SpyHunter

SpyHunter is a remake/sequel of Spy Hunter as a story-driven game with packs of missions. Peter Gunn's theme is also here, even with some nice covers.

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Prototype Info Prerelease Info

Build Dates#

Aug  5 2001

Sep  6 2001

Feb  5 2002

Feb 4 2002

May 23 2002

Feb 14 2002

May 10 2002

Apr 29 2003

May 1 2003

Debug Commands#

The PlayStation 2 version still contains in the executable some debug commands and their functions. It's unknown if they still actually presented in code and working.

USEAGE: dsedb...<something.elf> 
   -motion <#>            0 (default) Spy  1 UFO  2 Spline
   -level <#>             0 tl 1 pg 2 ger 3 eng 4 ven 5 key 6 fra 7 pan 8 pg2
                          9 ger2 10 fra2 11 pan2 12 key2 13 eng2 14 ven2 15 mid
   -water <#>             0 enabled 1 disabled
   -noBufferedDMA
   -editor <#>            0 none 1 level editor 2 splinemover editor 3 traffic editor
   -startPos <#>          starting node on track
   -lang <#>          language from (0 = ENGLISH, 1 = SPANISH, 2 = FRENCH , 3 = ITIALIAN  4 = GERMAN)   -trackDebug <#>        debug level for track load ( see vkTrack.h for level defs )
   -trackTextures <bool>  draw track textures ( true or false )
   -allowDebug <bool>     allow debug menus ( true or false )
   -god                   put car in god mode
   -noai                  turn of ai
   -noExt                 turn off external refs 
   -all                   have all levels available
   -trabant               drive a trabant
   -edUseMemCard
   -drawSplines <#>       spline draw debug
   -dumpObjects           dump objects that exists before level arenas are created
   -statsFile             dump stats file when framerate falls below 30fps
   -showMax               show numbers of objects when frame time falls below 30Hz
   -noMipMaps             force mipmaps off
   -noAudio               disable audio 
   -noMusic               disable music 
   -noMpeg                disable mpeg 
   -showBFC               show back-face-culled geometry in a RED hue 
   -PCKread
   -PCKwrite
   -PCKstate
   -doCd
   -noVsync               turn off vertical retrace syncs (supa fast)
   -fogOn                 force fog on for models, track, water. 
   -fogOff                force fog off for models, track, water. 
   -multiplayer           multiplayer on
   -timeScale <scale>     game time scale
   -camRoll               roll the camera
   -camFlip               flip the camera
   -extraCams             enable extra cameras
   -carScale              spy car scale
   -fovScale              field of view scale

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Command line arguments

 -nb     -nc     -motion Motion Mode is %d
      -noBufferedDMA  -fogOn  Fog ON
 -fogOff Fog OFF
        -dumpObjects    DumpObjects
    -noMipMaps      MipMaps forced OFF.
    -statsFile      *** Must compile with VK_STATS to use stats file dump.
 -showMax        *** Must compile with VK_STATS to use show max.
        -noAudio        Audio OFF
      -noMusic        Music OFF
      -timeScale      Time scale set to %f
   -camRoll        Camera roll on
 -camFlip        Camera flip on
 -extraCams      Extra cameras enabled
  -carScale       Car scale set to %f
    -fovScale       Fov scale set to %f
    -noMpeg MPEG OFF
       -showBFC        Show back-face-culled geometry in red.
 -noVsync        VERTICAL RETRACE SYNCRONIZATION OFF
    -level  Level is %s
    -water  Water Mode is %d
       -editor Editor Mode is %d
      -startPos       ShTrackNode%s   Start Node is %s
       -lang   Language is ENGLISH     Language is SPANISH
    Language is FRENCH 
    Language is ITIALIAN 
  Language is GERMAN 
    INVALID LANGUAGE set to ENGLISH -trackDebug     Track Debug is %d
      -allowDebug     false   Don't allow debug stats
        Allow debug stats
      -trackTextures  Don't Draw Track Textures
      Draw Track Textures
    -drawSplines    Spline Draw Level is %d
        -god    God Mode
       -auto   Auto Mode
      -noai   No AI - what is it too slow for ya???
  -noExt  No EXT
 -edUseMemCard   Using memory card for the editor
       -multiplayer    multiplayer set 
       -all    all levels set 
        -help   
%s
    -PCKread        Load from PCK file
     -PCKwrite       Write loaded files out
 -doCD   -PCKstate       Write state loaded files out
   -trabant        trabant set 
   -hovver hovver set 
    -chrome chrome set 
    -glasses        glasses set  ( also set gBufferedDMA )  
       -checkTextures  

%s

  
End command line arguments

Unused Audio#

At least Xbox (same audio archive used in PC release) and GameCube versions contain some unused audio inside audio.mpk. Sounds extracted from Xbox release.

• According to unused sounds game probably could have levels with passengers inside Interceptor and arriving to IES center.
• It's power supply and electrical sensors could be damaged.
• One of unused sounds refers to unresponsive weapon vehicle.
• Some sounds are just additional car AI quotes, which weren't used.

Cut Content#

• According to the debug command -level, there used to be 15 levels instead of 14. Before the 1st Venice Route Canal level existed additional level in England, that's why the only existing England level is stored in the EN2 directory. Nothing remains of this level, suggesting it was cut very early before release.
• Some weapons were cut according to unused audio: mine launcher as additional defense weapon and some neutron weapon as attack weapon.

Dummy File#

This needs some investigation. Discuss ideas and findings on the talk page. Specifically: Find any other differences within this dummy file.

JUNK3.JNK is an earlier version of MENU.PCK, which is the game's menu. This dummy file can also be found in the [https://hiddenpalace.org/SpyHunter_(May_15,_2001_prototype) E3 build.]

Early (Dummy File)	Final

Regional Differences#

• Midway logo (Mlogo.PSS) was different in European release. US version of video also used in all other game versions, despite their region.

• Early Test Animatic (ANIMATIC.PSS which is early version of intro) presents early game logo, which is different in US and European PlayStation 2 (same presented in both Xbox versions) releases.

• Japanese release offers full text localisation. Operation:Nostra video have hardcoded Japanese subs and Making of video was cutt. Other videos, except credits are just taken from US version.

Platform Differences#

Content Differences#

• The Xbox version also includes port of original 1983 Spy Hunter. Original game will launch if you type OGSPY as your profile name. Also Xbox version uses HDD for storing some game files. For instance, all contents of Audio.mpk extracted as single .mc3 files (Xbox .mc3 files could be converted with current existing tools) to Partition5 of Xbox HDD.
• The Gamecube version lacks some additional video extras (Making of, Conecpt videos and Saliva's Your Disease clip) due to MiniDVD space limitations, and uses another shorter animatic as an unlockable. All contents of Audio.mpk already extracted as single .mc3 files to mc3 directory, but couldn't be converted now due to unknown audio codec.
• The PC version (both Windows and Mac OS X releases) lacks all video extras, due to being released on a CD.
• Xbox/GameCube/PC versions utilize different cheats.

Frontend#

• Icons of Xbox and GameCube versions presents early game logo design.
• From Xbox version:

• From GameCube version (ripped from DATA/sh_banner.tpl):

• Title screen on GameCube have Licensed by Nintendo label and says Press Start instead of Press Start Button. Title screen on PC lacks any text.
• Demo video on PlayStation 2 version uses fragment of Game Win track (which played in levels ending videos) from game as background music, when Xbox and GameCube counterparts of video used part from Road Kill track.
• Xbox/GameCube/PC version changed menu design a little.
• In Xbox/GameCube releases Agent name, Objectives (with it's counter) and Main Menu text were replaced and used other colors. Highlighted text on menu looks darker than in the original PS2 release.
• PC version also has changed colors for aforementioned text strings, but their position are same as in PlayStation 2 version.
• Despite PC release offering resolution settings, menu renders with 800x600 resolution. Resolution changes only in-game, not in menus.
• Both Xbox and GameCube version have only one controller preset, when PlayStation 2 release has 3 presets.
• Cheat Grid menu in PC version lacks Movie Player submenu.

PlayStation 2	GameCube	Xbox	PC

Graphics Differences#

• The PlayStation 2 version is the most advanced in terms of visuals. It supports reflections as the later console versions. Also only in this release, the Interceptor rear window is transparent, so it's possible to see driver and some monitors inside cockpit.
• Xbox/GameCube version looks simillar, but cockpit can't be seen through rear windows.
• The PC version is the worst version, and it completely lacks reflections.

Video Extras#

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• PlayStation 2/Xbox versions contains Concept Art and Making of videos. Concept arts shows earlier versions of some tracks and cars (Interceptor and Enforcer). According to Making of video, development was started in 1999.

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• Also PlayStation 2/Xbox versions and GameCube versions have early version of the intro video. PlayStation 2/Xbox cinematic has early game logo in the end.

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Watch on YouTube

PlayStation 2 Files#

• RESET.VKI (probably prototype/demo leftover) exists only in this version, it's just duplicate of MLOAD.VKI.

Xbox/GameCube Version Files#

• Both European releases for Xbox and GameCube contains european localisations also for each other (pvStrings_gc.xxx in Xbox version and pvStrings_xb.xxx in GameCube release).
• Additional spy.xbe in Xbox version is executable of original Spy Hunter port.
• DATA/audio.000 (exists only in Xbox release) is just incomplete copy of audio.mpk.
• Some .pck files in Xbox version have duplicates with .pck.clut and .pck.s3pck extensions.
• In root directory GameCube release has several files:

england2.trk, germany1.trk, new_provinggrounds.trk, venice1.trk, venice2.trk. Probably some leftovers from development or earlier versions of used .pck files, because levels files doesn't utilize .trk extension.

PC Version Files#

• HUD directory is exclusive to PC release, since HUD files were replaced from levels .pck (which added in their names noHUD in comparison to console version) files to separate folder.
• HUD directory contains three files for 640×480, 1024×768, and 1280×720 resolutions. hud_1280x720.pck is unfinished leftover, because game doesn't offer to choose any widescreen resolution.