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Quickly hacked together a DOTViewer in Java, including source: [http://ghabry.dark-omen.org/dotparser.zip Dot-Viewer]
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The DOT-Files define where the dots on the overworld are drawn when the Grudgebringers are moving to there next mission.
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The whole article needs a rewrite. Will do this in the holidays ;) --[[User:Ghabry|Ghabry]] 00:39, 10 February 2010 (UTC)
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== Header ==
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.dot files can be found in the following folder: GameData\GameFlow
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The header has a size of 16byte. It looks like that only the pathNum is interesting.
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struct HEADER
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{
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    int dotIdentify; // identifies a DOT-File. Always 0x54444F54 (WDOT)
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    int unknown1;    // always 0x67
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    int unknown2;    // 0x28, CH1_ALL.DOT has 0x060028
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    int pathNum;    // Number of different paths
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};
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The dot-files define where the dots on the overworld are drawn when the Grudgebringers are moving to there next mission.
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== Paths ==
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It's maybe also responsible for triggering the different conversations.
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The first path directly follows the header.<br />
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They contain the x and y-coordinates of the points the path will follow.<br />
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The points are only orientations for the path. The actual path is drawn as a curve.
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struct PATH
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{
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    int pathPointsNum; // Number of points that discribe the curve
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    int x;    // x-coordinate of a point
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    int y;    // y-coordinate of a point
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    int padding[2];
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    (loop again from int x until all paths points are read)
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    int unknown;  // always 0x05
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    int unknown2; // always 0x0A
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    int padding[2];
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    int unknown[4];
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    int padding[4]; // Garbage data like 0x004099AC
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};
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{|class="wikitable"
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== Footer ==
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|'''Section'''
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The footer is not of any interest. It does only contain two paths:
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|'''Notes'''
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Sourcecode-Path e.g.: D:\darkomen\SrcCode\public\MP_Dots\editor\dots\M4_ENG.bmp<br />
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|1
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Name of the used bitmap e,g,: M4_ENG.bmp
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|544F4457670000002800
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|10-byte Header of a DOT-File
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But the bitmap name is not used ingame because there are different localized versions of the maps (with different filenames)
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|2
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== Editing Tools ==
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|00 00 (on Map 1: 06 00)
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|Unknown
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A simple, Java-based editor by Ghabry: [http://ghabry.dark-omen.org/dotparser.zip Dot-Viewer]
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|3
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|Number of Triggers
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|2-Byte, defines how many conversations are triggered on the map
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|4
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|00 00
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|2 Empty Bytes
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|5
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|05 00 or 04 00
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|2-Byte, unknown use
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|6
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|X and Y-Coordinate of the lines (delimited by 00 00)
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|2-Byte
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|7
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|Probably Mission Trigger?
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|8-Byte, no effect on change?
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|8
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|9A 98 40 00 or AC 99 40 00
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|4x4 Byte, unknown use
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|Path to the file in the sourcecode
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|Useless ;)
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|10
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|Filename of the used map
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|Loaded from Graphics/Maps
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Revision as of 22:50, 12 February 2010

The DOT-Files define where the dots on the overworld are drawn when the Grudgebringers are moving to there next mission.

Contents

Header

The header has a size of 16byte. It looks like that only the pathNum is interesting. 

struct HEADER
{
    int dotIdentify; // identifies a DOT-File. Always 0x54444F54 (WDOT)
    int unknown1;    // always 0x67
    int unknown2;    // 0x28, CH1_ALL.DOT has 0x060028
    int pathNum;     // Number of different paths
};

Paths

The first path directly follows the header.
They contain the x and y-coordinates of the points the path will follow.
The points are only orientations for the path. The actual path is drawn as a curve. 

struct PATH
{
    int pathPointsNum; // Number of points that discribe the curve
    int x;    // x-coordinate of a point
    int y;    // y-coordinate of a point
    int padding[2];
    (loop again from int x until all paths points are read)
    int unknown;  // always 0x05
    int unknown2; // always 0x0A
    int padding[2];
    int unknown[4];
    int padding[4]; // Garbage data like 0x004099AC
};

Footer

The footer is not of any interest. It does only contain two paths:

Sourcecode-Path e.g.: D:\darkomen\SrcCode\public\MP_Dots\editor\dots\M4_ENG.bmp
Name of the used bitmap e,g,: M4_ENG.bmp

But the bitmap name is not used ingame because there are different localized versions of the maps (with different filenames)

Editing Tools

A simple, Java-based editor by Ghabry: Dot-Viewer

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