Myst VIEW resources - Revision history

TitoDalCanton: forgot that

2008-11-03T13:10:54Z

forgot that

TitoDalCanton: flags is more likely volume

2008-11-03T13:09:50Z

flags is more likely volume

TitoDalCanton: Protected "Myst VIEW resources" [edit=autoconfirmed:move=autoconfirmed]

2008-11-03T13:08:13Z

Protected "Myst VIEW resources" [edit=autoconfirmed:move=autoconfirmed]

TitoDalCanton: killed old case studies

2008-11-03T13:07:42Z

killed old case studies

TitoDalCanton: /* Sound section */

2008-10-15T11:11:24Z

‎Sound section

TitoDalCanton: /* Sound section */

2008-10-15T10:46:53Z

‎Sound section

TitoDalCanton: types

2008-09-15T13:01:56Z

types

TitoDalCanton: changed section name

2008-09-15T12:40:27Z

changed section name

TitoDalCanton: new format 4

2008-09-15T12:39:40Z

new format 4

TitoDalCanton: new format 3

2008-09-15T12:29:22Z

new format 3

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 |variable||sound specifications
 |}
-Each sound specification is a single short, followed by a second one if it's not negative or -2, similarly to what happens for the first field of the section. This probably chooses the sound/flags combination based on the given variable.
+Each sound specification is a single short, followed by a second one if it's not negative or -2, similarly to what happens for the first field of the section. This probably chooses the sound/volume combination based on the given variable.
 ==Element list==

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 If ''sound'' is -1 or -3, the section stops here.
 *-1 seems to continue with the current sound.
-*-3 seems to stop the current sound at all.
+*-3 seems to stop the current sound at all (mute).
 If ''sound'' is not negative or -2, the section includes a second field:
@@ Line 64: / Line 64: @@
 |short||sound
 |-
-|short||flags
+|unsigned short||volume
 |}
-A positive ''sound'' stops the currently running sound and starts the given one, while -2 seems to continue with the currently running sound, but different ''flags''. ''flags'' could also be volume/balance control.
+A positive ''sound'' stops the currently running sound and starts the given one, while -2 seems to continue with the currently running sound, but different ''volume''.
 Finally, if ''sound'' is -4, there is a conditional block similar to those in the picture section:

← Older revision		Revision as of 13:07, 3 November 2008
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	\|}		\|}
	These values can be zero, indicating that the corresponding resource does not exist (i.e. a card might not have an associated HINT). It happens that all the IDs match the VIEW ID when they are not zero. Furthermore, ''rlst_id'' is always set: no cards exist without hotspot descriptions.		These values can be zero, indicating that the corresponding resource does not exist (i.e. a card might not have an associated HINT). It happens that all the IDs match the VIEW ID when they are not zero. Furthermore, ''rlst_id'' is always set: no cards exist without hotspot descriptions.
−
−	~~= Old Case Studies =~~
−	~~image name and sub-images (akin to Riven PLSTs)~~
−	~~{\| cellpadding=2 style="border:1px #000 solid;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:center;"~~
−	~~\|0\|\|0\|\|3001\|\|-1\|\|0/0\|\|3001\|\|3001\|\|0\|\|0~~
−	\|-
−	~~\| \|\| \|\|name\|\|neg.\|\|bytes\|\|colspan=4\|(name name 0 0)~~
−	\|}
−
−	~~{\| cellpadding=2 style="border:1px #000 solid;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:center;"~~
−	~~\|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\|\|colspan=4\|(name name 0 0)~~
−	\|}
−
−	*I think ''3004'' is the name of a sub-image (small image to be placed in another) of ''3003'' here.
−	~~{\| cellpadding=2 style="border:1px #000 solid;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:center;"~~
−	~~\|0\|\|0\|\|3005\|\|3005\|\|0/144\|\|1\|\|[1 3006]\|\|3005\|\|3005\|\|0\|\|0~~
−	\|-
−	~~\| \|\| \|\|colspan=2\|name twice\|\| \|\| \|\|colspan=4\|(name name 0 0)~~
−	\|}
−
−	~~{\| cellpadding=2 style="border:1px #000 solid;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:center;"~~
−	~~\|0\|\|0\|\|3012\|\|-2\|\|0/50\|\|5\|\|[1 3013]\|\|[1 3008]\|\|[1 3009]\|\|[1 3010]\|\|[1 3011]\|\|3012\|\|0\|\|0\|\|3012~~
−	\|-
−	~~\| \|\| \|\|name\|\|?\|\| \|\|count\|\|colspan=5\|entries\|\|colspan=4\|(name 0 0 name)~~
−	\|}
−
−	~~{\| cellpadding=2 style="border:1px #000 solid;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:center;"~~
−	~~!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~~
−	\|}

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 If ''sound'' is -1 or -3, the section stops here.
-*-1 seems to simply continue with the currently running sound.
+*-1 seems to continue with the current sound.
-*-3 is yet to be investigated.
+*-3 seems to stop the current sound at all.
 If ''sound'' is not negative or -2, the section includes a second field:

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 ==Sound section==
-This section specifies ambient sounds for the card.
+This section specifies ambient sounds for the card. It uses a basic "command" mechanism to continue with the already playing sound, alter it or start a different one.
 {| class="structure"
 |short||sound
@@ Line 56: / Line 57: @@
 If ''sound'' is -1 or -3, the section stops here.
 If ''sound'' is not negative or -2, the section includes a second field:
@@ Line 61: / Line 64: @@
 |short||sound
 |-
-|unsigned short||flags
+|short||flags
 |}
 Finally, if ''sound'' is -4, there is a conditional block similar to those in the picture section:
@@ Line 74: / Line 78: @@
 |variable||sound specifications
 |}
-Each sound specification is a single short, followed by a second one if it's not negative or -2, similarly to what happens for the first field of the section.
+Each sound specification is a single short, followed by a second one if it's not negative or -2, similarly to what happens for the first field of the section. This probably chooses the sound/flags combination based on the given variable.
 ==Element list==

← Older revision	Revision as of 13:08, 3 November 2008
(No difference)

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 |variable||element specifications
 |}
-Each specification is an unsigned short ''type'', followed by a resource ID. However, as a special case, if ''type'' = 3 it is followed by a conditional block with structure
+Each specification begins with an unsigned short ''type'' describing what the element is.
 {| class="structure"
 |unsigned short||variable
@@ Line 91: / Line 94: @@
 |unsigned short||u0
 |-
-|unsigned short||ids[id_count]
+|short||ids[id_count]
 |}
 ==Other resources==

@@ Line 94: / Line 94: @@
 |}
-==Glue segment==
+==Other resources==
 The final section points to associated resources that further describe the card, namely RLST, HINT, INIT and EXIT:
 {| class="structure"

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 Each sound specification is a single short, followed by a second one if it's not negative or -2, similarly to what happens for the first field of the section.
-==Unknown Segment==
+==Element list==
-TODO: I haven't completely figured this out. Petroff's guess was that it preloaded resources. However, it doesn't make sense that it is like that. It starts with an unsigned short representing the count. Then, following that is an unsigned short (which he believed to be the resource type to load). A 1 would mean a single WDIB, a 2 would mean a single MSND and each of these follows with an unsigned short representing the resource ID. If it was 3 then there would be an array of WDIB's (an array of unsigned shorts, starting with a count and an unknown -- each unsigned shorts). A 4 has also been observed, but that does not have any other shorts attached to it.
+This section seems to list elements (pictures, sounds) available to the card. It is suspected that those elements can then be activated by scripts.
 ==Glue segment==

@@ Line 49: / Line 49: @@
 The card will use the value of the specified variable to index the ID array and display that picture.
-== Main Segment ==
+==Sound section==
-The main section seems to provide basic info about the card:
+This section specifies ambient sounds for the card.
 {| class="structure"
-|unsigned short||main_image
+|short||sound
-|-
+|}
-|signed short||sound
 |-
 |unsigned short||flags
 |}
-*''main_image'' is the main image to show on the screen. (Kind of like the default case).
-*''sound'' is the sound id to play. If it is less than 0, it acts like a flag to pause, continue sound (-1?), or stop the current sound (what means what still needs to be checked).
+Finally, if ''sound'' is -4, there is a conditional block similar to those in the picture section:
-*''flags'' appears to be flags.
+{| class="structure"
 ==Unknown Segment==