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Template: Bunker
02-27-2021, 03:52 PM
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RE: Template: Bunker
Thanks for that, Alexey. Now I can submit what I've learned from it:
  • As I suspected, level09_airtrunck14.smf was supposed to connect to the big collector rather than the small collector, and the small collector was originally going to have at least three vent entrances instead of one, and didn't have a shaft like the big collector (this is shown in level09_smallcollector.smf - the room in-game is split into three parts because too many lights rendered onto a single brush causes errors to pop up in the editor).
  • The vents that originally connected the small collector with the big room where you can use the pillars on the bottom floor to evade guards (level09_firezone02.smf and level09_firezone03.smf) were level09_airtrunck22.smf and level09_airtrunck21.smf - the latter still surprisingly fits well with level09_airtrunck19.smf.
  • The addroom models connect with the small collector and end at the elevator shaft which was supposed to connect the techzone to the entrance. Kovalev was to perform a certain task in this area - perhaps the elevator started out inoperable and so he has to turn it on for the others to use.
  • Kovalev starts the mission having somehow climbed down the shaft of the big collector area - no parachute is present anywhere in this build, so how else would he have made it without breaking his neck?
  • Kovalev has an interaction with some oxygen cylinders, where he can push one off the ledge so it lands on two resting soldiers.
  • Kovalev has to turn off the main air conditioning fan so he can reach the other side of the big collector.
  • Did you ever notice in the final game that there's a suspended crate in the room where you can trigger a cart to move into the turntable? Well, it turns out, while in the vents, Kovalev was supposed to have an interaction where he can use a circuit breaker to deactivate the crane, and causing the crate to land on two soldiers.
  • Olga starts the mission having infiltrated the bunker's main entrance by hiding in a truck. There are no interactions associated with her anywhere to be found in this build, so I'm at a loss as to what she was supposed to do. Though apparently, you can climb up onto the observation platform in level09_entry02.smf - which is apparently the only time the "Have you switched lights off?" sign is used - and some ladders from the cut replica Chinese junk in Red Dragon are used here. Maybe Olga was supposed to do something here?
  • Strogov starts the mission in a location where you'd never think he'd start after the scenario was changed - the armory.Rolleyes
  • Apparently, the guards originally carried AKMs and PMs instead of Thompsons and Colts.
  • MenCivil is way out of place for a secret underground bunker, good thing he was replaced with more military types, but this is why the AI Form "Civilian" exists in the final version of the level.
  • Only two military policemen are present in this build, both of whom are found in the entrance.
  • Strogov has two interactions where he can steal an access card from two sleeping NPCs. The first NPC is a civilian who starts off chatting with a soldier on Floor 2 (MenCivil02) and then goes to the storage area on Floor 3 where you can get the Peanut Powder in the final version, before heading to the central room on Floor 2 to have a nap - in the final version, the central room is where you can obtain a spare soldier uniform. This civilian has a unique AI Form called "Civilian2", which isn't present in the final version of the zones.shadvs file.
  • The second NPC Strogov can steal a card from is Bruce Gardner's adjutant. In this build, he starts off sitting in the same chair his boss would use in the final build, but after you enter Floor 5, he alternates between paying a visit to some officers on the top floors of the complex before heading for the infirmary - instead of complaining about the doctor being absent, he sits on one of the beds and waits for the doctor to give him an injection. Strogov has another interaction where he can swap syringes so the adjutant falls asleep. As a side note, in the DtS3 Demo's files, Actor "BoydeAdutant" didn't have a nude skin yet - it was later decided to have Strogov take his clothes instead of stealing an access card off him. This is why the skin tone on the nude model's head contrasts greatly with the rest of the body.
  • There's an officer in the lift room on Floor 5 with a cut AI Form "Officer2". Presumably he would have had an access card too.
  • There's a spare card in the bunk room on Floor 3, where you can also find a spare soldier uniform instead in the final build - the card still has the default Red Dragon member card skin instead of the Marilyn Monroe CIA pass skin used in the final build.
  • There's a Gestapo officer on Floor 7 with the ID "BOSS" and a cut AI Form "MegaOfficer". This is obviously a placeholder for Fichtner, or as he was better known back in the DtS3 Demo days, Kneller.
  • The interaction where you can short circuit a fuse box to distract the CIA agent guarding the door to Fichtner's office in the final game had a different purpose in this build - there was originally a squashed generator underneath the cables on the floor that would have electrocuted Kneller as he was standing on it when the fuse box was short circuited.
  • Thanks to this build, I now know what the purpose of the top floors were - they were also places where scientists and officers could be found, and there's even some toilets. As a side note, in the DtS3 Demo's files, the interaction where you can take a scientist's clothes would have shown as "USE OPERATOR'S CLOTHING" instead of "USE SCIENTIST'S CLOTHING".
  • level09_airtrunck01.smf and level09_airtrunck02.smf went unused even in this build.
  • level09_exit06.smf was originally a small room, but was redesigned into a footbridge. The only difference between it and level09_exit05.smf is the top doorway frames.
  • level09_exit01.smf and level09_firezone01.smf were also redesigned. Originally the gap at the top of the stairs would have covered the whole arch rather than just a portion of it - this is why level09_closer.smf is used for the entrance. It was changed likely so they could fit some blast doors that'll help players identify the helipad in the final game.
  • No doubt the lifts themselves were different in design before the scenario was changed - you'd have to scale them and the doors to better fit the early shafts today.

And that's everything I think. Thanks again for giving us insight into what You Only Live Twice could have been, Alexey.
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Template: Bunker - Liz Shaw - 01-10-2020, 03:52 PM
RE: Template: Bunker - Alexey - 01-16-2020, 07:26 PM
RE: Template: Bunker - Liz Shaw - 01-17-2020, 03:09 AM
RE: Template: Bunker - Liz Shaw - 02-25-2021, 01:30 AM
RE: Template: Bunker - Alexey - 02-26-2021, 11:40 AM
RE: Template: Bunker - Liz Shaw - 02-26-2021, 01:20 PM
RE: Template: Bunker - Alexey - 02-26-2021, 05:04 PM
RE: Template: Bunker - Liz Shaw - 02-27-2021 03:52 PM
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