FF8/Menu m000 m004

Info from FF8 - Cards & Menu Text by Sega Cheif and FF8 - mngrp.bin by JWP

BIN

Location of strings maybe and actual values for refine.

m002.bin

Mid-Mag-RF, First 4 entries
High-Mag-RF, Last 6 entries

Type	Size	Value	Description
UInt16	2	Offset	Text Offset (little-endian)
Byte	1	Received	Amount received
UInt16	2	UNK	{0x0001}
Byte	1	Input_Spell_ID	Input: Spell id value 0x01-0x38
Byte	1	Required	Amount needed
Byte	1	Output_Spell_ID	Output: Spell id value 0x01-0x38

m003.bin

Med LV Up

Type	Size	Value	Description
UInt16	2	Offset	Text Offset (little-endian)
Byte	1	Received	Amount received
UInt16	2	UNK	{0x0001}
Byte	1	Input_Item_ID	Input: Item id value 0x00-0xC6
Byte	1	Required	Amount needed
Byte	1	Output_Item_ID	Output: Item id value 0x00-0xC6

m004.bin

Card Mod

Type	Size	Value	Description
UInt16	2	Offset	Text Offset (little-endian)
Byte	1	Received	Amount received
UInt16	2	UNK	{0x0001}
Byte	1	Card_ID	Card id value 0x00-0x6D
Byte	1	Required	Amount needed
Byte	1	Item_ID	Item id value 0x00-0xC6

MSG

Text offsets are in bin files. Strings end with 0x00. Strings are encoded.

m003.msg

Example:
Elixir:\n10 will refine \ninto 1 Megalixir\0
When Elixir Card is selected only "10 will refine into 1 Megalixir" shows up above in help box
When choose the a box shows up with entire string. With:
Elixir (Number remaining)
Number to refine 10
Megalixir (Total amount)

m004.msg

Example:
Geezard Card:\n1 will refine \ninto 5 Screws\0
When Geezard Card is selected only "1 will refine into 5 Screws" shows up above in help box
When choose the a box shows up with entire string. With:
Geezard (Number remaining)
Number to refine 1
Screws (Total amount)