BCP (File Format)

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The BCP (Binary Camera Parameter) file controls the opening camera around the character before the countdown. There are four BCP files found in Mario Kart Wii. All of them are found into Common.szs. The files are battle_camera.bcp (used for battle), mission_camera.bcp (used for widescreen Competition/Tournament), race_camera.bcp (used for Grand Prix, VS Race, Time Trial and most Competitions/Tournaments) and start_camera.bcp (unknown). All these files found in Mario Kart Wii are 0x130 bytes long.

File Format

Offset	Type	Description
0x00	UInt32	Unknown, always 00 00 00 00
0x04	UInt16	After the Position ID defined here, the camera will move to the default character view. Nintendo uses 7 for all files
0x06	UInt16	Unknown, always 00 00
0x08	Float	Unknown
0x0C	Float	Unknown
0x10	Float	Unknown
0x14	Float	Unknown
0x18	Float	Unknown
0x1C	Float	Unknown
0x20	Float	Unknown
0x24	Float	Unknown
0x28	Float	Unknown
0x2C	Float	Unknown
0x30	Float[3]	Start position of the camera
0x3C	Float[3]	1st position of the camera
0x48	Float[3]	2nd position of the camera
0x54	Float[3]	3rd position of the camera
0x60	Float[3]	4th position of the camera
0x6C	Float[3]	5th position of the camera
0x78	Float[3]	6th position of the camera
0x84	Float[3]	7th position of the camera
0x90	Float[3]	8th position of the camera
0x9C	Float[3]	9th position of the camera
0xA8	Float[3]	10th position of the camera
0xB4	Float[3]	11th position of the camera
0xC0	Float[3]	12th position of the camera
0xCC	Float[3]	13th position of the camera
0xD8	Float[3]	14th position of the camera
0xE4	Float[3]	15th position of the camera
0xF0	Float	Speed between Start and 1st vector
0xF4	Float	Speed between 1st vector and 2nd vector
0xF8	Float	Speed between 2nd vector and 3rd vector
0xFC	Float	Speed between 3rd vector and 4th vector
0x100	Float	Speed between 4th vector and 5th vector
0x104	Float	Speed between 5th vector and 6th vector
0x108	Float	Speed between 6th vector and 7th vector
0x10C	Float	Speed between 7th vector and 8th vector
0x110	Float	Speed between 8th vector and 9th vector
0x114	Float	Speed between 9th vector and 10th vector
0x118	Float	Speed between 10th vector and 11th vector
0x11C	Float	Speed between 11th vector and 12th vector
0x120	Float	Speed between 12th vector and 13th vector
0x124	Float	Speed between 13th vector and 14th vector
0x128	Float	Speed between 14th vector and 15th vector
0x12C	Float	Speed between 15th vector and end
0x130	End of file

Tools

The following tools can handle BCP files:

• BCP Table, by Atlas.