Them's Fightin' Herds

Them's Fightin' Herds is a fighting game about cute animals beating each other up.

The game started development as a My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic fangame called "Fighting is Magic", only to be canned after getting slapped with a cease-and-desist letter by Hasbro. TFH is the reworked version of the project under a new concept, being financially supported through crowdfunding and with graphic design headed by Friendship is Magic creator Lauren Faust herself.

Prerelease Info

Early Tutorial Graphics#

Present in the files for the tutorial section are these two images which were most likely used as a placeholder. They are found in Scripts/tutorial_images.

Character Menu Test Sprites#

Tester#

Located in dev/temp/ui/win/output/textures/buckcharselect is an image of Tianhuo named "tester", likely used for testing out the character select menu.

Unknown Character Icon#

A fallback image for if a character doesn't have an assigned icon.

Salt Mines#

Unused Icons#

Version 1.0 had these early icons for the Salt Mines 2.0 update, implying that there were originally going to be status effects or powerups.

Unused Maps#

Within Scripts/src/Farm/resources/lobbymaps_prod.tfhres, there are unused map files/graphics for the salt mines, which may have been used for early testing before coming up with the final design(s).

Early Character Portraits#

Present in the folder Scripts/portrait_prototypes and its subfolder StoryModePortraits are early sketches of character portraits.

portrait_prototypes#

StoryModePortraits#

Insect Sprite#

Present in Scripts\src is this spritesheet of a crawling insect with the filename gif_name@animated@x4.png. Probably used as a test, as it doesn't seem like it'd fit anywhere in the current game. It's possible it may have been intended for Salt Mines 1.0, before the update.

Story Mode Sketches#

Scripts\src\Farm\Media\UI\Textures\BuckLobby\Story contains some sketches for story mode cutscenes.

Unused Character Lines#

Found in /data01/characters-win/characters-win.gfs (at least on Windows). These are lines that have been recorded by the voice actors for DLC characters, but the original 7 cast members for the starting 6 characters have not recorded their triggers or responses.

Tianhuo#

Tianhuo is the only non-DLC character to have any unused lines. Her only unused line is directed at Fred (FHTNG).

Shanty#

This page is rather stubbly and could use some expansion. Are you a bad enough dude to rescue this article? Notes: Someone with an understanding of Patois who can transcribe what Shanty says to Paprika should take a listen to that line.

Texas#

Stronghoof#

This page is rather stubbly and could use some expansion. Are you a bad enough dude to rescue this article? Notes: Someone with an understanding of Swedish who can transcribe what Stronghoof says to his daughter (Velvet) should take a listen to these.

Unused Announcer Lines#

Present in Scripts/Announcer and its subfolders, alongside all the used sound files.

Unused Announcer Names#

The folder CselVersus contains character selection voice lines for the Predators and Fred/FTHNG (who aren't playable) and The Devourer (who doesn't appear at all in the current version), as well as some gender pronouns (presumably for "[character] versus himself/herself").

The following unused files are found in the root "Announcer" folder:

The Super_Jump_1.wav sound is currently used in Pixel Lobbies when matchmaking finds the player a match, or if the administrator of a server makes a text-based announcement, which appears at the top of the screen for all connected players (or just the player if a match is found via matchmaking). It is not used in the expected or original way it was intended, though. Official servers almost never make use of this feature (as that would require a developer to be connected); it is mostly used in certain community servers. Instructions for how to make such an announcement are detailed at the bottom of this¹ post.

Unused Round Calls#

Present in Rounds are lines for Rounds 10, 11, and 12. In-game, the maximum number of rounds per match is 9. The lines for Round 9 are not heard due to this. "Finally1" presumably is used for the final round if more than nine rounds are played.

Unused Victory Announcements#

Stored in EndMatch with the other "X Wins!" audio files. From their filenames, they were meant to play when The Devourer or the Predators win, but The Devourer currently isn't in the game, and the announcer doesn't say anything when you lose against the Predators in Arcade, Story, or Salt Mines.

Unused Stage Selection Lines#

The Stage Select folder seems to be completely unused. In-game, the announcer doesn't talk while choosing a stage, since the stage selection menu appears while she's still saying Player 2's character's name.

Most of the lines give the stages different names, implying that they were recorded early in development, and "Limbo" and "The Hold" are also mentioned despite not currently being in the game.

Unused Training Lines#

Unused Pause Lines#

Found in the "PauseUnpause" folder.

Unused EndMatch Lines#

Unused Stage NPCs#

A character is found underneath the Tianhuo Festival Stage, not visible in normal gameplay; a depressed alpaca with fake fire wings, waving a sparkler. The sprite sheet for this and other stage NPCs are found in /data01/levels.gfs/levels/temp/levels/textures.

Stage Textures#

Previously located in /data01/levels.gfs/levels/temp/levels/textures, these translucent textures were later used in the "Restricted Section" stage, a library in the Woodlands where Oleander is from. These particular files are no longer in the game, but the textures are now fully incorporated into "library_AO.dds", "library_AO_story.dds", and "library_ceiling.dds"

Unused miscellaneous sounds#

In Scripts/src/Farm/Media/sound/Jingles, there are a number of sound effects, sometimes mixed with music. Some are unused, listed in the table below. The following sounds in the bulleted list are used as follows:

• Obtaining a cosmetic item from Cashmere's shop or a chest in the salt mines (specificity needs to be checked):
  • Jingle02_hat_get_long_high
  • Jingle03_hat_get_long_low
  • Jingle04_hat_get_high
  • Jingle05_hat_get_low
• Jingle14_gambodylike - used in story mode
• Jingle17 - used in story mode when turning off a light (salt mine caves or the Temple of the Ancestors)
• Jingle18 - used in story mode when turning on a light (ditto)

Scripts/src/Farm/Media/sound/ambiance contains some ambient sound not currently used in any pixel lobbies or story mode.

/Scripts/src/Farm/Media contains two sound files. "Super_Jump_1.wav" appears to be unused, and is also found in Scripts/Announcer (see above). "theme.wav" is the chiptune version of Velvet's theme found here, but the version used in the game (Story mode, chapter 1, section 2, "Reine City") has added "real" instruments.

Unused Music#

Moods#

The folder Scripts/src/Farm/Media/sound/Moods has many of the music tracks used in story mode and in pixel lobbies, but some files are currently not used. Some are WAV files, and others are MOO files, which function identically to OGG files (at least in this folder; in other folders of the game, .moo files store data other than audio).

Mood1.wav
Mood2.wav
Mood3.wav

Mood3 was originally used in the first version of the Salt Mines. When the player approached the goblet to enter the mines, this theme would play. Mood4.wav
Mood5.wav
Mood6.wav
Mood7.wav
silence.wav
Idential to Mood7.wav
Heroic_Theme_Loop.moo

Other music#

/Scripts/src/Farm/Media/sound/Jingles contains a mixture of sounds and music. "mystery_cave_tense.ogg" appears to be an alternate and shorter version of the music that plays in story mode when predators are in the same room.
mystery_cave_tense.ogg

The folder Scripts/static_music contains most of the playable stage fighting music, lacking any dynamic variations; for the viewing of replays, for use in training mode, or for those who opt to turn off dynamic music in fights. However, one file is currently unused:

TFHThemeDirtyLoop.ogg

Currently, the full main theme of the game is only heard on the album, or at the beginning of the credits, which is heard as "Credits-Medley.ogg" (found in the same static_music folder).

Dynamic Music System Test Files#

The folder dev/temp/dms_music contains two short music tracks, which were used as placeholders for Velvet's Dynamic Music battle intro in early builds of the game.² These particular clips are meant to be paired with the Training Stage theme.

P1_Intro_80s.wav

P2_Intro_80s.wav

Test Hat#

Scripts\items\items.lua, which contains the data for the many accessories you can wear in the Pixel Lobby, has a test hat commented out:

    --test_hat = 
    --{
    --  class = "accessory",
    --  subclass = "hat", slot_index = 0,
    --  spriter_texture = 'Scripts/playaround/antlers.png',
    --  otter_path = "Textures/BuckLobby/CosmeticSprites/test-item.png",
    --  body_parts_off = "horns:ears",
    --  dsp_name = "Test",
    --  joke_desc = "+1 Test",
    --  addendum = "Testity test test ",
    --  rarity = 1, guid = 123
    --},

Leftover Skullgirls data#

In the folder data01, in the package dev.gfs, there are a number of files that seem to be left over from Skullgirls. Given that these assets are owned by another company and have nothing to do with Them's Fightin' Herds, they will not be uploaded to this page, nor fully documented. (At least not by this user.)

In data01/dev.gfs/temp/storymode/filia, there are the following configuration settings:

• filia1.ini
• filiageneric_cathedral.ini
• filiageneric_innsmouth.ini
• filiageneric_lab.ini
• filiageneric_maplecrest.ini
• filiageneric_tower.ini
• filiascene1.ini
• filiascene2.ini
• filiavpeacock.ini

In storymode/cere, there are these files:

• cere1.ini
• cerehard.ini
• cerescene2.ini

In dev/temp/storymode, there are these files:

• Cerebella.stm
• Filia.stm
• Ms.Fortune.stm
• Painwheel.stm
• Parasoul.stm
• Peacock.stm

In dev/temp/arcade/story, there are these files that mention the name of a character from Skullgirls:

• Cerebella.stm
• Cerebella_CinematicsOnly.stm
• Cerebella_Legacy_Ending.ini
• Cerebella_Legacy_Intro.ini
• et cetera...
• Other characters mentioned in files in this folder include:
  • MsFortune
  • Painwheel
  • Parasoul
  • Peacock
  • Valentine
  • Filia

References#