Cullzone.dat - Revision history

Spaceeinstein: section names

2017-04-02T18:18:19Z

section names

Spaceeinstein: flag

2015-06-25T20:35:33Z

flag

Spaceeinstein at 00:52, 12 June 2015

2015-06-12T00:52:26Z

Spaceeinstein: map

2015-06-10T18:17:03Z

map

Spaceeinstein: map and flags

2015-06-08T20:07:02Z

map and flags

Spaceeinstein at 06:28, 3 February 2015

2015-02-03T06:28:36Z

Spaceeinstein: tabulated information + links

2015-01-26T22:16:40Z

tabulated information + links

Aschratt: Undo revision 9486 by Solom (Talk) Please specify if the informations are statistics or limits!

2010-12-23T15:02:36Z

Undo revision 9486 by Solom (Talk) Please specify if the informations are statistics or limits!

Solom at 12:16, 23 December 2010

2010-12-23T12:16:46Z

Aschratt: /* External link */

2010-12-22T15:34:09Z

‎External link

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-! colspan="3" |Section 1
+!colspan="3" |Section 1: Number of cull zones
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-! colspan="3" |Section 2
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-! colspan="3" |Section 4
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-|0x18 ||word ||[[#Flags|flag]]
+|0x18 ||word ||[[#Attributes|attribute]]
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-|style="width: 32em;" |Section 5
+|style="width: 32em;" |Section 5: Indices
 |-
-|0x23538 ||? ||Section 6
+|0x23538 ||? ||Section 6: Pointers to big buildings for buildings
 |-
-|0x26030 ||? ||Section 7
+|0x26030 ||? ||Section 7: Pointers to big buildings for treadables
 |}
-=== Flags ===
+=== Attributes ===
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+{|class="wikitable center-col-1 center-col-2"
 !style="width: 4em;" |Flag ||style="width: 8em;" |Binary ||Description
 |-
-|{{a|c}} |1 ||{{a|c}} |<code>0000 0001</code>
+|1 ||<code>0000 0001</code>
-| Both on foot using classic controls and in car, when you are in the zone in third person camera modes, the camera is stuck to a close in view. Once you leave the zone, the camera returns to its former distance. If the camera is already in cinematic or GTA 2 camera mode when you enter the zone, nothing changes. The camera mode can be changed to first person, but then afterwards changing camera modes remains stuck in third person. Once you leave the zone, it will automatically switch to cinematic mode.
+|Both on foot using classic controls and in car, when you are in the zone in third person camera modes, the camera is stuck to a close in view. Once you leave the zone, the camera returns to its former distance. If the camera is already in cinematic or GTA 2 camera mode when you enter the zone, nothing changes. The camera mode can be changed to first person, but then afterwards changing camera modes remains stuck in third person. Once you leave the zone, it will automatically switch to cinematic mode.
 |-
-|{{a|c}} |2 ||{{a|c}} |<code>0000 0010</code>
+|2 ||<code>0000 0010</code>
-| When on foot, the camera is stuck in place as it remotely follows the player. The position where the camera is stuck seems to depend on the zone geometry and point of entry. The player is best controlled when in classic controls; the zone was not designed for standard controls. If you are in GTA 2 camera mode, it will leave that mode until you leave the zone. The flag has no effect on cars.
+|When on foot, the camera is stuck in place as it remotely follows the player. The position where the camera is stuck seems to depend on the zone geometry and point of entry. The player is best controlled when in classic controls; the zone was not designed for standard controls. If you are in GTA 2 camera mode, it will leave that mode until you leave the zone. The flag has no effect on cars.
 |-
-|{{a|c}} |4 ||{{a|c}} |<code>0000 0100</code>
+|4 ||<code>0000 0100</code>
-| When in a vehicle, GTA 2 camera mode is disabled and becomes first person. When on foot, GTA 2 camera mode is just disabled. Once you leave the zone, the camera returns to normal.
+|When in a vehicle, GTA 2 camera mode is disabled and becomes first person. When on foot, GTA 2 camera mode is just disabled. Once you leave the zone, the camera returns to normal.
 |-
-|{{a|c}} |8 ||{{a|c}} |<code>0000 1000</code>
+|8 ||<code>0000 1000</code>
-| Rubbish is limited on the ground and there are no raindrops when it is raining. The weather can still be rainy though, like dark skies, reflective ground, etc.
+|Rubbish is limited on the ground and there are no raindrops when it is raining. The weather can still be rainy though, like dark skies, reflective ground, etc.
 |-
-|{{a|c}} |16 ||{{a|c}} |<code>0001 0000</code>
+|16 ||<code>0001 0000</code>
-| Cops in vehicles will ignore you but you can still attain wanted level as usual. They will not chase you or use their siren. Police cars still spawn as usual when you are wanted. Cops on foot seem to be stuck in a spot when spawned but sometimes they can move to a limited extent. They will still shoot at you like normal. Once you leave the zone, they will resume chasing you down.
+|Cops in vehicles will ignore you but you can still attain wanted level as usual. They will not chase you or use their siren. Police cars still spawn as usual when you are wanted. Cops on foot seem to be stuck in a spot when spawned but sometimes they can move to a limited extent. They will still shoot at you like normal. Once you leave the zone, they will resume chasing you down.
 |-
-|{{a|c}} |32 ||{{a|c}} |<code>0010 0000</code> ||
+|32 ||<code>0010 0000</code> ||
 |-
-|{{a|c}} |64 ||{{a|c}} |<code>0100 0000</code> || When traveling under z = -4.0, by default all [[ZONE#map.zon|level transitions]] are disabled. Entering the zone resumes any level transitions. This flag is redundant on zones above that height as level transitions are also resumed when you travel above that height.
+|64 ||<code>0100 0000</code> ||When traveling under z = -4.0, by default all [[ZONE#map.zon|level transitions]] are disabled. Entering the zone resumes any level transitions. This flag is redundant on zones above that height as level transitions are also resumed when you travel above that height.
 |-
-|{{a|c}} |128 ||{{a|c}} |<code>1000 0000</code>
+|128 ||<code>1000 0000</code>
-| An interior system like Vice City and onwards was implemented for GTA III's subway system and tunnels. They are by default invisible. When you are in the zone, they will become visible.
+|An interior system like Vice City and onwards was implemented for GTA III's subway system and tunnels. They are by default invisible. When you are in the zone, they will become visible.
 |}

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 |{{a|c}} |32 ||{{a|c}} |<code>0010 0000</code> ||
 |-
-|{{a|c}} |64 ||{{a|c}} |<code>0100 0000</code> ||
+|{{a|c}} |64 ||{{a|c}} |<code>0100 0000</code> || When traveling under z = -4.0, by default all [[ZONE#map.zon|level transitions]] are disabled. Entering the zone resumes any level transitions. This flag is redundant on zones above that height as level transitions are also resumed when you travel above that height.
 |-
 |{{a|c}} |128 ||{{a|c}} |<code>1000 0000</code>

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 [[File:III cullzone 2.jpg|thumb|300px|A map of all cull zones in Section 2]]
 [[File:III cullzone.jpg|thumb|300px|A map of all cull zones in Section 4]]
-The '''CULLZONE.DAT''' file consists of seven distinct sections. Many of the zones closely mimic the <code>[[cull.ipl]]</code> file, which does not seem to be used by the game.
+The '''CULLZONE.DAT''' file consists of seven distinct sections. Many of the zones closely mimic the <code>[[cull.ipl]]</code> file, which does not seem to be used by the game. Ignoring rounding errors, all but one section 4 zone matches all zones with nonzero flags in the <code>cull.ipl</code> file. The only zone that differs is at the Shoreside Vale subway station.
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 * {{GTAF|763409|Discussion of file format}}
 * {{Icon|3}} [http://spaceeinstein.altervista.org/cullzone.htm Table of entries from sections 1 through 4]
 * {{Icon|3}} {{Icon|VC}} [http://spaceeinstein.altervista.org/binary.php?file=cullzone_iii cullzone.dat reader (JavaScript)], by {{U|spaceeinstein}}
 * {{Icon|3}} [http://gta-modz.3dn.ru/load/0-0-0-120-20 Cullzone decompiler/compiler], by {{U|Majestic}}

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 == GTA III ==
 [[File:III cullzone.jpg|thumb|300px|A map of all cull zones in Section 4]]
 The '''CULLZONE.DAT''' file consists of seven distinct sections. Many of the zones closely mimic the <code>[[cull.ipl]]</code> file, which does not seem to be used by the game.

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 {{lowercase}}
 {{Research}}
-The '''cullzone.dat''' is a binary file containing zoning information in [[GTA III]] and [[Vice City]]. The file is located in the <code>\data</code> folder of the game's directory. It is unknown what the file does and it does not appear to be used in the games.
+The '''cullzone.dat''' is a binary file containing zoning information in [[GTA III]] and [[Vice City]]. The file is located in the <code>\data</code> folder of the game's directory.
 == GTA III ==
-The '''CULLZONE.DAT''' file consists of seven distinct sections. Many of the zones closely mimic the <code>[[cull.ipl]]</code> file.
+[[File:III cullzone.jpg|thumb|300px|A map of all cull zones in Section 4]]
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+|style="width: 32em;" |number of entries in section 4
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 |-
-|0x06808 ||28 bytes[288] ||structures (see below)
+|0x06808 ||28 bytes[288] ||variety of behaviors for camera control, police, and map visibility (see below for structure)
 |}
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-|0x18 ||word ||?
+|0x18 ||word ||[[#Flags|flag]]
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-|style="width: 16em;" |Section 5
+|style="width: 32em;" |Section 5
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 |0x23538 ||? ||Section 6
 |-
 |0x26030 ||? ||Section 7
 |}
 == Vice City ==
-In addition to '''Cullzone.dat''', Vice City has a file called '''Cullzoneempty.dat'''. Both of these files are not used by the game at all.
+In addition to '''Cullzone.dat''', Vice City has a file called '''Cullzoneempty.dat'''. Both of these files are not used by the game at all. The game uses the <code>cull.ipl</code> file instead.
 == External links ==

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 == GTA III ==
-The file consists of two sections. The header of each section is an integer value indicating the number of entries in the section. The first section has 17 columns and the second section has 8 columns. Many of the zones closely mimic the <code>[[cull.ipl]]</code> file.
+The file consists of five distinct sections. Many of the zones closely mimic the <code>[[cull.ipl]]</code> file.
-Section 1:
+{|class="wikitable"
- Header
+! style="width: 4em;" |Offset
-b - int - Number of lines in the section
+! style="width: 8em;" |Type
- Body
+! style="width: 12em;" |Description
-b - flt - x center
+|-
-b - flt - y center
+! colspan="3" |Section 1
-b - flt - z center
+|-
-b - flt - x bottom left
+|0x00000 ||dword ||number of entries
-b - flt - x top right
+|-
-b - flt - y bottom left
+|0x00004 ||52 bytes[512] ||structures (see below)
-b - flt - y top right
+|}
-b - flt - z bottom left
+<div style="margin-left: 3em;">
-b - flt - z top right
+{|class="wikitable"
-b - int - ?
+! style="width: 4em;" |Offset
-b - int - ?
+! style="width: 4em;" |Type
-b - int - ?
+! style="width: 12em;" |Description
-b - int - ?
+|-
-b - int - ?
+|0x00 ||float ||x center
-b - int - ?
+|-
-b - int - ?
+|0x04 ||float ||y center
-b - int - ?
+|-
-Section 2:
+|0x08 ||float ||z center
- Header
+|-
-b - int - Number of lines in the section
+|0x0C ||float ||x bottom left
- Body
+|-
-b - flt - x bottom left
+|0x10 ||float ||x top right
-b - flt - x top right
+|-
-b - flt - y bottom left
+|0x14 ||float ||y bottom left
-b - flt - y top right
+|-
-b - flt - z bottom left
+|0x18 ||float ||y top right
-b - flt - z top right
+|-
-b - int - ?
+|0x1C ||float ||z bottom left
-b - int - ?
+|-
 == Vice City ==
 Vice City has an additional file called '''cullzoneempty.dat'''. Both of these files are not used by the game at all.
-== External link ==
+== External links ==
-* [http://gta-modz.3dn.ru/load/0-0-0-120-20 Cullzone decompiler for GTA III] &ndash; by {{U|Majestic}}
+* {{GTAF|763409|Discussion of file format}}
-{{N|VC}}
+{{N|VC|3}}
-[[Category:GTA_3]][[Category:Map Formats]]
+[[Category:Map Formats]]