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Myst
Mohawk Overview
CLRC EXIT HINT INIT
MJMP MSND PICT RLST
VIEW WDIB HELP RSFL
Scripts Variables

This page contains or will contain a comprehensive analysis of the 8 resource types used in Myst and the two added in Myst ME.

Both Myst and Myst ME use little-endian byte order in the files (by contrast to the big-endian byte order used in Riven and the Mohawk format), although the data itself is stored in properly formatted Mohawk format (don't let the .dni or .dat file extension fool you). The packages in Myst ME are:

  • CHANNEL
  • CREDITS
  • DUNNY
  • HELP (Myst ME only)
  • INTRO
  • MECHAN
  • MYST
  • SELEN
  • STONE
  • SYSTEM (Does not exist in all versions and only contains the RSFL resource)

The resources are on the left (MJMP, HELP, and PICT are new in ME). None of the resources are named except for the MSND/MJMP resources.

RLST and VIEW

There are the same number of RLST and VIEW resources in all packages, which leads me to believe that they are locked together by index like HSPT and CARD resources in Riven.

VIEW

image name and sub-images (akin to Riven PLSTs)

0 0 3001 -1 0/0 3001 3001 0 0
name neg. bytes (name name 0 0)
0 0 3002 -2 0/144 0 3002 3002 0 0
0 0 3003 -2 0/144 1 [1 3004] 3003 3003 0 0
name ? count entry (name name 0 0)
  • I think 3004 is the name of a sub-image (small image to be placed in another) of 3003 here.
0 0 3005 3005 0/144 1 [1 3006] 3005 3005 0 0
name twice (name name 0 0)
0 0 3012 -2 0/50 5 [1 3013] [1 3008] [1 3009] [1 3010] [1 3011] 3012 0 0 3012
name ? count entries (name 0 0 name)
14 1 1 5 2 3030 3031 FFFC 3 2 3031 00_A0 4031 x00A0 2 2 4030 1 3030 3031 3031 0 0
44 1 1 2 2 3095 3096 FFFC 15 2 3095 00_A0 4095 x00A0 4 2 4095 1 3562 1 3097 2 5095 3095 3095 3095 0
348 1 1 16 2 3536 3535 3535 x0060 0 3535 3535 0 0
359 1 1 5 2 3550 3552 FFFC 3 2 6552 00_80 3552 x0080 4 4 3550 4 3552 2 4552 2 5552 3552 3552 0 0
47 1 1 10 2 4140 4141 5141 x0090 1 2 4141 4141 4141 4141 4141
50 1 1 10 2 4148 4149 4149 x0090 0 4149 4149 4149 0
51 1 1 10 2 4150 4151 FFFE x0070 0 4150 4150 0 0
94 1 1 10 2 4243 4244 4244 x0050 0 4244 4244 0 0
116 1 1 40 2 4292 4294 FFFC 40 2 4292 00_50 4292 x0060 2 1 4293 2 5292 4292 4292 0 0
145 1 1 0 2 4358 4357 FFFE x0030 0 4357 4357 0 0
287 1 1 34 3 4698 4701 4702 xFFFD 4 1 4699 2 4698 2 5698 2 6698 4698 4698 4698 4698
295 1 1 10 2 4717 4719 4717 x0040 1 1 4718 4717 4717 0 0