Angry Birds Trilogy (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3)

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To do: PS3 version has executable code executed on bootup to load a full.edat file, most likely this was supposed to be for licensing a demo version to the full game, which is also likely given by leftover scripting code as well. Go into the messy filesystem and check patch differences. Upload the ABTrilogy Console UnusedCutsceneSound 1.mp3 sound. Find the unused content for the Wii/Wii U, 3DS and the Vita versions. Document oddities (e.g.: Pig defeat sounds playing when freeing caged birds in the Rio portion game.) The Wii version has a crash handler screen, document it The Wii version also has ABRio's resolution popup despite it being normally impossible to change resolution, but Jefftastic triggered it by mistake while he was corrupting the game.

Angry Birds Trilogy bundles the three classic Angry Birds games we know and love into one giant package ready to play on your console, in full HD for the very first time²!

²Not if you already played them on an iPad.

Unused Graphics#

Placeholder images for the second DLC pack, the Fowl Tempered Pack, are present in the first DLC pack, the Anger Management Pack.

Odd Level File#

scripts/game_data/original/levels/pack12/level242.lua is almost empty, it only has a Red bird and small Pig beside each other. A rough decompilation of the level is below.

themeSprites = {}
castleCameraData = {
  version = "0.02",
  ipad = {
    sy = 0.8,
    sx = 0.8,
    px = 69.218,
    py = -180.479,
    screenHeight = 768,
    screenWidth = 1024
  }
}
levelParticles = {}
joints = {}
world = {
  SmallPiglette_1 = {
    y = -0.95,
    x = -4.45,
    name = "SmallPiglette_1",
    angle = 0,
    definition = "SmallPiglette"
  },
  ground = {
    y = 5,
    x = 0,
    name = "ground",
    angle = 0,
    definition = "Ground"
  },
  RedBird_1 = {
    y = -0.95,
    x = -7.75,
    name = "RedBird_1",
    startNumber = 1,
    angle = 0,
    definition = "RedBird"
  }
}
physicsToWorld = 20
counts = {RedBird = 1, SmallPiglette = 1}
theme = "theme1"
birdCameraData = {
  version = "0.02",
  ipad = {
    sy = 0.8,
    sx = 0.8,
    px = -57.7937,
    py = -180.479,
    screenHeight = 768,
    screenWidth = 1024
  }
}

Debug Mode#

To do: The related functions ARE present in the Xbox 360 version as well but how to enable?

On the PlayStation 3, the game checks if a debug.edat file is present in the root of the content directory of the disc for the game's region (PSN also checks for discs) on boot. If it is, the game checks if the console can decrypt it. If the check succeeds, debug mode will be enabled.

Title#

Information about the build is displayed. Up can be pressed to resume the game from the current level; if the level is not present, it loads 1-1 of Angry Birds Classic.

Main Menu#

A debug menu on the side is displayed. You can use START to navigate the debug menu with the D-Pad and X.

Particle Viewer#

A simple particle viewer; you cannot play more than one at once. There's also no way to scroll quickly, so navigation here will be slow.

Font Image Viewer#

A simple display of the font texture. Pressing Left or Right on both does ?

Test Screen#

To do: Confirm if it changed in EU.

A simple display.

In the EU version, this was changed to a list of options that have no purpose.

Level Select#

• idx (Index of levels) are displayed.
• lb (Leaderboard items) of levels are displayed.
• The first two letters of the names of birds in the level, from the level statistics, are displayed in left-to-right order in this format:

birds:%s

The below birds for that string are:

RE: Red
BL: Black/Bomb
YE: Yellow/Chuck
SM: Small/Blue
WH/BA: White/Matilda

Interestingly, the last bird has two aliases.

In-Game#

The below keys can be used on the D-Pad.

Down: Fails level. If Pigs are dead, this terminates the level
Up: Three-Star Level with score of 100000
Left: Kill all Pigs
Right: Next Level

Elsewhere#

• Licensor movies and the save display can be skipped with X or START.
• Locations of the level files are displayed, separated with dots.
• Vertical inputs are faster for scrolling the lines on the credits screen.

Unused Cutscene Audio#

In Angry Birds Classic, pre-rendered movies are used for all of the cutscenes. However, related sound files for them are present in the audio package and left unused, suggesting that the game was planned to display the cutscenes in the style of still images from the original and/or maybe it was a case of Rovio forgetting to remove them after the change.

Developer Save File#

A compiled settings file for Angry Birds Rio, most likely from the developers, is present in scripts/game_data/rio as settings.lua. Since a highscores.lua file isn't present, it's not possible to see the user's scores. Unlike saves in the original game, this one doesn't use encryption. A rough decompilation is below.

    platform = {
  device = "ipad",
  hardwareID = "00-22-15-89-EE-3F"
}
viewedCutscenes = {theme1Start = true}
flurryFirstTimeLevelCollected = true
screenWidth = 1242
screenHeight = 692
achievements = {}
tutorials = {
  YellowBird = "TUTORIAL_YELLOW",
  WhiteBird = "TUTORIAL_WHITE",
  SmallBlueBird = "TUTORIAL_BLUE",
  RedBird = "TUTORIAL_RED"
}
fullScreen = false
currentLevelSelectionPages = {
  episode2 = 2,
  episode3 = 1,
  episode1 = 2
}
lastOpenLevels = {
  warehouse = 16,
  jungle1 = 16,
  carnival1 = 1,
  jungle2 = 16,
  beach1 = 16,
  warehouse2 = 16,
  beach2 = 16
}
playtime = "1040"
episodesCompleted = {
  episode2 = {completed = true},
  episode3 = {completed = true},
  episode1 = {completed = true}
}
audioEnabled = true
    

Command-Line Parameters#

The game executable mentions a number of working command-line parameters that can be passed to it; you can separate inputs with a space.

-noaudio = Turn off all audio
-nosounds = Turn off sound effects
-nomusic = Turn off music
-nosplash = Turn off splash screen
-game:<original | seasons |rio> = Start a specific game
-level:- = Start the game in a specific level (use with -game)
-screenshotmode = Use screenshot mode
-screenshotfolder: = User defined screenshot folder (Shire otherwise)
-testmode = Use test mode
-birdscamera = Start level with birds
-zoomin = Start level zoomed in
-zoomout = Start level zoomed out

-testmode

Some parameters that do not have descriptions are:

-noperfbars
-nohud
-norumble
-screenshotlevelname

-nosplash, -game along with -level, -nohud and -screenshotmode have no known effect. Most likely, debug mode has to be enabled for those to work.

Script Compilation Paths#

While the original games removed most compilation information, this game left it in all the game scripts. This provides some insight into the source file locations on the developer's end. * can be data_patch for updates or data_dlc_0* for DLC.

C:\Work\Projects\AngryBirds\data_*\resources\nonscene

Build Dates#

The game executable has build dates.