Sonic Unleashed Install Screen: Difference between revisions

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The Install Screen is a cut feature from Sonic Unleashed that would've been used to install the game's contents to a PS3's hard-drive. It is fully functional in the PS3 version of the game, but it is inaccessible without modifying the game's executable; some of the files used for this installation process are present in the Xbox 360 version of the game and in the PC version of Sonic Generations, although in that game the install screen doesn't work anymore.

The leftover contents are in these locations on the PS3 version of Sonic Unleashed:

USRDIR
├── Install
│   ├── install_001.dds
│   ├── install_002.dds
│   ├── install_003.dds
│   ├── install_004.dds
│   ├── install_005.dds
│   ├── install_006.dds
│   ├── install_007.dds
│   └── install_008.dds
├── Install.ar.00
├── Install.arl
├── install.files.xml
└── install.mounts.xml

In-game

A person by the name of "Gael" was able to trigger the Install screen on the PS3 version of the game, this is how the install screen would look like in-game.

Install Folder

These 8 images are present in a folder named Install, and whenever the installation reached a certain milestone, they would get switched randomly alongside a new text message. These are also present in Sonic Generations inside bb2.cpk.

install_001
install_002
install_003
install_004
install_005
install_006
install_007
install_008

Text

The game displays the 8 images from before alongside some text, seemingly whenever a specified percentage of the installation process was reached, this text is present in Languages/English/Install/Install_list.fco:

Welcome to the world of
SONIC UNLEASHED!

The quintessential Sega
series, the Sonic the
Hedgehog games have
thrilled gamers for over a
decade.

Now a new title joins the lineup:
SONIC UNLEASHED!

Dr. Eggman's latest plot causes
a sudden mutation in Sonic's
body

and rends the very world apart!
It now falls on Sonic to restore
it:

by day, he races across the
planet as Sonic the Hedgehog,
tearing through stages at a
blinding pace.

By night, he transforms into
the feral Sonic the Werehog,
pummeling anything that
stands in his way!

Push both of Sonic's forms to
their utmost limit as he fights
day and night to stop the
nefarious Eggman!

Combining the exhilarating high-
speed action only Sonic can
deliver with a brand new sort of
acrobatic combat guaranteed to
please,

this latest title will leave you
breathless like no other Sonic
title before!

Alongside these messages, there's also 3 other messages that would show up with the installation process:

Preparing to create game data.

Creating game data...

Please do not turn off the system.

PlayStation 3's ICON0 and PIC1

In install.files.xml there's information for the game to take icons/hdd_icon0.png and icons/hdd_pic1.png, and rename them to ICON0.png and PIC1.png respectively.

<System Name="icons/hdd_icon0.png" To="ICON0.PNG"/><System Name="icons/hdd_pic1.png" To="PIC1.PNG"/>

hdd_icon0.png
hdd_pic1.png

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-{{DISPLAYTITLE:Sonic Unleashed Leftover Install Assets}}
+The '''Install Screen''' is a cut feature from Sonic Unleashed that would've been used to install the game's contents to a PS3's hard-drive. It is fully functional in the PS3 version of the game, but it is inaccessible without modifying the game's executable; some of the files used for this installation process are present in the Xbox 360 version of the game and in the PC version of Sonic Generations, although in that game the install screen doesn't work anymore.
-There are assets leftover from an installation process that was meant to install the game onto the hard drive of a PlayStation 3. The files and folder related to it are listed below.<syntaxhighlight lang="text">
+The leftover contents are in these locations on the PS3 version of Sonic Unleashed:<syntaxhighlight lang="text">
 USRDIR
 ├── Install
@@ Line 17: / Line 17: @@
 └── install.mounts.xml
 </syntaxhighlight>
+== In-game ==
+A person by the name of "Gael" was able to trigger the Install screen on the PS3 version of the game, this is how the install screen would look like in-game.
+<center>
+<youtube>{https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlX2BymOW9Q&feature=youtu.be}</youtube>
+</center>
 == Install Folder ==
-Within the disk contains a folder named Install, which contains 8 images of several characters in Sonic Unleashed. This folder is also present in the PC port of Sonic Generations, inside <code>bb2.cpk</code>.<gallery mode="packed">
+These 8 images are present in a folder named <code>Install</code>, and whenever the installation reached a certain milestone, they would get switched randomly alongside a new text message. These are also present in Sonic Generations inside <code>bb2.cpk</code>.<gallery mode="packed">
 File:Unleashed Install Leftover PS3 1.png|install_001
 File:Unleashed Install Leftover PS3 2.png|install_002
@@ Line 29: / Line 36: @@
 File:Install 008.png|install_008
 </gallery>
+== Text ==
+The game displays the 8 images from before alongside some text, seemingly whenever a specified percentage of the installation process was reached, this text is present in <code>Languages/English/Install/Install_list.fco</code>:
-== Install Archive ==
+<syntaxhighlight lang="text">
-There is also a UI file associated with the Install screen (<code>ui_install.yncp</code>) that would have shown during the install process. Despite only being in the PlayStation 3 version of the game, it uses the controller prompts texture from the Xbox 360 version of the game.
+Welcome to the world of
-[[File:Ui install.webm|thumb]]
+SONIC UNLEASHED!
+</syntaxhighlight><syntaxhighlight lang="text">
+The quintessential Sega
+series, the Sonic the
+Hedgehog games have
+thrilled gamers for over a
+decade.
+</syntaxhighlight><syntaxhighlight lang="text">
+Now a new title joins the lineup:
+SONIC UNLEASHED!
+</syntaxhighlight><syntaxhighlight lang="text">
+Dr. Eggman's latest plot causes
+a sudden mutation in Sonic's
+body
+</syntaxhighlight><syntaxhighlight lang="text">
+and rends the very world apart!
+It now falls on Sonic to restore
+it:
+</syntaxhighlight><syntaxhighlight lang="text">
+by day, he races across the
+planet as Sonic the Hedgehog,
+tearing through stages at a
+blinding pace.
+</syntaxhighlight><syntaxhighlight lang="text">
+By night, he transforms into
+the feral Sonic the Werehog,
+pummeling anything that
+stands in his way!
+</syntaxhighlight><syntaxhighlight lang="text">
+Push both of Sonic's forms to
+their utmost limit as he fights
+day and night to stop the
+nefarious Eggman!
+</syntaxhighlight><syntaxhighlight lang="text">
+Combining the exhilarating high-
+speed action only Sonic can
+deliver with a brand new sort of
+acrobatic combat guaranteed to
+please,
+</syntaxhighlight><syntaxhighlight lang="text">
+this latest title will leave you
+breathless like no other Sonic
+title before!
+</syntaxhighlight>Alongside these messages, there's also 3 other messages that would show up with the installation process:<syntaxhighlight lang="text">Preparing to create game data.</syntaxhighlight><syntaxhighlight lang="text">
+Creating game data...
+</syntaxhighlight><syntaxhighlight lang="text">
+Please do not turn off the system.
+</syntaxhighlight>
 == PlayStation 3's ICON0 and PIC1 ==