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Track Editor

Unused Graphics#

Exclusive#

BTD4TrackEditorUnusedSitelock.png
This screen is a leftover from Bloons Tower Defense 3, where it was used as a sitelock, but goes unused here. This screen also exists in BTD4, where it is similarly unused, but was updated to use the correct game name and aspect ratio (640x640 instead of 640x480).

Difficulty Screen#

Editor

BTD4

Two track difficulty screens exist: one leftover from BTD4, and another which appears to be an earlier version of said game. It lacks display graphics, sandbox. apopalypse buttons, the double cash mode button, and the description box.

Locked Upgrade Button#

BTD4-LockedUpgradeButton.png
Since all tower upgrades are unlocked in the editor, no locked graphic is ever shown. Despite this, the button still exists in the files.

Level Complete Screen#

Btd4CongratulationsScreen.png
While this is partially used when a player track is completed, it is not used within the editor itself.

Spike-o-Pult Tower#

Spike-o-Pult

Spike-o-Pult

Editor

BTD4

Multishot

Multishot

Editor

BTD4

The unused Spike-o-Pult tower still exists from Bloons Tower Defense 4, identical aside from the fact that the Multishot upgrade doesn't have the flag bug due to it not existing yet; the Banana Republic upgrade for the Banana Farm has a different design in this game compared to BTD4, which lacks a flag.

BTD3 Bloon#


The bloon and freeze effect from the last game exist unchanged.

Tower Placeholder#

BTD4TrackEditorUnusedTower.png
Tower still exists, unchanged from BTD4.

BTD3 Sound Button#

SoundButtonBTD4.png
The sound button from BTD3 exists in the files.

Sound Effects Test#


The sound effects test from BTD3 is still in the files of the editor.

Maps aren't present in this game as you can make custom maps, but collision masks from BTD4 are still left over in this game.

Track Editor

BTD4 Expansion

Final

3 masks for tracks in the final BTD4 are missing in this game, so they likely did not exist at the time the editor was developed.

Unused Music#

Bizarrely, despite it being present in the game's files, this game doesn't use the background music from BTD4 at all. The button to toggle music on or off is also absent. They were likely not implemented yet, as the last game didn't have music.

Unused Sounds#

Type

Editor

BTD4

Tower Unlock

Career Rank Up

Earlier, low quality versions of the unlock and rank up sounds from BTD4 exist in this game. They are not used as all towers are unlocked and the career rank cannot be increased.

Oddities#

This game appears to be based on an earlier build of BTD4, despite launching a few weeks after it. As a result, it contains several minor differences:

  • The sound effects for the Lightsabre Thrower, Super Monkey Storm, frozen Bloons, and BTD4's title screen are missing.
  • The Banana Republic uses completely different artwork in this game:

Editor

BTD4

    • There are a few things to note about the editor version:
      • It has 4 buildings instead of a massive building.
      • It has 3 bananas instead of 4.
      • The floor is brown instead of grey.
      • it lacks the flag that the BTD4 farm has, which is odd as the upgrade icon is a flag like the final.
  • The career rank graphic still exists in the editor despite the fact that it cannot go up.