Serious Sam 3: BFE

This page contains notes for the game Serious Sam 3: BFE.

Stuff To Add#

Things needing research#

• All_150406.gro has a folder called "Prototype" which is located All_150406.gro\Content\SeriousSam3\Models\Levels . Is it anything interesting?

Things that need to be added to the page#

• Unused Zorg multiplayer characters, and possibly more.
  
• There's a bunch of Serious Editor 3.5 stuff that isn't used. Links:
  *https://web.archive.org/web/20140804235408/http://forums.seriouszone.com/showthread.php?t=65181
  *https://web.archive.org/web/20180605141018/http://forums.seriouszone.com/showthread.php?t=62085
  
• A YouTube video showcasing an unused Gnaar execution: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeV5vB_yLCc
  
• The Serious Sam Wikia states that the Jewel of the Nile Scrapjack boss's hammer attack animation was added months before JoTN was released. See if this is accurate info and if the animation is different. Link: https://web.archive.org/web/20180605141021/http://serioussam.wikia.com/wiki/Scrapjack_Boss
• There's an unused 200 armour item. It's used in mods like SS3: Extended and SS3: Enhanced. Document it!
  
• The trailers have a bunch of early graphics and models in them. Things like the handgun and Gnaar textures are completely different. See if there are any other differences.
  
• Investigate if there are any strange objects in the levels. For example, there's a random cube under the first level which has geometry inside of it but lacks lighting, rendering it black.
• The Serious Sam Wikia states that Serious Sam 3 has a bunch of commands that do nothing. There's some interesting commands in there that hint at this past, present, and future mechanic thing. Link: https://web.archive.org/web/20180605141019/http://serioussam.wikia.com/wiki/Serious_Sam_3:_BFE/Console_Commands
  
• There's unused sounds of the Sandwhale being hurt and dying. Are there any more unused sounds?
  
• There's an unused flag seen in various promo trailers and some mods.
  
• There's TONS of leftovers from earlier games, such as the non-HD version of SS:TSE's final boss' staff
  
  

A forum post on Seriously! states that Croteam's cancelled military shooter (named T.E.O.R., which is not common knowledge!) had a bunch of assets which were added into Serious Sam 3. See if there are any remnants of T.E.O.R. in the files.
Side note: extracting certain files from Sam 3 using the editor may put them inside a folder called TEOR. These models aren't direct rips from TEOR and have been modified to look better. The grenade launcher from TEOR was also released by Solais.
The forum post: https://web.archive.org/web/20180605141020/http://forums.seriouszone.com/showpost.php?p=1083587&postcount=41