{"id":29307,"date":"2022-07-29T15:15:42","date_gmt":"2022-07-29T15:15:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/nier-automata-secret-door-hunt-ends-in-the-wildest-possible-way\/"},"modified":"2022-07-29T15:15:42","modified_gmt":"2022-07-29T15:15:42","slug":"nier-automata-secret-door-hunt-ends-in-the-wildest-possible-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/nier-automata-secret-door-hunt-ends-in-the-wildest-possible-way\/","title":{"rendered":"Nier Automata Secret Door Hunt Ends In The Wildest Possible Way"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It all started with a question: \u201cHow do you get into the church?\u201d The answer, it turns out, is simple: You don’t\u2014at least not yet. yes, Nier: Automata<\/em>‘s baffling secret door was all just an intricate mod.<\/p>\n

If you haven’t been following along, Nier: Automata<\/em>‘s secret door<\/span> had all the makings of a pantheonic gaming secret. Two months ago, one Nier<\/em> player, known only as their Reddit handle, Sadfutago, started asking around on niche subreddits about a hidden church. thigh Nier: Automata<\/em>an action-RPG developed by PlatinumGames and released in 2017, didn’t have a location that matched such a description, which led the few people who paid attention to call bullshit.<\/p>\n

Finally, Sadfutago posted video evidence of the discovery<\/span>located in the Copied City, a level of Nier: Automata<\/em> that’s devoid of color and texture, giving it the look of a game in early development. That clip\u2014and subsequent, more extensive clips\u2014sent the community into a tizzy. Some fans thought it was a legit instance of cut or hidden content for Nier: Automata<\/em>. Others figured it was totally fake, either a hoax or a mod or a viral marketing campaign orchestrated by Nier<\/em> director Yoko Taro, who’s no stranger to hijinks. (Here’s a thorough rundown of the whole saga<\/span>.) More still did the one thing the internet does best: Breast it into oblivion<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Well, it turns out the whole area was the work of three modders: DevolasRevenge, who designed the geography and architecture; Woeful_Wolf, who created the tools in blender<\/span>; and RaiderB, who wrote the scripting tools. They’re planning on making everything public, but not for a few days, DevolasRevenge tells Kotaku<\/em>. It’s been quite the week. They’re tired.<\/p>\n

\u201cOriginally, it was supposed to be a little joke to show people, and we fully expected data miners like Lance [McDonald] and Grojdg to shoot us down in two seconds,\u201d DevolasRevenge says. \u201cBut they were questioning it as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

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At first, the footage seemed legit. But over the past few days, Sadfutago’s posts have started to include dead giveaways. one of their latest Reddit posts<\/span> mentioned \u201cZinnia\u201d\u2014a niche aspect of Nier<\/em> lore\u2014which indicated Sadfutago, whoever they were, was more knowledgeable than they let on. Plus, the whole church area contained assets from Nier: Replicant<\/em><\/span>‘s more recent remaster, which came out in 2021. It’s a stretch of the imagination that the base version of a 2017 game could include character models from a 2021 game. (This discovery was widely believed to have been made on the game’s 1.00 version\u2014meaning it hadn’t been affected by any post-release patches or updates.)<\/p>\n

\u201cTowards the end, I figured most people thought it was a mod,\u201d DevolasRevenge said. \u201cI didn’t mean to mislead anyone.\u201d<\/p>\n

DevolasRevenge said that some people \u201cseem to be taking this negatively.\u201d Butt over ten the Nier<\/em> modding Discord<\/span>, at least, folks are in largely good spirits. They’re cracking jokes, validated in their assumptions that something was fishy with the church. some prolific Nier<\/em> modders are pumped to start working with a new suite of tools. While Nier: Automata<\/em> modding tools are fairly sophisticated, modders haven’t been able to alter the game’s environment to the degree seen in the church videos. <\/p>\n

\u201cThis will have quite a large impact on the community,\u201d Meowsandstuff, a member of the Nier<\/em> modding community and a leading figure in the hunt to prove the secret door wasn’t all it seemed, told me. \u201cWhile we already had the tools to make similar stuff, from my understanding a lot of the newer things are much more better-developed and user-friendly.\u201d<\/p>\n

As part of his sleuthing, Meowsandstuff was designing his own version of the secret church. The architecture of the area was spot-on, but it kept crashing whenever you’d try to walk down the main hallway to the church. He’s now planning on polishing up the progress he’s made so far<\/span>. He’ll scrap the rest, then use the new tools for a slew of other ideas, including one that renders the Nier: Automata<\/em> map with the low-key look of the Copied City (which, by the way, sounds dope AF).<\/p>\n

\u201cI’m honestly feeling quite refreshed,\u201d Meowsandstuff said. \u201cI wanted to believe it could’ve been something that wasn’t a mod, but now knowing that this is a mod and knowing that we are getting access to the tools necessary to make stuff like this has really energized me.\u201d<\/p>\n

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gif: Square Enix \/ Sadfutago It all started with a question: \u201cHow do you get into the church?\u201d The answer, it turns out, is simple: You don’t\u2014at least not yet. yes, Nier: Automata‘s baffling secret door was all just an intricate mod. If you haven’t been following along, Nier: Automata‘s secret door had all the …<\/p>\n

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