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[[File:Fast Swim.gif|thumb|Fast swimming to the Fisherman's boat in Sandover Village]]
In some of the Jak and Daxter games, there are hidden pictures of the game developers.
'''Fast swimming''' is a technique that allows Jak to swim faster than usual. It is performed by tapping the analog stick forward and allowing it to return to neutral in a regular rhythm.


Fast swimming can be performed in [[Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy]], [[Jak II]], and [[Jak 3]].
= Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy =
[[File:Hidden Face in Jak and Daxter TPL.PNG|thumb|The ripped fin-leafygroundBACKdirt.png texture that contains the hidden face.]]
[[File:Hidden Face Landscape.PNG|thumb|Landscape photo of the Hidden Face.]]
In [[Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy]], there is a texture file called <code>fin-leafygroundBACKdirt.png</code> in the <code>finalboss-vis-tfrag<,/code> textures folder which contains a hidden face baked into the image. The texture repeatedly appears in the mountainous landscape surrounding the dark eco silo at the final boss fight. It is difficult to see during the final boss fight since everything is dark and purple, but it is easily viewable from the silo after completing the boss fight and the weather becomes clear again.


== Technical ==
[[File:Hidden Face Seen from the Dark Eco Silo.jpg|440px]]
Jak's swimming animation consists of a section where he moves fast, followed by a section in which he moves more slowly. By repeatedly tapping the analog stick forward and allowing it to return to neutral, only the first part of the animation is completed, allowing the player to use only the fast part of the animation repeatedly without the slow part being used.


== Discovery ==
= Jak II =
[[File:CheatCC Fast Swim First Mention.PNG|thumb|The first online mention of fast swim.]]
The earliest mention of fast swimming in Jak and Daxter dates back to December 11, 2001 (8 days after the game's [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jak_and_Daxter North American release]), in an article published on [https://www.cheatcc.com/psx2/jadtpl.html Cheat Code Central]. The author of the article is unknown.


Fast swim was used in the [https://web.archive.org/web/20050407024038/http://speeddemosarchive.com:80/JakAndDaxter.html first recorded Jak and Daxter speedrun by Ben Fichter] on February 14, 2005 ([https://youtu.be/5MCdmbeFizo?si=7YTXV9eHNFjJ3GLD&t=1800 reuploaded to YouTube by Rozer] on December 5, 2019).
= Jak 3 =
 
 
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Revision as of 20:13, 19 February 2024

In some of the Jak and Daxter games, there are hidden pictures of the game developers.

Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy

The ripped fin-leafygroundBACKdirt.png texture that contains the hidden face.
Landscape photo of the Hidden Face.

In Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy, there is a texture file called fin-leafygroundBACKdirt.png in the finalboss-vis-tfrag<,/code> textures folder which contains a hidden face baked into the image. The texture repeatedly appears in the mountainous landscape surrounding the dark eco silo at the final boss fight. It is difficult to see during the final boss fight since everything is dark and purple, but it is easily viewable from the silo after completing the boss fight and the weather becomes clear again.

Jak II

Jak 3

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