RpGeometry

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File Format

Geometry is a container chunk used in DFF files as child of a Geometry List section. The chunk itself does not store any data at all. All additional information get stored inside a Struct which directly follows this one as a child. Geometry is one of the most important chunks inside a .dff model file. It stores geometry information for models (like the mesh and the texture maps).

Structure

The format of the Geometry's Struct chunk is as follows:

int32        format (see below)
int32        number of triangles (numTriangles)
int32        number of vertices (numVertices)
int32        number of morph targets (numMorphTargets) (morphing is not used in GTA series, so this is always 1)
#if version < 0x34000
  surface properties:
    float32  ambient
    float32  specular
    float32  diffuse
#endif

#if (format & rpGEOMETRYNATIVE) == 0
    #if (format & rpGEOMETRYPRELIT)
        RwRGBA   prelitcolor[numVertices] (RwRGBA: uint8 r, g, b, a)
    #endif

    #if format & (rpGEOMETRYTEXTURED | rpGEOMETRYTEXTURED2)
        #repeat numTexSets (see below)
            RwTexCoords    texCoords[numVertices]  (RwTexCoords: float32 u, v)
        #endrepeat
    #endif
   
    RpTriangle   triangles[numTriangles]  (RpTriangle: uint16 vertex2, vertex1, materialId, vertex3)
#endif

#repeat numMorphTargets
    RwSphere    boundingSphere    (RwSphere: float32 x, y, z, radius)
    bool32      has vertices
    bool32      has normals
    #if has vertices
        RwV3d   vertices[numVertices] (RwV3d: float x, y, z)
    #endif
    #if has normals
        RwV3d   normals[numVertices]
    #endif
#endrepeat

Format

The following flags describe the behaviour of the mesh during the rendering progress. Some of the flags indicate the existence of data inside the following file format.

Flag	Name	Description
0x00000001	rpGEOMETRYTRISTRIP	Is triangle strip (if disabled it will be an triangle list)
0x00000002	rpGEOMETRYPOSITIONS	Vertex translation
0x00000004	rpGEOMETRYTEXTURED	Texture coordinates
0x00000008	rpGEOMETRYPRELIT	Vertex colors
0x00000010	rpGEOMETRYNORMALS	Store normals
0x00000020	rpGEOMETRYLIGHT	Dynamic vertex lightning (?)
0x00000040	rpGEOMETRYMODULATEMATERIALCOLOR	Modulate material color
0x00000080	rpGEOMETRYTEXTURED2	Texture coordinates 2
0x01000000	rpGEOMETRYNATIVE	Native Geometry

Bits 16-23 (mask 0x00FF0000) in the format description give the number of texture coordinate sets (numTexSets). If the value in the file is zero, rpGEOMETRYTEXTURED means there is one set of texture coordinates, rpGEOMETRYTEXTURED2 means there are two.

If rpGEOMETRYNATIVE is set, the platform dependent geometry data is to be found in the Native Data chunk.

Child sections

• Material List

Extension

The extension of an geometry usually holds the following sections in the order they are listed in here:

• Bin Mesh PLG
• Native Data PLG – (Only for consoles)
• Skin PLG
• Breakable
• Extra Vert Colour
• Morph PLG
• 2d Effect

See also

• Geometry List
• RW file format specification

References

^ * http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb172518%28VS.85%29.aspx
^ * http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb172559%28VS.85%29.aspx