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 areas. 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 regional differences. This game has revisional differences. 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 Graphics Graphics such as HUD, placeholders, stickers, and textures.

Unused Audio Unused music and sounds.

64px	Unused Icons Icons for items you can't normally get in the Pop-It menu.

Unused DLC Downloadable content that was never given out anywhere.

64px	Regional Differences Differences between regions.

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

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.

Unused Levels

palette_creatures.bin

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  The creatures in question.

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  The entire level.

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  The ant specifically, showing the joint parenting.

gamedata/levels/palettes/palette_creatures.bin is an unused level presumably put together to test the different types of NPCs LittleBigPlanet would have throughout development. The level .bin file only loads in LittleBigPlanet 3, which internally removes some of the error-checking when loading levels. In LittleBigPlanet, the level fails to load, and if it's forced to load, it simply freezes. Despite only loading in LittleBigPlanet 3, the level only exists in the first, launch disk copy of LittleBigPlanet and does not exist in the Game of the Year Edition, nor the PlayStation Network Digital version.

Upon loading the level, the only visible object is the Walker (seen below). The rest of the level was not given any form of material data, and can be replaced with Cardboard or any other material in the user's Pop-it by using the Material Changer.

Upon replacing the rest of the level with Cardboard, we can see some developer messages written in Material, "Socket," "New," "Old," and "Ant." "Socket" is referring to the Walker object below it, which cannot be tweaked (it sends the user to the Pod) and does not move. "New" has nothing below it that is tangible. "Old" has an X and a small, round object below it almost resembling a torso and a head. And below "Ant" is a giant ant-like creature.

In the LittleBigPlanet 3 Alpha, enabling the "Graphics/Draw Parenting" feature shows that the Ant is a parented object, and when the game is unpaused, the Ant's limbs stay attached to it, and its antennae wiggle back and forth. Though it is a materialized object, it also contains code similar to Sackboy, located in gamedata/scratch/ant.cha.

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". In-game, he would have been an early solution to a moving enemy. He was cut in favor of Creature Brains and Creature Legs, but you can still see a reference to him in the Creature Brain's tweak menu icons.

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 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

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 sheet. (See the Unused Graphics subpage.)

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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# = LIMITS TEST 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

Revision Differences

To do: Tapha Niang lyrics.

Party Ghouls

Party Ghouls

Patch 1.12	Patch 1.13

The track Party Ghouls from the Monster Kit had a red icon when it was added in patch 1.12, but was changed to green next patch.