Myst engine overview - Revision history

TitoDalCanton: separate files

2008-10-02T19:27:03Z

separate files

TitoDalCanton: Protected "Myst engine overview" [edit=autoconfirmed:move=autoconfirmed]

2008-10-02T19:19:25Z

Protected "Myst engine overview" [edit=autoconfirmed:move=autoconfirmed]

TitoDalCanton: new info

2008-09-04T15:52:10Z

new info

Clone2727: cleanup, table applies to Myst as well, and they're only .dat (.dni is realMyst, a completely different engine -- Plasma)

2008-09-03T20:25:08Z

cleanup, table applies to Myst as well, and they're only .dat (.dni is realMyst, a completely different engine -- Plasma)

TitoDalCanton: restyle

2008-09-03T17:41:54Z

restyle

TitoDalCanton: first things

2008-09-02T16:15:38Z

first things

New page

{{Myst}}

Both Myst and Myst Masterpiece Edition use little-endian byte order in the resource data, although the data itself is stored in properly formatted [[Mohawk_archive_format|Mohawk archives]] (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 [[Myst_RSFL_resources|RSFL]] resource)

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 It is [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myst well known] that the original Myst for Mac was created with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HyperCard HyperCard], and in fact it looks like a set of HyperCard stacks turned into a standalone Classic application. Each stack represents one of the Ages. Game data (pictures, cursors, sounds) are stored in resource forks and movies are stored in separate (obfuscated) QuickTime files.
-The story is obviously different for the Windows version. Although the Windows Myst engine is still quite obscure with respect to [[Riven_engine_overview|Riven's one]], it is clear that it uses ''resources'' stored in several [[Mohawk_archive_format|Mohawk archives]] as well.
+The story is obviously different for the Windows version. Although the Windows Myst engine is very different from [[Riven_engine_overview|Riven's one]], it is clear that it uses ''resources'' stored in several [[Mohawk_archive_format|Mohawk archives]] as well.
 Like in Riven, the Ages are represented by individual Mohawk packages:
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 * STONE
 * SYSTEM (does not exist in all versions and only contains the [[Myst_RSFL_resources|RSFL]] resource)
-These are plain Mohawk files despite their obscure .dat extension.
+These are plain Mohawk files despite their obscure .dat extension. However, unlike Riven, Myst data is not entirely inside Mohawk files. For example, movies are separate QuickTime files. The Masterpiece Edition also contains a "pics" file for each Age (e.g. SEpics) which contains a list of JPEG pictures. Among these pictures there are copies of the PICT resources stored in the Age's Mohawk file. It's not yet known which version is actually used.
 Both Myst and Myst Masterpiece Edition use little-endian byte order in their resource data, except for MSND resources.

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 {{Myst}}
-Although the Myst engine is still quite obscure with respect to [[Riven_engine_overview|Riven's one]], it is clear that it uses ''resources'' stored in several [[Mohawk_archive_format|Mohawk archives]] as well.
+It is [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myst well known] that the original Myst for Mac was created with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HyperCard HyperCard], and in fact it looks like a set of HyperCard stacks turned into a standalone Classic application. Each stack represents one of the Ages. Game data (pictures, cursors, sounds) are stored in resource forks and movies are stored in separate (obfuscated) QuickTime files.
-The Mohawk packages in Myst are:
+The story is obviously different for the Windows version. Although the Windows Myst engine is still quite obscure with respect to [[Riven_engine_overview|Riven's one]], it is clear that it uses ''resources'' stored in several [[Mohawk_archive_format|Mohawk archives]] as well.
 * CHANNEL
 * CREDITS

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 Although the Myst engine is still quite obscure with respect to [[Riven_engine_overview|Riven's one]], it is clear that it uses ''resources'' stored in several [[Mohawk_archive_format|Mohawk archives]] as well.
-The Mohawk packages in Myst ME are:
+The Mohawk packages in Myst are:
 * CHANNEL
 * CREDITS
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 * STONE
 * SYSTEM (does not exist in all versions and only contains the [[Myst_RSFL_resources|RSFL]] resource)
-These are plain Mohawk files despire their obscure .dni or .dat extensions.
+These are plain Mohawk files despite their obscure .dat extension.
-Both Myst and Myst Masterpiece Edition use little-endian byte order in their resource data.
+Both Myst and Myst Masterpiece Edition use little-endian byte order in their resource data, except for MSND resources.

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