FF7/Battle and growth data - Revision history

BukTop: 25 revisions imported

2019-05-23T02:11:07Z

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my_wiki>BukTop: 24 revisions imported

2018-04-04T09:34:16Z

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my_wiki>NFITC1: /* Stat curve record */ WRONG!

2016-02-22T03:03:30Z

‎Stat curve record: WRONG!

my_wiki>NFITC1: /* General data layout */

2016-02-21T22:28:18Z

‎General data layout

my_wiki>NFITC1: /* Scene.bin Look-up file */

2012-11-15T18:57:25Z

‎Scene.bin Look-up file

my_wiki>NFITC1: /* Magic Order */

2009-04-29T14:02:48Z

‎Magic Order

my_wiki>NFITC1: /* Character AI data */

2009-02-02T23:19:57Z

‎Character AI data

my_wiki>NFITC1: /* Scene.bin Look-up file */ Correcting information and better grammar'd

2008-12-16T18:39:55Z

‎Scene.bin Look-up file: Correcting information and better grammar'd

my_wiki>NFITC1: /* General data layout */

2008-12-11T14:52:34Z

‎General data layout

my_wiki>NFITC1: /* Character AI data */ Not very detailed, but better than "-placeholder-"

2008-11-30T07:18:42Z

‎Character AI data: Not very detailed, but better than "-placeholder-"

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 * ((13-1) ^ 2) /10
 * (144 / 10)
-* 14.4
+* Floor( 14.4 )
 additional XP
 The savemap contains information about the needed XP to get to the next level for each character so it can be assumed that the game only performs this calculation at level up and changes the needed XP stat accordingly and compares that against the total XP the character has to determine when the next level occurs.<br/>
 To calculate the total XP needed for a given level:
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     XP = XP + [Mod * (I ^ 2) / 10]
   Next I
-Remember, the Mod will need to be adjusted to the character and level group each time I increments.
+The Mod only needs to be assigned based on the character's current level.
 ==== Character AI data ====

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 | 56 bytes
-| Character data: Cloud ([[#Character_data_layout|see below]])
+| Character data: Cloud ([[#Character_data_record|see below]])
 |-
 | 0x0038

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 A basic disassembly of the characters' scripts can be found [http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?topic=7928.msg97889#msg97889 here]
-==== Scene.bin Look-up file ====
+==== Scene.bin Look-up Table ====
-As you may know, [[FF7/Battle/Battle_scenes|scene.bin]] file is divided into banks or sections. There are 33 total sections, and each one is 8192 long. Each section contains 5 - 16 GZipped files (scenes), based on their length. Since each section of scene.bin must be  8192 bytes, altering a scene may cause it to be necessary to place it in the next section. This look-up table contains data about the starting scene in each section:
+In order to understand the purpose of this table we must understand the structure of the compressed and packed [[FF7/Battle/Battle_scenes|scene.bin]] file. It is divided into blocks of 8K in size. Each of these blocks begins with an array of pointers that point to a compressed array of bytes that contain a single scene file. There can be between 1 and 16 inclusive scenes in each of these blocks.
-0C 12 19 21 27 2D ...
+There is no direct indication of how many scenes are in each block other than searching through all the headers to find the desired one. It would take a noticeable amount of time to search through each block when the greater valued formations are requested. The working solution to this is a look up table that would tell the scene retrieval method which block contains the desired scene. Enter the Scene Look-Up Table (hereafter abbreviated SLUT because I can :) ).
-Which means:
+When a specific formation ID is requested, the Scene File that contains it can be determined like this:
- Section 1 contains scenes 0x00 - 0x0B = 12 files
+Without searching through all the blocks as noted above, this table serves to indicate what the first scene is in each block of 8K. When a formation is to be loaded, the containing scene file is retrieved as mentioned above then the SLUT is looped through to find the lowest value greater than the requested scene then uses the value BEFORE that.
-Every time you modify scene.bin file you must also keep this table updated or you'll end with VERY random encounters (wrong battles in wrong places). You can use [http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?topic=7127.0 SceneFix] program, which'll update the table for you.
+ Example
 ==== Magic Order ====

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 NOTES:
 *If a value is repeated, that attack will override the previous listing.
-*The final two bytes are NULL (0xFF) so the game moves the Attack pointer ahead to load the summon attacks.
+*The final two bytes are NULL (0xFF) so the game moves the Attack pointer ahead to load the summon attacks(?).

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	Section contains 24-byte header representing 2-bytes per script block (1 per character?). Each number is an offset from the beginning of this block to the actual AI data. Each script block follows the same AI data found in the [[FF7/Battle/Battle_scenes#AI_Data\|Battle Scenes]].		Section contains 24-byte header representing 2-bytes per script block (1 per character?). Each number is an offset from the beginning of this block to the actual AI data. Each script block follows the same AI data found in the [[FF7/Battle/Battle_scenes#AI_Data\|Battle Scenes]].
		+	A basic disassembly of the characters' scripts can be found [http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?topic=7928.msg97889#msg97889 here]

	==== Scene.bin Look-up file ====		==== Scene.bin Look-up file ====

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 ==== Scene.bin Look-up file ====
-As you may know, [[FF7/Battle/Battle_scenes|scene.bin]] file is divided into banks or sections. There are 33 total sections, and each one is 8192 long. Each section contains 5 - 20 files, based on their length. If archive is modified and one of the files is bigger than before, it must be put in the next section, which'll probably cause last file in this section to be put in next one, etc. This look-up table contains data about how many files are in each section. It begins like this:
+As you may know, [[FF7/Battle/Battle_scenes|scene.bin]] file is divided into banks or sections. There are 33 total sections, and each one is 8192 long. Each section contains 5 - 16 GZipped files (scenes), based on their length. Since each section of scene.bin must be  8192 bytes, altering a scene may cause it to be necessary to place it in the next section. This look-up table contains data about the starting scene in each section:
 0C 12 19 21 27 2D ...
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 Which means:
-  Section 1 contains 0x0C - 0x00 = 12 files
+  Section 1 contains scenes 0x00 - 0x0B = 12 files
-  Section 2 contains 0x12 - 0x0C = 6 files
+  Section 2 contains scenes 0x0C - 0x11 = 6 files
-  Section 3 contains 0x19 - 0x12 = 7 files
+  Section 3 contains scenes 0x12 - 0x18 = 7 files
   ... and so on.
-Everytime you modify scene.bin file, you must also keep this table updated, or you'll end with VERY random encounters (wrong battles in wrong places). You can use [http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?topic=7127.0 SceneFix] program, which'll update the table for you.
+Every time you modify scene.bin file you must also keep this table updated or you'll end with VERY random encounters (wrong battles in wrong places). You can use [http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?topic=7127.0 SceneFix] program, which'll update the table for you.
 ==== Magic Order ====

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 | 0xF1C
 | 64 bytes
-| Scene.bin look-up table ([[#Scene.bin_Look-up_file_layout|see below]])
+| Scene.bin look-up table ([[#Scene.bin_Look-up_file|see below]])
 |-
 | 0xF5C

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 ==== Character AI data ====
-- Placeholder -
+Section contains 24-byte header representing 2-bytes per script block (1 per character?). Each number is an offset from the beginning of this block to the actual AI data. Each script block follows the same AI data found in the [[FF7/Battle/Battle_scenes#AI_Data|Battle Scenes]].
 ==== Scene.bin Look-up file ====