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Riven VERS resources

2009-02-10T15:54:08Z

MartinSmits: add link block to other riven resources

<noinclude>{{Riven}}</noinclude>
This is found only in saved game files, and should just contain version information.

In the CD version, it contains the following 4 bytes, which probably means "version 1.0":
<div align="center" style="color:#008; font-family:monospace; margin:1em">00 01 00 00</div>

However, in the DVD version, it contains the following 4 bytes, which probably means "version 1.1":
<div align="center" style="color:#008; font-family:monospace; margin:1em">00 01 01 00</div>

Riven BLST resources

2009-02-10T15:51:36Z

MartinSmits: add link block to other riven resources

<noinclude>{{Riven}}</noinclude>
They control which hotspots should be enabled and which disabled within the card.

Each BLST resource is a list of records; it starts with an unsigned short record count, followed by that many records. The record size is 6 bytes and follows this structure:

{| class="structure"
|unsigned short||index||class="comment"|Record index, starting from 1
|-
|unsigned short||enabled||class="comment"|Hotspot state, 0 or 1
|-
|unsigned short||hotspot_id||class="comment"|Matches the blst_id field of the corresponding hotspot record
|}

BLST records must be "activated" from scripts, with command 43. Note that hotspots may exist without an associated BLST record. In that case, unless they are marked as Zip Mode hotspots and Zip Mode is off, they should just be enabled when entering the card.

Riven ZIPS resources

2009-02-10T15:50:14Z

MartinSmits:

<noinclude>{{Riven}}</noinclude>
Found only in saved games, this resource contains a list of visited locations to support the "Zip Mode". It starts with an unsigned short telling how many records will follow. Then, each record contains the following data:

{| class="structure"
|unsigned short||name_len
|-
|char||name[name_len]
|-
|unsigned short||card_id
|}

Each record is linked to a [[CARD|card]]: ''card_id'' tells its ID, and ''name'' is equal to the card name. Zip Mode hotspots share the same name, so when they are clicked the target card ID can be known by looking up in the ZIPS. If the user already visited that card, the record will be there and the hotspot will be able to go to that card.