Danger Tweaker

Danger Tweaker
Games:	LittleBigPlanet 2, LittleBigPlanet PS Vita, LittleBigPlanet Karting, LittleBigPlanet 3
Type:	Gadgets
Category:	Object Tweakers
Inputs:	1
Obtained from:	Start

The Danger Tweaker is an Object Tweaker gadget that applies a lethal effect to the attached object, as if the player had used a Danger Tool on it.

LittleBigPlanet Karting does not feature the traditional Danger Tools, so this is the only way to apply hazards in that game.

Usage and Behaviour

The Danger Tweaker can be attached to any surface or circuit board, and will apply one of a few hazards to the attached object while active. The tweaker will lethalise any object it is attached to — including ones that are otherwise incompatible with the Danger Tools, such as the Projectiles — and behave as though the player had applied that danger themselves.

The Danger Tweaker is always active by default, but if a wire is connected to its input, it will turn on when it receives a digital ON signal. It also takes player ownership into account, allowing players to set traps for each other in a Versus level — for example, if Player 1 activates a Danger Tweaker, and Player 2 is killed by that object, Player 1 will receive 10 points for it, as they were responsible for the kill.

The Danger Tweaker cannot set an object on fire if it is submerged in water.

Tweaks

Effect: ( None •‎ Fire •‎ Electricity •‎ Plasma •‎ Horrible Gas ) Determines which of the core hazards to apply to the object.

Lethal Type (LBPK): ( Fire •‎ Electricity •‎ Plasma •‎ Poisonous Gas •‎ No Visuals ) Determines which hazard to apply to the object.

Input Action

Input Action: ( On/Off •‎ Stay On ) Determines how the Danger Tweaker responds to incoming signals. On/Off The tweaker activates when it receives a digital ON signal, deactivating when that signal turns off. Stay On Once the tweaker is activated, the object will remain hazardous until it is either unlethalised or another Danger Tweaker changes the hazard.

Invert: ( No •‎ Yes ) Inverts the tweaker's behaviour, so the object is unlethalised when it receives a signal.

Visuals

Effect Scale (LBPK only): (0.2 - 3.0) Sets the size of the particle effects that spawn around the object while the tweaker is active.

Visible in Play Mode: ( No •‎ Yes ) Determines whether or not the object will be rendered in Play Mode.

Audio

Lethal Sounds: ( No •‎ Yes ) Sets whether or not to play the chosen hazard's associated ambient loops.

History

LittleBigPlanet 2 Pre-Release
LBP Deploy Build September 17, 2009	First publicly available build to contain the Danger Trigger.
br2_r40059 April 19, 2010	Added Plasma to the Lethal Type tweak. Added Input Action tweak.
br2_r47518 August 30, 2010	The Danger Tweaker's model has been updated to use a more uniform design. Renamed gadget to the "Danger Tweaker". Added Lethal Sounds tweak.
LittleBigPlanet 3 Pre-Release
Revision 644592 September 24, 2014	Added Horrible Gas to the Lethal Type tweak.

Other Lethal Types

It is possible to set the Danger tweaker to other lethal types that aren't normally allowed.

Horrible Gas

While Horrible Gas was added as an option to the tweaker in LittleBigPlanet 3, setting the tweaker to use Horrible Gas in LittleBigPlanet 2 actually works, with it even having an original screen texture. Because of the way the Horrible Gas Tool works (by changing the Physics Material), using this in LittleBigPlanet 2 results in the material it is applied to being permanently Horrible Gas, which is likely why it was never implemented for LittleBigPlanet 2.

Other Lethal Types

The other lethal types that are normally inaccessible will also work with the tweaker: Spike, Crush, and Ice will all work without issues.

Gallery

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  The Danger Tweaker's early Popit icon.

Model Renders

Arcade - Off

Arcade - Fire

Arcade - Electric