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The LEGO Movie 2 Videogame

Unused Graphics#

Unused Icons#

WEAP_PLACEHOLDERBOX_DX11.TEX
LMG2_WEAP_PLACEHOLDERBOX_DX11.png
A template for the weapon icons is still leftover in the files.

ASTRONAUT_DX11.TEX
LMG2_ASTRONAUT_DX11.png
An icon for an astronaut character, similar to the one from LEGO Worlds, except here they have a white visor instead of gold.

FRONTEND_TEST_DX11.NXG_TEXTURES
LMG2_FRONTEND_TEST_DX11.NXG_TEXTURES.png
An early menu mock-up is leftover in the COMMONOBJECTS folder.

Unused Models#

LAYOUT_TEMPCUTSCENE_DX11.GSC
LMG2_LAYOUT_TEMPCUTSCENE-RENDER.png
Placeholder text as a model in the COMMONOBJECTS/LAYOUT_ASSETS folder.

Unused Characters#

METALBEARD_CLASSIC#

LMG2_METALBEARD_CLASSIC_RENDER.png
The first movie version of Metalbeard was dropped completely for unknown reasons. Iridescent, Gold, and Rex skins also exist in the files.
METALBEARD_CLASSIC_REX
LMG2_METALBEARD_CLASSIC_REX_RENDER.png
METALBEARD_CLASSIC_GOLD
LMG2_METALBEARD_CLASSIC_GOLD_RENDER.png

Characters Menu#

COLLECTION.TXT

  • Inside of the TXT for the Characters menu, There are 7 "dropped" characters, this includes the aforementioned Metalbeard skins (exception of the Rex and Iridescent ones.)
// REMOVED/DROPPED

//collect "Horse_Black"                             locked owning_set_path "icons/hud/logo_castle.tex"
//collect "Horse"                                       UnlockedByDefault no_progress Do_Not_Show
//collect "SPIDER"                                  UnlockedByDefault no_progress Do_Not_Show
//collect "SQUIRREL"                                    UnlockedByDefault no_progress Do_Not_Show
//collect "Eagle"                                   locked owning_set_path "icons/hud/logo_worlds.tex"
//collect "METALBEARD_CLASSIC"                      locked owning_set_path "icons/hud/logo_castle.tex" no_progress Do_Not_Show
//collect "METALBEARD_CLASSIC_GOLD"                 locked owning_set_path "icons/hud/logo_castle.tex" no_progress Do_Not_Show

Oddities#

BLEND File#

STUFF\TERRAFORM\TOOLS contains a blender file called ADDTOOL.BLEND and it contains code for exporting terrain guide meshes to LEGO Worlds.
LMG2_BLENDERSCREENSHOT.png

Internal Name#

The internal project name, according to scripts and filenames, is Project Saturn.

References#


  1. The LEGO® Movie 2 - Videogame Price history · SteamDB↩︎
  2. The LEGO® Movie 2 - Videogame update for 14 March 2019 · SteamDB↩︎
  3. レゴ®ムービー2 ザ・ゲーム | My Nintendo Store(マイニンテンドーストア)↩︎
  4. The LEGO Movie 2 Videogame | Nintendo Switch games | Games | Nintendo UK↩︎
  5. The LEGO Movie 2 Videogame - Nintendo Switch - Games - Nintendo↩︎