More Toontown Online Changes and Differences

A showcase of changes/differences, breaks and bugs across different versions and builds of Disney's Toontown Online. Done using Toontown Archive 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006 server, and Sunrise games Toontown 2010 and 2012 server.
Video credits: fuzzalicious (topcats elevator shuffle blues)
lawlsworth (Solo CEO clip)
Grape (delighted animation clip)
Yumeko (open toontown footage)

[@staticsnow22]

A lot of these animation issues that started in 2010 are due to the migration over to Autodesk Maya for modeling and animation. This is also why the boilers no longer appear on first floors of buildings. Many things were broken or lost during the transition.

[@LouiePicklezilla]

Not only is the animation for the fat torso during trap gags faster, but the shortest legs have a faster animation too. The animation syncs up better if your Toon is both fat and short. In this video you are using the medium sized legs.

[@dankmickey1127]

I played a really early version of the VP when I was young. I do remember specifically the spinning sound the VP made was the same as the Cog death spin sound.

[@Bricktoons1]

interesting, do you remember what music played for each battle/cutscene ?

[@dankmickey1127]

I was almost 8 years old when Sellbot HQ came out. I do remember the darker skies, and tougher factory. I remember maxing at level 12, but sometime in 2004, they changed it to level 50, was a sad day. I can't remember if the music was any different, but I did feel nostalgic for The Big Boss. The only change I know for sure is in December of 2003 at least, the VP spin sound effect was the same as the Cog death spin sound. When I worked for Project Altis, I tried to implement a recreation of Old Sellbot HQ, even with the unused Big Jump stomp, and the spinning sfx for Boss cogs. It's why modern Corporate Clash still has the unused big jump stomp sfx, and the cog death sound when boss cogs do the spin attack. I do remember the slower walk speed and slower factory doors too. The factory had buggier collisions. People would go in the look out, clip through the wall, and skip to the warehouse battle directly. Or could even jump onto an upper portion of the warehouse, and could then reach the silo battles. One bug that existed as well had to do with Factory elevators. It would take you up in the air forever, you would go on the elevator, if the bug occured, you would continue floating into the sky higher and higher every time the elevator moved.

[@exterminator9676]

If level 12 was originally the maximum, do you think they planned on having higher level cogs than 12 at some point?

[@freckleslam314]

Thanks for helping to preserve Toontown history.

[@exterminator9676]

Please make this a series!

[@Yesman137]

Impressive. One thing I really like that TTR did recently after the SBTF stuff was they restored (mostly) the music and skybox of Sellbot HQ. There is one thing I think you have missed. Years ago, during 2004, I swear to you, the "Installer theme" was used for the Sellbot Factory, and this is evidence by how similar the theme is to the factory theme, very very similar.

[@Bricktoons1]

it is possible that theme was used. there's multiple release notes from around the time SBHQ release on test that mention adding new music and sfx. This would of been december 2003

[@Yesman137]

Ah I see. Then I guess it was during that time, I was very young back then so I don't have a recollection of the date, but the Factory theme was DEFINITELY different. Perhaps maybe if the December 2003 files were found we could finally get a midi for the Installer theme.

[@sodadogkarbonated]

I noticed the Polar Place and Oak Street signs are smaller than the average tunnel sign size, which is more noticeable if you look at the Polar Place sign. Also, the Japanese Sellbot Headquarters sign is aligned to the wrong side.

[@billieb26]

I love these videos! Keep them coming! :)

[@c_erra]

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[@LucyAdroit]

Ooooh, cool

[@danman6431]

Disney make Toontown 2 when