Myst HINT resources - Revision history

TitoDalCanton: index => ID

2008-09-04T15:57:07Z

index => ID

Clone2727: fully document the HINT resource

2008-09-03T20:23:28Z

fully document the HINT resource

TitoDalCanton: some new hints

2008-09-03T17:28:11Z

some new hints

TitoDalCanton: restyle

2008-09-03T17:08:50Z

restyle

TitoDalCanton: moved HINT to its own page

2008-09-02T15:51:18Z

moved HINT to its own page

New page

{{Myst}}

{| class="structure"
|short||rc||class="comment|record count
|}
*rc is wrong in:
**CHANNEL 78 231
**MECHAN 109
**MYST 2 28 38 43 45 49 106 109 149 150 173 175 206 231
**SELEN 172
**STONE 10 12 18 59 89 91 106
records are
{| class="structure"
|short||rid||class="comment|record index
|-
|short||u1||
|}
*the ''rid'''s start at zero and go up, but there are exceptions.
**CHANNEL 78 144 231
**DUNNY all minus 1 5 7 18 19
**MECHAN 109
**Myst 2 28 43 45 49 78 111 171 173 175 184 206 229 235
**STONE 10 12 18 59 89 91 106
*the ''u1'''s all appear to be one of 0, 2, 3, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 904, 905, 999, or FFFF (-1)

@@ Line 17: / Line 17: @@
 |}
 *''record_index'' starts at zero and goes up.
-*''cursor'' represents a cursor index ([[WDIB]] + [[CLRC]]).
+*''cursor'' represents a cursor resource ID ([[WDIB]] + [[CLRC]] combo).

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 {{Myst}}
-These are small resources that look like lists of 4-byte records.
+This is a list of how hotspots in RLST match to cursors. "Hints" as to what cursor to use.
 {| class="structure"
@@ Line 9: / Line 9: @@
 |}
-The record structure is
+The record structure is:
 {| class="structure"
 |short||record_index
 |-
-|short||u1||
+|short||cursor
 |}
-However, there are exceptions: sometimes there is sligthly more data than specified by ''record_count''. This seems to only happen when the resource contains a record with ''u1'' = -1, as if that record was a bit longer than 4 bytes. Probably ''u1'' = -1 gives a special meaning to the record and implicitly sets a new record size (which seems to be 12 or 14 bytes). Other records in the resource seem to be regular ones.
+The variable is the index of what to use in the table.

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 {{Myst}}
-These are small resources and we strongly suspect they have a record structure.
+These are small resources that look like lists of 4-byte records.
 {| class="structure"
 |short||record_count
 |}
 The record structure is
@@ Line 19: / Line 15: @@
 |short||u1||
 |}
-''record_index'' starts at zero and goes up, but there are exceptions.
+''record_index'' starts at zero and goes up.
-*CHANNEL 78 144 231
+The ''u1'''s all appear to be one of 0, 2, 3, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 904, 905, 999, or 0xFFFF (-1).
-*DUNNY all minus 1 5 7 18 19
-*MECHAN 109
+However, there are exceptions: sometimes there is sligthly more data than specified by ''record_count''. This seems to only happen when the resource contains a record with ''u1'' = -1, as if that record was a bit longer than 4 bytes. Probably ''u1'' = -1 gives a special meaning to the record and implicitly sets a new record size (which seems to be 12 or 14 bytes). Other records in the resource seem to be regular ones.
-*Myst 2 28 43 45 49 78 111 171 173 175 184 206 229 235
-*STONE 10 12 18 59 89 91 106
-The ''u1'''s all appear to be one of 0, 2, 3, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 904, 905, 999, or FFFF (-1).

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 {{Myst}}
 {| class="structure"
-|short||rc||class="comment|record count
+|short||record_count
 |}
-*rc is wrong in:
+However, ''record_count'' seems wrong in:
-**CHANNEL 78 231
+*CHANNEL 78 231
-**MECHAN 109
+*MECHAN 109
-**MYST 2 28 38 43 45 49 106 109 149 150 173 175 206 231
+*MYST 2 28 38 43 45 49 106 109 149 150 173 175 206 231
-**SELEN 172
+*SELEN 172
-**STONE 10 12 18 59 89 91 106
+*STONE 10 12 18 59 89 91 106
-records are
 {| class="structure"
-|short||rid||class="comment|record index
+|short||record_index
 |-
 |short||u1||
 |}
-*the ''rid'''s start at zero and go up, but there are exceptions.
+''record_index'' starts at zero and goes up, but there are exceptions.
-**CHANNEL 78 144 231
+*CHANNEL 78 144 231
-**DUNNY all minus 1 5 7 18 19
+*DUNNY all minus 1 5 7 18 19
-**MECHAN 109
+*MECHAN 109
-**Myst 2 28 43 45 49 78 111 171 173 175 184 206 229 235
+*Myst 2 28 43 45 49 78 111 171 173 175 184 206 229 235
-**STONE 10 12 18 59 89 91 106
+*STONE 10 12 18 59 89 91 106
-*the ''u1'''s all appear to be one of 0, 2, 3, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 904, 905, 999, or FFFF (-1)
+The ''u1'''s all appear to be one of 0, 2, 3, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 904, 905, 999, or FFFF (-1).