Uploaded August 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
A restoration of the American flag in Federal Hall, it was removed from the game due to 9/11.
The video showcases everything that can be technically restored with the available data, sadly some animations are completely gone like the one where the flag is being dragged off from Solidus' corpse.
TIMESTAMP:
00:00 P080_14_P08 (Arrival)
01:28 P080_16_P09 (Passing the torch)
03:00 P080_18_P10 (Leaving a mark in history)
03:49 P080_26_P11 (Solidus' reveal)
05:04 P080_28_P12 (Pre boss-battle)
06:10 BOSS BATTLE
07:46 P082_01_P01 (Solidus dies)
09:23 P082_02_P02 (Freedom to decide)
12:30 P082_04_P03 (Ending)
IMPORTANT NOTE:
As pointed out in the comments, the flag that falls on top of Solidus according to the script included in The Document Of MGS2 is not the flag from Federal Hall, it's unclear if that changed or not during development because of how the final cutscene is structured, it's also not clear when or where the flag is supposed to fall off either, so in the video I made it happen after Raiden's final "slash".
The flag disappears in the following scene as there's GCL scripts to hide\unhide the flag on top of Federal Hall and I've made use of it, whether they're there for debugging purposes or because of how the cutscene changed compared to what's specified in the script included in TDOFMGS2 is unknown, so take that whole sequence with a grain of salt.
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I've been wanting to make this video for a long time, since 2017 when I first showcased it without animations, back then I wasn't exactly optimistic in accomplishing a "full restoration" considering the code to play the animations is gone in the stages w61a and d080p08, on top of that the cutscene data doesn't reference the flag fall animation anymore.
Since my programming and reversing skills have improved since then, I've decided to take a crack at it and try to restore as much as possible.
A restoration of the American flag in Federal Hall, it was removed from the game due to 9/11.
The video showcases everything that can be technically restored with the available data, sadly some animations are completely gone like the one where the flag is being dragged off from Solidus' corpse.
TIMESTAMP:
00:00 P080_14_P08 (Arrival)
01:28 P080_16_P09 (Passing the torch)
03:00 P080_18_P10 (Leaving a mark in history)
03:49 P080_26_P11 (Solidus' reveal)
05:04 P080_28_P12 (Pre boss-battle)
06:10 BOSS BATTLE
07:46 P082_01_P01 (Solidus dies)
09:23 P082_02_P02 (Freedom to decide)
12:30 P082_04_P03 (Ending)
IMPORTANT NOTE:
As pointed out in the comments, the flag that falls on top of Solidus according to the script included in The Document Of MGS2 is not the flag from Federal Hall, it's unclear if that changed or not during development because of how the final cutscene is structured, it's also not clear when or where the flag is supposed to fall off either, so in the video I made it happen after Raiden's final "slash".
The flag disappears in the following scene as there's GCL scripts to hide\unhide the flag on top of Federal Hall and I've made use of it, whether they're there for debugging purposes or because of how the cutscene changed compared to what's specified in the script included in TDOFMGS2 is unknown, so take that whole sequence with a grain of salt.
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I've been wanting to make this video for a long time, since 2017 when I first showcased it without animations, back then I wasn't exactly optimistic in accomplishing a "full restoration" considering the code to play the animations is gone in the stages w61a and d080p08, on top of that the cutscene data doesn't reference the flag fall animation anymore.
Since my programming and reversing skills have improved since then, I've decided to take a crack at it and try to restore as much as possible.
