Oni (folder)/GameDataFolder

GameDataFolder (commonly called GDF to save on typing) is a subfolder of the main Oni folder. It holds the following: Oni's game content (in the form of instance files, see OBD for more info) the level logic of the Chapters (as scripts in the IGMD subfolder, see BSL for more info) the intro and outro animated sequences, in the BINK video format

Overview

Below we list the instance files in parallel with the folders (subfolders of IGMD) which hold the corresponding level logic. SPOILER WARNING: the Chapter column links to summaries and analyses of Oni's storyline. The BINK movies are listed separately.

BINK videos intro.bik opening animated sequence outro.bik closing animated sequence

subfolders IGMD level logic folder

instance files Instance file (PC) Instance file (Mac) Level logic folder Chapter Location (as in Load Game dialog) level0_Final.dat level0_Final.raw level0_Final.dat level0_Final.raw level0_Final.sep IGMD\global "global": used in all Chapters (see note) level1_Final.dat level1_Final.raw level1_Final.dat level1_Final.raw level1_Final.sep IGMD\EnvWarehouse 0: COMBAT TRAINING 1: TRIAL RUN TCTF Training Syndicate Warehouse level2_Final.dat level2_Final.raw level2_Final.dat level2_Final.raw level2_Final.sep IGMD\manplant 2: ENGINES OF EVIL Manufacturing Plant level3_Final.dat level3_Final.raw level3_Final.dat level3_Final.raw level3_Final.sep IGMD\lab 3: PUZZLE PIECES Bio-Research Lab level4_Final.dat level4_Final.raw level4_Final.dat level4_Final.raw level4_Final.sep IGMD\Airport 4: TIGER BY THE TAIL Airport Assault level6_Final.dat level6_Final.raw level6_Final.dat level6_Final.raw level6_Final.sep IGMD\Airport_III 5: HOT PURSUIT Airport Cargo Hangars level8_Final.dat level8_Final.raw level8_Final.dat level8_Final.raw level8_Final.sep IGMD\tctf 6: COUNTERATTACK TCTF Regional HQ level9_Final.dat level9_Final.raw level9_Final.dat level9_Final.raw level9_Final.sep IGMD\power 7: A FRIEND IN NEED Atmospheric Conversion Center (exterior) level10_Final.dat level10_Final.raw level10_Final.dat level10_Final.raw level10_Final.sep IGMD\power_II 8: AN INNOCENT LIFE Atmospheric Conversion Center (interior) level11_Final.dat level11_Final.raw level11_Final.dat level11_Final.raw level11_Final.sep IGMD\state 9: TRUTH AND CONSEQUENCES Regional State Building level12_Final.dat level12_Final.raw level12_Final.dat level12_Final.raw level12_Final.sep IGMD\roof 10: CAT AND MOUSE Rooftops level13_Final.dat level13_Final.raw level13_Final.dat level13_Final.raw level13_Final.sep IGMD\dream_lab 11: DREAM DIVER Doctor Hasegawa's Lab level14_Final.dat level14_Final.raw level14_Final.dat level14_Final.raw level14_Final.sep IGMD\neuro 12: SINS OF THE FATHER TCTF Science Prison level18_Final.dat level18_Final.raw level18_Final.dat level18_Final.raw level18_Final.sep IGMD\tctf_ii 13: PHOENIX RISING TCTF Regional HQ (redux) level19_Final.dat level19_Final.raw level19_Final.dat level19_Final.raw level19_Final.sep IGMD\compound 14: DAWN OF THE CHRYSALIS Syndicate Mountain Compound

Notes

level0_Final and IGMD\global

IGMD\global\ is not present by default, but if it is created, any scripts placed in it will load for all levels; this works only with the PC retail engine: the Mac engines and the PC demo always ignore the global folder. The level0_Final instance file is only loaded once, when Oni starts.

Movie files

RAD Game Tools, the makers of the Bink video format, offer standalone apps for all platforms if you want to watch the .bik files on their own (Mac users, pick the Carbon Player, the OS X versions seem to be glitched). The movie files are not needed for Oni to run. You can thus rename or move intro.bik out of GameDataFolder so Oni starts faster. You can also delete both files permanently and gain over 100 MB of hard disk space.

How Oni finds its GameDataFolder

In Windows, Oni's engine first looks up GDF in the working directory (a.k.a. "."). If ".\GameDataFolder" is missing, Oni tries parent folders all the way up to ther root (i.e., it looks for "..\GameDataFolder", "..\..\GameDataFolder", etc). As a last resort, it looks for ".\OniEngine\GameDataFolder". Here are two examples.

• If Oni was installed into C:\Program Files\Oni and is called from that folder (e.g. by double-clicking the executable or the shortcut generated during installation), Oni will first look for "C:\Program Files\Oni\GameDataFolder". If it's missing, it will try "C:\Program Files\GameDataFolder", then "C:\GameDataFolder", and finally "C:\Program Files\Oni\OniEngine\GameDataFolder".
• Same as above, but with the Edition installed. There is a folder called "C:\Program Files\Oni\edition", which holds a working copy of GameDataFolder and scripts that "remotely" run Oni (the engine is still in "C:\Program Files\Oni"). If you double-click the scripts, the working directory is "C:\Program Files\Oni\edition", so Oni will first look for "C:\Program Files\Oni\edition\GameDataFolder", and if it's missing it will try "C:\Program Files\Oni\GameDataFolder", "C:\Program Files\GameDataFolder", "C:\GameDataFolder", and finally "C:\Program Files\Oni\edition\OniEngine\GameDataFolder"

Early versions of the C-Daodan discarded the notion of working directory and used the engine's directory instead; the feature will probably be brought back, for backwards compatibility.

On the Mac, the location of the GDF is stored in a preferences file (~/Library/Preferences/com.godgames.oni.plist). Oni therefore does not search for a GDF, it merely checks to see if the last-known location of the GDF is still valid. If not, it presents an open dialog box that allows the user to pick a new GDF (technically it wants the location of the folder that contains the GDF), then saves the new location in its prefs file. To change the GDF that Oni uses, rename it, then open Oni, and when the dialog box appears, you can fix the name of the GDF and then switch back to Oni and pick a new one in the dialog box.