire, Ice, Electricity and Gas

Image Import Tool

Added in game patch 1.02, the image import tool allows you to import images(.PNG, .JPEG, etc) from the PS3 HDD into in-game textures. The tool is fully completed with in-game icon, prize data, and fully functional when hacked into popit. However it was never released due to some concerns of players importing explicit content.

The following is associated language data for the image tool.

Image Import Tool
Import images from your HDD to use as stickers
The image <em>%1</em> is too small. Images must be at least 4 pixels wide and high.
The image <em>%1</em> couldn't be imported for some reason.
There's not enough memory to import <em>%1</em>. Try using a smaller image.
The image <em>%1</em> was imported successfully! You'll find it in the the <em>My Pictures</em> page in your Popit.
There was an error decoding the image <em>%1</em>. Please try again or use a different image.

Level Contents

Plenty of levels have materials, objects or stickers that were not given out to players, were possibly hidden, and through glitching can be acquired.

Pete and Leo names

In the Introduction level, the two Media Molecule workers Pete and Leo actually have a few repeats of their names underneath themselves in black. They can't be seen normally, but when the level is loaded in Create Mode via a glitch and the objects are hidden, the names are revealed.

Dark Glass

Dubbed "Dark Glass" by members of the game's community, this material has the properties and texture of Dark Matter but is transparent and has sharp edges like Glass. It can be found in some Gardens levels.

Unused Models

To do: Get images of each model with textures. They exist.

Walker

A creature internally known as the "walker".

collectible_egg.mol

A plastic prize egg. It appears pink in-game. This was replaced by the Prize Bubble late in development, but was used for storing prizes in early versions. This is apparent when all prizes are collected because a rooster sound is played.

radio_tower.mol

A radio tower. It is among the models for the various Pod-related models, suggesting it had something to do with a planet. Its texture seems to be a rugged plastic in-game.

spring_sign.mol

A springboard with an image on the front of it. In-game, the model has physics and bounces around. The note's texture in-game is the red fist sticker. What appears to be a clip is actually a mistake in the model, and is directly connected to the spring part itself and stretched out, even using the same metal texture.

glue.mol

A dab of glue. It was intended to be a a tool used for sticking stuff together, seen in early gameplay. It changed to simply holding down the X button. It appears light blue in-game.

Unused Materials

There are several unused materials still within the game's data.

To do: Find more textures for unused materials, but make sure they aren't actually used for costume pieces or other objects.

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  Turquoise circle material

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  Lava material

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  A strange, blurry glass material

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  Blue striped fabric

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  Red striped fabric

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  Yellow striped fabric

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  White striped fabric

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  A cardboard dragon material

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  A dark pink Japanese flower material

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  A yellow plaid material

Unused Themes

The final game has eight themes: The Gardens, The Savannah, The Wedding, The Canyons, The Metropolis, The Islands, The Temples and The Wilderness. However, in various places on the disc, are hints to four additional themes that are not present in the final game. Each theme had its own music and background. While the backgrounds are gone from the game's data, the ambient sounds from them still remain, and the four songs that were used for their respective themes were re-released in the Mm Music Pack 1 DLC and the Monster Pack DLC.

This also explains why there is only one music pack - because there wasn't any more music leftover to release. To further prove this, the filenames of the DLC songs each relate to the themes they would be from.

English Seaside

The most well-known theme that was once in development is the English Seaside / Beach theme. It was seen in early gameplay trailers.

A screenshot of the beach background in use

The interactive music track used in this theme would be later seen as "Tea by the Sea" in the Mm Music Pack 1. The internal filename for the song is i_english_s.fsb.

All the models and textures for the beach background have been purged in the final game and all stickers given out for the theme were given out in the Savannah levels.

The following are the ambient background noises and music track for the theme:

Day ambience	Night ambience	Song Track

Russian Theater

Not much is known about this theme. Its song has the internal name i_russian_t.fsb and would later be released in the Monster Kit as "Party Ghouls".

Ambience	Song Track

American Midwest Train

An unknown theme. All that is known is it would take place on a western train yard. Its song has the internal name i_american_mw.fsb and would later be released under the name "Well Trained" in Mm Music Pack 1.

Day ambience	Night ambience	Song Track

Japanese Window

This theme could be a bit sketchy as there is even less known about it than the other themes. Its song has the internal name i_japanese_a.fsb and would later be released under the name "Wise Owl" in Mm Music Pack 1.

Ambience	Song Track

Unused Audio

There is a lot of unused audio in this game, ranging from sound effects and music to ambient noise.

Music

Audio	Usage
	An unused theme for the pod. It was later re-used in LittleBigPlanet 2.

SFX

Audio	Usage
	Sounds that would play when you would "icenate" a material.
	Sounds that would play when a player becomes frozen in ice.
	Sounds that would loop when standing near the ice hazard.
	Sounds that would play when breaking free from the ice.
	Sound effects for "unicenating" a material.
	A strange version of the high score sound falling and breaking.

Language Data/Strings

Many, MANY things from the early versions of LBP2 exist as language data in the later patches of LBP1. It is unknown why all this is in the first game, perhaps Media Molecule was planning to add the extra content as DLC?

Timer
Quieter
One Use Switch
Destroy Trigger
Grappling Hook Power Up
Impact Switch Key
Toggle
Robo Boot Power Up
Two Input Switch
Direction Switch
Single Grab
Gyroscope
Count
SackBot
Permanent Switch V2
And
Look at Key
New Playlist
On/Off Switch
Direct Control
Xor

Leftover Code and Test Results

Material Costs

In early gameplay footage, it is mentioned that you have to collect a certain amount of "sponge" in developer levels before you can create your own. This means each material would have a certain cost, and you'd have to collect more sponge before you could continue building. This was removed for being too tedious, however, some code still remains. It's interesting to note that the only materials mentioned here are the only materials seen in the early Pop-it icons above.

MaterialCostMultipliers_0	1			# Wood
MaterialCostMultipliers_1	1			# Metal
MaterialCostMultipliers_2	1			# Cardboard
MaterialCostMultipliers_3	1			# Polystyrene
MaterialCostMultipliers_4	1			# Glass
MaterialCostMultipliers_5	1			# Sponge
MaterialCostMultipliers_6	1			# Gold
MaterialCostMultipliers_7	1			# Orrible
MaterialCostMultipliers_8	1			# Chi
MaterialCostMultipliers_9	1			# Fluid

MaterialCostPerUnitArea		0.0001

Paint

At one point in development, you could paint stuff using a paintbrush or similar tool, and the code for this still exists in the game.

PaintSpeed .15

Benchmark Results

Tests were ran to see which levels used the most resources on the PS3, and here were the results.

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# LIMIT_STICKERS: Highest: 6746   (gamedata/levels/00_developer_levels_episode_1/usa_new_york/usa_newyork_main_subway.bin with highest MaxEmittedAtOnce: 11)
# LIMIT_DECORATIONS: Highest: 597   (gamedata/levels/00_developer_levels_episode_1/mexico_graveyard/mexico_graveyard_main_bulldozer.bin with highest MaxEmittedAtOnce: 3)
# LIMIT_PHYSICS_VERTICES: Highest: 27024   (gamedata/levels/00_developer_levels_episode_1/usa_new_york/usa_newyork_main_subway.bin with highest MaxEmittedAtOnce: 11)
# LIMIT_CONVEXES: Highest: 6530   (gamedata/levels/00_developer_levels_episode_1/japan_zen_garden/japan_zen_main_3.bin with highest MaxEmittedAtOnce: 34)
# LIMIT_SHAPES: Highest: 2411   (gamedata/levels/00_developer_levels_episode_1/mexico_desert/mexico_desert_main_snakes.bin with highest MaxEmittedAtOnce: 23)
# LIMIT_MOVING_SHAPES: Highest: 1321   (gamedata/levels/00_developer_levels_episode_1/mexico_desert/mexico_desert_main_snakes.bin with highest MaxEmittedAtOnce: 23)
# LIMIT_THINGS: Highest: 4034   (gamedata/levels/00_developer_levels_episode_1/mexico_desert/mexico_desert_main_snakes.bin with highest MaxEmittedAtOnce: 23)
# LIMIT_JOINTS: Highest: 611   (gamedata/levels/00_developer_levels_episode_1/usa_new_york/usa_newyork_main_subway.bin with highest MaxEmittedAtOnce: 11)
# LIMIT_ENEMIES: Highest: 64   (gamedata/levels/00_developer_levels_episode_1/mexico_desert/mexico_desert_main_fluff_mine.bin with highest MaxEmittedAtOnce: 5)
# LIMIT_SWITCHES: Highest: 169   (gamedata/levels/00_developer_levels_episode_1/japan_zen_garden/japan_zen_main_3.bin with highest MaxEmittedAtOnce: 34)
# LIMIT_MESH_VERTICES: Highest: 592216   (gamedata/levels/00_developer_levels_episode_1/usa_new_york/usa_newyork_main_subway.bin with highest MaxEmittedAtOnce: 11)
# LIMIT_RESOURCE_MEMORY: Highest: 3071031   (gamedata/levels/00_developer_levels_episode_1/russia_snow_wilderness/russia_snow_main_3.bin with highest MaxEmittedAtOnce: 0)
# LIMIT_GFX_MEM_LOCAL: Highest: 33477848   (gamedata/levels/00_developer_levels_episode_1/russia_snow_wilderness/russia_snow_main_3.bin with highest MaxEmittedAtOnce: 0)
# LIMIT_GFX_MEM_MAIN_MAPPED: Highest: 548198   (gamedata/levels/00_developer_levels_episode_1/russia_snow_wilderness/russia_snow_main_3.bin with highest MaxEmittedAtOnce: 0)
# LIMIT_GFX_MEM_MAIN_UNMAPPED: Highest: 1092096   (gamedata/levels/00_developer_levels_episode_1/india/india_main_1.bin with highest MaxEmittedAtOnce: 20)
# LIMIT_USER_TEXTURE_MEMORY: Highest: 0   ( with highest MaxEmittedAtOnce: 0)
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Info Fridge

In the raw level data for the Pod, the Info Fridge, seen in various concept art, is referenced hanging on a string. It was replaced with the Info Moon.

fridgestring

Ice Hazard

The infamous Ice Hazard was extremely broken and was cut from the game, but remains in the data. Here's some of its code:

FramesFromIceDeathTillRespawn	0

FramesTillFrozenToDeath	0

ForceToSmashWhenFrozen	1e+006

FrozenBoxScale	1.125,2,0
FrozenBoxOffset	0,0,0
FrozenBoxThick	0
SenseHistorySize	0
ShakeSenseBase	0
ShakeSenseScale	0
ShakeSenseThresh	500



IceTemperature				-55.0
IceDensity					0.5
IceColorR					1
IceColorG					1
IceColorB					1
IceAlpha					1

Other

FramesTillSlappedToBits		3