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Alpha 815 (PlayStation 2)

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This is a sub-page of Proto:The Sims 2 (GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox).

To do:

  • Audio
  • Textures
  • Other gameplay things.

This prototype is documented on Hidden Palace.

Title screen

This build for the PlayStation 2 version was provided by darksabre76, who had acquired it from antimatter. It's compiled on August 15, 2005 or about 1.5 months before the final build.

General Things#

In many ways, it's pretty similar to Alpha 814, but there are still a couple of differences.

  • Most if not all Urbz references have been removed from containers such as MOVIES.ARC. Instead of files having an urbz_ prefix, they now have an s2c_ prefix, which is also the case for the final build.
  • Pressing Select + L3 toggles the HUD.
  • The starting time is 7:00am in Freeplay mode and if you started Story mode without saving after the Create-A-Sim. If you did save, it starts at 1:00am.
  • It uses cheat code combinations from The Sims, but some of the original effects may not correspond.
    • Circle, L1, L2, R2, R1 -- Spawns the Cheat gnome + Time, Relationships, Get Job, Set Job Level cheats pre-enabled.
    • L1, R2, X, Circle, Up -- Add Aspiration
    • L1, R1, Down, X, L3 -- Change Skill
    • R2, L1, R1, L2, Left -- Set All Motives
    • L2, R2, Up, Triangle, L3, X -- Unlock All Clothing
    • L1, R2, Right, Square, L3 -- Unlock All Objects
    • R2, R3, L3, L2, R1 / L3, R3, R1, R2, Circle / Triangle, R2, L1, X, Square -- Unknown Effects!
    • Up, Down, Circle, Up, Down -- Shows a picture of the developers when entered during the credits.
  • This build has some debugging. It has a couple options that aren't present in M4 20, but for the most part, the debugging options in this build are quite limited.

Sims2PS2-A815_Debug1.png Sims2PS2-A815_Debug2.png Sims2PS2-A815_Debug3.png

  • Some transparent objects, like windows, seem to emit this unusual red tinted glare. Sometimes it's green or yellow too. Only happens in this build.

Cutscenes#

The cutscenes are stored in and extracted from the MOVIES.ARC container.

Filename

Early cutscene

Final cutscene

Additional information

s2c_intro

Sims2PS2-A814_urbz_intro.webm
Sims2PS2-FIN_s2c_intro.webm

Early version of the outtakes cutscene. Same cutscene can be seen at boot in Alpha 814.

s2c_intro_pal

Sims2PS2-M420_urbz_intro_pal.webm
Sims2PS2-FIN_s2c_intro_pal.webm

Even earlier version of the cutscene. It's seen at boot in M4 20, and remains simply hidden in MOVIES.ARC in this build.

s2c_ending

Sims2PS2-M420_urbz_ending.webm
Sims2PS2-FIN_s2c_ending.webm

Early version of the ending outtakes cutscene. The early version is missing a few scenes. This unfinished cutscene remains unchanged from the earlier builds.

s2c_ending_pal

Sims2PS2-M420_urbz_ending_pal.webm
Sims2PS2-FIN_s2c_ending_pal.webm

The PAL version of the early version of the ending outtakes cutscene.