LEGO City Undercover: The Chase Begins

This pocket-sized adventure tells the tale of how The Chase Begins for rookie cop Chase McCain.

Also, prepare for some of the worst loading times on a handheld... you may want to go grab a coffee.

To do: Debug fonts, test textures.

Unused Test Areas#

There are multiple test levels in the files.

0x0A / 0x0E#

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0x0C#

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0x0D#

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0x0F#

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0x14#

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0x18#

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0x1A#

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Unused Text#

Miscellaneous#

TEXT REMOVED

This string is repeated numerous times throughout the game's hint text file.

Developer Comments#

lego_city3ds.fib\options3ds.txt

    //This would filter out everything apart from errors and fatals by default
    //streamoptions(*, error)
    //Ignores debug level messages to log.gameengine.collision and below
    streamoptions(log.gameengine.collision, info)

    //Apply settings to existing console
    sinkoptions(log, info, console)
    //Create log file for all spam.
    sinkcreate(log, debug, file, dbglog.txt)
    //Create log file for alt mesh debug.
    sinkcreate(log.altmesh, debug, file, altmesh.txt)
    //Mem log
    sinkcreate(log.fusion.memory, debug, file, dbgmemlog.txt)
    
    // File needed for the automatic load testing
    sinkcreate(log.game.loadtest, debug, file, dbgloadtest.txt)

Unused Videos#

superbuildit_placeholder.moflex#

It's a placeholder cutscene that just depicts the game developer's logo, like a splash screen of some kind.

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superbuildit_shuttleboosters.moflex#

Another placeholder cutscene, this time has only "Lego City HH Placeholder Cutscene" written in it. Its name is related to "superbuildit_shuttle.moflex", so it suggests that you had to build the boosters of the Shuttle at some point.

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