PAT0 (File Format)
This page describes the Mario Kart Wii PAT0 file format, as found within BRRES files. PAT0 files are texture pattern animation files.
The general file format
This table descibes the general file format for all BRRES sub files:
| Offset | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 0x00 | String | The magic "PAT0" to identify the sub file. See »BRRES Sub Files« for other magics. |
| 0x04 | UInt32 | Length of the sub file. |
| 0x08 | UInt32 | Sub file version number. The number of sections (N) is dependent of this version number. See »BRRES Sub Files« for details. |
| 0x0C | Int32 | Offset to outer BRRES File. |
| 0x10 | Int32[N] | N section offsets. N is implied in the version number (offset 0x08). |
| 0x10+N*4 | Int32 | String offset to the name of this sub file. This name equal to the name of the entry name of the BRRES Index Group pointing to this data. |
| 0x14+N*4 | End of this header | |
File Format PAT v4
The following info is only valid for PAT version 4. For other versions it is unknown. The exists also an old (and faulty) description.
Version 4 use 6 sections (numbered from 0 to 5). In Mario Kart Wii a PAT0 file of version 4 have 4 relevant data areas:
- A header with 16 bytes (8 16-bit values?)
- Section #0 with the animation data.
- Section #1 with a string offset list.
- Section #3 with a attributes for each string.
The section #2, #4 and #5 are always empty.
PAT v4 Header
The File Header is followed by a PAT Header (you can also see it as an extension of the file header above). The offset relative to file begin is 0x2c.
| offset | size | description |
|---|---|---|
| 0x00 | 2 | Unknown. Always 0 in MKW. |
| 0x02 | 2 | Unknown. Always 0 in MKW. |
| 0x04 | 2 | Frame count; values between 2 and 179 in MKW. |
| 0x06 | 2 | N_BASE := number of base entries of section #0; 1 or 2 in MKW. |
| 0x08 | 2 | N_STR := number of strings in section #1 and #3; values between 2 and 12 in MKW. |
| 0x0A | 2 | Unknown. Always 0 in MKW. |
| 0x0C | 2 | Unknown. Always 0 in MKW. |
| 0x0E | 2 | Cyclic (0=disabled, 1=enabled, other values not used in MKW). |
| 0x10 | End of this header | |
Section #0: Animation data
The animation data consists of 2 blocks: The base data and a string reference. Both blocks have an included list.
Base Header
| offset | size | description | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0x00 | 4 | HEAD_SIZE := Size of this structure = 0x18 + N_BASE*0x10 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 0x04 | 2 | Unknown. Always 0 in MKW. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 0x06 | 2 | N_BASE := number of base entries of this section. In MKW always the same value as N_BASE of PAT header. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 0x08 | 2 | Unknown. Always 0xFFFF in MKW. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 0x0A | 2 | Unknown. Always 0 in MKW. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 0x0C | 2 | N_UNKNOWN. Mostly same as N_BASE. Only in 2 tracks (old_heyho_gba/model and old_koopa_gba/vrcorn), N_BASE is set to 2 and N_UNKNOWN to 1. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 0x0E | 2 | Unknown. Always 0 in MKW. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 0x10 | 2 | Unknown. Always 0 in MKW. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 0x12 | 2 | Unknown. Always 0 in MKW. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 0x14 | 2 | Unknown. Always 0 in MKW. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 0x16 | 2 | Unknown. Always 0 in MKW. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 0x18 | N_BASE*0x10 | A list with base data:
| |||||||||||||||||||||
| HEAD_SIZE | End of this header | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Reference List
The base header is followed by the string reference list. The string reference list itself have 2 separated parts:
- The Reference Header: A list with info and an offset to the string list.
- The String List. The list has also an additional header element.
The Reference Header starts at the offset declared by the Base Header:
| offset | size | description |
|---|---|---|
| 0x00 | 4 | Name of element. Offset (relative to beginning of this Reference Header) into the string pool. |
| 0x04 | 2 | Unknown. Maybe MSB of type, always 0 in MKW. |
| 0x06 | 2 | type, always 5 in MKW. |
| 0x08 | 4 | Offset (relative to beginning of this Reference Header) to the related String List. |
| 0x0C | End of this header | |
Each String List starts at the offset declared by the Reference Header. Each element contains 8 bytes. The very first element is the list header:
| offset | size | description |
|---|---|---|
| 0x00 | 2 | N_ELEM := number of following elements. |
| 0x02 | 2 | Padding (always 0). |
| 0x04 | 4 | A factor (float) := 1.0/(MAX-MIN). MIN and MAX are the minimal and maximal time values found in the following list. Probably it is used to normalize the range from 0.000 – 1.000. A fine analysis of all Nintendo PAT files shows up, that Nintendo used 0.9999999/(MAX-MIN) to get little smaller values (and never 1.0 for the maximum). |
| 0x08 | End of this header | |
The following elements have this format:
| offset | size | description |
|---|---|---|
| 0x00 | 4 | Probably a time (float). All floats of the list are in ascending order. The first value is mostly 0.000, and sometimes negative (-1.000). |
| 0x04 | 2 | Zero based String index into section #1 and #3. |
| 0x08 | 2 | Padding (always 0). |
| 0x08 | End of this element | |
Section #1: String list
Section #1 contains N_STR u32 string offsets. Each offset is relative to the start of this section. Each points to a string at the end of the BRRES file. This is used to store the names of the textures to swap.
Section #3 contains N_STR u32 attributes. The assumption is, that each attributes is related to a string of section #1. All attributes are NULL at MKWii.