Jade Empire/Research

Archives

Name	Type	Documentation	Status
chitin.key artcreatures.bif audio.bif designer.bif	indexed Key Biff	KeyBIF_Format.pdf	supported
*.rim	Rim file		supported
*.mod	ERF file	ERF_Format.pdf	supported

Resource files

Areas, Rooms and Placeables

Extension	Type ID	Type description/Usage	Format	Documentation	Status
are	2012	static area information	gff	AreaFile_Format.pdf	only layout value used
sav	2057	objects descriptions in area	gff		partially loaded
lyt	3000	area rooms layout	text
vis	3001	area rooms visibility graph	text
hex	3015	area hexgrid definition	text		unsupported
art	3023	area environment properties	ini file		unsupported
cwa	3025	crowd attributes	gff		unsupported
pla	2043	placeable definition	gff
pwk	2053	placeable walk mesh definition	text		unsupported
fsm	3022	placeable state data	gff

Models, Textures and Materials

Extension	Type ID	Type description/Usage	Format	Documentation	Status
bmp	1	bitmap image	binary
tga	3	targa image	binary
mdl	2002	model definition	binary
mdx	3008	model raw data	binary
txi	2022	texture information	text
txb	3006	texture data	binary
tpc	3007	texture data	binary
mat	2069	material definition	text
mab	3011	material definition	binary

Scripting and Triggers

Extension	Type ID	Type description/Usage	Format	Documentation	Status
nss	2009	nwscript source script	text		not used
ncs	2010	compiled script	binary
ndb	2064	script debug info	binary		not used
trg	2031	trigger definition	gff	Trigger_Format.pdf

Quests, Texts and Dialogues

Extension	Type ID	Type description/Usage	Format	Documentation	Status
tlk	2018	string definitions	talk table	TalkTable_Format.pdf
dlg	2029	dialog definition	gff	Conversation_Format.pdf
qst	2084	quest definition	gff
bip	3028	lipsynch data	binary

GUI

Extension	Type ID	Type description/Usage	Format	Documentation	Status
gui	2047	dialog definition	gff
abc	24003	font definition	binary
sbm	24004	font bitmap	binary

Static Properties

Extension	Type ID	Type description/Usage	Format	Documentation	Status
ini	7	ini file	text
txt	10	sound info(*_xwb.txt und *_xsb.txt) und mini game data (mg*.txt)	text
2da	2017	static data tables	2da	2DA_Format.pdf
gff	2037	generic gff file	gff

Others

Extension	Type ID	Type description/Usage	Format	Documentation	Status
ttc	2073	minigame resources	binary
bik	2063	prerendered video	bink
ogg	2078	prerendered audio	ogg/vorbis
sto	3013	store definition	gff	Store_Format.pdf
amp	3024	brightening control	binary
cre	2026	creature definition	gff
pso	24001	pixel shader object	binary
vso	24002	vertex shader object	binary

Unknown

Extension	Type ID	Type description/Usage	Documentation	Status
wma	11	wma file
pvd	24005	pvd file
pk	24009	pk file

2DA files

2DA lists

Name	Usage	Status
2das.2da	indexed list of all 2da files including excel generation info	supported
scriptlist.2da	foreign key reference to 2das.2da whose index is used by scripts	supported

GUI

Name	Usage	Status
books.2da	contains info to all the bookstands you can read in the game	unsupported
jdk_players.2da	stats of all player characters (demo content)	unsupported
players.2da	stats of all player characters	unsupported

Styles

Name	Usage	Status
areaofeffect.2da	area effects	unsupported
spells.2da	spell effects	unsupported
styleadvance.2da	level up data	unsupported
stylecost.2da	transformation style costs	unsupported
styledata.2da	style 2da table references	unsupported
stylepoints.2da	style points per level	unsupported
stylesuperlist.2da	style numbers and models	unsupported
styletypes.2da	gui icons	unsupported
transformation.2da	tranformation style numbers	unsupported
*as.2da	style animation and sound table	unsupported
*cs.2da	style cutscene movement table	unsupported
*lv.2da	style level up table	unsupported
*mv.2da	style movement table	unsupported
centipede.2da	special centipede style data	unsupported
drunken.2da	special drunken style data	unsupported

GUI

• Layout defined in the .gui resources in Gff3 format
• lti_<dialogname> layouts have been created for the PC version for mouse control
• Fullscreen dialogs are of size 640x480
• coordinate system is 2D, (0,0) is the upper left corner
• GUI is stretched to screen size

Models

Vertex layout

The vertex layout is described in a mesh node's mesh header and if included the skin header.

The mesh header contains information to draw the model or part of it.

The skin header contains bone information to animate the model.

model description (WIP)

Audio

Audio files and properties are described via text files that describe XACT wave banks and sound banks.

Wave bank are simple lists of sound files that are referenced by their position in the list.

Sound banks describe sounds and sound cues. Sounds contain references to wave bank entries as well as their play properties, while sound cues are used to group different sounds together with information about how to choose between them when playing a sound cue.

Sound bank files are organized like this:

<Sound bank name>
<Number of Categories>
<Categories, one per line>
<Number of sounds>
<Sounds, variable amount of lines per sound>
<Number of sound cues>
<Sound cues, variable amount of lines per sound cue>

Each sound looks like this:

<Sound description line>
<Play properties, at most one of each of the following lines: 3D AEG LOOP LPF MARKER MFLFO PEQ PITCH PLAY VOLUME>
<Number of wave bank entries>
<One line per Wave bank entry>

Each sound cue looks like this:

<Sound cue description>
<Number of sound entries>
<One line per sound entry>

for music sound cues also these lines:

<Number of transition lines = number sound entries * (number sound entries + 1)>
<transition lines describe the transition between 2 sounds in the same cue since only one sound will play (except for some overlap between sounds)>