Sonic Unleashed Install Screen
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.
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
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 bb2.cpk
.
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install_001
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install_002
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install_003
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install_004
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install_005
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install_006
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install_007
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install_008
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.
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"/>
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hdd_icon0.png
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hdd_pic1.png