Map | Level

Map / Level

A Map is a seperate folder in the root/Map/ directory. Each Map has to have a course.bin file and one or more mapAC.bin (AC = Area Code) files:

• root/Map/boss_wind/
• - course.bin
• - map00.bin

course.bin

The course.bin contains all textures used in the Map aswell as a .zab file that arranges multi-area levels and multiple .zob object lists.

course.bin Layout

course.bin is a lz10 compressed NARC file containing 3 folders with 6 files saved exactly like in the following list:

• arrange/
• - [MapName].zab
• objlist/
• - motype.zob
• - motype_1.zob
• - npctype.zob
• - npctype_1.zob
• tex/
• - mapModel.nsbtx

mapAC.bin (Area)

This is what I would consider an Area, a small portion of a larger Map (one island / one dungeon = one Map) This is again a lz10 compressed NARC file.

The AC (Area Code) has to be a two digit decimal number. todo: investigate further

mapAC.bin Layout

• mcb/
• - [MapName]_[AC].mcb
• nsbmd/
• - [MapName]_[AC].nsbmd
• zcb/
• - [MapName]_[AC].zcb
• zmb/
• - [MapName]_[AC].zmb
• zob/
• - motype_[AC]_0.zob
• - motype_[AC]_1.zob
• - npctype_[AC]_0.zob
• - npctype_[AC]_1.zob

Extension	Description
.mcb	Unknown
.nsbmd	3D Model
.zcb	Collision File
.zmb	Object, NPC, Area settings, Camera, Warps, Player settings, …
.zob	Unknown