Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition (Oct 24, 2004 Prototype)

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JRDNSK8z: i placed a pnach file here for the alpha build explaining that it enables debug features like fps, coordinates, various info on screen!!!!

{{Prototype
|titlescreen=Mc3title-43.png
|Page name=Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition (Oct 24, 2004 Prototype)
|builddate=Oct 24, 2004
|buildname=SLUS_123.45
|status=Released, redump needed
|dumper=MommysSalami
|releasedby=MommysSalami
|filedumpdate=August 12, 2026
|filereleasedate=August 12, 2026
|origin_type=DVD-R
|origin_labels="MC3 PS2 10/24/04", "A"
|origin_ownership=MommysSalami
|game=Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition
|system=PlayStation 2
|genre=Driving/Racing
|final_builddate={{RegionDate|US|Mar 23, 2005}} {{RegionDate|EU|Mar 25, 2005}}
|release_date={{RegionDate|US|Apr 12, 2005}} {{RegionDate|EU|Apr 15, 2005}}
|unreleased=No
}}DEBUG SCREEN INFO - FPS,CORDS, VARIOUS INFO. (place incheats folder) https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WF07k3Iw7Cn5ayUhNf6JVP3lJrOhcnTb/view?usp=sharing<nowiki/>{{Download
|file=MIDNIGHT CLUB 3 DUB PS2 ALPHA BUILD 102404.7z
|external=https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MHyL2_Q1Fw1ryJoejejavmrLumjZd0_Q/view?usp=drivesdk
}}
{{Download
|file=Cheats.7z|title=Dongle, memory leak, and unlock all .pnaches
}}
{{Download
|file=Debug.zip|title=Debug symbol maps
}}

An early prototype of '''Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition''' for the PlayStation 2.

This build contains many differences, cut content, as well as '''debug symbols!'''

It was built around 5 months before the game went gold and around 45 days after the first trailer, so it is ''quite'' unstable and requires '''a lot''' of patches.
==Notes==
* This build has a '''dongle requirement''', a '''memory leak''', and a few other issues. PNACH files to get around these issues have been uploaded as well as a cheat to unlock all cars. Thanks to '''Devildwarf''' and '''Ghostie''' for providing these.
* Found by [https://archive.ph/R1ZCA u/MommysSalami near San Diego]
** The build was made by a QA employee that wanted to keep a version containing his favorite bug (allowing one to '''slingshot''' their car across the map while '''drifting a certain way''') before it got patched.
**They also mentioned that '''more than one''' build has been made by that QA employee.
*Executable is named '''SLUS_123.45''', save says it's SLUS_202.10, which is just the next serial code after Midnight Club II's SLUS_202.09
* Debug info can be enabled by setting '''00690EAC''' to 1 or 2.
* All videos are placeholders
**Intro movies are actually from Midnight Club II
**Tutorial movies are videos of Rockstar logos rotating to the sound of a vehicle starting up with radio playing Limp Bizkit's ''[https://youtu.be/ADSTD-MprPs?si=nn_8_8Ej0o3Ek6Re&t=25 Rollin' (Urban Assault Vehicle)]'', meanwhile police sirens can be heard wailing in the distance.
***An example of such a tutorial video can be seen [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQL4iNclSfQ here]
* Use quickbms and Dave.bms script to extract DAT archive files - see [https://zenhax.com/viewtopic.php@t=17531.html here]. Alternatively you can use DAVE.py (requires python) - see [https://ednessp.github.io/tools#Midnight_Club here]
* Address for editing money is 2BFEE44D3CC
*Cheat codes in this version:
**normal
**roar
**agro
**zone
**allcash
**cars
**parts
**cities
**cash
**all
**trythisathome
==Cuts==
* A '''cut song''' was found in this build's [https://hiddenpalace.org/File:MC3Oct2004StringTable.zip string table] - Yung Wun's ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mK9tujntNj0 Tear It Up]''
* A '''cut vehicle''' is in this build - a 2004 Maybach 57.
**It was already known by the community to be cut and [https://youtu.be/sXZsg9xY9_Y?si=PSMusd7UnDLRizbi&t=831 even discussed by Kris Roberts 4 months before this build was released].
**It can be driven and is listed in the garage, however damage models are broken and going into body parts customization crashes the game.
* Other cut songs were found but they are already known by the community:
** Nappy Roots - Hustla
** Trick Daddy - Gangsta
** Fat Joe - Opposites Attract
** Trick Daddy - Let's Go
** Fat Joe - My Lifestyle
** R. Kelly - So Sexy (ft. Twista)
** Jazze Pha - Materialistic
** Fat Joe - Fight Club (ft. M.O.P.)
** Funeral For A Friend - Escape Artists Never Die
** The Grim Northern Social - Urban Pressure
** Damageplan - Save Me
** Authority Zero - Revolution
** Damageplan - Pride
** Galaxy 2 Galaxy - Return of the Dragon (Los Hermanos Remix)
** Galaxy 2 Galaxy - Windchime
** The Infiltrator - I'm In
==Differences==
These are only the most prominent differences - expand with more examples if needed:
*UI:
**Uses lots of yellow and blue.
**Tune your vehicle is named as "Tune Your Ride", you must be cruising in career mode to access this menu.
**A blue tint is applied over the screen when starting a race/cruising the city, takes 1 second to fade out during which the game is paused. A remnant of Midnight Club II.
*Audio:
**The main menu starts with a full version of Dark Energy's ''Nitestrike'', however it can cycle through all the songs in the soundtrack except the ones that play after a race ends.
**Many sound effects are different. Cars also don't make any sounds when hitting other vehicles.
**Almost no voice acting in this build - only pedestrians have lines.
**Some songs are uncensored (e.g. Trick Daddy's ''Let's Go,'' Hundred Reasons's ''Stories With Unhappy Endings'' and Peaches's ''Kick It''), some have different mixes (Trick Daddy's ''Jump On It'' has a slightly different chorus) and some are full versions of the songs (e.g. Dark Energy's ''Nitestrike'' and Galaxy 2 Galaxy's ''Hi-Tech Jazz'') instead of shortened ones like in the final game.
*Gameplay:
**Explosions' slow-mo takes far longer to end.
**Car physics are different - they roll more often, feel less weighty and are less "glued" to the road.
**Hitting opponents with a car while looking for a race doesn't activate them.
**Phil is called C.J. in this version.
*Cars:
**Some cars' manufacturer vinyls have different designs.
**Many price differences, e.g. SLR Vision costs $1,600,000 instead of $452,750
**Tuners' trim colors can be changed.
*Cities:
**All billboards are stand-ins (with custom artwork by Rockstar) that were replaced with commercials for e.g. album releases, products like Pepsi or TV channels.
**Train model in San Diego is different - doesn't have transparent windows.
**Train model in Detroit is different - has transparent windows, but no passengers inside.
**Lighting on maps is more pronounced. A lot more lightmaps and contrast overall.
**Culling is very buggy and some parts of the map can't be seen despite nothing blocking the view.
**Pedestrians can jog and walk through crossings
**Pedestrian density is also far higher compared to the final game and also can be modified in arcade mode.
**Some places in-game were renamed, possibly to minimize association with real-life businesses, e.g. [[wikipedia:SeaWorld_San_Diego|SeaLand]] into Water Park or [[wikipedia:Omni_San_Diego_Hotel|Omni Hotel]] into just Hotel.
**Many wooden posts have powerlines that connect to other wooden posts.
==Soundtrack==
*All music playlists are the same in every city - in the frontend, in the garage, during a race or while cruising, except after a race ends. Their content is as follows:
**The Martian - Lost Transmission From Earth
**Suburban Knight - Nightstrike
**The Martian - Star Dancer
**Underground Resistance - I'm In
**Underground Resistance - Amazon
**The Aztec Mystic - Jaguar
**Underground Resistance - Jupiter Jazz
**Suburban Knight - Nocturbulous
**The Martian - Sex In Zero Gravity
**The Aztec Mystic - Aguila
**Suburban Knight - The Warning
**The Martian - Search Your Feelings
**Underground Resistance - Hi-Tech Jazz
**Underground Resistance - Return of the Dragons
**Orlando Voorn - Bite Before You Bark
**Fix - Flash
**The Tek Brothers - Denang
**B. Calloway - Direct Maniac
**Underground Resistance - Windchime
**Apathy - Drive It Like I Stole It
**Fix - Flash
**Grim Northerns - Urban Pressure
**Hundred Reasons - Stories With Unhappy Endings
**Peaches feat. Iggy Pop - Kick It
**Trick Daddy feat. Khia & Tampa Tony - Jump On It
**Trick Daddy feat. Twista & Lil Jon - Let's Go
*Music playlists that play when you finish a race are different though, but are the same whether you win or lose. Their content is as follows:
**Funeral for a Friend - Escape Artists Never Die
**Fat Joe feat. M.O.P. & Petey Pablo - Fight Club
**Trick Daddy feat. Birdman - Gangsta
**Nappy Roots - Hustla
**Trick Daddy feat. Lil Jon & Twista - Let's Go
**Jazze Pha - Materialistic
**Fat Joe - My Lifestyle
**Fat Joe feat. Remy Ma - Opposites Attract
**Damageplan - Pride
**Authority Zero - Revolution
**Damageplan - Save Me
**Twista feat. R. Kelly - So Sexy
==Known issues==
* Runs terribly on hardware rendering with default settings - either play on software rendering or disable depth conversion, partial source invalidation and enable "estimate texture region" in manual hardware renderer fixes. Thanks '''devildwarf'''!
* Hangs frequently while loading due to memory leaks - either during loading or immediately after the screen turns black
* Swapping the cars in the garage can sometimes cause a crash
* Opening NAV system or pause menu during a race will cause a crash with some opponents (Carlos especially)
* Sometimes finishing a race before all opponents reach the finish line will cause a crash after results

==Screenshots==
<gallery mode="traditional">
File:Midnight Club 3- DUB Edition (Oct 24, 2004 Prototype)-SGAMEINT.png|A placeholder video file for this build. Every movie except working intros (which are instead from Midnight Club II) is like this and has an identical audio
File:MidnightClub3Oct2004-Garage.jpg|The garage in this build. Note the "trade in value" and "top speed" which aren't present in the final game.
File:Saleenvinylmc3beta.png|Example of a vinyl with different design in this build.
File:MaybachGMHQMidnightClub3-2004.jpg|A cut car ('04 Maybach 57) standing next to the General Motors headquarters - a building that lost all its logos in the retail version and only had them in the PSP version.
File:MidnightClub3Oct2004-SupraOnFire.jpg|A Supra on fire - a feature that was cut from the final game. It also produces crackling sounds! All cars EXCEPT Mercedes can be set on fire.
File:Pausemc3betavaoms.png|Pause menu in this build has a different design.
File:Tuneridemc3.png|Tune your ride in this build, notice how it uses numbers instead of a slider.
File:MidnightClub3Oct2004-Map.jpg|An early version of the NAV System. The one in the final game covers the whole screen and is less colorful.
File:MidnightClub3Oct2004-LoadingScreen.jpg|Loadmovie01.pck in its full glory - it actually was found in the retail versions too, but it never transitioned into gameplay and had broken city name strings. This build doesn't have transition.pck which handles all transitions in the retail version.
</gallery>

==Origin==
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File:Midnight_Club_3-_DUB_Edition_(Oct_24,_2004_Prototype)-title.png|A photo of the disc containing the build. Note the "A" on the bottom of this disc!
</gallery>

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