Plants vs. Zombies 2 (China)

This page details one or more prototype versions of Plants vs. Zombies 2 (China).

This page is rather stubbly and could use some expansion.
Are you a bad enough dude to rescue this article?

To do:
Make a seperate page for the debug build for Version 1.0.0 if there are any differences.

Version 1.6.3 is a cheat-enabled build of the game for Android that was accidentally distributed to the public. This version is based on the 1.7.1 release, which was released four months later.

There is also a debug version 1.0.0, but it is currently unknown how this build was obtained.

Cheat Menu#

To do:
Are there keypresses in Map and other menus aside from in-game?

A cheat menu can be opened by holding a click in the top-left corner or when sliding to the right (causes a graphic to appear). The names are also in English. Keypresses can also be sent to the game when the menu is open.

Profile#

Save data progress settings. This tab only appears on the Main Menu.

Name

Function/Description

Reset Profile

Does pretty much what you expect. Displays the below message:

Profile Reset!

Super Profile

Alters your profile with the following stats:

Coins: 1000000
Gems 10000
Keys: 99
Stars: 40

Also displays the below text:

Profile Is Now Awesome!

Jump Level

Allows you to change the level you beat to, the number the game displays after the world name is mostly 1 but the subcategories mostly go from 2-30. The list starts from Egypt.

Start Level#

Starts a listed level file immediately. This tab only appears on the Main Menu.

Global#

These mostly affect the game or framework.

Name

Function/Description

Keypress

Slow-Mo

Slows down most game logic to 0.5× speed.

7

Fast-Mo

Speeds up most game logic to 2.0× speed.

6

Freeze

Freezes most game logic.

5

Frame Step

Allows you to advance game logic by one frame. Enabling and disabling Freeze returns proper game logic speed.

Active Setting

A tab with a submenu called BossFight Setting:

Name	Function/Description
Play BossFight	Allows you to load related level files. Numbers go from 1-6.

Draw Memory Usage

Draws the memory usage to the bottom-left corner.

used: %sMB, free: %sMB, total: %sMB

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Draw ServerTime

Draws the game server time to the bottom-left corner.

Draw MacAddress

Draws the MAC Address of the device to the bottom-left corner.

Draw PlayerId

Draws the Player ID to the bottom-left corner.

Draw 50MB Debug

Draws a display, 50MB likely relates to the size of compressed base game assets (at least on Android).

App Version: %s
RSBVersion: %s(%s)

p

Draw RSB Info

No effect?

Draw Graphics Info

Draws a display.

Draw FPS

Draws the FPS near the top-right corner with a coloured box. Blue means above 60, green means between 30–60, yellow means between 15–30, and red means below 15.

Draw Sent Draper Params

No effect?

Draw Glyph Cache

Draws the texture glyph cache to the screen.

Draw Text Rects

Draws purple rectangles over textboxes.

Disable Draper

No effect?

Pusher Register

No effect?

Pusher ShowInfo

No effect?

Fire Profile Loaded Event

No effect?

Clear Rated App

Set HasRatedApp to false, enabling prompts to rate the game on 4399 (which is where this build is sourced from).

Debug Check

Opens a dialog. Reads and writes PlayerInfo_backup.json and Plants_backup.json, with messages such as "Old file does not exist, please save first!", "cannot read file in backup", and "Old version: %d, current version: %d". Appears to be a save/restore debug feature for player info and plants.

AddX

Add +1 to X and print gCheat_X:[X.000000] to ADB Logcat (with X meaning the current X value), purpose unknown.

SubtractX

Add -1 to X and print gCheat_X:[X.000000] to ADB Logcat (with X meaning the current X value), purpose unknown.

AddY

Add +1 to Y and print gCheat_Y:[X.000000] to ADB Logcat (with X meaning the current Y value), purpose unknown.

SubtractY

Add -1 to Y and print gCheat_Y:[X.000000] to ADB Logcat (with X meaning the current Y value), purpose unknown.

!!Crash the Game!!

A tab with the following option.

Name	Function/Description	Keypress
!!Really Crash the Game!!	Crashes the game, who would've guessed.	'

Board#

Mostly in-game logic.

Name	Function/Description	Keypress
Easy Planting Mode	Grants infinite Plant Food and the ability to plant without recharge time and using Sun.	8
Spawn Zombie	Allows you to spawn any Zombie in a random lane, categorized by whatever level theme they are from. the ones in Other tend to crash the game so avoid using them. A category called coming_soon is also present but without any Zombies. This only appears in-game.
Spawn Plant	Allows you to spawn any Plant in the topmost lane unoccupied. This only appears in-game.
UI Editor	?
Fishing Editor	?
Show Plant ID	Shows the numeric ID of Plants.
Treasure Choose	?
Drop List	?
Drop List Challenge	?
Infinite Plantfood	Allows you to use Plant Food without actually having at least 1, no visual display value is modified.
Load Network Level	When clicked, it requests a level JSON from the server. If the request succeeds, the level automatically restarts and loads the JSON received from the server.
Health Bars	Draws numeric health bars over Plants and Zombies. This only appears in-game.	H
Show Collision Info	Draws hitboxes and hurtboxes of Plants, Zombies and Lawn Mowers, the same goes for their projectiles with colors of red and green, also draws something with the color of pink but is unknown, blue is for in-game elements like Sun.
Highlight Dynamic Zombies	Highlights zombies spawned by Dynamic Difficulty.
Cycle Debug View	Cycles between multiple Debug Views, some ported from the first game with slight additions but new ones were also added. Zombie Spawning Debug no longer heavily drops the game's FPS when used and the below string was added. `=== No WaveGeneratorModule in this level! ===` Music Debug seems to be unimplemented, returning the below string: `---UNIMPLEMENTED---` Memory Debug was added, and draws text on the board position. Collision Debug does mostly the same as Show Collision Info but also draws interaction boxes of the playfield. Lifebar Debug was added, drawing a life bar of Plants and Zombies. Street Debug was added and does ?.	z
Win Level	Spawns the level completed object to the playfield.	!
Shameful Fail Level	Shows the Game Over screen with text on the behind layer saying: `Shameful Failure!`	*
Fail Level	Shows the Game Over screen.	F
Cannon Fail Level	Unknown, might be related to Cannons Away or Sky City.	&
Pause Button	Pauses the game with game logic still enabled.	Space
Kill All Zombies	Removes all Zombies from the playfield.
Kill All Zombies With Drops	Removes all Zombies from the playfield with drops.
Break All Vases	Breaks all vases in a Vasebreaker Level?
Start Mowers	Activates all Lawn Mowers.
Cherry Bombardment	Spawns Cherry Bombs in the following formation: `0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0` `0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0` `0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0` `0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0` `0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0`
DangerRoom Reset Cards	Resets cards given in Endless Zones, useless in normal gameplay as Endless Zones were removed in the Chinese version, leaving this option as a pointless leftover.
+100 Sun	Does what is said.	0
-100 Sun	Does what is said.	-
+999999 Sun	Does what is said.	9
-999999 Sun	Does what is said.
Spawn Collectible	Spawns a listed collectable to the playfield.
Wall O' Plants	Spawns Sunflowers, Peashooters and Wall-Nuts in the following formation: `1 1 2 2 2 3 0 0 0` `1 1 2 2 2 3 0 0 0` `1 1 2 2 2 3 0 0 0` `1 1 2 2 2 3 0 0 0` `1 1 2 2 2 3 0 0 0`	W
Random Plants	Spawns random Plants to the playfield. Tends to crash the game.	E
Zombies Carry Plantfood	Flags all future Zombie spawns to ensure Plant Food is dropped for killing them.	P
Spawn Next Zombie Wave	Goes ahead one internal game wave. Sets TimeUntilNextSpawn to 0.10 seconds.	/
Start Narrative	Starts a given in-game narrative. Game logic is not paused from playing one.
Spawn Treasure Yeti	Spawns a Treasure Yeti.	y
Save/Load NOW	Saves the game and immediately loads it, it's wise to not use this in the Pause Menu. If the game's not in a saveable state, the below string will be displayed. `Game is not currently in a saveable state!`
Save Danger Room	Saves current Endless Zone progress, useless in normal gameplay. If the game's not in a saveable state, the below string will be displayed. `Game is not currently in a saveable state!`
Load Danger Room	Immediately loads an Endless Zone saved game, useless in normal gameplay.
Skip Level	Skips the level without giving the player a reward.
Board Pause	?
Save/Load Stress Test	Saves and loads saves after 15 seconds in game logic time.
Load Game Doesn't Pause	Ensures loading saves does not immediately pause the game.

World Map#

To do:
More depth on World Map Editor Mode.

World Map options.

Name	Function/Description	Keypress
Reset Activity Times	Restarts timers for events?
Reset RechargeGift Times	Restarts timers for purchase bonuses?
Editor Mode	Toggles World Map Editor Mode.
Ignore Tutorial Input	Ignores tutorial arrow-based input, input blacking the screen still have to be done.
Unlock All Levels	Unlocks all levels in the current world with all Star Challenges complete.
Enter Danger Room	Crashes the game as Endless Zones were removed from the game.
Show Danger Room	Shows the Endless Zone?
Show New Danger Room	?
Show Accessory UI	Shows the UI for the Pendant menu.
Show Update Reward	?
Show Festival Reward	Shows the UI for the Daily Challenge.
Load Danger Room	Crashes the game, attempts to load the current world's Endless Zone.
Test New Network Func	?
Test Wechat Share	Unknown, seems related to sharing the game to WeChat.
Show Event Hitboxes	Shows hitboxes of Event triggers, level nodes and obtainable objects.
Spawn Yeti	Leftover from the International version, presumably for spawning Treasure Yetis on the world map.
Tap To Lock Node	Allows tapping level nodes to lock them with their current score.
Tap To Unlock Node	Allows tapping level nodes to unlock them with their current score.
Tap To Clear Node	Allows tapping level nodes to clear them like general progression.
Tap To Get Stars Node	Allows tapping level nodes to force 1-3 Star ratings for them with their current score.
Load Sandbox Egypt	Loads the Egypt sandbox level.
Load Sandbox Pirate	Loads the Pirate sandbox level.
Load Sandbox Cowboy	Loads the Cowboy sandbox level.
Load Sandbox Future	Loads the Future sandbox level.
Start Narrative	Same as Board's.

Profile Settings#

Name	Function/Description	Keypress
Fake Purchase Loop	Checks every frame for a pending store purchase and completes it as successful. Only works if a purchase is already pending.
Set Plant Level 1	Sets all Plants to Level 1.
Set Plant Level 2	Sets all Plants to Level 2.
Set Plant Level 3	Sets all Plants to Level 3.
Set Plant Level 4	Sets all Plants to Level 4.
Set Plant Avatar	Unlocks all Costumes.
Set Cannon Level 1	Unlocks the Basic Artillery in Sky City.
Set Cannon Level 2	Unknown, likely a leftover from early plans to have upgrades to the Sky City cannon.
Set Cannon Level 3	Unknown, likely a leftover from early plans to have upgrades to the Sky City cannon.
Skip All Tutorials	Skips all tutorials except tutorials with IDs 14, 18, 20, 21, 22, and 23.
10 Components	?
+100000 Coins	Does what you expect. However the game cannot detect multiple debug keypresses under the same character so only this and the one below will work with keypresses.	&
-100000 Coins	Does what you expect.	$
+10000 Gems	Does what you expect.	&
-10000 Gems	Does what you expect.	$
+100 Stones	Unknown, might be an event currency?	&
-100 Stones	Unknown, might be an event currency?	$
+100 Leafs	Unknown, might be the removed Physical Energy resource?	&
-100 Leafs	Unknown, might be the removed Physical Energy resource?	$
+1 Each Key	Gives 1 of each World Key type.	k
-1 Each Key	Removes 1 of each World Key type.	K
+10 Plant Piece	Adds 10 Puzzle Pieces for each Plant.	k
+10 Avatar Piece	Adds 10 Costume Puzzle Pieces for each Plant.	k
Roll Plants	Unknown, might be for rolling the gacha?	R
+10 Accessory Piece	Adds 10 Puzzle Pieces for each Pendant.	k
Unlock Danger Room Level 3	?
Upgrades	Allows you to toggle upgrade ownership. Chinese text does not render correctly leading to garbage text.
Update Property Sheet	Updates the PropertySheets.json file from the internal dev server.
Update Drop Sheet	Updates the DropItemGroups.json, DropItems.json and PresentTypes.json file from the internal dev server.
Update plant and zombie Sheet	Updates the PlantTypes.json and ZombieTypes.json file from the internal dev server.
set stamina count to 1	Unknown, might be the removed Physical Energy resource?
Lock Profile	Locks the profile from saving to the server.
Quit and Reload Profile	Quits to the Main Menu. Having a duplicate save would help prevent crashes.	L
Save Duplicate Profile	Creates a duplicate save with _1.	S
Save Profile To Server	Saves the profile to the server.
Load Profile From Server	Loads the most recent save from the server.
Game Center	iOS only. Shows the achievements and leaderboards for the Ancient Egypt, Pirate Seas, and Wild West worlds, with an option to reset achievements. Since this is an Android build, does nothing.

Uncategorized#

Name	Function/Description
Show Cheat Keyboard	Unknown.

Other Cheat Keys#

Despite the Cheat Menu offers a number of keypresses, there's a few functions that are not mentioned in it which by design, can only be used with keypresses.

Keypress	Function/Description
A	Spawns a Zombie.
B	Spawns a Conehead Zombie.
C	Spawns a Buckethead Zombie.
F	Spawns a Flag Zombie.

Other Differences#

The game constantly tries to ping game servers when online and write logs about doing so.
Red boxes are displayed over text too large for a textbox.
Various logs about the game are written.

v · t · e The Plants vs. Zombies series
Windows	Plants vs. Zombies (Prototypes) • Plants vs. Zombies: Replanted
Mac OS X	Plants vs. Zombies (Prototypes)
Android	Plants vs. Zombies • Plants vs. Zombies 2 • Heroes • Plants vs. Zombies 3 (Demos)
iOS	Plants vs. Zombies • Plants vs. Zombies 2 (Use Your Brainz EDU) • Heroes • Plants vs. Zombies 3 (Demos)
Adobe Flash	Plants vs. Zombies
Nintendo DS, DSiWare	Plants vs. Zombies
Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita	Plants vs. Zombies
Xbox One, Xbox Series X and S, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2	Plants vs. Zombies: Replanted

China-Exclusive
iOS	Great Wall Edition • Plants vs. Zombies 2 • All Stars
Android	Great Wall Edition (Dev Build) • Endless Edition • Plants vs. Zombies 2 (Dev Build) • All Stars
Adobe Flash	Online
Android TV	Plants vs. Zombies

Garden Warfare
Windows	Garden Warfare • Garden Warfare 2 • Battle For Neighborville (Picnic)
Xbox 360, PlayStation 3	Garden Warfare
Xbox One, PlayStation 4	Garden Warfare • Garden Warfare 2 • Battle For Neighborville (Picnic)
Nintendo Switch	Battle For Neighborville (Picnic)