P3D File Format - ODOLV7

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Intro

CompressedStruct

ODOL7 uses (potentially) compressed arrays.

This obviously slows the engine down during loading. At the time of CWC development, game file sizes were important.

(potentially) compressed arrays are contained in a CompressedStruct

CompressedStructs are endemic to most blocks contained in the p3d.

CompressedStruct
{
  ulong  Count;
  <type> Array[Count];
};

if Count * sizeof(<type>) exceeds 1023 bytes the array is compressed. The resulting array will be expanded using lzh compression exactly as found in pbo's (for instance)

After de-compression, the Count remains the same because it is a count of the arraytype.

For uncompressed arrays (byte count < 1024) the Count and data are treated 'as is'.

Thus for various Array <types>

*ulong Array:    > 255  // 1024 /   sizeof(ulong)
*float thing[2]: > 127  // 1024 / 2*sizeof(float)
*SomeStructure:  >      // count * sizeof (SomeStructure) > 1023

Note that potentially compressed arrays in these structures only have an known output length. the decompressor therefore must work on infinite input length. see example decompression at end of document

Odol7Stuct

ODOLV7
{
  StandardP3DHeader Header;
  LodStruct Lods[Header.LodCount];
  struct    ModelInfo;            //see P3D Model Info
};

StandardP3DHeader

StandardP3DHeader
{
  char      Signature[4];      //"ODOL"
  ulong     Version;           // 7
  ulong     LodCount;          // at least one
}

LodStruct

LodStruct
{
 VertexTable    VertexTable;
 UVPair         UnknownUV; // just a guess           
 XYZTriplet     MinPos;
 XYZTriplet     MaxPos;
 XYZTriplet     AutoCenterPos;
 float          UnknownFloat;
 Textures       Textures;
 LodEdges       LodEdges;                          // see P3D Lod Edges
 ulong          NoOfFaces;
 ulong          OffsetToLodSections;
 LodFace        LodFaces[NoOfFaces];               // ie polygons see P3D Lod Faces
 ulong          nSections;
 LODSection     LODSections[nSections];            // see P3D Lod Sections
 ulong          nNamedSelections;
 NamedSelection NamedSelections[nNamedSelections]; // see P3D Named Selections
 ulong          nTokens;
 NamedProperty  NamedProperties[nTokens];
 ulong          nFrames;
 Frame          Frames[nFrames];                   // see P3D Lod Frames
 ulong          IconColor;
 ulong          SelectedColor;
 ulong          Unknown;
 ulong          nProxies;
 LodProxy       LodProxies[nProxies];              // see [[[P3D Lod Proxies]]
};

VertexTable

 struct
 { 
   ulong       Count;              
   ulong       PointFlags[Count];  // compressed. see P3D Point Flags
   ulong       Count;             
   UVPair      UV1[Count];         // compressed 
   ulong       Count;              
   XYZTriplet  Points[Count];      // UNcompressed
   ulong       Count;             
   XYZTriplet  Normals[Count];     // UNcompressed
 }

• Count is the same value for all four tables.

UVPair

struct
{
 float U,V;
}

Textures

 struct
 {
  ulong  Count;
  asciiz Textures[...];          // "data/1.paa\0data/2.paa\0"...
 }

Count corresponds to the number of concatenated strings. It is required, since, architecturally at least, one of more of the asciiz strings could be null.

NamedProperty

 struct
 {
    Asciiz Property;// "noshadow" = "1" eg
    Asciiz Value;
 }

Related Page(s)

LZ in ODOL

see Compressed LZSS File Format

Model File Formats