The context for the hermione adventure has been construed from unused dialogue lines. It seems madam pomfrey does not let harry and ron see hermione post-Aragog so they have to go through the storerooms, cast at the cauldron in her office to distract her patrolling, and then get the basilisk note from hermione.
Yeah that seems to be the most likely use for the level (even though that's still not a 100% confirmation tbh) I realized how much more sense that makes during the extended mod playthrough we did after compared to the "Dream" theory 😀 Like idk who originally came up with that one but it rly doesn't make a whole lot of sense...
The chasm room that has the crab bucket in this version of Rictusempra actually has evidence that the flow was different even before this version was made (Lots of surfaces set to ledgegrabbable, some really unclean geometry, etc), they must've edited that room an absolute ton. And this version is a bit broken because they added a fall distance check to the crabs, along with the fact that the final star mesh wasn't even made yet lmfao. Fun fact, with the misplaced torches all across the map, one candle made it into the final game with its incorrect positioning but with a lens flare added onto it. It's the one by the hall of mirrors at 4:12. That fact is incredibly funny to me. This old version has another candle hanging out oob intended to match it, but it was removed before the proto's version of it sometime. Honestly, what a really cool piece of development history to look at, there's so much to look at
That big room does look like an absolut mess indeed lol. All things considered the remake turned out quite well in the final version. I have never noticed the torch in that corridor (at least it doesn't cause the weird trippy glitch anymore lol) I guess I will pay more attention to it next time I play the game, pretty funny tho. Overall rly facinating to play this, super cool that we have access to it!
@@Nixxo Yeah. They kinda just put down enough torches in that version for what they wanted but hadn't finished moving them. I may or not have been modifying this version of the level for uh, purposes, and deleted it without thinking anything of it, then spotted it in retail and lost my shit
I really like these shorter videos. I usually put the other long streams on when I work, but these are nice to pay close attention to. Thank you Nixxo!
Thanks a lot, I'm really happy to hear Im trying to keep a good bit of variety between long and short runs and between the different games so I'm glad to hear that works out!
Nixxo, please check the HP2 “Cut & Restored” Maps. There are 2 great maps, which are revamped versions of original unfinished maps from the game. And one of them is that Hermione level. The best custom maps I've ever played.
The restored Hermione's Quest will actually be on this channel soon as a part of a replay of the HP2 extended mod. The other one I put at the top of the list of custom maps to play soon since I got it recommended quite often!
11:54 Yes it is. #89. The Silver one you find in Dumbledore's office. You collect him later at 20:11 . The giant Merlin gold card would've been nice to see in the game.
I like these kind of unreleased game builds or unused assets. On TCRF I saw some prerelease screenshots of HP1 PS1. I wish there was a leaked build of the game too.
I love that "mirror" in the Testlevel. It's not a real mirror, but a portal and I've used a copy of these objects in own map with a bit different settings. Portals in the UE are wonderful❤
You missed a bunch of levels that aren't in the main level folder. There's another archive with other level chunks and small tests, but also there's a full greenhouse level.
Ahh dang that's annoying, I wasn't aware there are maps in a different place... Hope I didn't miss anything big then, guess that gives me smth to do in a year 😀
@@Nixxo yeah, as for the old greenhouse level, I can see you had it in the map selector window but you must have missed it due to how similar the name is with the final map. You might want to play it through in the future!
Oh I figured as much, I was more questioning what the hell those rooms were supposed to be xd I guess it's just a test map for the teleport mechanic then...
Because the author of this game wants to test the game, he has made a lot of performance test maps related to this game.... For example, tests such as moving stairs, objects that cast magic, and map component sounds These are the first things to do in order to make a full game.... I am also making a game similar to [Harry Potter], but this game is not Harry Potter, but the gameplay is very similar to Harry Potter, and it is still in production.... When I was working on this game, I did the same thing as those maps just to test it...
That‘s so cool! I really like to look at work of that developers who created HP. They‘ve experimented a lot and make a holistic game where the scenario, music, and graphics complement each other. I feel a little desperate about Hogwarts Legacy music(partly) and castle. I want a huge magical castle with plenty of rooms and libraries like this in HP1,2,3,4 rather the precise copy of the movie castle… Oh, and thank you for the work🔥✨
I couldn't agree more, the way they have build the level and the castle of the early PC games is just the best! It feels so cozy to just walk around with the amazing soundtrack in the background and discover new rooms and secrets 🥰 That's a big piece of childhood you described right there! I have to say though regarding Hogwarts Legay, I do feel like they did a solid job making their own castle in big areas unrelates to the movie and to put a lot of little secrets and hidden rooms into it but I fully get it was not the same feeling as back in the days 😄 Shoutouts to everyone who builds HP2 PC custom maps indeed though, the best way to keep that childhood nostalgia feeling going!
Is this proto game also restored by fans? I remember back in 2002 seeing that crooked shaped lightning health bar in the game pamphlet that comes with the CD, and I've always wondered where that's from!
As far as I know it's the actual original Proto build that someone at KnowWonder leaked to the internet at some point so everything in here should be an unchanged EA original :D
Hermiones level will be included next Thursday with the second part of the Extended Mod Playthrough, the Boomslang level is at the top of the list of custom maps to play for me :D
Nixxo managed to misspell the title ("Level" -> levels) and say something wrong (0:53, "level" -> game) in the first minute of the video. 👏👏👏 Doesn't matter tho, really interesting levels.
Glad to hear it was interesting to watch :) I actually can't change the spelling in the title because youtube only allows 100 symbols as title and I'm already at the limit lol. I thought dropping the "s" would have been the sneakiest way to get it to work...
For me it is the PC version with quite a big lead. But I'm also very biased because it's the version I grew up with and have the most nostalgia for and also the version that is the best suited for producing content around it because there are so many different ways to play it and because of how easily modable it is. I think the PS2 version is a VERY good game as well though (apart from the loading times) and I definitely enjoy playing both a lot.
There is a project ongoing that focuses on restoring those old and cut maps from the base game, you can find their full work here: hp-games.net/mods-cs-cutandrestoredmaps-en Have fun playing those!
The context for the hermione adventure has been construed from unused dialogue lines. It seems madam pomfrey does not let harry and ron see hermione post-Aragog so they have to go through the storerooms, cast at the cauldron in her office to distract her patrolling, and then get the basilisk note from hermione.
Yeah that seems to be the most likely use for the level (even though that's still not a 100% confirmation tbh) I realized how much more sense that makes during the extended mod playthrough we did after compared to the "Dream" theory 😀 Like idk who originally came up with that one but it rly doesn't make a whole lot of sense...
The chasm room that has the crab bucket in this version of Rictusempra actually has evidence that the flow was different even before this version was made (Lots of surfaces set to ledgegrabbable, some really unclean geometry, etc), they must've edited that room an absolute ton. And this version is a bit broken because they added a fall distance check to the crabs, along with the fact that the final star mesh wasn't even made yet lmfao. Fun fact, with the misplaced torches all across the map, one candle made it into the final game with its incorrect positioning but with a lens flare added onto it. It's the one by the hall of mirrors at 4:12. That fact is incredibly funny to me. This old version has another candle hanging out oob intended to match it, but it was removed before the proto's version of it sometime.
Honestly, what a really cool piece of development history to look at, there's so much to look at
That big room does look like an absolut mess indeed lol. All things considered the remake turned out quite well in the final version.
I have never noticed the torch in that corridor (at least it doesn't cause the weird trippy glitch anymore lol) I guess I will pay more attention to it next time I play the game, pretty funny tho.
Overall rly facinating to play this, super cool that we have access to it!
@@Nixxo Yeah. They kinda just put down enough torches in that version for what they wanted but hadn't finished moving them. I may or not have been modifying this version of the level for uh, purposes, and deleted it without thinking anything of it, then spotted it in retail and lost my shit
I really like these shorter videos. I usually put the other long streams on when I work, but these are nice to pay close attention to. Thank you Nixxo!
Thanks a lot, I'm really happy to hear Im trying to keep a good bit of variety between long and short runs and between the different games so I'm glad to hear that works out!
Nixxo, please check the HP2 “Cut & Restored” Maps. There are 2 great maps, which are revamped versions of original unfinished maps from the game. And one of them is that Hermione level. The best custom maps I've ever played.
The restored Hermione's Quest will actually be on this channel soon as a part of a replay of the HP2 extended mod. The other one I put at the top of the list of custom maps to play soon since I got it recommended quite often!
11:54 Yes it is. #89. The Silver one you find in Dumbledore's office. You collect him later at 20:11 . The giant Merlin gold card would've been nice to see in the game.
Merlin being a bronze card is absolutely scandalous tbh
I like these kind of unreleased game builds or unused assets. On TCRF I saw some prerelease screenshots of HP1 PS1. I wish there was a leaked build of the game too.
They are so interesting to discover, I also wish we would have something like this for a lot more HP games!
I love that "mirror" in the Testlevel. It's not a real mirror, but a portal and I've used a copy of these objects in own map with a bit different settings. Portals in the UE are wonderful❤
Oh interesting, they never actually used the portal mechanic in the base game did they? Very cool stuff indeed...
@@Nixxo, maybe they wanted to, but that portal left only in tests. Generally, they didn't use a lot of stock UE functions
@@Nixxo not in HP2, but they surely did in HP1 with the Mirror of Erised during the final battle.
Ohh yeah, I forgot how much of a mess that final fight is xd
You missed a bunch of levels that aren't in the main level folder. There's another archive with other level chunks and small tests, but also there's a full greenhouse level.
Ahh dang that's annoying, I wasn't aware there are maps in a different place... Hope I didn't miss anything big then, guess that gives me smth to do in a year 😀
@@Nixxo yeah, as for the old greenhouse level, I can see you had it in the map selector window but you must have missed it due to how similar the name is with the final map. You might want to play it through in the future!
I will put that and the restored version on the Top of the custom map list 😀
2:55 I think this boxes should go to the gray tiles near the snails.
Oh yeah you are absolutely correct, I assume that's the OG way of getting up to the star then since the other blocks don't exist in there...
19:32 Cutscene teleporting, this map has 2 rooms and everytime you enter the cutscene it teleports you to the other trigger.
Oh I figured as much, I was more questioning what the hell those rooms were supposed to be xd I guess it's just a test map for the teleport mechanic then...
Now imagine, how big could be HP 1 and 2 be if all content wich is lost/unused get into final verzion of games 🙂
Because the author of this game wants to test the game, he has made a lot of performance test maps related to this game....
For example, tests such as moving stairs, objects that cast magic, and map component sounds
These are the first things to do in order to make a full game....
I am also making a game similar to [Harry Potter], but this game is not Harry Potter, but the gameplay is very similar to Harry Potter, and it is still in production....
When I was working on this game, I did the same thing as those maps just to test it...
Oh that sounds pretty cool, of it's a game similar to Harry Potter I would love to test it out a bit once you are done, best of luck with making that!
@@Nixxo Thank you, I also thought about letting you play, but I want to say first, the game I made is in Chinese language, I wonder if you can do it?
I do not speak Chinese unfortunately but I could find my way through it Im sure 😀
@@Nixxo th-cam.com/video/m10gPsdDa6Q/w-d-xo.html
This is the demo game trailer I made, I can show you first...
That‘s so cool! I really like to look at work of that developers who created HP. They‘ve experimented a lot and make a holistic game where the scenario, music, and graphics complement each other. I feel a little desperate about Hogwarts Legacy music(partly) and castle. I want a huge magical castle with plenty of rooms and libraries like this in HP1,2,3,4 rather the precise copy of the movie castle… Oh, and thank you for the work🔥✨
I couldn't agree more, the way they have build the level and the castle of the early PC games is just the best! It feels so cozy to just walk around with the amazing soundtrack in the background and discover new rooms and secrets 🥰 That's a big piece of childhood you described right there!
I have to say though regarding Hogwarts Legay, I do feel like they did a solid job making their own castle in big areas unrelates to the movie and to put a lot of little secrets and hidden rooms into it but I fully get it was not the same feeling as back in the days 😄
Shoutouts to everyone who builds HP2 PC custom maps indeed though, the best way to keep that childhood nostalgia feeling going!
is the greenscreen software detecting your eye at 1:14 ?
It absolutely does lmao. The real Harry Potter I guess...
Is this proto game also restored by fans? I remember back in 2002 seeing that crooked shaped lightning health bar in the game pamphlet that comes with the CD, and I've always wondered where that's from!
As far as I know it's the actual original Proto build that someone at KnowWonder leaked to the internet at some point so everything in here should be an unchanged EA original :D
@@Nixxo Ahh I see!
@@Nixxo I think Warrington and DivingDeep also recreated the greenhouse and the Hermione levels, would be nice to see your walkthrough of those! :D
Hermiones level will be included next Thursday with the second part of the Extended Mod Playthrough, the Boomslang level is at the top of the list of custom maps to play for me :D
@@Nixxo Looking forward to your walkthrough! :D
Nixxo managed to misspell the title ("Level" -> levels) and say something wrong (0:53, "level" -> game) in the first minute of the video.
👏👏👏
Doesn't matter tho, really interesting levels.
Glad to hear it was interesting to watch :) I actually can't change the spelling in the title because youtube only allows 100 symbols as title and I'm already at the limit lol. I thought dropping the "s" would have been the sneakiest way to get it to work...
@@Nixxo Well, looking at the fact that you can already see the error from the main page, there could be a better spot for it 😂
do you prefer the pc or the ps2 version of hp2 ?
For me it is the PC version with quite a big lead. But I'm also very biased because it's the version I grew up with and have the most nostalgia for and also the version that is the best suited for producing content around it because there are so many different ways to play it and because of how easily modable it is.
I think the PS2 version is a VERY good game as well though (apart from the loading times) and I definitely enjoy playing both a lot.
How did you get all these maps?🙂
There is a project ongoing that focuses on restoring those old and cut maps from the base game, you can find their full work here: hp-games.net/mods-cs-cutandrestoredmaps-en
Have fun playing those!