FUSER

FUSER
Developer: Harmonix Publisher: NCSoft Platforms: Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One Released internationally: November 10, 2020 This game has unused code. This game has unused graphics. This game has unused items. This game has unused text. This game has debugging material. This game has a prototype article This game has a prerelease article This game has a notes page This game has a bugs page

This game/console's online features are no longer supported. While this game/console's online features were once accessible, they are (as of March 1, 2023) no longer officially supported and online-exclusive features may be documented as now-unseen content.

FUSER is Harmonix's successor to DropMix. Let the meme mashups ensue!

The game got delisted off of online store platforms on December 20, 2022 (15:41:57 UTC according to SteamDB) for unknown reasons (some say it was music licensing, but according to NCSoft it was Harmonix's doing), while the online services became unavailable for PC on January 17, 2023 (16:14:32 UTC according to SteamDB) due to a server version mismatch, while the servers were still online for the console platforms. Then the servers went offline on March 1, 2023.

On December 9, 2023, a handful of assets from this game got ported to Fortnite Festival: Jam Stage (which is co-developed by Harmonix).

To do: "Changes from DropMix" probably needs a better icon. Check if there's any unused audio. Check for any unused strings in the patch folders (there may be unused cosmetics or events). Find out how the game sorts songs in Artist view (it has a weird way of sorting songs from the same artist, even with customs included). Unused cosmetics. Version differences (make sure to include the "Holding Out for a Hero" and "Numb" updates). What menu songs get faded out after a certain amount of time? (if possible, check where's the functions and times for the fadeout/length)

Sub-Pages

Prototype Info

Prerelease Info

Notes

Bugs

Changes from DropMix

Unused Cosmetics

Unused Graphics

Oddities

Debug Functions

To do: Is there any way to activate these by editing the .ini files? If yes, describe what each function does.

Inside the config files, DefaultGame.ini and DefaultInput.ini, are some debug functions that currently have no known use.

Input Tag Name/Command	Keybind	Notes
hype.ToggleDevOptions	D
hype.ToggleShowHUD	U
hype.ToggleShowVenue	V
hype.CycleTimeOfDay false	Comma
hype.CycleTimeOfDay true	Period
Input.Debug.RandomizeColor	Gamepad_FaceButton_Left or SpaceBar
Input.Debug.CheatWin	W
Input.Debug.CopyToClipboard	LeftControl + C or RightControl + C
Input.Debug.PasteFromClipboard	LeftControl + V or RightControl + C
Input.DevOnly	N/A	No function was given in the DefaultGame.ini file
Input.DevOnly.ToggleDisc0	One
Input.DevOnly.ToggleDisc1	Two
Input.DevOnly.ToggleDisc2	Three
Input.DevOnly.ToggleDisc3	Four
Input.DevOnly.PlayNextCamera	C
Input.DevOnly.PlayTransition0	Eight
Input.DevOnly.PlayTransition1	Nine
Input.DevOnly.PlayTransition2	Zero
Input.DevOnly.ToggleFreeCam	LeftControl + C
Input.DevOnly.CameraForward	W
Input.DevOnly.CameraBackward	S
Input.DevOnly.CameraRight	A
Input.DevOnly.CameraLeft	D
Input.DevOnly.CameraUp	E
Input.DevOnly.CameraDown	Q
Input.DevOnly.CameraToggleRotation	RightMouseButton
Input.DevOnly.CameraRecenter	Enter
Input.DevOnly.ToggleFocusControl	LeftControl
Input.DevOnly.ToggleFStopControl	LeftAlt
Input.DevOnly.Vertical_CameraRotate	MouseY
Input.DevOnly.Horizontal_CameraRotate	MouseX
Input.DevOnly.CameraFocusControl	MouseWheelAxis

Unreleased DLC Songs

While the game was still online, if you opened up the in-game Downloadable Content store, the game downloaded all of the metadata for the DLC, and inside /Game/DLC/Songs are four song folders that don't have any audio or texture files: cherrycordial, gravityassist, mainmistar, and youdidntbut. As of January 17, 2023 these files don't download into the cache anymore, even with previous updates.

Based on the metadata, these are In-House songs made by the people at Harmonix that were previously DropMix songs, that would have been re-released as a free pack called "FUSER Mega Song Pack" (according to EpicDB, which is now down).

These never came out before the game (and its DLC) got delisted in December 2022, and none of these songs appear in the /Game/EventRewards/Songs folder (which is where the Diamond Store songs' data would be).

Song Metadata

Note: The BPM is not in the song's data internally. (BPM Data listed below is sourced from the DropMix releases.)

cherrycordial

Download FUSER_cherrycordial.zip File: FUSER_cherrycordial.zip (13 KB) (info)

Artist - Danny Humbles
Song - Cherry Cordial
Genre - Pop
Year - 2013
BPM - 128
Key - B Minor
Beat Instrument - Drums
Bass Instrument - Guitar
Loop Instrument - Synth
Lead Instrument - Synth
SteamAppId - 1672271
PS4EntitlementLabel - FSCHERRYCORDIALX
XboxOneProductId - 34385039-5842305A-C0303935-50512800
SwitchAocIndex - 147
EpicItemId - 7e8f7f1bee0042ac871c15d71a2e44e3
EpicArtifactId - 26aac3a1cb94493cb65e5b70f3f76b13

Oddly, you can actually hear this song play in the main menu music:

gravityassist

Download FUSER_gravityassist.zip File: FUSER_gravityassist.zip (10 KB) (info)

Artist - Qufu
Song - Gravity Assist
Genre - Dance
Year - 2014
BPM - 97
Key - G Minor
Beat Instrument - Drums
Bass Instrument - Synth
Loop Instrument - Synth
Lead Instrument - N/A
SteamAppId - 1672272
PS4EntitlementLabel - FSGRAVITYASSISTX
XboxOneProductId - 4D514E39-4D563057-C0523733-54487700
SwitchAocIndex - 148
EpicItemId - aae0783f678d4240bc6deb52df2bb122
EpicArtifactId - 1d57a1d42d304b819f5efea1c3725fe0

mainmistar

Download FUSER_mainmistar.zip File: FUSER_mainmistar.zip (12.9 KB) (info)

Artist - Dillzan Madan
Song - Main Mistar Praim Hoon (I Am Mister Prime)
Genre - Pop
Year - 1984
BPM - 128
Key - E Minor
Beat Instrument - Drums
Bass Instrument - Guitar
Loop Instrument - Guitar
Lead Instrument - Guitar
SteamAppId - 1672273
PS4EntitlementLabel - FSMAINMISTERPRAI
XboxOneProductId - 4E385039-4D383042-C0443436-434D1400
SwitchAocIndex - 149
EpicItemId - 1e7469b2f0a84c77a11055fe4af7cb20
EpicArtifactId - b6f745df5a4f4224aa188a148d2d4c3d

youdidntbut

Download FUSER_youdidntbut.zip File: FUSER_youdidntbut.zip (12.6 KB) (info)

Artist - Francesca Sonora
Song - You Didn't But You Had To
Genre - Pop
Year - 2014
BPM - 122
Key - Eb Major
Beat Instrument - Drums
Bass Instrument - Synth
Loop Instrument - Sampler
Lead Instrument - Synth
SteamAppId - 1672270
PS4EntitlementLabel - FSYOUDIDNTBUTYOU
XboxOneProductId - 33444E39-47433053-C05A3646-34381D00
SwitchAocIndex - 146
EpicItemId - c1e6010d22144186a652e62d4167819b
EpicArtifactId - 6e68e84b8a8f4b18ac6bc83e6f1245b2

Unused Text

Unused Genre

Two files contain mentions of an unused genre titled "Classical". It is unknown what this could've been used for.

In pakchunk0-WindowsNoEditor.pak\Game\Gameplay\Requests\request_Classical.uasset:

[
  {
    "Type": "Request",
    "Name": "request_Classical",
    "Properties": {
      "PromptMessage": {
        "TableId": "/Game/Gameplay/Requests/ST_Requests.ST_Requests",
        "Key": "Request.Genre.Prompt.00"
      },
      "PassMessage": {
        "TableId": "/Game/Gameplay/Requests/ST_Requests.ST_Requests",
        "Key": "SmartReq.Success.Response.11"
      },
      "FailMessage": {
        "TableId": "/Game/Gameplay/Requests/ST_Requests.ST_Requests",
        "Key": "SmartReq.Fail.Response.08"
      },
      "RequestCelFilter": {
        "FilterTo": "ECelFilterType::CelsOfGenre",
        "Genre": "EGenre::Classical"
      }
    }
  }
]

In pakchunk0-WindowsNoEditor.pak\Game\UI\StringTables\ST_Gameplay.uexp at line 37:

"Curveball.OnlyClassical": "Only Classical Discs",

Unused Disc Names

Inside the C++ headers for the game is a list of unused names for the discs. Most of them would crash the game for unknown reasons.

#	Name	Icon	Notes
0	None	Cancel	Technically gets used for when a song doesn't have an instrument for a loop (for instance, Beast Business - Royce Please's lead disc is empty). The icon couldn't be seen since all of the "None" instruments are just left empty/not included in the metadata.
9	FemaleVocals	Sampler	Crashes game
10	MaleVocals	Sampler	Crashes game
11	BassGuitar	Guitar	Crashes game
12	AcousticGuitar	Guitar	Crashes game
13	ElectricGuitar	Guitar	Crashes game
14	AcousticDrums	Drums	Crashes game
15	ElectricDrums	Drums	Crashes game
16	SteelDrums	Drums	Crashes game
17	Piano	Synth	Crashes game
18	Organ	Synth	Crashes game
19	Saxophone	Horns	Crashes game
20	Trumpet	Horns	Crashes game
21	Didgeridoo	Horns	Crashes game
22	Fiddle	Strings	Crashes game
23	Violin	Strings	Crashes game
24	Dogs	Sampler	Doesn't crash game
25	kNumInstrument	N/A	Crashes game
26	EInstrument_MAX	N/A	Crashes game

Unused Sorting Prefix Exclusion

Inside DefualtGame.ini is a sorting exclusion that goes unused since there's no Artist, Song, Instrument, or Effect in the game that starts with that word.

+IgnorePrefixWhenSorting="an "

Examples of how it would've been used:

The Unicorn Princess
an Unkindness
Usher ft. Pitbull

Holding Out For A Hero
An Honest Histake
Hot In Herre

Snapshot Placeholder Title

Inside pakchunk0-WindowsNoEditor.pak\Game\UI\Shell\Widgets\WBP_GridItem_Collection_Browse_Moment.uexp, pakchunk0-WindowsNoEditor.pak\Game\UI\Shell\Widgets\WBP_ListItem_CrateEdit_Equipped_Moment.uexp, and pakchunk0-WindowsNoEditor.pak\Game\UI\Shell\Widgets\WBP_Moment_Collection.uexp are a placeholder title for the snapshots.

"CultureInvariantString": "Title Text but lemme"

Unused Videos

To do: Re-document this on the Prerelease page, when it gets made. (Digital Underground - The Humpty Dance never got released.)

Inside \Fuser\Fuser\Content\Movies\ShowBreaks\ are eight tutorial videos (two of them having both 4k and 1080p renders) that go unused. These videos show an early version of the game's tutorial and they have several differences to the final version. Six out of eight videos were used in a prototype version of the game (01-06 are seen here).