Soul Calibur 2 NTSC Examination for the Xbox
by pkScary, AbstractMonkey, pkAbstract
cyberhoby, pk_mode, AbstractSL, scary_pk, AbstraktZero
and last but not least - pks. (Note - I will see a psychologist for
identity crisis after writing this)
1) Name string examples -
#1#P#0 Note - I strongly beleive P is the "Player 1" variable
#1HOBB#0
#1LANBARDY#0
#1VERAL#0
(note - HOBB is an Assassin that one encounters in Weapon Master Mode)
tentative possible explanation -
# indicates the start and end of a string
1 indicates the beginning of color
0 indicates the end of color
Further speculation reveals the possibility that 0 is the default text color, and 1 is
the modified text color.
2) Presence of at what appears to be the end of a Weapon
Master mode passage. It is followed by *two* periods
3) File Size Comparison of Versions
PS2 Xbox
root.olk 688,748 KB 677,572 KB
movie.afs 168,432 KB 428,842 KB (Due to higher res. req.?)
bgm.afs 233,832 KB 234,032 KB
4) Extra Files
The NTSC version of Soul Calibur 2 for Xbox (henceforth known as SC2X)
contains one more file than the PAL version, "Default.unpatched". Whether this
was added by a release crew or Namco it is TBD. Could this be meant for
future patches including skins or possibly even levels?!
5) Soul Calibur 2 for Playstation 2/Xbox Comparison
Soul Calibur 2 for PS2 (henceforth known as SC2P) has 14 *more* files than
the Xbox version (and 15 distinct ones) -
root
1) FLISTD.TXT 1 KB
2) SLUS_206.43 3,807 KB (Seems to be SC2Ps "Default.xbe" equivalent)
------------------------The following is considered DVD filler---------------------
3) PAD_0.DAT 1,048,576 KB
4) PAD_1.DAT 1,048,576 KB
5) PAD_2.DAT 1,048,576 KB
----------------------------------------Filler End------------------------------------------
IRX
6) CRI_ADXI.IRX 109 KB (ADX File Driver?)
7) IOPRP250.IMG 259 KB (File Management/Reset Sequence?)
 LIBSD.IRX 28 KB (Sound Device Library?)
9) MCMAN.IRX 89 KB (Data/Memory card management?)
10) MCSERV.IRX 8 KB (Specified Data Management Variant?)
11) MTAPMAN.IRX 11 KB (Multitap manager?)
12) NUSOUND.IRX 71 KB (Manages sound volume/various nuances?)
13) PADMAN.IRX 44 KB (Control pad manager?)
14) SDRDRV.IRX 8 KB
15) SIO2MAN.IRX 7 KB
It also contains the shortcut "SYSTEM", at 1 KB. Its origin is unknown.
It is thought that these act like "Default.xbe"
6) It was a longshot
When attempting to replace the "root.olk" from SC2X with that of SC2Ps, a
message comes up that states "SOUL CALIBUR 2 game data loaded.", which
shortly after dissapears, and then the screen turns black.
7) Exclusive Characters
Strings containing the words "Link", "Spawn", and "Heihachi" can be found in
both SC2X and SC2P's respective "root.olk". However, the fact that the SC2X
and SC2P versions of "root.olk" differ in size doesn't support the theory of one
global "root.olk". Nevertheless, the file size difference could be attributed
Getting the root.olk from SC2P working with SC2X
A hypothetical but probable solution could be first of all, deleting SC2X save
game information from the Xbox's hard drive. Then one would have to go about
disabling a CRC checksum in the "Default.xbe", because the PS2 version is
bigger (as stated earlier in Section 3).
9) BGM.AFS SC2P and SC2X Comparison
SC2P BGM.AFS OFFSETS/FILE NAME DUMP (courtesy of MiteeXPR) -
Number of Files 76
Offset(Hex) Size(Hex) FileName
80000 55F656 gbgm001.adx
5DF800 13D800 gbgm002.adx
71D000 7CE000 gbgm003.adx
EEB000 2C09A gbgm006_2.adx
F17800 392FA gbgm006_3.adx
F51000 2CD66 gbgm006_4.adx
F7E000 3ADB2 gbgm006_9.adx
FB9000 47EF2 gbgm009.adx
1001000 3EB26 gbgm00a.adx
1040000 1C15F2 gbgm011.adx
1201800 1CB012 gbgm012.adx
13CD000 1B5F22 gbgm013.adx
1583000 1A81A6 gbgm014.adx
172B800 991B5A gbgm015.adx
20BD800 1773EA gbgm016.adx
2235000 ED2FA gbgm017.adx
2322800 274000 gbgm018.adx
2596800 28C800 gbgm019.adx
2823000 35EDCA gbgm021.adx
2B82000 3294F6 gbgm022.adx
2EAB800 6F2000 gbgm023.adx
359D800 40C000 gbgm024.adx
39A9800 6476A gbgm041.adx
3A0E000 27AFE gbgm042.adx
3A36000 4D016 gbgm043.adx
3A83800 38F2E gbgm044.adx
3ABC800 3538E gbgm045.adx
3AF2000 62F000 sbgm001.adx
4121000 5A6800 sbgm002.adx
46C7800 49A000 sbgm003.adx
4B61800 4BA000 sbgm004.adx
501B800 5D2800 sbgm005.adx
55EE000 4D8800 sbgm006.adx
5AC6800 5DA000 sbgm007.adx
60A0800 3FA800 sbgm008.adx
649B000 5EB800 sbgm009.adx
6A86800 777000 sbgm00a.adx
71FD800 4D0800 sbgm00b.adx
76CE000 C9F36 sbgm00b_1.adx
7798000 405000 sbgm00b_2.adx
7B9D000 40E000 sbgm00b_3.adx
7FAB000 571000 sbgm00c.adx
851C000 563800 sbgm00d.adx
8A7F800 5A3000 sbgm00e.adx
9022800 14E000 sbgm00f_1.adx
9170800 288800 sbgm00f_2.adx
93F9000 25F800 sbgm00f_3.adx
9658800 258800 sbgm00f_4.adx
98B1000 23F000 sbgm00f_5.adx
9AF0000 267000 sbgm00f_6.adx
9D57000 1A3800 sbgm010_1.adx
9EFA800 267800 sbgm010_2.adx
A162000 229800 sbgm010_3.adx
A38B800 1F7800 sbgm010_4.adx
A583000 199800 sbgm010_5.adx
A71C800 48F800 sbgm011.adx
ABAC000 40D000 sbgm013.adx
AFB9000 45E000 sbgm014.adx
B417000 1A616 gbgm007_p.adx
B431800 2B0800 gbgm031.adx
B6E2000 7CE000 gbgm032.adx
BEB0000 41F52 gbgm046.adx
BEF2000 4F2AE gbgm047.adx
BF41800 42102 gbgm048.adx
BF84000 4F482 gbgm049.adx
BFD3800 34DA6 gbgm04b.adx
C008800 768F6 gbgm04c.adx
C07F800 9B0FA gbgm04d_1.adx
C11B000 8729A gbgm04d_2.adx
C1A2800 A8BEE gbgm04e.adx
C24B800 10C6866 gbgm004.adx
D312800 13CBA2 gbgm033.adx
D44F800 D2AFE gbgm034.adx
D522800 50C46 gbgm00b.adx
D573800 AC2800 gbgm025.adx
E036000 423000 gbgm026.adx
SC2X BGM.AFS OFFSETS/FILE NAME DUMP (courtesy of MiteeXPR) -
Number of Files 76
Offset(Hex) Size(Hex) FileName
80000 55F656 gbgm001.adx
5DF800 13D800 gbgm002.adx
71D000 7CE000 gbgm003.adx
EEB000 2C09A gbgm006_2.adx
F17800 392FA gbgm006_3.adx
F51000 2CD66 gbgm006_4.adx
F7E000 3ADB2 gbgm006_9.adx
FB9000 47EF2 gbgm009.adx
1001000 3EB26 gbgm00a.adx
1040000 1C15F2 gbgm011.adx
1201800 1CB012 gbgm012.adx
13CD000 1B5F22 gbgm013.adx
1583000 1A81A6 gbgm014.adx
172B800 991B5A gbgm015.adx
20BD800 1773EA gbgm016.adx
2235000 ED2FA gbgm017.adx
2322800 274000 gbgm018.adx
2596800 28C800 gbgm019.adx
2823000 35EDCA gbgm021.adx
2B82000 3294F6 gbgm022.adx
2EAB800 6F2000 gbgm023.adx
359D800 40C000 gbgm024.adx
39A9800 6476A gbgm041.adx
3A0E000 27AFE gbgm042.adx
3A36000 4D016 gbgm043.adx
3A83800 38F2E gbgm044.adx
3ABC800 3538E gbgm045.adx
3AF2000 62F000 sbgm001.adx
4121000 5A6800 sbgm002.adx
46C7800 49A000 sbgm003.adx
4B61800 4BA000 sbgm004.adx
501B800 5D2800 sbgm005.adx
55EE000 4D8800 sbgm006.adx
5AC6800 5DA000 sbgm007.adx
60A0800 3FA800 sbgm008.adx
649B000 5EB800 sbgm009.adx
6A86800 777000 sbgm00a.adx
71FD800 4D0800 sbgm00b.adx
76CE000 C9F36 sbgm00b_1.adx
7798000 405000 sbgm00b_2.adx
7B9D000 40E000 sbgm00b_3.adx
7FAB000 571000 sbgm00c.adx
851C000 563800 sbgm00d.adx
8A7F800 5A3000 sbgm00e.adx
9022800 14E000 sbgm00f_1.adx
9170800 288800 sbgm00f_2.adx
93F9000 25F800 sbgm00f_3.adx
9658800 258800 sbgm00f_4.adx
98B1000 23F000 sbgm00f_5.adx
9AF0000 267000 sbgm00f_6.adx
9D57000 1A3800 sbgm010_1.adx
9EFA800 267800 sbgm010_2.adx
A162000 229800 sbgm010_3.adx
A38B800 1F7800 sbgm010_4.adx
A583000 199800 sbgm010_5.adx
A71C800 48F800 sbgm011.adx
ABAC000 40D000 sbgm013.adx
AFB9000 45E000 sbgm014.adx
B417000 4C7A6 gbgm007_x.adx
B463800 2B0800 gbgm031.adx
B714000 7CE000 gbgm032.adx
BEE2000 41F52 gbgm046.adx
BF24000 4F2AE gbgm047.adx
BF73800 42102 gbgm048.adx
BFB6000 4F482 gbgm049.adx
C005800 34DA6 gbgm04b.adx
C03A800 768F6 gbgm04c.adx
C0B1800 9B0FA gbgm04d_1.adx
C14D000 8729A gbgm04d_2.adx
C1D4800 A8BEE gbgm04e.adx
C27D800 10C6866 gbgm004.adx
D344800 13CBA2 gbgm033.adx
D481800 D2AFE gbgm034.adx
D554800 50C46 gbgm00b.adx
D5A5800 AC2800 gbgm025.adx
E068000 423000 gbgm026.adx
Reviewers stated that SC2X has superior audio to SC2P, it is suspected that
this claim is not as much supported by the file sizes (only some of SC2Xs files
are bigger) but by the Dolby Digital Surround Sound support.
10) MOVIE.AFS SC2P and SC2X Comparison
SC2P MOVIE.AFS OFFSETS/FILE NAME DUMP (courtesy of MiteeXPR) -
Number of Files 3
Offset(Hex) Size(Hex) FileName
800 92CC000 AFS À, È, È£ Ð (w
92CC800 A3C800
9D09000 772800
SC2X MOVIE.AFS OFFSETS/FILE NAME DUMP (courtesy of MiteeXPR) -
Number of Files 3
Offset(Hex) Size(Hex) FileName
800 17FA8800 AFS ú ú À P h*
17FA9000 107C000
19025000 12A6800
11) Xbox Save File Folder Structure
---------Disclaimer - Save data size may vary, and probably will---------------
/E/TDATA/4e4d0003/
Currently no data
/E/UDATA/4e4d0003/
SaveImage.xbx 4 KB
TitleImage.xbx 10 KB
TitleMeta.xbx 66 Bytes
/E/UDATA/4e4d0003/69D87B1B76E8/ (Believed to be PAL version folder)
SaveMeta.xbx 28 Bytes
sc2_0.dat 16 KB
sc2_1.dat 16 KB
/E/UDATA/4e4d0003/903C2ED2E2B9/ (Believed to be NTSC version folder)
SaveMeta.xbx 34 Bytes
sc2_0.dat 16 KB
sc2_1.dat 16 KB
12) Move Data
The following offset could be either for a move tutorial mode, or the actually
game data for moves itself. The game *seems* to use the numpad direction
system -
A - HORIZONTAL HIT?
B - VERTICAL?
G - GUARD?
upper left;diag / upper right;diag
7 8 9
< 4 5 6 > (5=no movement)
1 2 3
lower left;diag / lower right;diag
00001000 - BEGINNING OF MOVE SECTION? HEADER IS OLNK
1
00005f20
0000cfe0
2
00011a30
00017b60
3
0001f160
00026ff0
4
0002eba0
00036410
5
00041480
0004ac40
5
000510d0
00057780
6
0005d710
00064ae0
7
0006c0f0
00073a60
8
0007bd80
000838f0
9
00091590
0009b800
10
000a5760
000ae8f0
11
000b5c90
000bce40
12
000c3280
000c9c10
13
000d5d60
000de9a0
14
000e5cc0
000ed0d0
15
000f46f0
000fbb90
16
00101040
001074f0
17
0010ebc0
001161b0
18
0011cd50
00124060
19
00129960
0012fe00
20
00134ca0
0013b430
21
00140190
00145c90 -- PATTERN BROKEN?! -- (data of this fashion not seen previously)
0014b580 -PATTERN RE-ESTABLISHED?!
00150d20 -New pattern forming
00155a00
0015b1a0
0015c800 TOTALLY NEW DATA; HEADER IS "OLNK". Pattern Ends.
13) SC2 Character List
1) Ivy
2) Yun Sung
3) Cassandra
4) Astaroth
5) Kilik
6) Voldo
7) Talim
Raphael
9) Yoshimitsu
10) Cervantes
11) Seung Mina
12) Lizardman
13) Assassin
14) Berserker
15) Taki
16) Maxi
17) Nightmare
18) Xianghua
19) Mitsurugi
20) Spawn
21) Link
22) Heihachi
23) Charade
24) Necrid
25) Sophitia
0015f000 "VXT" File Header. Image format?! DXT is an established image format
00187a90
1b6e5c20 - SWING.
1b6f9090 - Cutscene data? Subtitles seem to be what the overwhelming majority of
this data is. Periods seem to control when the current text on screen is removed and
new text is displayed. Stuff in parenthesis like (Attack 1) and (Breath 2) seem to be
animation/sound triggers. "Fine! Master, I will do this!"
1ba8a900 - Another excerpt of root.olk that is believed to be a cutscene. It contains
the following distinct actions - (x being a variable)
(Attack x)
(Damage x)
(Death Cry) -- Only one?
the 1b6f9090 cutscene is followed by data with the header "mmx". 1ba8a900 follows suit.
the header "mmx" does not necessarily have to be after cutscene data. There are many
instances where it is not. And note, *it* is commonly followed by the string "XHD"
.....Xbox Hard Drive??? Does the game save after a cutscene, or "destined battle"?
Examples -
02d74800
02d7b800
02d85000
02f2b000
012b8410 - 012b9970 Has pretty much all game mode related strings, and then
012ba020-012bc700 finishes up with strings that pretty much make up the whole *core*
of the game, and it includes some default settings that seem to be pretty easily edited.
012bcfd0-012c0ef0 Has weapon names and descriptions. Could be great fun to edit!!
012c1100-012c1780 Strings for practice mode, learning moves and such
012c1b90-012c2b00 More setting, default, and game mode strings
012c2be0 Weapon master map strings
012e2c70 Gamecube version crap
012c3560 Weapon Master mode stuff
is a variable for your current wins. Probably implemented in Vs. Mode
%s is a varible for your current stage
<1P2P> has some correlation with the "Start" button. Possibly plays the "New challenger" theme
is a variable for your current chapter
%d is a variable for gold winnings, which stage is selected, and current chapter
has some correlation with winning. Possibly plays the victory theme.
#S is another variable for "Start"
{%s} is a variable for a stage, probably for the more recently unlocked one
$m Button designation?
$s Controlled by $m, displays an icon of a button?
05bbb060 - "HEy?" over and over again for a really long time. Just for fun 
1059e130 - Start of alphanumeric list
1af7da20 - "Buki"? Some type of animation? Followed by mmx and XHD 1-9
02d72960 - Character ending texts
The hex before an mmx header is very often -
35 00 00 00 ff 8e 20 21 80 2a 96 00 21 80 8a 0a
89 f3 8f 80 80 80 80 00 08 08 08 08 08 09 00 00
The mmx header can be immediately followed by -
00 2b 03 00
00 c4 03 00
80 77 03 00
40 ea 03 00
c0 9d 03 00
80 77 03 00
80 10 04 00
20 9d 03 00
c0 04 03 00
c0 c3 03 00
80 6b 03 00
a0 43 03 00
e0 6f 03 00
20 d3 03 00
80 a1 02 00
there are probably more, this is just the amount I've gotten so far. I believe that the
hex immediately following mmx designates its file type
oe94e4f0 - Start of funky words...later on A-SPEC, CONSTANT, and
AMBIENT can be found
Discovery of VMX file header. No idea what it is, but whatever it is - it's pretty big.
Sometimes it's preceeded by 2 lines of hex.
1eca8980 - Strings of character's sayings. "Shatter!" |
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