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The '''MAPU format''' is used to build the game's Universe Map, which is separated into several "Worlds", the format is extremely simple and is one of the few formats where we know absolutely everything about it.

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== Format ==

The MAPU format is broken in to 2, the header, and the world descriptors. The world descriptors are further broken up into Area, each world has it's own transform matrix, and each area has a transform matrix that you multiply with the world matrix. However due to the way geometry works, the number of areas in the actual world may differ from the amount stored here, several rooms may share the same hexagon model for instance.

=== Header ===

The header is extremely simple following this format:

{| class="wikitable"
! Type
! Description
|-
| u32
| '''Magic'''; Always 0xABCDEF01
|-
| u32
| '''Version'''; Always 1
|-
| u32
| '''MAPA ID'''; The hexagon model
|-
| u32
| '''World Count (WC)'''
|}

=== World ===

Each world defines it's name, it's [[MLVL (File Format)|MLVL]], 3x4 Transformation Matrix, Areas, and it's color.

{| class="wikitable"
! Type
! Description
|-
| string
| '''Name'''; The internal name of the world e.g "Ruins"
|-
| u32
| '''[[MLVL (File Format)|MLVL]] ID'''; The World metafile.
|-
| CTransform4f
| '''World Transform'''; The worlds position in the map
|-
| u32
| '''Area Count (AC)'''; The number of areas in this world
|-
| CTransform4f[AC]
| '''Area Transforms'''; The areas location relative to the worlds transform
|-
| Color4f
| '''World Color'''; Used to color each room correctly
|}

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 ! Description
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-The '''MAPU format''' is used to build the game's Universe Map, which is separated into several "Worlds", the format is extremely simple and is one of the few formats where we know absolutely everything about it.
+The '''MAPU format''' is used to build the game's universe map, which is split up by world. The format is simple and is one of the few formats that's 100% cracked. There are no format differences between Metroid Prime 1 and 2.
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 == Format ==
-The MAPU format is broken in to 2 part, the header, and the world descriptors. Each world has it's own transform matrix, and a list of area transforms you multiply with the world's matrix. However due to the way geometry works, the number of areas in the actual world may differ from the amount stored here, several rooms may share the same hexagon model for instance.
+The MAPU format is broken into 2 parts: the header, and the world descriptors. Each world descriptor determines how that world's hexagon map is laid out. The number of areas in the world usually differs from the amount of hexagons present on the Universe Map.
 === Header ===
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 ! Type
 ! Description
 |-
 | u32
-| '''Magic'''; Always 0xABCDEF01
+| '''Magic'''
 |-
 | u32
-| '''Version'''; Always 1
+| '''Version'''
 |-
-| u32
+| [[MAPA (File Format)|MAPA]]
-| '''MAPA ID'''; The hexagon model
+| '''Hexagon MAPA ID'''
 |-
 | u32
-| '''World Count (WC)'''
+| '''World count (WC)'''
 |-
 | [[#World|Worlds[WC]]]
-| '''The worlds in the game'''
+| '''World array'''
 |}
 === World ===
-Each world defines it's name, it's [[MLVL (File Format)|MLVL]], 3x4 Transformation Matrix, Areas, and it's color.
+For each world, its internal name and [[MLVL (File Format)|MLVL file]] are listed. Following that is a list of 3x4 transformation matrices defining the location of each hexagon; then finally, the color of the world's hexagons.
 {| class="wikitable"
 ! Type
 ! Description
 |-
 | string
-| '''Name'''; The internal name of the world e.g "Ruins"
+| '''Name'''
 |-
 | u32
-| '''[[MLVL (File Format)|MLVL]] ID'''; The World metafile.
+| '''World [[MLVL (File Format)|MLVL]] ID'''
 |-
 | CTransform4f
-| '''World Transform'''; The worlds position in the map
+| '''World transform'''
 |-
 | u32
-| '''Area Count (AC)'''; The number of areas in this world
+| '''Hexagon count (HC)'''
 |-
-| CTransform4f[AC]
+| CTransform4f[HC]
-| '''Area Transforms'''; The areas location relative to the worlds transform
+| '''Hexagon transforms'''
 |-
-| Color4f
+| CColor
-| '''World Color'''; Used to color each room correctly
+| '''World hexagon color'''
 |}