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Shademp

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The Unused FFVII Field Files - help
« on: 2011-01-26 20:46:18 »
I have been searching through the FFVII files (specifically, I have been comparing FFVII-j and FFVII-i) and found these files which I can't read via programs like Loveless, Makou Reactor or any other field file viewer. I am more than interested in uncovering what secrets these files hold but I have no programming skills to dig into it. Anyone up to the task?

Here is a list of what I found (ignoring unused fields which can already be read via Loveless). All have BSX, DAT and MIM files.

BLACKBGF
BLACKBGG
BLIN69_2
CONVIL_3
DUMMY  (DAT file is 5094 bytes smaller in FFVII-i than in FFVII-j)
FSHIP_26
HYOU14
JUNMON
M_ENDO
ONNA_1
ONNA_3
ONNA_6
PASS
Q_5
SUBIN_4
TRAP
WHITEBG1  (DAT file 9669 bytes smaller in FFVII-i than in FFVII-j)
WHITEBG2  (DAT file 6847 bytes smaller --||-- )
XMVTES   (DAT file 3040 bytes smaller --||-- )


What I already know:

I know that TRAP, XMVTES (and the change in FALLP from FFVII-j to FFVII-i) was mentioned in this topic:
http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?topic=9690.msg140216

I know that Onna_1, 3 and 6 can be entered in FFVII-j using cheats.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aG_6b2B8QY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DA5RrgIFPw

I also know that either BLACKBGF or BLACKBGG (not sure which) can be visited in FFVII-j.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3krwav_u4lg&feature=related

Either whitebg1 or whitebg2 stands for this screen, also possible to find in FFVII-j.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TROoK5t2GHI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6GBSFacqjg

But what about ripping the script from the DAT files? Or viewing the MIM files? Even if the files are incomplete, like the TRAP .MIM file, I want to view them. Surely I can't be alone to want to figure out what the fifth Gelnika room, Q5, holds.

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Re: The Unused FFVII Field Files - help
« Reply #1 on: 2011-01-26 21:35:24 »
But what about ripping the script from the DAT files?

You can use Makou Reactor for that, try "File -> Open Field Dir (PS)". With this menu you can open dat files in a directory.

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Re: The Unused FFVII Field Files - help
« Reply #2 on: 2011-02-02 04:20:36 »
Thanks Myst6re for linking me to the MIM file structure.
http://wiki.qhimm.com/FF7/Field/MIMfile

However this is, yet again, something I cannot use. Anyone up to trying this structure out and see if they can retrieve an image from any of the files I listed above?