General[]
Pinewood Builders Computer Core (PBCC) is a modern-futuristic facility roleplay game created by Tokaisho on October 30th, 2009. Despite initially being well known for looking around the facility and entering codes into the mainframe, the main objective of the game by many is considered to be melting down the core or freezing the core thus making the core explode and ultimately the destruction of the facility.
The game is considered a classic of the Roblox roleplaying genre, having been featured in "Spotlight: Larger Than Life Experiences With Diddleshot" (Tokaisho). It was featured on the Roblox front page in February 2019 and was published in the official Roblox Top Adventure Games book.
Sectors[]
(For more information, please see PBCC Sectors)
The main facility is comprised of seven main sectors, A-H, with various other smaller areas.
Image shows what the main spawn area looks like.
Most players spawn in a large black room which contains multiple spawn pads, a glass window to observe the mainframe, teleporters to the Cargo Bay spawn and Easy Escape room which can be used during a meltdown or a freezedown, in the back of the room is an area locked behind secure blast doors which has multiple elevators leading to the Pinewood Research Facility.
There is a door on the side of the spawn room which is the main entrance into the facility, upon entering there is a shop where you can buy Pinewood Builders merchandise and you can buy gamepasses such as OP Weapons. Further in the back there is an area which includes credit item givers that range from givers that give players tools that they can use to roleplay with to givers that give players either weapons, coils, fire starter, or even a rocket launcher.
Mainframe Codes[]
Pinewood Builders Computer Core is well-known for its mysterious and unsolvable keypad, which can be located at the mainframe that can be found in Sector C. The mainframe which is composed of three different security layers. These security layers have a keypad that requests a code to be entered, once these three codes have been entered the mainframe will shutdown causing the core temperature to spike into either freezedown or meltdown temperatures
(Below is the list of codes that are used for the mainframe):
Image of the PBCC Mainframe in it's first stage.
The primary code is the first code that can be entered into the core mainframe. After entering this code, the mainframe will rise from the floor, when it finishes rising, the player will be asked to put in the secondary code. This code can also be used to unlock the doors to Sector F and G.
Code: 5-33-41-18
How to find the primary code:[]
- Occasionally an announcement will be played, stating the following: "Today's security code is 5-33-41-18".
- The sticky note that is on the roleplay clipboard shows the full primary code as well as part of the secondary code.
Image of the PBCC Mainframe in it's second stage.
The secondary code is the second code that can be entered into the core mainframe. After entering this code, the mainframe will rise further out from the floor, when it finishes rising, the player would then be asked to to put in the tertiary code into the newly visible panel. This code was previously used to unlock the door to Sector G, but was replaced after the Emergency Coolant was re-added.
Code: 6-44-52-29
How to find the secondary code:[]
- The secondary code can be found by using the Credit Store clipboard. The clipboard mentions that the second code is 644-, in which the rest of the code is not written down. Using this, the player can add 1 to each digit of the primary code to get the secondary code.
- The sticky note that is on the roleplay clipboard shows only part of the secondary code as the person writing presumably fell asleep while writing it down.
Image of the PBCC Mainframe in it's third stage.
The tertiary code is the final code that can be entered into the core mainframe panel. However, this code is different from the rest, as only very few individuals have access the tertiary code. Some people speculate that the code changes on a regular basis, or will change when it is finally figured out, but this information is still unknown.
Code: [Insufficent Permissions]
- PBCC has a badge called "You found the third code!". As of October 4th 2022, there are 46 people with the badge. While many of these are past and present members of PIA and PBV, multiple holders of the badge obtained it illegitimately. For example, one individual ran a script without permission using admin to give themselves the third code badge, inadvertently giving everyone else in that server the badge at the same time. Everyone in that server was ordered to remove the badge, but the badge holder amount still increased. There have been other instances of the the third code badge being obtained through illegitimate means, though information regarding it is minimal.
- On the roleplay clipboard, there is some sort of goo covering the 3rd code, however panning the camera through the goo does not reveal any code.
- There have been numerous attempts to guess the code based on logic (as opposed to randomly guessing it), such as 7-55-63-40, 7-55-63-310, 34466** or 36****0, 3667440, although these do not seem to have worked. However there has been 3 different occasions in which the tertiary code seemed to have been found by non-PIA members
Trivia:[]
- On June 3rd, 2017, Tokaisho changed the tertiary code due "extreme security measures". He posting that "someone has cracked the third code! Due to word getting out and extreme security measures we have now changed the code".
- On August 11th, 2018, a user claimed to know the third code, stating that "the first digit of the third code is 3, the second digit is 6, the last digit is 0. there are more numbers in between."
- On January 1st, 2020, the past Former Head of Security/Facilitator Csdi entered the code.
- On July 21st, 2020, three different users obtained the third code and were granted the badge. Information regarding this is minimal.
- On September 30th 2020, during an unofficial party at PBCC to celebrate 200,000 PB members, Coasterteam entered the third code.
- On April 4th, 2021, multiple different users obtained the third code badge.
- On August 30th, 2021, more users obtained the third code and were granted the badge, however information regarding this is minimal.
- Coasterteam once entered the third code, however unintentionally both meltdown and freezedown occurred at the same time.
Over time, numerous different PB executives has entered or have seemed to have entered the tertiary code, in which the results reveals multiple different events. The supernova event is most likely the true 3rd code event, however there are rumors that entering the third code leads to an immediate meltdown with no chance of using the emergency coolant. The different types events caused after the 3rd code is entered could be explained by the usage of admin commands. One of the known third code variant is a supernova event that replaces the usual meltdown/freezedown event. When the supernova occurs, no one is safe from the explosion as its blast radius covers the entire map, therefore killing all players. When the core explodes, a giant magenta fireball covers the map instead of the typical red or blue fireball.
When the tertiary code is entered the mainframe will commence a shutdown sequence, once this is done the reactor core is no longer stable and will jump to either freezedown or meltdown temperatures depending on the admin's choosing.
Multiple audios exclusive to the 3rd code events can be heard:
- "Tertiary Code has been entered"; This will appear on every player's screen.
- "SUCCESS! SENDING CLASSIFIED INFO"; This appears on the mainframe keypad.
- "Access Granted"
- Lilac emergency lights turn on
- "Mainframe shutdown code accepted"; Following this announcement all facility lights turn off and in-game music stops playing and a brief earthquake occurs.
- Sci-Fi-Alarm Fades in and starts playing at normal volume
- Auto Destruct! plays
- "Auto destruct sequence activated."; Following this announcement the core temperature will skyrocket to either meltdown or freezedown temperatures.
Transit System (Pinewood Metro)[]
Image of the PBCC Transit Map.
The PB Metro transit system is a system that uses different types of trains that consist of four-cars that can be used to navigate numerous parts of the facility.
Trains[]
(For more information, please see Trains)
The PB Metro system carries passengers and cargo. The trains can catch fire if they derail or collide with another train, especially if they are carrying generator fuel or nukes.
(Below are three types of trains currently in service):
- Passenger trains
- Passenger Trains can be spawned at the lobby of the Transit station. Passenger trains have seats for 14 other passengers. Many players use passenger trains to either transport groups of players or themselves to the rocket launch silos during a meltdown or a freezedown. This is the slowest of the three classes of trains in PBCC as it nets a maximum speed of 195, while the others get 200.
- Cargo trains
There are numberous posters of these around the facility about what to do if you notice a flashing red missile.
- Cargo Trains can be spawned at the Core Station, they carry a barrel of generator fuel, a crate of cargo, and a barrel of coolant surplus. This train can be used to refill both coolant and generator fuel . This train only has three seats for the driver and two passengers. The driver can drive to the generator or coolant refill station to refill the respective supply which will empty the respective tank.
- Nuke/Missile trains
- Missile Trains can be spawned at the Core Station and has three seats in the front from the driver and two passengers, and an additional car for two more passengers located at the very back. which is notable for their ability to explode. The explosion caused by the missiles on the train causes anyone close to the train to be killed. It will also fling any unanchored objects within a certain area causing a large mess, especially if the train is engulfed in flames. The missiles on the train can be set off by either lighting them on fire, shooting them with any gun or using the Gamma Sword.
Stations[]
The transit system runs in a circumferential track which circulates around the facility, this transit system has multiple train stop areas, and different routes players can take.
Primary Loop[]
- Main Facility Station / Transit Hub
- The Main Facility Station, sometimes referred to as the Transit Hub, is the first station that most new players will see, visible from the hallway on the left and opposite the Admin Lift just as you leave the spawn lift. This is where the passenger train can be spawned and features a fire alarm which will go off if a fire is detected, there is also a Fire Suppression System in the event that a train catches fire and needs to be extinguished quickly.
- Cargo Bay Station
- This is the first station which can be found immediately after the Transit Hub, the Cargo Bay Station is located in Zone 1A opposite from the crates and generators and also acts as a pass-through for passengers to get to the track leading to the Missile and General Cargo trains.
Image shows what the Rocket Launch Silos look like from the train tracks.
- Rocket Launch Silos Station
- This station is used most often in the event of emergencies such as a meltdown or freezedown, as it leads directly to the Launch Control Room and Escape Rocket Silos. Just before this station is the track leading to the PBRF Cargo Lift. Usually during a meltdown or freezedown, players would leave their trains on the track while others floor the train to excessive speeds and crashing it, eventually catching on fire.
- Ocean Access Station
- A mostly unused station, the Ocean Access can be found just after the Launch Silos and just before the Coolant Control stations. The station's platform leads to an underwater tunnel with a locked door. From this area you can also see what appears to be oil drilling stations, perhaps for fueling the trains and escape rockets. If a driver is going too fast, they may derail at this corner and crash into a structural support which triggers a small flood event.
- Coolant Control and Production Station
- This station can be found just before the splitoff point that leads to the Cargo Section of the transit system and sits on the corner of the facility between the Transit Hub and Ocean Access Station. The Coolant Control station allows passengers to easily get to either the Coolant Production controls by getting off on the right and following the catwalk or the Coolant Pumps controls by getting off to the left.
Additional Stations[]
- Core Station / Mainframe Access
- On the left of the Core Station is area where in case of a radiation leak players can activate pumps to drain the radiation leak which are located in a small room off near the stairs. In that same area there are two sets of stairs, one set of stairs leads to the Sector C, the other set of stairs leads to the upper-level, which you pass through different areas, these includes Sector B Science Labs, the PET HQ and the PBRF Satellite Controls which can be turned off which will eventually lead to a missile event occuring eventually. Next to these stairs is an underpass which leads to the Mainframe Chamber. The Core Station can be found just before the Missile and General Cargo train spawners and is often a witness to many explosions as a result. This station can be accessed by switching the tracks just after the Coolant Control Station to take you right. Just after the station is a machine that refills coolant and fuel for the cargo trains which can be dropped off at Cargo Bay 1A, and the Coolant Station.
- PBRF Cargo Lift
- An unofficial station, the PBRF Cargo Lift is still used to drop passengers off, who can then take the lift up to the Pinewood Builders Research Facility. This station can be accessed by turning right just after the Cargo Bay station at the three-point intersection splitting off to both the Launch Silos Station to continue the Primary Loop or to the left- where the "Transit Maintenance Room" is. To reach the PBRF Cargo Lift you must be going at least 100MPH as you climb the ramp. Alternatively, you can click the boost button to the right of the track which will help you up if you don't have enough speed. Previously, the only way to get up here was if you were going fast enough, as the old booster was a wall that played the Troll-Song and pushed your train off the tracks most of the time.
Coolant Area[]
While not part of the six sectors, (or even the unknown Sector E) the coolant houses many coolant supply tanks. When these are on, they send a flow of liquid helium directly into the core via pipes. The flow can be controlled at the coolant pump station, the coolant production station, or the Admin Control room. This area also has a coolant drop off machine that will take coolant out of the cargo trains and will be used incase the Coolant Production Pumps are off. However players must be careful in this area as it is vulnerable to coolant floods, when this occurs coolant pumps are automatically turned on to drain the flood, this could be used to TMS's advantage to temporarily stop users from turning on or off the Coolant Production pumps.
Easy Escape Room[]
This area can be found in the main spawn ahead on the left side of the wall, however this area is only accessible to users who own the Easy Escape gamepass, when entering you would be greeted to a small isolated with chairs and monitors identical to the ones in the Admin Control room. These grant access to the facility's CCTV and is a safe zone from the meltdown or freezedown. This area can be entered at any time.
Abominations[]
(For more information, please see Zombie Easter Egg)
Abominations are players that have been in contact with an unknown toxic waste found near the Coolant Area. They have the appearance of a green zombie-like character with ripped rags for clothes and a ravenous face. Even though they are hunched over and have a limp, these can do the same actions a normal player can, with the exception of collecting loadouts. However, if a regular player comes in contact with an Abomination they will take a small amount of damage. This damage can be lethal and can kill other players if their health is sufficiently low enough.
To become an Abomination, a player must visit the Transit System's station. Between the Transit station and the Coolant sector is a pool of toxic waste which has dripped from a broken pipe. Standing in the pool of waste will transform the player into an Abomination (unless the player is wearing a PET hazmat suit).
- Although Abominations look very similar to the more widely known zombies, it is impossible to 'infect' other people and transform them into additional Abominations.
- As of October 2019, Abominations have been marked as KoS (Kill on Sight) in the PBST handbook. On-duty PBST members are not allowed to become Abominations.
- There was formerly a group dedicated to "researching" abominations, but has since been left as a joke group and forgotten.
Events[]
Events are random or set occurrences in PBCC. If the core is within unstable temperatures and an event is being played, sometimes the disaster sequence cannot start until the current event finished.
Main Events[]
Image of the PBCC Mainframe Area with the floor being flooded with magma, and hot metal falling onto the mainframe area.
Information: If the facility's temperature reaches extremely high levels and no events are taking place, a meltdown sequence will initiate. When the meltdown first starts, players have the chance to save the core by going to E-Coolant and filling up one or more out of three vats. Before the E-Coolant update the E-Coolant would always fail regardless if the button was pushed or not.
Location Impacted: Whole facility is affected during the event
Format Legend: • Bold = Sound / Temperature • Italics = Sound / Temperature • Bold Italics = Announcement / GUI / Hint
- Core status: MELTDOWN (4000°+)
- Defcon Alarm - SGC will play at low volume at the mainframe area.
- The core temperature begins to increase extremely.
- "EVAC NOW!" will be shown on the screens above the security cameras, with one of the words appearing at a time.
- Liquid Nitrogen will begin to play.
- "The core has reached critical meltdown temperatures." ; This will show up on screen.
- "Now is your only chance stablize it using Emergency Coolant." ; This will show up on screen. Players have to activate E-Coolant at perfect levels (see E-Coolant).
- If players fail to activate the E-Coolant: The following below will occur
- Otherwise, the likelihood of a successful stabilization depends on how many rods were in their correct levels. If an attempt to save the core is unsuccessful, the meltdown will continue.
- "Unable to stabilize core due to incorrect coolant rod levels!"
- Ominous 60 plays; This will only play if the E-Coolant fails to activate due to the incorrect levels.
- If unsuccessful, the meltdown will continue and an announcement plays "DANGER, REACTOR MELTDOWN, EVACUATE AT ONCE!"
- Alarm plays.
- Ominous 60 plays; This will only play if the E-Coolant fails to activate due to the incorrect levels.
- "Core temperatures are now exceeding safe levels. Evacuation protocol now in place for. Pinewood Computer Core Complex."
- "Attention! All personnel may proceed to emergency rocket launch silos."
- Volcanic Lava (a) plays.
- Rockets can now be launched.
- "Attention! Attention! Lockdown in progress. Lockdown in progress. Please stand clear of the blast doors, as this facility is now under lockdown."
- A brief earthquake occurs
- Lockdown blast doors begin to close simultaneously. (Takes about 5 seconds to close competely)
- By this point, if the rockets have already launched there is only one way out: the vehicle access point.
- A window near a blast door near the red laser cannon will be broken to go pass the blast doors.
- "Emergency power activated."
- "Attention! Core explosion imminent! Please evacuate Section Five."
- A brief earthquake will shake the core, and a window in the main hallway will shatter, providing players with a shortcut to Launch Silos. However next to the window a part of the roof will blow up pushing an orange pipe into view with fire coming out of it, if any player touches the fire they will burn to death instantly.
- "Core temperatures are now exceeding safe levels. Evacuation protocol now in place for. Pinewood Computer Core Complex."
- Tactical Nuke Alarm plays for about 12 seconds.
- "Evacuate to LAUNCH SILOS!"
- "Attention! All personnel may proceed to emergency rocket launch silos."; This announcement plays twice.
- "ALERT! REACTOR INSTABILITY AND THERMAL RUNAWAY!"
- The power goes out, leaving the facility almost pitch dark.
- Power may be restored by diverting the power supply to the emergency generators in the Generators Room. Take note of the risks upon activating the generators.
- Volcanic Lava (a) stops and Destruction Imminent plays.
- "Evacuate to Launch Silos!"
- A red-colored substance, assumed to be lava, will flood the area surrounding the reactor core, killing any player that touches it.
- "Core temperatures are now exceeding safe levels. Evacuation protocol now in place for Pinewood Computer Core Complex.
- Shock waves occur in the core, affecting all players.
- "Your attention please. The ESDS or Emergency Self-Destruction System has been intiated. All reactor safeguards have been deactivated. Please proceed to the emergency silos as this is not a drill. I repeat, this is not a drill."
- "WARNING! Self Destruct System Initiated!"
- "Have a nice day"
- Tactical Nuke Alarm and Klaxon Alarm 2 are played simultaneously.
- "Evacuate the facility immediately."
- "Core temperatures are now exceeding safe levels. Evacuation protocol now in place for. Pinewood Computer Core Complex."
- A timer appears and it starts at T-184.
- T-170; The generator begins to overload.
- The Generators GUI screen emits a red light, and the generator light alarm turns brighter.
- All the generators explode, and facility power is permanently disabled. The power direction screen will display "OVERLOADED".
- T-142; Ultimate Travesty (a) plays.
- T-115; Shock waves are generated in the core.
- T-85; Again, a shock wave occurs in the core.
- T-50; Tsunami (Jay Cosmic Remix) plays.
- The external core releases several red particles.
- T-10; The timer disappears and 10 Second Countdown is played.
- T-0; The core explodes with a powerful explosion, causing the facility to turn red and a short, earthquake.
- A red-white ball of explosive matter will expand from the core mainframe, eventually burning everyone insideit; from the core itself to the edges of the facility. Personal forcefield can stop blast, allowing further time for escape.
- The last recordable core temperature is approximately 13967154354777C or 25140877838630F. This may vary slightly due to lag during the explosion - As of the Freezedown update, temperature units were removed from the game.
- Tsunami (Jay Cosmic Remix) stops.
- "Rebuilding in 5 seconds." - Counts down
- Frenetic Technic plays and the sequence has ended.
Format Legend: • Bold = Sound / Temperature • Italics = Sound / Temperature • Bold Italics = Announcement / GUI / Hint
- Core status: OVERHEAT (3200°)
- "Warning: Core overheating. Nuclear meltdown imminent." ; This announcement will be played multiple times as the core is heating up.
- Core status: MELTDOWN (4000°+)
- Space Ocean plays
- The House of Leaves plays
- "Please prepare for emergency evacuation." ; This announcement will be played multiple times as the core temperature is rapidly rising.
- "Explosion imminent. Evacuate the facility immediately." ; This announcement will be played multiple times as the core temperature is rapidly rising.
- The Fog plays
- "Warning: Core overheating. Nuclear meltdown imminent." ; This announcement will be played multiple times during the meltdown.
- "Emergency power activated."
- "Attention! Core explosion imminent! Please evacuate Section Five."
- "Reactor explosion in four minutes."
- Mona Lisa Overdrive plays
- "Evacuate to LAUNCH SILOS!" is displayed at the top of the screen.
- Lockdown blast doors begin to close simultaneously. (Takes about 20 seconds to close competely)
- Facility lights go out
- "REACTOR INSTABILITY! - NO POWER" is displayed at the top of the screen.
- "Evacuate to LAUNCH SILOS!" is displayed at the top of the screen.
- "Warning: Core overheating. Nuclear meltdown imminent."
- "Activate emergency coolant in sector G to save the core (2 min)" is displayed at the top of the screen.
- "Reactor Explosion Timer destroyed."
- "Reactor Explosion Uncertainty Emergency Preemption Protocol initiated: This facility will self destruct in two minutes."
- "Warning - Self Destruct System initiated" is displayed at the middle of the screen.
- "Have a nice day" is displayed at the middle of the screen.
- "Reactor Core Meltdeown T-120" is displayed at the top of the screen, and begins to count down.
- "Warning: Core overheating. Nuclear meltdown imminent."
- "Emergency coolant activated!" is displayed at the top of the screen if a player activates E-Coolant.
- Countdown plays
- "Self destruct sequence aborted" is displayed at the top of the screen.
- "Warning !" is displayed at the top of the screen.
- "Insufficient coolant to breach core" (Newer Version) is displayed at the top of the screen.
- "Emergency coolant pipe problem" (Older Version) is displayed at the top of the screen.
- "Reactor remains in super critical state" (Newer Version) is displayed at the top of the screen.
- "Coolant unable to reach core" (Older Version) is displayed at the top of the screen.
- "Self destruct sequence re-initiated" is displayed at the top of the screen.
- Ultimate Travesty (A) plays
- "T-187 Your last chance to escape." is displayed at the top of the screen.
- Countdown (The Stanley Parable) plays
- Tsunami (Jay Cosmic Remix) plays
- A man could be heard screaming but was removed a few years later
- "Core destroyed, game must be rebuilt! " (Newer Version) is displayed at the top of the screen.
- "Attention, core destroyed, game must now reset" (Older Version) is displayed at the top of the screen.
- "Rebuilding in 5 Seconds" is displayed at the top of the screen.
- "A new server has been made! Thanks for playing and be sure to come back often. ~Pinewood Builders" (Newer Version) is displayed at the top of the screen.
- "A new server has been made, thanks for playing!" (Older Version) is displayed at the top of screen.
- The server then is shutdown as back then there was no script that can handle regenerating the entire server.
Image of the PBCC Mainframe Area with the floor being flooded with an unknown substance.
Information: If the facility's temperature reaches extremely low levels and no events are taking place, a freezedown sequence will initiate. Before the Freezedown Update on December 19, 2018, freezedowns were only mere speculation to scare people from heating up the reactor as a reactor was meant to remain cool. The temperature scale at the Pinewood Computer Core before the update did not go lower than -273 °C, also known as the absolute zero. This partially abides with the third law of thermodynamics, wherein all molecular motion comes to a stop as the temperature reaches absolute zero, although the same law also states that this temperature normally would not be attainable through by simply cooling the system.
However, many other “Computer Core” games had implemented their own idea of what a freezedown sequence may be, which may have prompted Pinewood to introduce a freezedown of their own. The Freezedown Update also modifies the temperature readings to display the temperature on the surface of the display (using SurfaceGuis), and removes the Celsius unit identifier, making the freezedown occur at simply -4000°.
Location Impacted: Whole facility is affected during the event
Format Legend: • Bold = Sound / Temperature • Italics = Sound / Temperature • Bold Italics = Announcement / GUI / Hint
- "Freezedown in 4 minutes."; This announcement plays twice.
- Alarm plays.
- "Core temperatures are now exceeding high levels. Evacuation protocol now in place for. Pinewood Computer Core Complex."
- "Attention! All personnel may proceed to the Emergency Rocket Launch Silos."
- Rockets can now be launched.
- "Attention! Attention! Lockdown in progress. Lockdown in progress. Please stand clear of the blast doors as this facility is now under lockdown."
- "Warning. Black hole has reached critical mass. Black hole containment failure imminent."; This announcement plays twice.
- Following the second announcement, lightning bolts will appear above the reactor core and form a black hole, which sucks any players in when coming across this area. Part of the glass in the main lobby and the main hallway will shatter.
- Shortly after, a brief earthquake will occur.
- Alarm plays again.
- Emergency power activated.
- Attention! Core explosion imminent! Please evacuate Section 5.
- "Freezedown in 2 minutes. Evacuate the facility immediately!
- "Attention! All personnel, you may proceed to the Emergency Rocket Launch Silos."
- "ALERT! REACTOR IMPLODING AND SPACE TIME DIMENSIONAL RIFTING OCCURING!
- The power goes out; a blue-coloured substance will flood the area surrounding the reactor core, killing anyone upon contact with it..
- "Your attention please. The ESDS or emergency self-destruction system has been initiated. All of the reactor safeguards have now been deactivated. Please proceed to the Emergency Silos as this is not a drill. I repeat, this is not a drill."
WARNING! Self Destruct System Initiated! Extreme freeze dangerEXTREME LOW TEMP! HYPERIMPLOSION IMMIMENT!.
When the final timer reaches T-90, another brief earthquake will occur.
10 Second Countdown will be heard at T-10, the timer disappears and Tsunami (Jay Cosmic Remix) can be heard. The timer on the top disappears.
T-0; The black hole explodes. A loud explosive sound is played.
The black hole will eventually expand rapidly from below the mainframe, eventually freezing and exploding everyone inside it; thus ending all life on the planet.
Disasters[]
Disasters[]
Disasters are a type of event that is not a main event such as a meltdown or a freezedown, these events occur randomly.
Image of the PBCC Mainframe Area with UFO surrounding the area and aliens dancing on the mainframe area.
Information: Although not considered a proper disaster, during this event a mysterious signal will be spotted from outer space, eventually the signal is jammed revealing a set of dancing aliens have appeared at the mainframe. These aliens mean no harm, they just want to party for a few minutes with players.
Location Impacted: Mainframe Area
Format Legend: • Bold = Sound / Temperature • Italics = Sound / Temperature • Bold Italics = Announcement / GUI / Hint
- Alien Mind plays.
- "Aliens are beaming a message to our facility!"
- "W-wait, wait a minute, what's this?! Aghhhhhh *Cssssssshhzrtt*; Green fire appears in multiple locations around the mainframe, then aliens and a few UFOs appear around the mainframe.
- "Aliens: Hello friends! It's dance party time!"
- "The aliens want us to dance!! We must comply!!!"
- A few parts around the mainframe start changing colors in a rainbow pattern.
- "Aliens: Goodbye friends! We will see your again soon!"; The aliens and ufos disappear a few seconds after.
Image of the PBCC Mainframe Area during a blackout.
Information: During this disaster all facility lights go out due to the core not outputting power, the liquid coolant and fans cannot operate as the core power cannot be diverted. During this period, players can use the Emergency Generators to remedy the issue for the remainder of the disaster, if it has enough fuel. The fuel can be refilled by using Cargo Trains at any time. After a few minutes, the issue is resolved and power is fully restored to the facility meaning that the generator can be turned off.
Location Impacted: Whole facility is affected during the disaster
Format Legend: • Bold = Sound / Temperature • Italics = Sound / Temperature • Bold Italics = Announcement / GUI / Hint
- "A facility wide blackout has occoured!" (If the Emergency Generators are enabled when the disaster starts, it will say "The core is no longer providing power to the facility!")
- "Get the emergency generators online until core power is restored!"
- "Keep the emergency generators online until main core power is returned!"
- "A weapon has also spawned in the generator room somewhere...; This message appears when there is a free weapon in the generator room while there is a blackout.
- "Facility-wide power is now back online!"
- "You may return to normal operations!"
Information: Abnormal seismic readings have been detected, as an earthquake is imminent! Any running trains will begin to rattle, derailing any moving vehicle. This only lasts a few seconds and the issue is quickly resolved.
Location Impacted: Whole facility is affected during the disaster
Format Legend: • Bold = Sound / Temperature • Italics = Sound / Temperature • Bold Italics = Announcement / GUI / Hint
- Disaster Plays
- "Abnormally high seismic activity in all sectors"
- "Secure all equipment and tools"
- The facility will start to experience an earthquake that will derail any train driving over 10.
- Klaxon-Alarm-2 Plays
- "Halt all trains, high seismic activity detected"
- The earthquake will stop around 15 seconds later.
Image of toxic gas exiting out of a vent near the main transit station.
Information: Lethal neurotoxin gas have containment and spreads through the vents, this gas will kill players when in close proximity to it. Only players wearing the PET Hazmat are able to survive the deadly gas. Activating the cooling fans is a critical measure for the extraction of the neurotoxin gas, regardless if the fans are enabled or not, the neurotoxin gas will eventually go away, however the fans remove the gas quicker.
Location Impacted: Whole facility is affected during the disaster
Format Legend: • Bold = Sound / Temperature • Italics = Sound / Temperature • Bold Italics = Announcement / GUI / Hint
- "Neurotoxins have escaped and are now in the ventilation system!"
- "Stay away from the vents and gas at all costs!"
- "Hug the walls and stay away from the vents and gas! Only PET in Hazmat suits can survive the deadly neurotoxins!"
- "Keep the fans on to help extract all deadly neurotoxins!"
- "All gasses have cleared, the air is now safe again!"
Image of the PBCC Mainframe Area with the floor being flooded with deadly radiation.
Information: The main radiation pipe at the left of the mainframe will burst and will flood with radioactive waste throughout the floor. If a player enters the flood of radioactive waste, they will die. To prevent this, players will need to wear the PET Hazmat uniform located in PET HQ. After the player gets a PET Hazmat uniform on, they are required to open all four of the drainage plugs, after the drainage plugs have been opened the drainage pumps at Core Station must be enabled to drain the radiation leak.
Location Impacted: Lower part of Sector C
Format Legend: • Bold = Sound / Temperature • Italics = Sound / Temperature • Bold Italics = Announcement / GUI / Hint
- "The main radiation pipe has burst! Flooding detected in main chamber!"
- "PET Hazmat must manually open all four drainage plugs!"
- "A weapon has also spawned in the pool somewhere...; This message appears when there is a free weapon in the radiation flood.
Image of the PBCC Mainframe Area with the floor being flooded with plasma.
Information: The core becomes slightly unstable and releases plasma. Soon the plasma will begins to slowly rise and anyone within the core chamber or the lower part of Sector C are killed. The plasma will then enter the mainframe area, soon the plasma will eventually lower back down in the chamber.
Location Impacted: Lower part of Sector C
Format Legend: • Bold = Sound / Temperature • Italics = Sound / Temperature • Bold Italics = Announcement / GUI / Hint
- "Abnormal seismeic activity has triggered a plasma surge"
- "Rising super hot plasma detected below the reactor core chamber!"
- "Get out of the reactor, no one is safe in the super heated core chamber!"
- The reactor core will start to flood with hot plasma killing anyone inside the chamber regardless if they have a hazmat suit or the PET hazmat suit.
- "Core stabilised. Plasma levels are returning to normal."
- The plasma levels will begin to lower.
Image of the PBCC Coolant Sector during a coolant production surge.
Information: The coolant production experiences a power surge, releasing a flood of coolant in the Coolant Sector. The coolant production and coolant supply control are locked during this disaster. During this disaster the coolant pumps are automatically enabled to drain the coolant that has flooded into the Coolant Sector, players who end up in the coolant will die.
Location Impacted: Coolant Sector
Format Legend: • Bold = Sound / Temperature • Italics = Sound / Temperature • Bold Italics = Announcement / GUI / Hint
- "Coolant Production has been hit by a power surge!"
- The coolant sector will be flooded by the excess coolant by the power surge. Anyone who touches the coolant flood will take some damage.
- "N/A"
- The coolant flood will dissapate..
- "Have a good day"
Information: An unknown fifth zone starts to flood in magma and escapes into the core chamber, resulting in a magma surge reaching the lobby. All personnel are required to seek high ground. The issue is later resolved although the magma might drain for a little longer. This is the rarest disaster in the game. with a chance of under 1%~ (as of 2023)
Location Impacted: Whole facility is affected during the disaster
Format Legend: • Bold = Sound / Temperature • Italics = Sound / Temperature • Bold Italics = Announcement / GUI / Hint
- "Extremely high seismic activity detected!"
- A brief earthquake occurs
- "Magma levels in the crust are reaching the facility!"
- Eruption plays
- "CLIMB TO A HIGH POINT IMMEDIATELY!"
- Around 55 seconds into the disaster magma will begin to flood multiple locations and eventually will stop at the main spawn area.
- One minute and 25 seconds later the magma levels will go down.
- "Facility magma levels are returning to normal"
- Magma levels will begin to go down.
Information: A missile threat will be detected and lockdown will be automatically engaged. If defense system is enabled, it attempts to intercept the misiles, which succeeds 25% of the time. If it succeeds, the lockdown ends and the facility will return to normal operations. If it fails or the defense system isn’t enabled, the missiles will hit the facility, causing damage.
Location Impacted: Random places in the facility if the missiles hit the facility
Format Legend: • Bold = Sound / Temperature • Italics = Sound / Temperature • Bold Italics = Announcement / GUI / Hint
- "The screen turns red."
- BM Air Raid alarm plays
- "INCOMING MISSILE THREAT DETECTED!"
- "WARNING! Incoming Missile!"
- "Lockdown automatically engaged, TAKE COVER!"
- "WARNING! Incoming Missile!"
- "Attention! Attention! Lockdown in progress. Lockdown in progress. Please stand clear of the blast doors, as this facility is now under lockdown."
- The player needs to activate the defense system. If not, the missiles will hit the facility. If the defense system is enabled, this happens:
- "Defense systems online, attempting to intercept missiles!"; This will play if a player turned on the defense system.
- "Failed to intercept missiles!"; This happens 75% of the time.
- "Syndicates missiles have been destroyed."; This happens 25% of the time. The rest of the disaster is skipped.
- "Analyzing Trajectories..."
- "Bunker buster missiles detected heading towards the facility from Syndicate Origin!"
- "All facility personnel are asked to remain calm."
- "The defense system is not working! I can't hold them back!"; Bubba, when the defense system fails to intercept the missiles.
- "The defense system wasn't enabled! We didn't stand a chance!"; Bubba, when the defense system is not enabled.
- "IMPACT IMMINENT - T-22 SECONDS!"
- "TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY!"
- "FACILITY DAMAGE EXPECTED, TAKE COVER!"
- "WARNING! Incoming Missile!"
- A T-10 second-countdown is displayed at the top of the screen. After the countdown, missiles will hit the facility in 3 different hits, resulting in the facility taking a lot of damage.
- 'Alarm plays.
- "Performing Final trajectory check..."
- "No further missiles found." displayed when the missiles have not been destroyed.
- "(Locations) have been damaged/have been obstructed!; when the missiles have hit the facility.
- "Operations may continue as normal!; when the missiles have been destroyed.
- "PET is asked to help clear debris!
- "Lockdown complete!
- The message “PET is asked to help clear debris!”, is displayed at the top of the screen. Music is played, and the disaster ends.
Music and Sounds[]
Pinewood Builders Computer Core utilizes various audios uploaded to the Roblox Marketplace, this section shows the various sound and music tracks that are currently being used or previously used.
(To view the music tracks or sounds that are played in Pinewood Builders Computer Core click 'Expand' on the tables below.)
Sound Effects[]
| Name | Sound ID | Uploader | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minor Alarm | 143969690 | Zephyred | Activating any Emergency Fire Suppression System |
| Nuclear Alarm (Pinewood Computer Core) | 160664485 | Tokaisho | Setting the reactor core's power to 4. |
| BOOM-Swirl Boom 11 | 1837830825 | Roblox | Plays during several events |
| Alien Isolation Alarm | 184417888 | ianireland | Fire outbreaks |
| Starwars Control Room Ambient | 234742730 | SleetTreat | Ambience in Admin Control |
| gotta go fast!!!! | 196096298 | Kinnis97 | Activating a Hyper Speed Coil |
| Sci-Fi-alarm | 1526192493 | gmhs2 | Plays when a few event occur |
| Earthquake sound | 3533052561 | Tokaisho | Plays when a few event occur |
| TransitStationE | (ID Not Found) | Tokaisho | Plays if a fire is detected in Main Transit Station |
| CargoBay1A | 2701610955 | Tokaisho | Plays if a fire is detected in Cargo Bay 1A |
| Access Denied! | 608820647 | Boots1892 | Incorrect mainframe codes prior to third code |
| DENIED | 245910488 | SlEGHART | Incorrect third code |
| SBAudio Female Voice: Access Granted | 131644923 | Starbattle | Entering the correct first and second codes |
| BM Air Raid alarm | 1441574924 | Breakify | Plays when a few event occur (prior to the reactor instability and self-destruct sequence in 2021, was removed and replaced by nuclear meltdown (self-destruct) and 4100ES_slow whoop (blackout) in 2021-present year.) |
| Access granted | 2911810095 | BalthasarZeller | Entering the correct third code |
| Danger!Danger! | 1846573958 | Roblox | Plays once at the start of a meltdown |
| Alarm | 2451364019 | CoderQwerty | Plays multiple times during a meltdown / freezedown |
| Warning Buzz [Loopable] | Sci-fi Interface GUI | 2789459690 | AgentAST | Plays twice during a meltdown |
| BOOM-Swirl Boom 04 | 1837830724 | Roblox | Plays once during meltdown |
| tttnp_reactor_meldown | 1474008656 | gmhs2_2 | The beginning of a meltdown/freezedown |
| 4100ES_slow_whoop | 186776085 | FireAlarmTech199 | Plays multiple times during a meltdown |
| alarm | 1616678030 | envisat | The beginning of a meltdown/freezedown |
| alarm2 | 176820116 | Diakonos | Plays when players fail to save the core using E-Coolant |
| alarm3 | (ID Not Found) | lJOTHEBOSSl | Plays once during a meltdown / freezedown |
| Core temperatures are now exceeding safe levels | 2690460645 | Tokaisho | Plays multiple times during a meltdown / freezedown |
| Attention - Lockdown in Progress | 2426776857 | TheUnnamedDragon | Plays once during a meltdown / freezedown |
| Explosion | 178962800 | Soybeen | Plays once during a meltdown / freezedown |
| core-explosion | (ID Not Found) | Tokaisho | Plays once during a meltdown / freezedown |
| freezedown4minutes | 695231275 | gmhs2 | Plays when the freezedown explosion will occur in 4 minutes |
| freezedown2minutes | 695231374 | gmhs2 | Plays when the freezedown explosion will occur in 2 minutes |
| Alarm | 141279377 | CompletePilot | Throughout the entire sequence;
it's much more audible near the end of the sequence. |
| Nuclear Meltdown | 136938019 | Scelus | At the first five seconds of Volcanic Lava (a) |
| Defcon Alarm - SGC | 154757584 | ORI2626 | At the mainframe when the core reaches 4000° or -4000°. |
| Klaxon Alarm 2 | 143969658 | Zephyred | Self-destruct timer being started |
| 10 Second Countdown | 131018898 | FedoraMasterB98 | T-10 in a self-destruct sequence |
| Emergency Power Activate | 7358028934 | XxMattvdbraakXx | Plays once during a meltdown / freezedown. |
| Self Destruct Initiated | 2694445725 | Tokaisho | |
| Attention: Core Explosion Imminent. Please Evacuate Section Five. | 130886089 | Tokaisho | Plays once during a meltdown / freezedown. |
Removed Sounds[]
| Name | Sound ID | Uploader | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old SAFEPATH 4 Message | 131377420 | FireAlarmTech199 | Played during parts of meltdown, and start. |
| Alarm sound | 146404205 | Voco4500 | Played when interacting with the generators |
| Error Copy | 570739771 | StickRPGXG | |
| Stargate Command Gate Active Alarm | 130938352 | Xelia4 | In the self-destruct sequence. It's the same alarm used in the Innovation Research Labs;
However, the one used in the PBCC has a pitch of 0.7. |
Music Tracks[]
This section contains the full list of music tracks that are currently being played today, including a list of previous/removed music with a coreresponding reason of why it was removed.
Event Music[]
| Name | Roblox ID | Composer(s) | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liquid Nitrogen | 1836253240 | Marty John Irwin & R. Kamahl | Plays when core temperatures go above 4000° |
| Threat of War (a) | 1841226234 | Sheridan Paul Tongue | Plays during timeframe to fill E-Coolant tanks |
| Threat of War (a) (30 seconds) | 1841226847 | Sheridan Paul Tongue | Plays when E-Coolant is successful |
| Ominous 60 | 1845645827 | Geoff Bastow & Jim Harbourg | Plays after when E-Coolant fails |
| Volcanic Lava (a) | 1847008241 | Valeriy Antonyuk | Plays after Ominous 60 |
| Destruction Imminent | 1837434037 | Sergey Kolosov | Plays during the middle of the Meltdown Event, power cuts off during this song |
| Ultimate Travesty (A) | 1837824826 | Aleksandar Dimitrijevic | Plays after Destruction Imminent, lockdown protocalls already active during this song |
| Tsunami (Jay Cosmic Remix) | 569900517 | Jay Cosmic | Plays when 140 seconds are left until the core explodes, ends when Meltdown Event ends |
| Frenetic Technic | 1836720463 | Bryan New | Plays after the Meltdown Event has ended |
| Black Hole | 1835588945 | Marc Andre Dall'Anese | Plays when core temperatures go under -4000° |
| Massive Implosion A | 1848211005 | Udi Harpaz & Rotem Moav | Plays after Black Hole |
| Destruction (a) | 1841123080 | Dave Hewson | Power cuts out while this song plays. |
| Tsunami (Jay Cosmic Remix) | 569900517 | Jay Cosmic | Plays when 140 seconds are left until the core explodes, ends when Freezedown Event ends |
| Frenetic Technic | 1836720463 | Bryan New | Plays after the Freezedown Event has ended |
| Alien | 1837529864 | Garry John Hardman | Plays during Neurotoxin Event |
| Rumble | 1843286363 | Christian Pierre Bonneau & David Koffi Kpossou | Plays during Radiation Leak Event |
| Rocket Launcher 60 | 1836594712 | Adam Reily & Marty John Irwin | Radiation Leak Event (Plays after leak has been fixed) |
| Hot Plasma | 1837468633 | Daniel Backes & Peter Moslener | Plays during Plasma Event |
| Eruption | 1837843851 | Alan Jay Reed & Queens Road | Plays during Magma Event |
| Intense Pursuit | 1841286977 | Rupert William Gregson Williams | Magma Event (Plays when magma levels are going back to normal) |
| Test Facility | 1836935697 | Bob Bradley & Stephen Richard Dymond | Plays during Blackout Event |
| Disaster | 1845243862 | Nigel Peter Beaham-Powell & Bella Russell | Plays during Earthquake Event |
| Alien Mind | 1835974315 | Nicolas Christo Baudino & Gilles Cardoni | Plays during Alien Dance Party Event |
Other Music[]
| Name | Roblox ID | Composer(s) | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| Science | 1842823918 | Tomasz Pawel Pauszek | Pinewood Builders Theme (2019-2020) |
| Local Forecast - Elevator | (Removed for copyright) | Kevin MacLeod | Elevator |
Removed Music[]
| Name | Roblox ID | Composer(s) | Original Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flying Squirrels (Call of Duty: Black OPs 2) | (Removed for copyright) | Jack Wall | |
| Space Ocean (Half-Life) | (Removed for copyright) | Kelly Bailey | Played during meltdown |
| The House of Leaves | (Removed for copyright) | Kevin MacLeod | Played during meltdown |
| The Fog (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire) | (Removed for copyright) | James Newton Howard | Played during meltdown |
| Mona Lisa Overdrive (The Matrix Reloaded) | (Removed for copyright) | Juno Reactor & Don Davis | Played during meltdown |
| Ultimate Travesty (A) | 1837824826 | Aleksandar Dimitrijevic | Played during meltdown |
| Countdown (The Stanley Parable) | (Removed for copyright) | Yiannis Ioannides | Played during meltdown |
| Tsunami (Jay Cosmic Remix) | 142720946 | Jay Cosmic | Played during meltdown |
| Nuclear Reactor | 1846931927 | Maor Appelbaum | Played during meltdown |
| The House of Leaves | (Removed for copyright) | Kevin MacLeod | Played during meltdown |
| The Fog (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire) | (Removed for copyright) | James Newton Howard | Played during meltdown |
| The Extreme Zone (a) | 1841108520 | Richard Everard Lawrence Wells & Phil Sawyer | |
| Into Action | 1840926124 | Rupert William Gregson Williams | |
| Navras (The Matrix Revolutions) | (Removed for copyright) | Juno Reactor & Don Davis | |
| Ultimate Travesty (A) | 1837824826 | Aleksandar Dimitrijevic | Played during meltdown |
| Countdown (The Stanley Parable) | (Removed for copyright) | Yiannis Ioannides | Played during meltdown |
| Tsunami (Jay Cosmic Remix) | 142720946 | Jay Cosmic | Played during meltdown |
| The New Beginning (a) | 1842338113 | Keith Mansfield | |
| Destruction (a) | 1841123080 | Dave Hewson | |
| Hardstyle | 1839246774 | Laurent Michel Lombard | |
| Global Meltdown (b) | 1841031012 | Robert John Foster & Richard Everard Lawrence Wells | |
| Notes:
Global Disaster is later replaced by Massive Implosion A. Hardstyle and Global Meltdown (b) are later replaced by Tsunami (Jay Cosmic Remix). | |||
| Destruction (a) | 1841123080 | Dave Hewson | |
| Note: This track is later replaced by Ultimate Travesty (A). | |||
| Computer Communications (A) | 1840447217 | Clive Andrew Latham | Blackout |
| Kung Fu Fighting (loud) (WARNING: LOUD!) | (Removed for copyright) | Carl Douglas | Played when the game detects an exploiter |
| Liquid Latin | (Removed for copyright) | Chris Rae | Elevator |
| DOOM - Cyberdemon | 602205849 | Mick Gordon | Played during meltdown |
| DOOM - Mastermind | 3183433131 | Mick Gordon | Played during freezedown |
Announcements[]
(For meltdown and overheat announcements, see the Self-Destruct Sequence section above.)
(The following is are various announcements that the game would play every once and and a while):
- Today's Security Code is 5-33-41-18.
- Don't forget, today is pizza day, so head to the cafeteria to grab a hot slice.
- Biohazard warning in sectors B and C.
- Dr. Kane reports, super-conducting outerchange is activated.
- Warning, unauthorized biological forms detected in Sector C.
- Security officer reports men down in Sector D, medical help required.
- PBST, watch those Coolant tanks levels! Keep the Core safe at all times.
- (The following is only announced if a fire alarm detects that a fire has occurred in the Main Transit System or Cargo Bay A):
- Warning, fire burst detected in Cargo Bay 1A.
- Warning, fire expansion detected in Main Facility Transit Station.
- Attention. An emergency has been reported in the building. Please cease operation and leave the building utilizing the nearest exit or fire exit stairway. Do not use elevators. Repeat, do not use elevators.
Criticism[]
Self-Destruct Sequence/Meltdown[]
- There is often a debate if the true objective of the game is to either blow up the core or prevent it from blowing up.
- Tokaisho responded, saying: "Whether you want to build or blow stuff up it's up to you." In other words, there's no exact objective and that people can do anything they want.
- The meltdown is often criticized by frequent players due to repetition.
Game Overhauls[]
The amount of overhauls the game gets heavy criticism for overtly making the game feel out of place for a reactor game. The first overhaul was under development in 2012 and then finished development in October 2013. The second overhaul started in January 10th, 2014 and finishing the overhaul in August, 2014, only for another overhaul in August that went up to November 2014. The Late December 2013 overhaul was notable as well. 2016 had a minor ovehaul, but it changed the doors. And finally in November, 31st 2018 started the current one still in dev as of 2023.
Abuse of Security and OP Weapons[]
- People often criticize the game due to members of the Pinewood Builders Security Team (PBST) trying to prevent visitors from blowing the core.
- At some point prior to August 2015, a new rule was created, preventing PBST from using force to prevent core meltdowns. It was quickly lifted, as confirmed by Tokaisho's shout.
- An 'OP Weapons' game pass was added to the game, giving powerful weapons to the owner of the pass which can potentially be abused; at the cost of 3,128 Robux (formerly at 4,004 Robux), and at the expense of many players being victims of these abusers. During the winter of 2022, Tokaisho lowered the 'Op Weapons' game pass price to 794 Robux as part of the 2022 winter sale. The price has since been updated to 1499, where it has stayed since November 2023.
- Many users who abuse the OP weapons pass end up being trailed by PBST, banned from the game. This leads to them reporting Tokaisho for scamming, although it is the pass holder's responsibility to use them wisely.
- Today most players who MRK with OP weapons, or other weapons will most likely get weapon banned, which makes their weapons deal zero damage to other players, making them useless in combat. These weapon bans are mostly appealable.
- Non-Tier Security members or Tier Security members without their loadout often have a very hard time defeating OP abusers.
- The only actions that are considered legitimate abuse of OP Weapons to PBST protocol are spawnkilling, and mass killing.
- This means that preventing access to rooms, targeting individuals, targeting security officers, and other such actions are allowed. (some may consider it helpful to announce a room restriction in in-game chat, lest the user be accused of MRK)
Exploiting[]
This poster was created to show what would happen to players if they exploited.
Old versions of PBCC had a problem with exploiters. They would do things like lag the server, make decals rain from the sky, play loud annoying music, delete parts, insert inappropriate assets and more.
Back then PBCC has various parts around a map that would have a script in it, which would randomize the part name to prevent exploiters from finding the exact part name. If an exploiter would modify the part in anyway from moving it, unanchoring it, or deleting the part which had the anti-exploit script in it, it would fire an event that would blare the song "Kung fu fighting" and show the following:
- "Game element damage detected! ~ Anti-Exploit by Pinewood Builders"
- "Exploit detected, shutting down in T-(XX) ~ Anti-Exploit by Pinewood Builders - Kung fu fighting exploiters since 2012"
- (After 30 seconds since the event has been triggered the server will shutdown.)
Sometime in 2017 the anti-exploit script would be replaced with the current anti exploit script as the previous script was removed because exploiters would use this to their advantage by intentially deleting a part which had the script in it, most notably the lobby window to initiate a shutdown to purely annoy all of the players inside the server whether if the server just started, or when a meltdown event is ongoing.
Today Kronos monitors player behaviors such as if the player is flying and they are not a member of the Pinewood Intelligence Agency, to the slightest player modifications such as player walk speed and jump power and would permanently ban the exploiter as soon as Kronos detects and verifies that the player is indeed exploiting inside the server.
- Old versions of the game were leaked and released, allowing players to create their own knockoffs of the game.
- Prior to the “Kung Fu Fighting” audio being used, the Microsoft Windows NT 5.0 startup sound was used with a slightly higher pitch. In early 2016 “River - Solo” replaced the “King Fu Fighting” audio.
- More recently, players have recreated components of the current game (mainframe, doors etc.) allowing players to use these in their own projects.
- A filtering enabled version of the game began development in December 2016 and was finished in March 2017. This reduced the hackers a lot.
- A user once injected code that played loud annoying music and made money fall from the roof.
- Another user once injected code that also made it rain toads along with “It’s Raining Men - The Weather Girls” playing.
- The old anti-exploit script received criticism because of the loud song it played.
- A loud distorted version of Kung Fu Fighting played. The Roblox audio was unfortunately deleted due to it being a Community Guidelines violation such as it being excessively loud audio and copyright, but you can find a video on YouTube of the song.
- In addition to this, newcomers may be confused, thinking the Kung Fu Fighting song is an exploit.
- Click here for a video of the old anti-exploit in action. (Timestamp is included in the link.)
Glitches[]
- Wearing 2+ hats at the same time and using a gravity coil can fling you out of the game. This is only possible when a user jumps from a seat. This can be used to escape the facility, even if there is no core-related disaster going on or if all the escape rockets are launched.
- Using an auto-clicker with the fire extinguisher used to make the foam bubbles come out huge and fast, however this has been patched as the foam had been replaced with smoke in 2018, in addition to this auto-clickers today is a punishable offense.
- Before the ladder behind the Admin Control elevator was added, users could stop players from entering admin control by spamming the call button on the lower level or the down button in the elevator itself.
- There was a user who exploited this who used multiple computers to keep the cooling offline and stop players from entering admin control for over two days straight, raising the core temperature to over 30,000*C. Tokaisho was later notified of this and came to permanently ban the user from the game.
- There used to be a glitch with the personal rocketship that allowed players to clip through doors, most notably the PIA door. It was later discovered and patched.
- Another rocketship glitch was using it in a seat to fly PET response vehicles and trains around the facility. Same for the jetpack, but both tools have been fixed.
- There is a glitch when you stand in the middle of a lockdown door while it's closing, you could clip out of the map.
- There was a glitch where the alien dance event would be activated right before a meltdown or freezedown started, which would delay the event as more than one event cannot occur at the same time.
- The alien dance event would also be activated right after the freezedown ended.
Other[]
- These are the locations of all eight lockdown blast doors:
- Spawn Room going to PBRF Elevator Lobby 1
- Sector A hallway going to Sector B hallway
- Generators Room going to Cargo Bay 1A (two blast doors)
- Sector A hallway going towards Sector C elevator / Sector D, F, and G / Transit System
- Sector C hallway going towards Admin Control, after the PBST room.
- Main hallway between PET HQ and computer science labs
- Sector B hallway next to reactor suit room
- Here are the various slogans that the facility goes by:
- "The heart of ROBLOX intelligence."
- "ROBLOX technology at its best."
- "A processor array of massive scale, a computer beyond imagination."
- "To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe." - Anatole France
- "Your journey with us has only just begun. So join us on our journey: Pinewood Builders."
- "A state of the art facility"
- This game was in the Official Roblox event Metaverse Champions.
Badges[]
Pinewood Builders Computer Core has many types of badges that you can obtain throughout the game, these badges can range from easy to obtain badges such as surviving a meltdown, becoming an abomination to very challanging or even impossible to obtain badges such as a badge that a player gets when the enter the third code or experiencing the magma event.
(The various badges that you can obtain from Pinewood Builders Computer Core can be found in the table below:)
| Badge Icon | Badge Name | Badge Description | Rarity |
|---|---|---|---|
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I managed to visit a top secret facility! | You visited, visitors are always welcome to this top secret classified facility! Wait a second! Stay right there sir... | |
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Mommy I found radiation! | You searched for radiation using the radiation detector! | |
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Nuclear Meltdown | You experienced a nuclear disaster after the core exceeded 4000 degrees! | |
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Easy Escape | You used the easy escape game pass and escaped with your life before the facility was destroyed, yay! | |
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Rocket Escape | For the daring and lucky few who escaped absolute disaster by launching off into low Earth orbit. | |
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Zombie Easter Egg | In the dark depths of the reactor lurk these green glowing figures, their origin unknown. You got this badge if you stumbled upon an intriguing green softly glowing puddle. | |
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Server with 10+ meltdowns! | Be on a server during meltdown that has clocked over 10 meltdowns! Are you feeling the radiation yet? | |
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Singularity Freezedown | You experienced the opposite of meltdown! Freezedown! You also witnessed space, time and the universe implode in on itself after the core dipped below -4000 degrees. | |
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Server with 10+ freezedowns! | Are you feeling COLD yet? Be on a server that's clocked over 10 freeze events! | |
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Black Hole | You achieved event horizon and were sucked into the black hole that formed during inter-dimensional instability after the freezedown. | |
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You sacrificed yourself to the mainframe | The core is pleased with your sacrifice. You achieved this badge by staying inside the mainframe when it returned down into the floor. | |
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Suit Up! | You suited up into the hazardous materials protective suit ready to enter the reactor core. | |
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Danced with Aliens | You got your groove on and danced with the extra terrestrials! They seemed very friendly! | |
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You found the third code! | The third mainframe code is impossible to guess, it's almost guaranteed you will not get this badge. Or is it? What could lie beyond? | |
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Boss Rocket Launcher! | You earned one of the most powerful items in the game! The BOSS ROCKET LAUNCHER! This is only used by the highest profile users. Use your new explosive power carefully. | |
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Magma Disaster | You witnessed the rare magma rise event that engulfs the entire facility! Seismic activity has forced a nearby magma chamber to reach the facility! Escape to high ground as fast as you can! |
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Trapped! | You were trapped in the admin control elevator during a power outage! | |
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Operating as Intended | You maintained the core temperature between -330° and -350° for 2 minutes! >=15 players on a public server required. |
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Full Triple E-Coolant Success | You successfully saved the core by filling all three of the emergency cooling rods to the correct level when the timer hit 0.
Win parameters: >=10 player public server, all three rods must successfully go through in the green zone when the timer hits 0. |
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AJ Striker - Week 1 Badge | [2021 Easter Metaverse Event] Your mission is to destroy the reactor by all means possible working together as a team with everyone on the server; turn off all 5 fans up in Admin Control;disable the coolant pumps accessed via the train system; enable maximum reactor power and switch on all 6 core boost lasers to heat up the core as fast as possible to 4,000 degrees!
Once the big meltdown explosion happens you will earn this badge, you can also get it after taking a rocket during meltdown too! Multiplayer recommended. For speed runners if you're lucky you might join a server where meltdown is about to begin already! |
Removed Features and Content[]
From when the facility was built in 2010 until the present day, features and content were added and are still in the game today, and some were either removed and replaced. (Here is a list of features removed below):
- Before the floor of Sector B was added, there used to be fall damage to prevent people from discovering the 'secrets' of the core.
- At one point, the entire facility was covered in thick dark fog for unknown reasons sometime in 2011.
- The facility notably used inlets, universals, and welds on the surfaces of its walls and floors until late 2012, where they were removed to give a clean, modern, and more appropriate look.
- The facility was stated to be located beneath the Black Mesa in New Mexico until it was confirmed to be located beneath the Pinewood Research Facility in the Sahara Desert.
- This removed feature was a reference to the Black Mesa Research Facility from the Half-Life series.
- The Mass Effect 2 door textures were replaced by brick-made doors by splitzalot.
- Numerous office workstations used to be where the black spawn room is today.
- Tokaisho's office used to be above the office workstations.
- There used to be a tertiary access elevator south of the office workstations
- The tertiary access elevator was replaced by the elevator lobby going to the 2014 Pinewood Research Facility.
- There used to be a window facing Sector B in the main hallway, on the left after exiting the elevator.
- There used to be a futuristic-looking turret in the corner of the main hallway which moved and pointed at the nearest player's torso
- This futuristic turret was replaced by a smaller, seemingly static ceiling turret.
- The fonts of the square floor signs in the main hallway used to be Eras Bold ITC.
- The square floor signs were replaced with new circular floor signs and now use the Gotham font.
- Rumours say there was an escape elevator that brought users to the surface (not the PBRF elevator), but due to abuse, Tokaisho removed it.
- There used to be no floor; making the core mainframe appear as a very tall structure in a 'foggy' chamber made up of semi-transparent grey layered parts.
- There used to be light grey stripes on the walls of the chamber.
- The spotlights below the Pinewood Computer Core logo used to be cone-shaped meshes until dynamic lighting was implemented.
- The internal core used to have many reactors with the main reactor in the middle. Now, it's only two system machinery and the main reactor.
- The hatch to the core was not yet added, therefore people tried to use the keypad to access the core. Some people are not aware of the hatch (or believe there's more than what is underneath the hatch) and still attempt to guess the code today.
- The keypad used to be a code keypad commonly found on free models before it was replaced with a digital pad.
- The core mainframe structure used to be blockier.
- The old mainframe code was 89012345.
- There used to be spotlights just below the big PBCC logo. They were removed sometime in 2013.
- There were also additional yellow-light spotlights around the chamber.
- There used to be catwalks just amidst the fog down the core. One of the catwalks had a sign that said "When flooded, turn around, don't drown" on top of the gate.
- Because of the fall damage mechanism at the time, it was impossible to jump onto the catwalk.
- The catwalk gate's button does nothing.
- The gate was also just a mesh in a wall.
- The doors and gates used to be black or grey. It was so until the 2013 update that placed textures on them, and in 2016, the door finally got replaced by spitzalot's CFrame doors.
- The Dress and Clean room used to have scientist lab coats morphs.
- It also used to have benches inside the fitting rooms.
- The HAZMAT suit was a Black Mesa scientist suit. The current HAZMAT suit is a space suit with a futuristic helmet.
- Yet another reference to Black Mesa, from the Half-Life series.
- The cafeteria, restrooms, and the PBST tier rooms and shooting range are additions to the Sector C hallway; as it once comprised of only a security kiosk.
- The restrooms were once located in the Sector A office workstations area.
- The hallway used to be made of mostly mud-like stone, giving it a cave-like feel.
- The admin control room was once painted dark grey.
- The screens in the admin control room used to resemble computer monitors from ROBLOX Powerplant.
- There used to be a HAL 9000 at the back wall of the admin control room, with an obtainable badge if you touch it.
- The exterior of the admin control room used to be a black box with wedges. It is now a long dark grey structure.
- Before the meltdown update, there used to be a 'DO NOT TOUCH' button that temporarily sets the Admin Control room ablaze.
- There used to be numerous computer workstations and two server computers in the admin control room.
- There used to be a glass floor in the middle of the admin control room overlooking the core.
- The servers used to be six blocky machines
- They were eventually replaced by modern-looking servers.
- The room that overlooks Sector F was just a room with workstations and a wall before the addition of Sector F.
- The code door to Sector F used to have a texture with "Off-Limits" signs before being replaced by a "Sector F & G (Emergency Coolant)".
- It currently has a revamped texture with "off-limits" signs, and "low temperature" for Sector G's door.
- The code for the Sector F door used to be 118118, and at one point, 1337.
- Sector G was not added until the 2013 major updates, and the emergency coolant could not be activated until mid-2014.
- Sector G was once known as Classified Storage before it had emergency coolant functionality.
- In older versions of the PBCC's meltdown, Sector G had a red ambient on the emergency coolant rods.
- Sector G used to be a room made of black plastic; it is now made with a blue foil texture.
- From October 5, 2019 to April 4, 2020, the Emergency Coolant was disabled. A sign was erected next to the middle rod saying, "The E-coolant game mechanic will be returning one day, redesigned. Check back soon for updates!"
- Before it was disabled, the only available rod (middle) is required to stop the meltdown sequence. It was designed to fail.
- Due to several occasional changes to the rank names in Pinewood Security, the security-only doors often changed in texture.
- The original three-tier system represented the Tier 1 and Tier 2 doors at the PBCC.
- The followed system which featured rank names such as Advanced Guard and Advanced Guardian had their respectively named rank names on the former T1 and T2 doors.
- A new tier system was made, replacing Adv. Guard and Adv. Guardian with Tier 1 and Tier 3.
- The tier system was again abolished with the PBST reforms, however, the door's rank identification system and textures were not changed prior to the reforms, allowing ranks as early as Security Officer to access the once-Tier 2 loadout door.
- The tier door bug was fixed upon the addition of several more Tiers.
- The shooting range used to be accessible by all security members, now it requires a Tier 4 SD+ to activate it. There is another shooting range like the old version in the PBCC at the PBHQ.
- Before Csdi designed the new loadouts, there were older ones that are still accessible today in the PBRF, PBHQ and PBSTTF. These loadouts are:
- Tier 1 loadout:
- Riot shotgun (called a sit-gun by some because rather than doing damage it just makes players sit)
- High damage baton (still in the PBCC, but now takes a few mores hits to kill someone with. The old one was a one hit kill)
- Taser (again, still in the PBCC, but the old one was prone to breaking)
- Riot shield (chunkier version as opposed to the PBCC version)
- Tier 2 loadout:
- MP7S Submachine gun
- Silenced USPT with a flashlight attachment.
- At PBCC, the Tier 2 loadout also consisted of a duel-wield gun only authorised to be used by Commander (Tier-4 Special Defence today)+ known as "Blue's Diamond Backs", as they were originally made as a private tool for xBlueSparks, a previous HR around the time.
- Tier 1 loadout:
- The launch silos used to be an inaccessible room viewed from a window on the transit system railway.
- Before the Freezedown Update on December 2018, the Celsius unit of temperature was used.
- In Summer 2015, a large window with a view of an underwater area could be seen off the transit tracks just at the left bend after the Launch Silos. It contained a door to an unknown area to the facility, and large towers labelled 1 to 3.
- Just before the removal of this area, an unlabelled transit station had been added with a glass tunnel leading to a locked door (not the same door mentioned above).
- This area has been re-added as of February 2016, although isn't significant enough to be mentioned above.
- When you drive a train into a support for this area, the wall appears to crack and water pours out, and the floor in that area floods and a red emergency light glows. The flooding stops after a few minutes.
- The blast doors for Zones 1 to 3 used the textures of the lockdown blast doors. Custom textures by MarkoARamius replaced them.
- MarkoARamius has a texture for a Zone 4 door; however, the PBCC does not yet have a Zone 4.
- The 2013 and 2012 versions of the game can still be visited due to old leaked copies circulating around: 2013, 2012
- The even older versions of the game can still be visited via the game test sites.
- There was once an event that occurred when the temperature reached approximately 2500°C, triggering a music track of the "Awakening" of King Abomination, although there never really was a physical King Abomination. It was removed sometime in 2016.
References[]
- The facility and the PBRF are said to be inspired from the Black Mesa Research Facility from the Half-Life series, and possibly the Aperture Science Enrichment Center from the Portal series.
- Both the Half-Life series and the Portal series are by Valve and are in the same universe.
- The small octagon (sometimes square) doors found throughout the facility are from Mass Effect 2.
- The primary/security code (5-33-41-18) is the same as the security code of the Aperture Science Enrichment Center in Portal 2.
- Many of the old announcements were audio files directly from the horror game "SCP Containment Breach", as well as from Portal 2, and Black Mesa, a remake of the original Half-Life.
- Pizza being added to the game is a possible reference to the "Krusty Krab Pizza" raids (on the game) of ROBLOX's Off Topic subforum. The raids involved blowing up the core to "make pizza" and spamming the chat with references to the SpongeBob episode it involved.