Formats

Description

Every text file has a specific format which is defined at the first line like this:

{format:ebp}

{dialog 0}
...
{/dialog}

Here is a list of all possible formats, their contents and in which files they are usually used:

FormatContentsFiles

Ebp

Location dialogs.

*.ebp/section_002.bin, *.ebp/section_003.bin

Magic

Equipment, item, loot, etc. texts.

battle_pack.bin/section_061.bin/section_???.bin, ...

St2e

Battle, menu, etc. texts.

listhelp_action.bin, ...

St2e8

Combat log messages.

battle_message.bin

Npc

NPC names.

npcdic.bin

Plnm

Location names.

planmapname.bin

Gmap

Story progress and map texts.

menumap_guide??.bin

Hdat

Clan primer texts.

menuhandbook_monster???.dat

Qstl

Hunt texts.

menuquest.lst

Some formats include additional information in the header of a dialog.

All header options are optional and set to their default value if they aren't present.

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