Game Maps

Game Maps are defined in the gamemap Nex table and will point to files located in the map folder.

The main file is file is always the .mpb, which presumably stands for Map Binary.

gamemap may also point to:

• layoutsetting, which is used to control which files aside from the .mpb file is loaded.
• mapdirector, which controls some behavior on the map (battles and more).
• (and more)

Map Binary

The .mpb contains all the entities linked to a map file. More precisely, it holds a basic tree of all entities present in a map.

• List of GroupList
  • List of Group
  • List of Entity
    • Entity (Model)
    • Entity (StageSet (aka prefab))
    • Entity (BNpc)
    • Entity (Trigger)
    • and more

All entities that point to files are done so by path references. For instance, a Model entity will usually point to a model file in the env folder i.e env/bgparts/common/accessory/g01/model/b0_acce_g01_barrel02.mdl.

Every Group and Entity are identified by a unique Id, also known as LayoutInstances referenced across many Nex tables.

Furthermore, each Group and Entity may point to a placement row in Nex, which can control whether the entity is active depending on usersituation flags specified in placement.

Entities

All entities have a Position, Rotation and Scale on the map, aswell as additional data depending on the type of entity.

More information in the 010 Editor template