FF7/Kernel/Kernel.bin

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The KERNEL.BIN Archive.

The file /INIT/KERNEL.BIN is in BIN-GZIP format. This format is explained later in this document. It consists of 27 gziped sections concatenated together with a 6 byte header for each. This file is the same both on the PC and PSX versions. This holds all the static data and menu text for the game, with a look up table at the beginning of the section. Sections 10-27 are FF Text files.

The KERNEL.BIN file consists of the following sections.

File	Data	Offset
1	Command data	0x0006
2	Attack data	0x0086
3	Unknown (Savemap?)	0x063A
4	Character starting stats	0x0F7F
5	Item data	0x111B
6	Weapon data	0x137A
7	Armor data	0x1A30
8	Accessory data	0x1B73
9	Materia data	0x1C11
10	Command Descriptions	0x1F32
11	Magic Descriptions	0x2119
12	Item Descriptions	0x28D4
13	Weapon Descriptions	0x2EE2
14	Armor Descriptions	0x307B
15	Accessory Descriptions	0x315F
16	Materia Descriptions	0x3384
17	Key Item Description	0x3838
18	Command Names	0x3BE2
19	Magic Names	0x3CCA
20	Item Names	0x4293
21	Weapon Names	0x4651
22	Armor Names	0x4B02
23	Accessory Names	0x4C4B
24	Materia Names	0x4D90
25	Key Item Names	0x5040
26	Battle and Battle-Screen Text	0x5217
27	Summon Attack Names	0x5692

KERNEL.BIN Section formats

The first 9 sections of data (i.e. The non-text related items) have a typical BIN file format. The text sections (10-27) do not have the typical 6 byte header. The text sections have a header of pointers to the text block. The text is in FF text format.