SCAN (Metroid Prime 2)
This article is for the SCAN format from Metroid Prime 2 and 3. For other revisions of this format, see SCAN (File Format).
The SCAN file format describes scannable objects. The format's been updated since Prime 1; the data is now embedded into a script object, using the scriptable layers format. There was also some additional data added to the format to set up the model that displays in the logbook.
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This file format is almost completely documented There's a couple remaining unknown parameters. |
Format
The SCAN format sets up a small script layer that contains a single ScannableObjectInfo instance.
Header
| Offset | Size | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 0x0 | 4 | Magic; always SCAN
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| 0x4 | 4 | Unknown; always 2 |
| 0x8 | 1 | Unknown |
| 0x9 | 4 | Instance count; always 1 |
ScannableObjectInfo
This section of the file embeds a ScannableObjectInfo script object.
| Offset | Size | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 0x0 | 4 | Object type; always SNFO
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| 0x4 | 2 | Instance size |
| 0x6 | 4 | Instance ID; always 0 |
| 0xA | 2 | Connection count; always 0 |
| 0xC | 4 | Base property ID; always 0xFFFFFFFF |
| 0x10 | 2 | Base property size |
| 0x12 | 2 | Property count; 0x14 for Prime 2, 0x16 for Prime 3 |
Properties (Echoes)
These are all the properties a ScannableObjectInfo instance contains:
| ID | Type | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 0x2F5B6423 | STRG | Scan Text |
| 0xC308A322 | long | Scan Speed (0 for fast, 1 for slow) |
| 0x7B714814 | bool | Is Important? (0 for blue, 1 for red) |
| 0x1733B1EC | bool | Use Logbook Model After Scan? |
| 0x53336141 | TXTR | Scan Image (no effect in Echoes) |
| 0x3DE0BA64 | float | Logbook Default X Rotation |
| 0x2ADD6628 | float | Logbook Default Z Rotation |
| 0xD0C15066 | float | Logbook Scale |
| 0xB7ADC418 | CMDL | Logbook Model |
| 0x15694EE1 | AnimationParameters | Logbook AnimSet |
| 0x58F9FE99 | AnimationParameters | Unknown |
| 0x1C5B4A3A | Attachment | Attachment 1 |
| 0x8728A0EE | Attachment | Attachment 2 |
| 0xF1CD99D3 | Attachment | Attachment 3 |
| 0x6ABE7307 | Attachment | Attachment 4 |
| 0x1C07EBA9 | Attachment | Attachment 5 |
| 0x8774017D | Attachment | Attachment 6 |
| 0xF1913840 | Attachment | Attachment 7 |
| 0x6AE2D294 | Attachment | Attachment 8 |
| 0x1CE2091C | Attachment | Attachment 9 |
Attachment
This struct is used to embed a resource that can be attached to the model in the logbook. The mesh can be either a model or an animset.
| ID | Type | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 0x1F7921BC | CMDL | Attachment Model |
| 0xCDD202D1 | AnimationParameters | Attachment AnimSet |
| 0x3EA2BED8 | string | Target Bone Name |
Dependencies
After the ScannableObjectInfo instance, there's a list of the scan's dependencies present. The list follows the same format as the DGRP format.