OBD:AKVA

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Offset	Type	Raw Hex	Value	Description
0x00	res_id	01 4E 02 00	590	00590-.AKVA
0x04	lev_id	01 00 00 06	3	level 3
0x08	char[20]	AD DE	dead	unused
0x1C	int32	1E 01 00 00	10000	array size
First element (black outline)
0x00	int32	00 00 00 00	0	index into AKBP array; BSP tree for this BNV
0x04	int32	00 00 00 00	0	BNV's ID (same as index in array)
0x08	int32	00 00 00 00	0	index into AKBA array; "side" range start
0x0C	int32	06 00 00 00	6	index into AKBA array; "side" range end
0x10	int32	FF FF FF FF	-1	index in array of child BNV
0x14	int32	FF FF FF FF	-1	index in array of sibling BNV
0x18	int32	FF FF FF FF	-1	unknown (always -1 in level 3; other levels not checked)
0x1C	int32	C9 00 00 00	201	size of the pathfinding grid along x in tiles
0x20	int32	16 00 00 00	22	size of the pathfinding grid along z in tiles
0x24	offset	A0 3A 47 00	00 47 3A A0	at this position starts the pathfinding grid part in the raw file
0x28	int32	F7 01 00 00	503	size of the pathfinding grid part in the raw file in bytes
0x2C	float	00 00 80 40	4.000000	tile size of the pathfinding grid
0x30	float	00 00 20 41	10.000000	AABB X- (AABB = Axis-aligned bounding box)
0x34	float	00 00 58 C1	-13.500000	AABB X-
0x38	float	00 80 2A C4	−682.000000	AABB Z-
0x3C	float	00 40 47 44	797.000000	AABB X+
0x40	float	00 00 22 42	40.500000	AABB Y+
0x44	float	00 00 19 C4	-612.000000	AABB Z+
0x48	int32	FE FF FE FF	-65538	unknown; always the same in level 3 (other levels not checked); maybe these 4 bytes are two shorts ==> then FEFF = -2
0x4C	int32	00 00 00 00	0	BNV's ID again
0x50	int32	00 00 00 00	0	unknown, always zero
0x54	int32	00 00 00 00	0	unknown, always zero
0x58	int32	00 00 00 00	0	unknown, always zero (was it a raw file offset once?)
0x5C	bitset32	04 00 00 00	4	identifier for the next five floats; see explanation below this table
0x60	float	00 00 00 00	0.000000	if "sloped", x-component of floor/ceiling normal
0x64	float	00 00 00 00	0.000000	if "sloped", y-component of floor/ceiling normal
0x68	float	00 00 00 00	0.000000	if "sloped", z-component of floor/ceiling normal
0x6C	float	00 00 00 00	0.000000	if "sloped", distance of floor plane to origin
0x70	float	00 00 00 00	0.000000	if "sloped", distance of ceiling plane to origin

General

BNVs are volumes that have a pathfinding grid assigned to them.

The grid itself is in the RAW, while its overall parameters are in the DAT.

• Child AKBP tree refines the volume after the AABB is checked
• Child AKBA defines the "sides" needed by the pathfinding graph

0x00 - AKBP tree

This binary space partition (BSP) tree is used for a refined check against a character's position.

0x08 - AKBA range

The "sides" of a BNV define the quads by which an AI can transit to adjacent BNVs.

0x10 - Children and siblings

Those occur when smaller BNVs are completely included into larger ones.

The bigger BNV only links to its first child. If there are several children, the sibling link is used to define the series.

Examples: lobby in CHAPTER 03 . PUZZLE PIECES (level3), big hall under main power line in CHAPTER 08 . AN INNOCENT LIFE (level10).

0x1C - Pathfinding grid

The RAW format is rather complex (see HERE). It requires the X and Z size for parsing.

BNV 165 in level4 (far side of tarmac, behind the fence) has a non-zero X-Z grid size but no RAW data.

Notably, that one BNV also has the 16 flag set at 0x5C (see below).

The grid usually "bleeds" outside the (x,z) extent of the BNV.

The amount of bleeding is defined by the grid's size (in tiles) and by the size of a tile.

The grid seems to be always centered of the "floor" of the BNV's AABB (see above).

0x30 - AABB

The axis-aligned bounding boxes are used for a first, quick check against a character's position.

(note that the AKVA itself is looked up via the octtree: 2nd IDXA of the AKOT + OTLF)

0x5C - Floor and ceiling

Bitset:

• the 4 bit is always set (meaning unknown)
• the 16 bit is set only for BNV 165 of level4 (no RAW part, see above)
• the 1 bit is set for BNVs involving "sloped" floors and ceilings

(typical environment requiring this feature is compact staircases)

The sloped floor and ceiling are used to apply a final cut to the volume defined by the AKBP tree

(the walls of which are typically vertical (possibly not axis-aligned) and horizontal)

When the "sloped" bit isn't set, all 5 floats are always zero (and are probably ignored anyway).

The 3 power lines in level10 have all 5 floats equal to zero even though the "sloped" bit is set

(possibly a design error: interestingly, BNV detection and pathfinding work fine for those 3).

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