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Contents

• History
• Engine Basics
  • Parts of the Engine
  • Generic Program Flow
• The Kernel
  • Kernel Overview
    • History
    • Kernel Functionality
  • Memory Management
    • RAM Management
    • VRAM Management
    • PSX CD-ROM management
  • Kernel.bin
    • The KERNEL.BIN Archive
    • The KERNEL2.BIN Archive
  • Low Level Libraries
    • PC to PSX comparison
    • Data Archives
      • BIN Archive data format
      • LZSS Archives
      • LGP Archives
    • Textures
      • TIM texture data format for PSX
      • TEX texture data format for the PC
    • File formats for 3D models
      • Model Formats for PSX
      • Model Formats for PC
• The Menu Module
  • Menu Overview
  • Menu Initialization
  • Menu Modules
  • Calling the various menus
  • Menu dependencies
  • The Save Game format
• The Field Module
  • Field Overview
  • Field Format (PC)
    • General PC Field File Format
    • PC Field File Header
    • File Section Details
  • Field Format (PSX)
    • PSX DAT Format
    • PSX MIM Format
    • PSX BSX Format
    • PSX BCX Format
• The Battle Module
  • Battle Overview
  • Battle Mechanics
  • Battle Field
  • Battle Scenes (scene.bin)
    • Battle Scripts
  • Battle Models (PSX)
  • Battle Animation (PC)
• The World Map Module
  • World Map BSZ model file format (PSX)
  • World Map TXZ file format (PSX)
  • World Map Script Engine
• Sound
  • PSX Sound
    • Overview
    • INSTRx.DAT
    • INSTRx.ALL
    • AKAO sequence
    • Code Map
  • PC Sound
• Technical Help
• Tools and patches
• Source Code Forensics