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{{OBD_File_Header|align=center|type=AKVA|prev=AKOT|next=BINA|name=BNV Node Array|family=Level|onistuff=akva}}
{{OBD_File_Header | type=AKVA | prev=AKOT | next=BINA | name=BNV Node Array | family=Level | align=center}}
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: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.




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{| BORDER=1 WIDTH=100% CELLPADDING=2 CELLSPACING=0
{{Table}}
|- ALIGN=CENTER BGCOLOR="#FFDDBB"
{{OBDth}}
| WIDTH=15% | <B>Hex</B>
{{OBDtr| 0x00 | res_id  |FF0000| 01 4E 02 00 | 590   | 00590-.AKVA }}
| WIDTH=15% | <B>Translation</B>
{{OBDtr| 0x04 | lev_id  |FFFF00| 01 00 00 06 | 3     | level 3 }}
| WIDTH=70% | <B>Meaning</B>
{{OBDtr| 0x08 | char[20] |00FF00| AD DE       | dead | unused }}
|- ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#FFEEDD"
{{OBDtr| 0x1C | int32    |00FFFF| 1E 01 00 00 | 10000 | array size }}
| BGCOLOR="#FF0000" | 01 4E 02 00
{{OBDtrBK}}
| 590
{{OBDtr| 0x00 | int32    |FFC8C8| 00 00 00 00 | 0         | index into [[OBD:AKBP|AKBP]] array; BSP tree for this BNV }}
| ALIGN=LEFT | 00590-.AKVA
{{OBDtr| 0x04 | int32    |FFFFC8| 00 00 00 00 | 0         | BNV's ID (same as index in array) }}
|- ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#FFEEDD"
{{OBDtr| 0x08 | int32    |C8FFC8| 00 00 00 00 | 0         | index into [[OBD:AKBA|AKBA]] array; "side" range start }}
| BGCOLOR="#FFFF00" | 01 00 00 06
{{OBDtr| 0x0C | int32    |C8FFC8| 06 00 00 00 | 6         | index into [[OBD:AKBA|AKBA]] array; "side" range end }}
| 3
{{OBDtr| 0x10 | int32    |C8FFFF| FF FF FF FF | -1        | index in array of child BNV }}
| ALIGN=LEFT | level 3
{{OBDtr| 0x14 | int32    |C8FFFF| FF FF FF FF | -1        | index in array of sibling BNV }}
|- ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#FFEEDD"
{{OBDtr| 0x18 | int32    |C8FFFF| FF FF FF FF | -1       | runtime only }}
| BGCOLOR="#00FF00" | AD DE
{{OBDtr| 0x1C | int32    |FFC8FF| C9 00 00 00 | 201       | size of the pathfinding grid along x in tiles }}
| dead
{{OBDtr| 0x20 | int32    |FFC8FF| 16 00 00 00 | 22       | size of the pathfinding grid along z in tiles }}
| ALIGN=LEFT | not used
{{OBDtr| 0x24 | offset  |FFC800| A0 3A 47 00 |00 47 3A A0| at this position starts the pathfinding grid part in the raw file }}
|- ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#FFEEDD"
{{OBDtr| 0x28 | int32    |C800C8| F7 01 00 00 | 503       | size of the pathfinding grid part in the raw file in bytes }}
| BGCOLOR="#00FFFF" | 1E 01 00 00
{{OBDtr| 0x2C | float    |C87C64| 00 00 80 40 | 4.000000 | tile size of the pathfinding grid }}
| 286
{{OBDtr| 0x30 | float    |B0C3D4| 00 00 20 41 | 10.000000 | AABB X- (AABB <nowiki>=</nowiki> Axis-aligned bounding box) }}
| ALIGN=LEFT | 286 BNV nodes in array
{{OBDtr| 0x34 | float    |B0C3D4| 00 00 58 C1 | -13.500000| AABB Y- }}
|- ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#000000"
{{OBDtr| 0x38 | float    |B0C3D4| 00 80 2A C4 |−682.000000| AABB Z- }}
| COLSPAN=3 | <FONT SIZE=2 COLOR="#FFFFFF">First BNV node (black outline)</FONT>
{{OBDtr| 0x3C | float    |E7CEA5| 00 40 47 44 | 797.000000| AABB X+ }}
|- ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#FFEEDD"
{{OBDtr| 0x40 | float    |E7CEA5| 00 00 22 42 | 40.500000 | AABB Y+ }}
| BGCOLOR="#FFC8C8" | 00 00 00 00
{{OBDtr| 0x44 | float    |E7CEA5| 00 00 19 C4 |-612.000000| AABB Z+ }}
| 0
{{OBDtr| 0x48 | int16    |FFDDDD| FE FF       | -2       | grid x origin (in tiles) }}
| ALIGN=LEFT | index into [[AKBP]] array
{{OBDtr| 0x4A | int16    |FFDDDD| FE FF       | -2       | grid z origin (in tiles) }}
|- ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#FFEEDD"
{{OBDtr| 0x4C | int32    |64AAAA| 00 00 00 00 | 0         | BNV's ID again }}
| BGCOLOR="#FFFFC8" | 00 00 00 00
{{OBDtr| 0x50 | int32    |EBEBEB| 00 00 00 00 | 0         | runtime only }}
| 0
{{OBDtr| 0x54 | int32    |EBEBEB| 00 00 00 00 | 0         | path debug info size }}
| ALIGN=LEFT | BNV's ID (same as index in array)
{{OBDtr| 0x58 | int32    |EBEBEB| 00 00 00 00 | 0         | path debug info offset (in the raw file) }}
|- ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#FFEEDD"
{{OBDtr| 0x5C | int32    |8C8CCC| 04 00 00 00 | 4         | flags; used values:
| BGCOLOR="#C8FFC8" | 00 00 00 00
:0x'''01''' 00 00 00 - sloped floor  
| 0
:0x'''04''' 00 00 00 - BNV used
| ALIGN=LEFT | index into [[AKBA]] array ("from"?)
:0x'''10''' 00 00 00 - no grid, appears to be ignored }}
|- ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#FFEEDD"
{{OBDtr| 0x60 | float    |FF00C8| 00 00 00 00 | 0.000000 | if "sloped", x-component of floor normal }}
| BGCOLOR="#C8FFFF" | 06 00 00 00
{{OBDtr| 0x64 | float    |FF00C8| 00 00 00 00 | 0.000000 | if "sloped", y-component of floor normal }}
| 6
{{OBDtr| 0x68 | float    |FF00C8| 00 00 00 00 | 0.000000 | if "sloped", z-component of floor normal }}
| ALIGN=LEFT | index into [[AKBA]] array ("to"?)
{{OBDtr| 0x6C | float    |FF00C8| 00 00 00 00 | 0.000000 | if "sloped", distance of floor plane to origin }}
|- ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#FFEEDD"
{{OBDtr| 0x70 | float    |FF00C8| 00 00 00 00 | 0.000000 | if "sloped", height of the BNV along the floor normal }}
| BGCOLOR="#FFC8FF" | FF FF FF FF
| unknown
| ALIGN=LEFT | index in array of child BNV
|- ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#FFEEDD"
| BGCOLOR="#FFC800" | FF FF FF FF
| unknown
| ALIGN=LEFT | index in array of sibling BNV
|- ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#FFEEDD"
| BGCOLOR="#C800C8" | FF FF FF FF
| unknown
| ALIGN=LEFT | unknown, always -1
|- ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#FFEEDD"
| BGCOLOR="#C87C64" | C9 00 00 00
| 201
| ALIGN=LEFT | size of the pathfinding grid along x : 201 tiles  
|- ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#FFEEDD"
| BGCOLOR="#B0C3D4" | 16 00 00 00
| 22
| ALIGN=LEFT | size of the pathfinding grid along z : 22 tiles  
|- ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#FFEEDD"
| BGCOLOR="#E7CEA5" | A0 3A 47 00
| 47 3A A0
| ALIGN=LEFT | offset of the [[OBD:AKVA_0|pathfinding grid data]] in the RAW file
|- ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#FFEEDD"
| BGCOLOR="#FFDDDD" | F7 01 00 00
| 503
| ALIGN=LEFT | size of the [[OBD:AKVA_0|pathfinding grid data]] in the RAW file (in bytes)
|- ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#FFEEDD"
| BGCOLOR="#64AAAA" | 00 00 80 40
| 4.000000
| ALIGN=LEFT | tile size of the pathfinding grid
|- ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#FFEEDD"
| BGCOLOR="#EBEBEB" | 00 00 20 41
| 10.000000
| ALIGN=LEFT | xmin
|- ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#FFEEDD"
| BGCOLOR="#8C8CCC" | 00 00 58 C1
| -13.500000
| ALIGN=LEFT | ymin
|- ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#FFEEDD"
| BGCOLOR="#FF00C8" | 00 80 2A C4
| -682.000000
| ALIGN=LEFT | zmin
|- ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#FFEEDD"
| BGCOLOR="#F0F096" | 00 40 47 44
| 797.000000
| ALIGN=LEFT | xmax
|- ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#FFEEDD"
| BGCOLOR="#00C864" | 00 00 22 42
| 40.500000
| ALIGN=LEFT | ymax
|- ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#FFEEDD"
| BGCOLOR="#00C8FF" | 00 00 19 C4
| 612.000000
| ALIGN=LEFT | zmax
|- ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#FFEEDD"
| BGCOLOR="#C80040" | FE FF
| 64534
| ALIGN=LEFT | unknown, always -2
|- ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#FFEEDD"
| BGCOLOR="#FFCD96" | FE FF
| 64534
| ALIGN=LEFT | unknown, always -2
|- ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#FFEEDD"
| BGCOLOR="#C8C864" | 00 00 00 00
| 0
| ALIGN=LEFT | BNV's ID again
|- ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#FFEEDD"
| BGCOLOR="#0096C8" | 00 00 00 00
| 0
| ALIGN=LEFT | unknown, always 0
|- ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#FFEEDD"
| BGCOLOR="#0096C8" | 00 00 00 00
| 0
| ALIGN=LEFT | unknown, always 0
|- ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#FFEEDD"
| BGCOLOR="#0096C8" | 00 00 00 00
| 0
| ALIGN=LEFT | unknown, always 0, was a raw file offset once
|- ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#FFEEDD"
| BGCOLOR="#FF80C0" | 04 00 00 00
| 4
| ALIGN=LEFT | bit 4 always set, bit 1 set if floor is sloped, bit 16 see below
|- ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#FFEEDD"
| BGCOLOR="#D0C0AF" | 00 00 00 00
| 0.000000
| ALIGN=LEFT | x-component of floor normal if sloped, 0 if horizontal
|- ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#FFEEDD"
| BGCOLOR="#D0C0AF" | 00 00 00 00
| 0.000000
| ALIGN=LEFT | y-component of floor normal if sloped, 0 if horizontal
|- ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#FFEEDD"
| BGCOLOR="#D0C0AF" | 00 00 00 00
| 0.000000
| ALIGN=LEFT | z-component of floor normal if sloped, 0 if horizontal
|- ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#FFEEDD"
| BGCOLOR="#D0C0AF" | 00 00 00 00
| 0.000000
| ALIGN=LEFT | bottom plane D coefficient if sloped
|- ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#FFEEDD"
| BGCOLOR="#D0C0AF" | 00 00 00 00
| 0.000000
| ALIGN=LEFT | top plane D coefficient if sloped
|}
|}
;xmin, ymin, zmin, xmax, ymax, zmax
 
:BNVs are axis-aligned boxes, so the coordinates of two opposed corners define a BNV completely.
 
:It makes sense to specify a "minimal" corner and a "maximal" corner, in that order.
;General
;Still unknown and probably important
:BNVs are volumes that have a [[OBD:AKVA/0x24|pathfinding grid]] assigned to them. The grid itself is in the raw file, while its overall parameters are in the .dat file.
:The grid usually "bleeds" outside the (x,z) extent of the BNV.
:The usual volume is a right prism (or an oblique prism if the foor is sloped) but there are a few BNVs that are a bit more complex. There's not limit to the number of faces a volume can have but it's probably better to keep this number low. Most BNVs are convex but concave BNVs work too (level2 has some).
:The amount of bleeding is defined by the grid's size (in tiles) and by the size of a tile.
:The horizontal BNVs never overlap (that might work but it's probably useless) but a sloped BNV can overlap a horizontal one (for example some stairs that are placed in the middle of a floor, see first stairs in level 2). This means that it is possible to have ghost quads placed inside a BNV instead of on an edge. It is unknown if the engine checks that while moving inside a BNV such a ghost quad is interesected.
:The only unknown is the offset of the grid with respect to the center of the BNV's base.
:It should be noted that the floor of a BNV doesn't always match the visible geometry. Common examples are sidewalks (sometimes they're included in the street's BNV which has a lower floor), stairs and the power lines in level 10.
:I suppose it's specified by some of the unknown floats. Didn't check.
 
:I don't remember seeing a ''rotated'' BNV, but there could be some of those.
 
::[[User:Geyser|geyser]] 20:02, 28 December 2006 (CET)
;0x00 - [[OBD:AKBP|AKBP]] tree
:What about them, really? Maybe some of the "unknown; always 0" fields?
:This binary space partition (BSP) tree is used to check if a point is inside the BNV. A list of BNVs that can potentially contain a point is found using the environment octree (2nd [[OBD:IDXA_AKOT_2|IDXA]] of the [[OBD:AKOT|AKOT]] + [[OBD:OTLF|OTLF]]). It should be noted that the BSP tree includes not only the "walls" of the BNV but the floor and ceilings too. Also, many of these "trees" are degenerate (they're lists). Actual trees occur only if the volume is not convex.
:... (much later) well, they could also be 0 by default (hardcoded)
 
::[[User:Geyser|geyser]] 23:20, 16 April 2007 (CEST)
 
;Floor normal
;0x08 - [[OBD:AKBA|AKBA]] range
:ssg's observations; didn't check. [[User:Geyser|geyser]]
:The "sides" of a BNV define the quads (invisible "ghost" quads, see [[AGQG]] flags and [[AKAA]]) by which an AI can transit to adjacent BNVs. These quads are used to create "connections" between the pathfinding graph's nodes. It appears that such a connection is one way only so if 2 BNVs are adjacent then each should have a transition quad that connects it to the other.
;Children and siblings
:Tipically the base of a ghost quad is in the same plane as the floor but there are some exceptions. It seems that it is possible for the ghost quad to be a above the floor (like for a sidewalk).
:Those occur when smaller BNVs are included into larger ones.
 
 
;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.
:The bigger BNV only links to its first child. If there are several children, the sibling link is used to define the series.
;No raw part
::Examples: lobby in {{C3}} (level3), big hall under main power line in {{C8}} (level10).
:Only one example of a BNV that has an x-z grid size but no grid data: BNV 165 in level4 (far side of tarmac, behind the fence)
:It's unclear if children BNVs are really needed or used. They usually occur when the parent BNV is very tall (see level3 lobby) but due to the way the pathfinding grids work such tall BNVs might be useless (see below).
:Notably, that one BNV also has the 16 flag set (see above, before the floor normal).
 
 
;0x1C - Pathfinding grid
:The pathfinding grid can be seen as the projection onto the floor of (almost) all quads that intersect the BNV. This raises an interesting problem: if a polygon is high enough that a character can walk under it then it might still get projected onto the grid and result in a blocked tile. This can be seen in a couple of places in level 19 where some "furniture" has been placed on the walls and the grids under it contain blocked tiles (see the Muro fight scene for example). This does't happen always (for example the ceilings are never projected) and it's not known what rules have been used. Something along these lines seems reasonable:
::- quads that are above some height x (unknown, larger than max character's height, less than the BNV height) are projected
::- "furniture" quads are always projected (that would explain why the furniture in level 19 got projected even if it is placed higher than many ceilings)
::- "grid ignore" (see [[AGQG]] flags) quads are not projected. There are a lot of light lamps in level 9 that are placed very low and they're not projected onto the grid.
::- "danger" quads are projected but result in "danger" tiles instead of "blocked" tiles
::- quads that use "no collision" or "no character collision" are obviously not projected
:Given this it seems that there's no reason to make BNVs that are much taller than the characters.
 
:BNV 165 in level4 (far side of tarmac, behind the fence) has a non-zero X-Z grid size but no data in the raw file.
::Notably, that one BNV also has the 16 flag set at 0x5C (see below).
:The grid's alignment on the "floor" of the BNV's AABB is defined by the x and z offsets in tiles (at 0x48 and 0x4A).
 
 
;0x5C - Floor and ceiling
:These value define 2 planes used as the "floor" and the "ceiling" of the BNV. It is unclear why these planes are needed as this information is already included in the BSP tree. The engine uses these values if the "sloped" bit is set to 1 (they're ignored otherwise) so they need to be correct.
:''The 3 power lines in level10 have all 5 floats equal to zero even though the "sloped" bit is set. This is very likely an error as those BNVs are obviously not sloped. Due to the way computations are done BNV detection in those areas still works.
 


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{{OBD}}
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Latest revision as of 13:54, 17 July 2014

ONI BINARY DATA
AKOT << Other file types >> BINA
AKVA : BNV Node Array
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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 runtime only
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 Y-
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 int16 FE FF -2 grid x origin (in tiles)
0x4A int16 FE FF -2 grid z origin (in tiles)
0x4C int32 00 00 00 00 0 BNV's ID again
0x50 int32 00 00 00 00 0 runtime only
0x54 int32 00 00 00 00 0 path debug info size
0x58 int32 00 00 00 00 0 path debug info offset (in the raw file)
0x5C int32 04 00 00 00 4 flags; used values:
0x01 00 00 00 - sloped floor
0x04 00 00 00 - BNV used
0x10 00 00 00 - no grid, appears to be ignored
0x60 float 00 00 00 00 0.000000 if "sloped", x-component of floor normal
0x64 float 00 00 00 00 0.000000 if "sloped", y-component of floor normal
0x68 float 00 00 00 00 0.000000 if "sloped", z-component of floor 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", height of the BNV along the floor normal


General
BNVs are volumes that have a pathfinding grid assigned to them. The grid itself is in the raw file, while its overall parameters are in the .dat file.
The usual volume is a right prism (or an oblique prism if the foor is sloped) but there are a few BNVs that are a bit more complex. There's not limit to the number of faces a volume can have but it's probably better to keep this number low. Most BNVs are convex but concave BNVs work too (level2 has some).
The horizontal BNVs never overlap (that might work but it's probably useless) but a sloped BNV can overlap a horizontal one (for example some stairs that are placed in the middle of a floor, see first stairs in level 2). This means that it is possible to have ghost quads placed inside a BNV instead of on an edge. It is unknown if the engine checks that while moving inside a BNV such a ghost quad is interesected.
It should be noted that the floor of a BNV doesn't always match the visible geometry. Common examples are sidewalks (sometimes they're included in the street's BNV which has a lower floor), stairs and the power lines in level 10.


0x00 - AKBP tree
This binary space partition (BSP) tree is used to check if a point is inside the BNV. A list of BNVs that can potentially contain a point is found using the environment octree (2nd IDXA of the AKOT + OTLF). It should be noted that the BSP tree includes not only the "walls" of the BNV but the floor and ceilings too. Also, many of these "trees" are degenerate (they're lists). Actual trees occur only if the volume is not convex.


0x08 - AKBA range
The "sides" of a BNV define the quads (invisible "ghost" quads, see AGQG flags and AKAA) by which an AI can transit to adjacent BNVs. These quads are used to create "connections" between the pathfinding graph's nodes. It appears that such a connection is one way only so if 2 BNVs are adjacent then each should have a transition quad that connects it to the other.
Tipically the base of a ghost quad is in the same plane as the floor but there are some exceptions. It seems that it is possible for the ghost quad to be a above the floor (like for a sidewalk).


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).
It's unclear if children BNVs are really needed or used. They usually occur when the parent BNV is very tall (see level3 lobby) but due to the way the pathfinding grids work such tall BNVs might be useless (see below).


0x1C - Pathfinding grid
The pathfinding grid can be seen as the projection onto the floor of (almost) all quads that intersect the BNV. This raises an interesting problem: if a polygon is high enough that a character can walk under it then it might still get projected onto the grid and result in a blocked tile. This can be seen in a couple of places in level 19 where some "furniture" has been placed on the walls and the grids under it contain blocked tiles (see the Muro fight scene for example). This does't happen always (for example the ceilings are never projected) and it's not known what rules have been used. Something along these lines seems reasonable:
- quads that are above some height x (unknown, larger than max character's height, less than the BNV height) are projected
- "furniture" quads are always projected (that would explain why the furniture in level 19 got projected even if it is placed higher than many ceilings)
- "grid ignore" (see AGQG flags) quads are not projected. There are a lot of light lamps in level 9 that are placed very low and they're not projected onto the grid.
- "danger" quads are projected but result in "danger" tiles instead of "blocked" tiles
- quads that use "no collision" or "no character collision" are obviously not projected
Given this it seems that there's no reason to make BNVs that are much taller than the characters.
BNV 165 in level4 (far side of tarmac, behind the fence) has a non-zero X-Z grid size but no data in the raw file.
Notably, that one BNV also has the 16 flag set at 0x5C (see below).
The grid's alignment on the "floor" of the BNV's AABB is defined by the x and z offsets in tiles (at 0x48 and 0x4A).


0x5C - Floor and ceiling
These value define 2 planes used as the "floor" and the "ceiling" of the BNV. It is unclear why these planes are needed as this information is already included in the BSP tree. The engine uses these values if the "sloped" bit is set to 1 (they're ignored otherwise) so they need to be correct.
The 3 power lines in level10 have all 5 floats equal to zero even though the "sloped" bit is set. This is very likely an error as those BNVs are obviously not sloped. Due to the way computations are done BNV detection in those areas still works.


ONI BINARY DATA
AKOT << Other file types >> BINA
AKVA : BNV Node Array
Level file