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Sonic Forces Leftovers

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This is a sub-page of Sonic Frontiers.

Sonic Frontiers was built using Sonic Forces as a base, so some code and assets linger in the game's files.

Textures#

Present in raw/ui/rpl_texture.

Splash Screens#

Ui_titile_healthy_frontiers-forces_.png
Ui_title_esrb_e10_forces_leftover.png
Ui_title_esrb_rp_forces_leftover.png
Ui_title_nocopy_forces_leftover.png
Ui_rpl_texture_demo.png

Rating and copyright splash screens. These appear to come from a demo version: the ESRB screens are also unused in Forces (although the "Rating Pending" screen now has red text reading "Temporary image" on it) and the "Thank you for playing" screen appears at the end of the downloadable demo released on storefronts.

Title Screen#

Ui_title_img_bg1_forces_title_screen_leftover.png
Ui_title_img_bg2_forces_title.png

The backgrounds used for the Forces title screen.

UI Elements#

Ui_cmn_medal_img_frontiers.png
Ui_gamemode_img_011_frontiers.png
Ui_gamemode_img_012_.png
Ui_gamemode_img_040.png
Ui_gamemode_img_041.png
Ui_tus_img_icon_forces_leftover.png
Ui_wm_dlc01_img_leftover_icons.png

Leftover UI elements from the world map and ranking screens. Sonic and the Avatar's headshots are missing, though Shadow, Classic Sonic, and both versions of Super Sonic are present

Other Leftovers#

To do:

  • Elaborate more, maybe provide videos and screenshots
  • The Forces braking system is still present and actually used by Super Sonic - worth noting here?
  • Super Sonic still uses the Forces homing attack rebound animation which is nearly impossible to see in normal play

Lighting#

Sonic Frontiers still has support for the baked lighting system that was used from Sonic Unleashed to Forces, but it mostly goes unused in favor for dynamic real-time lighting. The indoor areas of the islands, as well as the Master Trial arena, are the only areas to utilize baked lighting.

Tag Team Remnants#

Sonic Forces features several "Tag Team" levels in which the player controls Sonic and the Avatar simultaneously. The code for controlling multiple characters at once is still present in Frontiers; however, it's broken and desyncs a lot.