PATH (File Format) - Revision history

Jackoalan at 18:04, 6 March 2015

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‎Format

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‎Edge Entry

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‎Polygon Entry

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‎Polygon Entry

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Initial PATH doc

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 {{research|2|The BSP tables at the end need research}}
 The '''PATH format''' is used to store an area's [[wikipedia:Navigation mesh|Navigation Mesh]] in the ''Metroid Prime'' series.
-Like navigation meshes in many other game engines (Unity, Source, etc...), the PATH format represents an ''n-gon mesh''
+Like navigation meshes in many other game engines (Unreal Engine 2, Source, etc...), the PATH format represents an ''n-gon mesh''
 partitioned into a BSP tree for rapid queries.

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 |4
 |float
-|Unknown Value
+|{{unknown|Unknown Value}}
 |Speculation: ''Cost'' of edge traversal (i.e. edge steepness). Characters may have a set threshold when selecting edges to traverse.
 |}
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 |2
 |short
-|Unknown meta-data
+|{{unknown|Unknown meta-data}}
 |Range [1,7]
 |-
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 |2
 |short
-|Unknown meta-data
+|{{unknown|Unknown meta-data}}
 |Possible Values (1,2,4)
 |-

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 |4
 |float
-|Unknown Normalized [0,1] Value
+|Unknown Value
 |Speculation: ''Cost'' of edge traversal (i.e. edge steepness). Characters may have a set threshold when selecting edges to traverse.
 |}

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 '''Please Note:''' PATH meshes use the local coordinate system of the MREA.
-One must multiply PATH coordinates as a column-vector with the matrix at offset 0x8 in the MREA to get world coordinates
+One must multiply PATH coordinates as a column-vector with the matrix at offset 0x8 in the MREA to get world coordinates.
 == Format ==

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 Like navigation meshes in many other game engines (Unity, Source, etc...), the PATH format represents an ''n-gon mesh''
 partitioned into a BSP tree for rapid queries.
 == Format ==

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 |12
 |float3
-|AABB-min
+|Polygon center position
+|
 |-
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 |12
 |float3
-|AABB-max
+|AABB-min
+|
 |-
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 |12
 |float3
-|Polygon center position
+|AABB-max
+|
 |-

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 {{research|2|The BSP tables at the end need research}}
-The '''PATH format''' is used to store an area's [[wikipedia:Navigation Mesh]] in the ''Metroid Prime'' series.
+The '''PATH format''' is used to store an area's [[wikipedia:Navigation Mesh|Navigation Mesh]] in the ''Metroid Prime'' series.
 Like navigation meshes in many other game engines (Unity, Source, etc...), the PATH format represents an ''n-gon mesh''
 partitioned into a BSP tree for rapid queries.
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+|
 |-
-|[[#Vertex Entry]]
+|[[#Vertex Entry|Vertex Entry]]
 |Vertex Table
+|
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+|
 |-
-|[[#Edge Entry]]
+|[[#Edge Entry|Edge Entry]]
 |Edge Table
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+|
 |-
-|[[#Polygon Entry]]
+|[[#Polygon Entry|Polygon Entry]]
 |Polygon Table
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 |long
 |Polygon A index
+|References into [[#Polygon Entry|Polygon Table]]
 |-
 |0x4
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 |long
 |Polygon B index
+|References into [[#Polygon Entry|Polygon Table]]
 |-
 |0x8
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 |long
 |Vertex Start Index
-|References into [[#Vertex Table]]
+|References into [[#Vertex Entry|Vertex Table]]
 |-
 |0x8
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 |long
 |Edge Start Index
-|References into [[#Edge Table]]
+|References into [[#Edge Entry|Edge Table]]
 |-
 |0x10