TimeSplitters: Future Perfect
Developer: Free Radical Design Publisher: EA Games Platforms: PlayStation 2, GameCube Released in US: March 21, 2005 Released in EU: March 24, 2005 Released in AU: March 28, 2005 This game has unused code. This game has hidden development-related text. This game has unused modes / minigames. This game has unused graphics. This game has unused sounds. This game has revisional differences. This game has a notes page This game has a prototype article This game has a prerelease article

This article is a work in progress. ...Well, all the articles here are, in a way. But this one moreso, and the article may contain incomplete information and editor's notes.

To do: Lots of stuff. Document the PlayStation 2 prototype version. A bunch of dialogue needs to be labelled and uploaded. Captain Ash, Jo-Beth and Anya just to name a few. There are some placeholder textures here and there. Probably a lot more, keep looking through the sounds_e.pak

Monkeys, time travel and space marines, oh my! The peak of Free Radical before before the recession/Haze combo drove them out of business.

It's time to split!

largedownloads.ea.com

The binary file for this game contains a series of URLs. One is: largedownloads.ea.com/pub/misc/TSFP/

It turns out that this URL points to a directory listing, which is still active to this day. There are a series of files present:

[TXT] news_test.txt           08-Apr-2005 09:30   79   

[TXT] recc_maps.txt           08-Apr-2005 09:29  511   

[   ] test.bin                19-Jan-2005 09:43    4   

[   ] us_patch_test.bin       27-Jan-2005 12:25  3.1M  

[TXT] us_patch_test_versio..> 27-Jan-2005 11:42    3   

All of these files look like tests, and indeed include the word 'test' in their name. Recc_maps.txt still looks like a test, and it contains a bunch of strings like this:

10356

Map 1

Bob

Here is some text about map 10356.

Hidden Bananas

To do: See if there are any more of these.

These bananas can be found in the level Breaking and Entering. They can be located by using game modifications to enter the room in which you must defend Amy Chen before the sequence plays. If entered a certain way guards will spawn shooting at these bananas, suggesting they are used as targets for the guards to shoot during this sequence and made invisible when it begins.

Unused or Obscured Graphics

Hello Sailor

This texture is technically used in the intro cutscene, but cannot be seen.

The Impersonator

A character from TimeSplitters 1 and 2 who unfortunately failed to make the cut this time around. His sound effects and character select image are all that seem to be left of poor old Impersonator.

Unused Game Modes

Six unused game modes exist:

One on One

Flame Tag

Regeneration

Leech

Escort

Possession (game mode function no longer exists)

Unused game mode descriptions left in the game:

Regeneration. Health regenerates!

One on One (no description)

Possession (no description)

Escort. Protect the V.I.P.

Flame Tag. If you get tagged and set on fire, pass it on as fast as possible!

Leech. Health can be gained by inflicting damage on other contenders!

Out of these game modes, only Regeneration appears to work. You can apply the following GameShark / CodeBreaker code for the NTSC-U PlayStation 2 version of this game to enter the modes:

Enable Code (for console only)

90575698 0C15D54E

Unused Game Mode Enabler

D066EE82 0000FAFF

006B4E06 00000001

D066EE82 0000F9FF

006B4E06 0000000B

D066EE82 0000F3FF

006B4E06 0000000D

D066EE82 0000FBFD

006B4E06 0000000E

D066EE82 0000FBFB

006B4E06 00000011

With the above code on, press one of the following button combinations after selecting a game mode in Arcade to force the unused game mode of your choice:

• L1+L2 = One on One


• L1+R2 = Flame Tag


• L1+R1 = Regeneration


• L1+L3 = Leech


• L1+R3 = Escort

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  Regeneration game mode.
  

  
  

  
  


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  One on One game mode. It doesn't appear to properly function.
  

  
  

  
  


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  Leech game mode. It's unclear if this mode properly functions.
  

  
  

  
  


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  Flame tag game mode. It semi works. It has a HUD icon in the top middle of the screen when starting a match, however nobody starts out as tagged.
  

  
  

  
  


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  Escort game mode. It has no levels associated with it and the game mode doesn't appear to properly function.
  

  
  

  
  

Oddly enough, the final game still makes mention of One on One, with a loading screen line asking "Have you played One on One yet?", even though no one ever has.

Unused Cheats

A few unused cheats are left in the game. These cheats were once in the cheat menu from the main menu, however they are no longer a part of it:

Infinity Ammo

Invincible

Skating

(blank spot)

It appears Skating and the fourth cheat are no longer present in the game. However, the following GameShark / CodeBreaker codes can re-enable Infinity Ammo and Invincible:

Enable Infinity Ammo

20622048 00000001

Enable Invincible 

20622060 00000001

Another odd unused cheat that makes the player (and enemies) only die from pistol whips, hand-to-hand combat, or explosives can be re-enabled with this code:

Cannot Die From Bullets (including enemies)

2062206C 00000001

There are five more unused cheats. Only one of them functions, which makes the player invisible. The other four unfortunately no longer function as the game never checks the spot in RAM if the addresses are set or not. Every time a map loads they are set to zero. Enable invisibility with this code:

Enable Invisibility

2062205C 00000001

Unused Audio

There are various sound files stored in the game's "sounds_e.pak" that go unused.

The Impersonator

Pain and death sounds for a character from TimeSplitters 2 called The Impersonator. Unfortunately he didn't get to appear in Future Perfect and so all that remains are his character select image and his sound files.

Mansion of Madness

Cut Scientist Dialogue

This dialogue would be spoken by the scientist clinging to a tree the player must save from the worm creatures. The latter two lines suggest this scientist would originally be in a different location and fill the role of the removed scientist below.

This dialogue seems like it would be spoken by a scientist near the end of the level. The player was going to receive a special weapon to use against zombies here. This weapon may have been cut from the game or re-purposed as the Injector.

This dialogue doesn't have a clear place in the level but it's quite obvious what is going on. The "this stuff" the scientist is talking about could suggest that the weapon you were to receive in this level was the Injector.

Cut Objective

This dialogue would appear to be related to unused objectives involving a ghost. It would appear that this was originally to bring objects to the ghost's resting place but was changed to killing a demon to free the ghost (something much more fitting for the game's gameplay). The only possible remnants of this quest in the game is the child ghost that appears in this mission who is hostile in the final game.

What Lies Below

Cortez Dialogue

U-Genius, U-Genix

Anya

These cut Anya lines suggest some minor changes that happened to the level during development.

The Hooded Man

All of these barring the second appear to be alternate lines for the soldiers in this mission. In the final game the soldiers just re-use dialogue from the first level.

This line seems to be spoken by the Cortez the player is controlling, something which never happens in the game.

Mars Prison

These lines are for the assault gamemode on the Mars Prison map. It seems that these announcer lines were recorded especially for it; however, in the final game the default announcer is used.

Oddities

"Mark 1 Sentinel"

The flying robot enemies seen at the end of "U-Genius, U-Genix" and throughout "Something to Crow About", while extremely similar, are in fact different enemies with different behavior and models. Interestingly, the variation used in "U-Genius, U-Genix" is actually given a name in the game's files, being labelled as the "Mark 1 Sentinel". Meanwhile, the version used in "Something to Crow About" is simply named "Flyingrobot". These names are never seen in-game as both enemies are named as "R-100 Series" fighters.

Revisional Differences

Ghost Colours

To do: Get a picture for comparison. I think there are similar colouring differences in other places.

The PlayStation 2 and GameCube versions of the game feature white ghosts whereas the Xbox version of the game has red ghosts.

Loading Screen Effects

GameCube	PlayStation 2 and Xbox

The GameCube version of the game has a ripple effect on loading screens while the PlayStation 2 and Xbox versions use much simpler waving effects.