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Aleff Correa

So, in "Planet of The Apes" for PSX it appears that there are some missing levels (cut content), because level names are shown like this: "Monastery 1 - Monastery 2 - Human Village - Archives 1 - Archives 2", etc. for example. But then there are some obviously missing content (at the prison level the screen reads "Prison 4" -- where are the other three?). However in the PC version names of the levels are fixed ("Prison 4" becomes "Prison" - and it is implied that PSX version = rushed; PC version = PSX port).

Does anyone have any info? I'll post a list of levels soon.

EDIT: From PC version:

Code:

MEDICAL CENTER 1, 2, 3
MONASTERY 1, 2, 3, 4
MINES 1, 2, 3
ENTERING THE RUINED CITY
RUINED CITY 2, 3
HUMAN VILLAGE 1, 2, 3
THE CANYON
UNIVERSITY 1, 2
MEETING MATHIAS 1
THE PRISON
MILITARY BASE
MEETING MATHIAS 2
UNDERGROUND FACTORY
ARCHIVES 1, 2, 3
MEETING MATHIAS 3
THE STATUE OF LIBERTY
PENTAGON 2, 3
THE ENCOUNTER
BACK TO THE MONASTERY
ENTERING THE APE PALACE

Aleff Correa

I knew no one would reply. Oh well.

dans34

Aleff Correa wrote:

I knew no one would reply. Oh well.

Maybe BA isnt the best place for this kind of thing , Eventually someone will contribute some usefull info , in the mean while you'll have to with my post

Aleff Correa

I guess I'll ask the people in the credits of the game if they have any meaningful info then, I guess no one asked them, since it looks like I'm the only one who liked the game. But what if even the developer doesn't remember/doesn't want to? lol

hogsy

If the developers don't want to or don't remember then it'll simply remain a mystery.

Aleff Correa

Given the popularity of this game, I guess I'm the only one searching for info, so I have the responsability of sending e-mails to the development team. lol

Well, but it could actually work to get some info at least...

Aleff Correa

Just a little update,

I'm contacting some people who worked in the game - there are no big names in the development of the games, which makes finding the right contact address just difficult. I'll update the thread when there are some positive results.

Dr_kirk

I just had a look at the level listings for the PSX game:

Crash Medical Center 1
Zaius-Zira
Medical Center 2
Medical Center 3
The Escape Monastery 1
Monastery 2
Monastery 3
Monastery 4
Meeting Jonah Mines Part 1
Mines Part 2
Mines Part 3
Ruined City
Ruined City 1
Ruined City 2
Ruined City 3
Bosko Human Village 1
Human Village 2
Human Village 3
The Canyon
Mathias University 1
University 2
University 2
University 2
Mathias 1
Prison 1
Prison 2
Prison 3
Prison 4
Military Base
Military Base
Mathias 2
Factory
Factory
Factory
Library Entrance
Archives 1
Archives 2
Archives 3
Library Mathias 3
The Statue
The Statue 2
Pentagon 1
Pentagon 2
Pentagon 3
The Encounter
Monastery 5
Ape Palace
Ape Palace 2
Ape High Council

I'll have a look at the levels themselves, as there seems to be some missing numbers in the level folders.

Dr_kirk

Having checked the level listings and available content, there seems to be only the Prison 4 level missing from the game. But the folders are numbered very oddly, e.g. there is a 10.02 folder in the game's content, but no 10.01 or 10.00, which suggests that there was some content cut at some point.

Aleff Correa

Dr_kirk wrote:

I just had a look at the level listings for the PSX game:

I'll have a look at the levels themselves, as there seems to be some missing numbers in the level folders.

Oh, thanks a lot Dr. Kirk! May I ask you if you are one of the people who I was talking to by mail? If so, could you please identify yourself?

If you're not communicating with me by mail, then I can assume you are taking a peek on those psx files. Which ones are you extracting this info? I can't seem to find any relevant strings of text in my european version of the game. I guess I can also assume that those levels are divided by chapters, like that:

Crash:
Medical Center 1
Zaius-Zira
Medical Center 2
Medical Center 3
The Escape:
Monastery 1
Monastery 2
Monastery 3
Monastery 4
Meeting Jonah:
Mines Part 1
Mines Part 2
Mines Part 3
Ruined City:
Ruined City 1
Ruined City 2
Ruined City 3
Bosko:
Human Village 1
Human Village 2
Human Village 3
The Canyon
Mathias:
University 1
University 2
University 2
University 2
(...)

Again, thanks a lot for helping! And if you're the one exchanging e-mails with me, just say it so I can ask more precise questions.

Aleff Correa

I found some crap in french in 03_04/03_04.FL:

Code:

Le crash Centre médical 1 Zaius - Zira Centre médical 2 Centre médical 3 L'évasion Monastère 1 Monastère 2 Monastère 3 Monastère 4 Jonah Mines 1 Mines 2 Mines 3 Cité en ruines Cité en ruines 1 Cité en ruines 2 Cité en ruines 3 Bosko Village humain 1 Village humain 2 Village humain 3 Le Canyon Mathias Université 1 Université 2 Université 2 Université 2 Mathias 1 Prison 1 Prison 2 Prison 3 Prison 4 Base militaire Base militaire Mathias 2 Usine Usine Usine Bibliothèque Archives 1 Archives 2 Archives 3 Bibliothèque Mathias 3 La Statue Dans la Statue Le Pentagone 1 Le Pentagone 2 Le Pentagone 3 La rencontre Monastère 5 Palais Singes Palais Singes Conseil Singes

That's what I'm freaking talking about, there ARE references to Prison 1,2,3 and I don't doubt that there might be unfinished versions of those maps on the disc.

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ESC 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 - + BACK TAB Q W E R T Y U I O P [ ] RETURN CONTROL A S D F G H J K L : ' ` SHIFT \ Z X C V B N M , . / SHIFT * ALT SPACE CAPS LOCK F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 F9 F10 NUM LOCK S-LOCK NUM PAD 7 NUM PAD 8 NUM PAD 9 NUM PAD - NUM PAD 4 NUM PAD 5 NUM PAD 6 NUM PAD + NUM PAD 1 NUM PAD 2 NUM PAD 3 NUM PAD 0 NUM PAD .       F11 F12 F13 F14 F15 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 NUM PAD = ENTER CONTROL NUM PAD , / ALT PAUSE HOME UP PG-UP LEFT RIGHT END DOWN PG-DOWN INSERT DELETE

Is "ECHAP" the escape key in french? And why the hell there is computer keyboard keys on the file? Maybe the PSX version is a port from the PC, but that doesn't make any sense. Debug/Dev menu anyone?

Damn this is so exciting. I'll do a deeper look into those files, and then I'll post details or I'll flood this thread with a 6 posts per minute frequency.

Code:

SAVE PAUSE RESUME GAME OPTIONS EXIT GAME SCREEN SOUND CONTROLS SCREEN RESOLUTION TEXTURE QUALITY SCREEN COLORS TEXTURE FILTERING SUB-TITLES SHADOWS FIRE PARTICLE SYSTEMS 640x480 800x600 1024x768 16 Bit 32 Bit 16 Bit 32 Bit BILINEAR MIP MAP OFF ON LOW HIGH NO YES MOVE FORWARD MOVE BACKWARD MOVE LEFT MOVE RIGHT ACTION LOCK FIGHT\LOOK DROP OBJECT TAKE/STORE OBJECT CROUCH RUN INVENTORY Press Key To Assign NEXT JUMP Configuration 1 Configuration 2 Configuration 3 Configuration 4 SOUND VOLUME VOICE SFX MUSIC 100 % 100 % 100 % 100 % PREVIOUS INVERT AXIS SNIPER MODE ZOOM IN ZOOM OUT SENSITIVITY VIBRATION SCREEN POSITION Return to Main menu? Do you want to save? ENTER to accept Use LEFT and RIGHT ARROWS to change options, ESCAPE to return to the last page Use LEFT and RIGHT ARROWS to change options, ESCAPE to return to the last page ENTER to Setup, ESCAPE to return to the last page, F1 to Restore Defaults ENTER to Accept, ESCAPE to return to the last page Press ACTION Press any button GAME OVER Press Left Arrow to switch inventory mode Press Right Arrow to view details ENTER to Accept, ESCAPE to Cancel  Choose Resume Game Accept Cancel    No key assigned   Press TAKE/STORE to leave  No MEMORY CARD inserted.
Please insert a MEMORY CARD
containing PLANET OF THE APES
saved data.

Configuration menu references, including resolutions changing (1024x768? I though psx was 320x240

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Edited with English language crap, apparently FL means "French Language" and EL "English Lang."

Dr_kirk

I haven't been in contact by email, but I have had a look at the game's coding (US version). As I said above, I don't think there are any unfinished levels within the game, as all of the game folders tie up with the level names. The following is posted from one of the game files, which gives the level name and corresponding level folder number:

The crash - [VIDEO INTRO]
Medical Center Level 1 - [01_00]
Discussion between Zaius and Zira - [01_05]
Medical Center Level 2 - [01_01]
Medical Center Level 3 - [01_03]
The escape - [01_04]
Monastery Level 1 - [03_00]
Monastery Level 2 - [03_01]
Monastery Level 3 - [03_02]
Monastery Level 4 - [03_03]
Meeting Jonah - [03_04]
Mines Level 1 - [05_00]
Mines Level 2 - [05_01]
Mines Level 3 - [05_02]
Entering the ruined City - [06_00]
Ruined City Level 1 - [06_03]
Ruined City Level 2 - [06_04]
Ruined City Level 3 - [06_05]
Bosko - [06_06]
Human Village Level 1 - [09_00]
Human Village Level 2 - [09_01]
Human Village Level 3 - [09_02]
The canyon - [10_02]
Mathias - [10_03]
University Level 1 - [16_01]
University Level 2 - [16_04]

Meeting Mathias - [10_04]
Entering the prison - [11_00]
Prison Level 1 - [11_01]
Prison Level 2 - [11_03]

Military Base [12_00]

Meeting Mathias - [10_06]
Underground Factory - [13_03]

Secret entrance to the Library - [13_04]
Archives Level 1 - [14_00]
Archives Level 2 - [14_01]
Archives Level 3 - [14_02]
Leaving the Library - [14_03]
Meeting Mathias - [10_05]
The Statue of liberty - [19_00]
Inside the Statue - [19_01]
Pentagon Level 1 - [20_00]
Pentagon Level 2 - [20_01]
Pentagon Level 3 - [20_02]
The encounter - [VIDEO INTER]
Back to the monastery - [20_03]
Going to the Apes Palace - [22_00]
The Palace - [22_01]
The Apes Council - [VIDEO FINAL]

Only Prison 4 seems to be missing, but that could be because they reused one of the other prison levels (1, 2, or 3). The text list is not from one of the level folder files, but is located (if I remember rightly) in one of the menu files. I used the Windows Grep program to locate the text.

Aleff Correa

Thanks for looking into it!

For what I can tell, there is no new content hidden in plain text files. If only we could open Levels and Models...

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