Message Data (.MSD) File Format

Note: This page pertains to Reverse Engineering of Okami File Formats.

The following article is currently a Work In Progress and will have more details soon.

Message data. Contains strings accessed by an index.

Format

Offset	Type	Size	Description
0x00	`uint32_t`	4	Number of entries.
0x04	`int64_t[numEntries]`	8 * numEntries	String offsets.

Immediately followed by the string data. Each character in a string is represented as a uint16_t.

Control Codes

Control codes have their highest bit set (0x8000).

High byte of control code is the type; low byte is number of arguments including the code itself (so always at least 1).

Control Code	Additional Parameters	Description
`8001`	0	End dialogue
`8103`	2	Set speaker 1 (first arg category string i.e. 'hm', second arg id string '01')
`8203`	2	Set speaker 2
`8303`	2	Unknown
`8903`	2	Unknown
`8A01`	0	Unknown
`8E01`	0	Unknown
`9302`	0	Unknown
`9401`	0	Unknown
`9502`	1	Item name. If arg is -1 it is set by the context, otherwise it is the item ID.
`9804`	3	Unknown (first arg category string i.e. 'hm', second arg id string '01')
`A001`	0	New line
`A101`	0	Clear
`A301`	0	Wait for button input
`A402`	1	Wait? Arg is amount to wait.
`A901`	0	Long duration wait.
`AA01`	0	Unknown
`AC02`	1	Set dialogue type. 1 = Story. 2 = Conversation.
`AD02`	1	Unknown
`B002`	1	Unknown
`B203`	2	Unknown
`B301`	0	Black text (reset colour)
`B602`	1	Set text colour. 1 = red.
`B902`	1	Button action graphic
`BA02`	1	Unknown
`BB01`	0	Unknown
`C103`	2	Unknown
`D201`	0	Issun dialogue background (green)
`D302`	1	Unknown (camera change?)
`D404`	3	Unknown
`DA03`	2	Unknown
`DD01`	0	Unknown
`DE01`	0	Unknown
`E403`	2	crsignal (??)

Characters

Character mappings are found in etc/core_20.bin index 3 (MessCore.DDS).

Note: The Japanese character documentation is incomplete.

Hex Code	English	French	German	Japanese
`0000`
`0001`	`.`	`.`	`.`	`…`
`0002`	`,`	`,`	`,`
`0003`	`?`	`?`	`?`
`0004`	`!`	`!`	`!`	`?`
`0005`	`(`	`(`	`(`	`!`
`0006`	`)`	`)`	`)`	`「`
`0007`	`*`	`*`	`*`	`」`
`0008`	`/`	`/`	`/`	`『`
`0009`	`"`	`"`	`"`	`』`
`000A`	`'`	`'`	`'`	`(`
`000B`	`[`	`[`	`[`	`)`
`000C`	`]`	`]`	`]`
`000D`	`0`	`0`	`0`
`000E`	`1`	`1`	`1`	`•`
`000F`	`2`	`2`	`2`	`™`
`0010`	`3`	`3`	`3`	`®`
`0011`	`4`	`4`	`4`	`0`
`0012`	`5`	`5`	`5`	`1`
`0013`	`6`	`6`	`6`	`2`
`0014`	`7`	`7`	`7`	`3`
`0015`	`8`	`8`	`8`	`4`
`0016`	`9`	`9`	`9`	`5`
`0017`	`A`	`A`	`A`	`6`
`0018`	`B`	`B`	`B`	`7`
`0019`	`C`	`C`	`C`	`8`
`001A`	`D`	`D`	`D`	`9`
`001B`	`E`	`E`	`E`
`001C`	`F`	`F`	`F`
`001D`	`G`	`G`	`G`
`001E`	`H`	`H`	`H`
`001F`	`I`	`I`	`I`
`0020`	`J`	`J`	`J`
`0021`	`K`	`K`	`K`
`0022`	`L`	`L`	`L`
`0023`	`M`	`M`	`M`
`0024`	`N`	`N`	`N`
`0025`	`O`	`O`	`O`
`0026`	`P`	`P`	`P`
`0027`	`Q`	`Q`	`Q`
`0028`	`R`	`R`	`R`
`0029`	`S`	`S`	`S`
`002A`	`T`	`T`	`T`
`002B`	`U`	`U`	`U`
`002C`	`V`	`V`	`V`
`002D`	`W`	`W`	`W`
`002E`	`X`	`X`	`X`
`002F`	`Y`	`Y`	`Y`
`0030`	`Z`	`Z`	`Z`
`0031`	`a`	`a`	`a`
`0032`	`b`	`b`	`b`
`0033`	`c`	`c`	`c`
`0034`	`d`	`d`	`d`
`0035`	`e`	`e`	`e`
`0036`	`f`	`f`	`f`
`0037`	`g`	`g`	`g`
`0038`	`h`	`h`	`h`
`0039`	`i`	`i`	`i`
`003A`	`j`	`j`	`j`
`003B`	`k`	`k`	`k`
`003C`	`l`	`l`	`l`
`003D`	`m`	`m`	`m`
`003E`	`n`	`n`	`n`
`003F`	`o`	`o`	`o`
`0040`	`p`	`p`	`p`
`0041`	`q`	`q`	`q`
`0042`	`r`	`r`	`r`
`0043`	`s`	`s`	`s`
`0044`	`t`	`t`	`t`
`0045`	`u`	`u`	`u`
`0046`	`v`	`v`	`v`
`0047`	`w`	`w`	`w`
`0048`	`x`	`x`	`x`
`0049`	`y`	`y`	`y`
`004A`	`z`	`z`	`z`
`004B`	`×`	`×`	`×`
`004C`	`,`	`,`	`,`
`004D`	`ƒ`	`ƒ`	`ƒ`
`004E`	`„`	`„`	`„`
`004F`	`…`	`…`	`…`
`0050`	`†`	`†`	`†`
`0051`	`‡`	`‡`	`‡`
`0052`	`^`	`^`	`^`
`0053`	`‰`	`‰`	`‰`
`0054`	`Š`	`Š`	`Š`
`0055`	`<`	`<`	`<`
`0056`	`Œ`	`Œ`	`Œ`
`0057`	`×`	`×`	`×`
`0058`	`‘`	`‘`	`‘`
`0059`	`’`	`’`	`’`
`005A`	`“`	`“`	`“`
`005B`	`”`	`”`	`”`
`005C`	`•`	`•`	`•`
`005D`	`–`	`–`	`–`
`005E`	`—`	`—`	`—`
`005F`	`~`	`~`	`~`
`0060`	`™`	`™`	`™`
`0061`	`š`	`š`	`š`
`0062`	`>`	`>`	`>`
`0063`	`œ`	`œ`	`œ`
`0064`	`×`	`×`	`×`
`0065`	`Ÿ`	`Ÿ`	`Ÿ`
`0066`	`¡`	`¡`	`¡`
`0067`	`¢`	`¢`	`¢`
`0068`	`£`	`£`	`£`
`0069`	`¤`	`¤`	`¤`
`006A`	`¥`	`¥`	`¥`
`006B`
`006C`	`§`	`§`	`§`
`006D`	`¨`	`¨`	`¨`
`006E`	`©`	`©`	`©`
`006F`	`ª`	`ª`	`ª`
`0070`	`«`	`«`	`«`
`0071`	`¬`	`¬`	`¬`
`0072`	`−`	`−`	`−`
`0073`	`®`	`®`	`®`
`0074`	`‾`	`‾`	`‾`
`0075`	`°`	`°`	`°`
`0076`	`±`	`±`	`±`
`0077`	`²`	`²`	`²`
`0078`	`³`	`³`	`³`
`0079`	`´`	`´`	`´`
`007A`	`µ`	`µ`	`µ`
`007B`	`¶`	`¶`	`¶`
`007C`	`.`	`.`	`.`
`007D`	`¸`	`¸`	`¸`
`007E`	`¹`	`¹`	`¹`
`007F`	`⁰`	`⁰`	`⁰`
`0080`	`»`	`»`	`»`
`0081`	`¼`	`¼`	`¼`
`0082`	`½`	`½`	`½`
`0083`	`¾`	`¾`	`¾`
`0084`	`¿`	`¿`	`¿`
`0085`	`À`	`À`	`À`
`0086`	`Á`	`Á`	`Á`
`0087`	`Â`	`Â`	`Â`
`0088`	`Ã`	`Ã`	`Ã`
`0089`	`Ä`	`Ä`	`Ä`
`008A`	`Å`	`Å`	`Å`
`008B`	`Æ`	`Æ`	`Æ`
`008C`	`Ç`	`Ç`	`Ç`
`008D`	`È`	`È`	`È`
`008E`	`É`	`É`	`É`
`008F`	`Ê`	`Ê`	`Ê`
`0090`	`Ë`	`Ë`	`Ë`
`0091`	`Ì`	`Ì`	`Ì`
`0092`	`Í`	`Í`	`Í`
`0093`	`Î`	`Î`	`Î`
`0094`	`Ï`	`Ï`	`Ï`
`0095`	`Ð`	`Ð`	`Ð`
`0096`	`Ñ`	`Ñ`	`Ñ`
`0097`	`Ò`	`Ò`	`Ò`
`0098`	`Õ`	`Õ`	`Õ`
`0099`	`Ô`	`Ô`	`Ô`
`009A`	`Ó`	`Ó`	`Ó`
`009B`	`Ö`	`Ö`	`Ö`
`009C`	`╳`	`╳`	`╳`
`009D`	`Ø`	`Ø`	`Ø`
`009E`	`Ù`	`Ù`	`Ù`
`009F`	`Ú`	`Ú`	`Ú`
`00A0`	`Û`	`Û`	`Û`
`00A1`	`Ü`	`Ü`	`Ü`
`00A2`	`Ý`	`Ý`	`Ý`
`00A3`	`Þ`	`Þ`	`Þ`
`00A4`	`ß`	`ß`	`ß`
`00A5`	`à`	`à`	`à`
`00A6`	`á`	`á`	`á`
`00A7`	`â`	`â`	`â`
`00A8`	`á`	`á`	`á`
`00A9`	`ä`	`ä`	`ä`
`00AA`	`å`	`å`	`å`
`00AB`	`æ`	`æ`	`æ`
`00AC`	`ç`	`ç`	`ç`
`00AD`	`è`	`è`	`è`
`00AE`	`é`	`é`	`é`
`00AF`	`ê`	`ê`	`ê`
`00B0`	`ë`	`ë`	`ë`
`00B1`	`ì`	`ì`	`ì`
`00B2`	`í`	`í`	`í`
`00B3`	`î`	`î`	`î`
`00B4`	`ï`	`ï`	`ï`
`00B5`	`ð`	`ð`	`ð`
`00B6`	`ñ`	`ñ`	`ñ`
`00B7`	`ò`	`ò`	`ò`
`00B8`	`ó`	`ó`	`ó`
`00B9`	`ô`	`ô`	`ô`
`00BA`	`õ`	`õ`	`õ`
`00BB`	`ö`	`ö`	`ö`
`00BC`	`÷`	`÷`	`÷`
`00BD`	`ø`	`ø`	`ø`
`00BE`	`ù`	`ù`	`ù`
`00BF`	`ú`	`ú`	`ú`
`00C0`	`û`	`û`	`û`
`00C1`	`ü`	`ü`	`ü`
`00C2`	`ý`	`ý`	`ý`
`00C3`	`þ`	`þ`	`þ`
`00C4`	`ÿ`	`ÿ`	`ÿ`
`00C5`	`+`	`+`	`+`
`00C6`	`-`	`-`	`-`
`00C7`	`◯`	`◯`	`◯`
`00C8`	`△`	`△`	`△`
`00C9`	`□`	`□`	`□`
`00CA`	`♪`	`:`	`:`
`00CB`	`:`
`00CC`		`_`	`_`
`00CD`	`_`	`↓`	`:`
`00CE`	`:`	`↑`
`00CF`	`~`	`←`
`00D0`	`∞`	`→`
`00D1`	`→`	`:`
`00D2`	`←`	N/A	`N/A`
`00D3`	`↑`	N/A	`N/A`
`00D4`	`↓`	N/A	`N/A`
`00D5`		N/A	`N/A`
`00D6`		N/A	`N/A`
`00D7`		N/A	`N/A`
`00D8`		N/A	`N/A`
`00D9`		N/A	`N/A`
`00DA`		N/A	`N/A`
`00DB`		N/A	`N/A`
`00DC`		N/A	`N/A`
`00DD`		N/A	`N/A`
`00DE`		N/A	`N/A`
`00DF`		N/A	`N/A`
`00E0`		N/A	`N/A`

Additional Japanese Characters

Note: The Japanese character documentation is incomplete.

Hex Code	Japanese
`00E1`
`00E2`
`00E3`
`00E4`
`00E5`
`00E6`
`00E7`
`00E8`
`00E9`
`00EA`
`00EB`
`00EC`
`00ED`
`00EE`
`00EF`
`00F0`
`00F1`
`00F2`
`00F3`
`00F4`
`00F5`
`00F6`
`00F7`
`00F8`
`00F9`
`00FA`
`00FB`
`00FC`
`00FD`
`00FE`
`00FF`
`0100`
`0101`
`0102`
`0103`
`0104`
`0105`
`0106`
`0107`
`0108`
`0109`
`010A`
`010B`
`010C`
`010D`
`010E`
`010F`
`0110`
`0111`
`0112`
`0113`
`0114`
`0115`
`0116`
`0117`
`0118`
`0119`
`011A`
`011B`
`011C`
`011D`
`011E`
`011F`
`0120`
`0121`
`0122`
`0123`
`0124`
`0125`
`0126`
`0127`
`0128`
`0129`
`012A`
`012B`
`012C`
`012D`
`012E`
`012F`
`0130`
`0131`
`0132`
`0133`
`0134`
`0135`
`0136`
`0137`
`0138`
`0139`
`013A`
`013B`
`013C`
`013D`
`013E`
`013F`
`0140`
`0141`
`0142`
`0143`
`0144`
`0145`
`0146`
`0147`
`0148`
`0149`
`014A`
`014B`
`014C`
`014D`
`014E`
`014F`
`0150`
`0151`
`0152`
`0153`
`0154`
`0155`
`0156`
`0157`
`0158`
`0159`
`015A`
`015B`
`015C`
`015D`
`015E`
`015F`
`0160`
`0161`
`0162`
`0163`
`0164`
`0165`
`0166`
`0167`
`0168`
`0169`
`016A`
`016B`
`016C`
`016D`
`016E`
`016F`
`0170`
`0171`
`0172`
`0173`
`0174`
`0175`
`0176`
`0177`
`0178`
`0179`
`017A`
`017B`
`017C`
`017D`
`017E`
`017F`
`0180`
`0181`
`0182`
`0183`
`0184`
`0185`
`0186`
`0187`
`0188`
`0189`
`018A`
`018B`
`018C`
`018D`
`018E`
`018F`
`0190`
`0191`
`0192`
`0193`
`0194`
`0195`
`0196`
`0197`
`0198`
`0199`
`019A`
`019B`
`019C`
`019D`
`019E`
`019F`
`01A0`
`01A1`
`01A2`
`01A3`
`01A4`
`01A5`
`01A6`
`01A7`
`01A8`
`01A9`
`01AA`
`01AB`
`01AC`
`01AD`
`01AE`
`01AF`
`01B0`
`01B1`
`01B2`
`01B3`
`01B4`
`01B5`
`01B6`
`01B7`
`01B8`
`01B9`
`01BA`
`01BB`
`01BC`
`01BD`
`01BE`
`01BF`
`01C0`
`01C1`
`01C2`
`01C3`
`01C4`
`01C5`
`01C6`
`01C7`
`01C8`
`01C9`
`01CA`
`01CB`
`01CC`
`01CD`
`01CE`
`01CF`
`01D0`
`01D1`
`01D2`
`01D3`
`01D4`
`01D5`
`01D6`
`01D7`
`01D8`
`01D9`
`01DA`
`01DB`
`01DC`
`01DD`
`01DE`
`01DF`
`01E0`
`01E1`
`01E2`
`01E3`
`01E4`
`01E5`
`01E6`
`01E7`
`01E8`
`01E9`
`01EA`
`01EB`
`01EC`
`01ED`
`01EE`
`01EF`
`01F0`
`01F1`
`01F2`
`01F3`
`01F4`
`01F5`
`01F6`
`01F7`
`01F8`
`01F9`
`01FA`
`01FB`
`01FC`
`01FD`
`01FE`
`01FF`
`0200`
`0201`
`0202`
`0203`
`0204`
`0205`
`0206`
`0207`
`0208`
`0209`
`020A`
`020B`
`020C`
`020D`
`020E`
`020F`
`0210`
`0211`
`0212`
`0213`
`0214`
`0215`
`0216`
`0217`
`0218`
`0219`
`021A`
`021B`
`021C`	`1`
`021D`
`021E`
`021F`	`I`
`0220`	`D`
`0221`	`0`
`0222`	`5`
`0223`
`0224`
`0225`
`0226`
`0227`
`0228`
`0229`
`022A`
`022B`
`022C`
`022D`
`022E`
`022F`
`0230`
`0231`
`0232`
`0233`
`0234`
`0235`
`0236`
`0237`
`0238`
`0239`
`023A`
`023B`
`023C`
`023D`
`023E`
`023F`
`0240`
`0241`
`0242`
`0243`
`0244`
`0245`
`0246`
`0247`
`0248`
`0249`
`024A`
`024B`
`024C`
`024D`
`024E`
`024F`
`0250`
`0251`
`0252`
`0253`
`0254`
`0255`
`0256`
`0257`
`0258`
`0259`
`025A`
`025B`
`025C`
`025D`
`025E`
`025F`
`0260`
`0261`
`0262`
`0263`
`0264`
`0265`
`0266`
`0267`
`0268`
`0269`
`026A`
`026B`
`026C`
`026D`
`026E`
`026F`
`0270`
`0271`
`0272`
`0273`
`0274`
`0275`
`0276`
`0277`
`0278`
`0279`
`027A`
`027B`
`027C`
`027D`
`027E`
`027F`
`0280`
`0281`
`0282`
`0283`
`0284`
`0285`
`0286`
`0287`
`0288`
`0289`
`028A`
`028B`
`028C`
`028D`
`028E`
`028F`
`0290`
`0291`
`0292`
`0293`
`0294`
`0295`
`0296`
`0297`
`0298`
`0299`
`029A`
`029B`
`029C`
`029D`
`029E`
`029F`
`02A0`
`02A1`
`02A2`
`02A3`
`02A4`
`02A5`
`02A6`
`02A7`
`02A8`
`02A9`
`02AA`
`02AB`
`02AC`
`02AD`
`02AE`
`02AF`
`02B0`
`02B1`
`02B2`
`02B3`
`02B4`
`02B5`
`02B6`
`02B7`
`02B8`
`02B9`
`02BA`
`02BB`
`02BC`
`02BD`
`02BE`
`02BF`
`02C0`
`02C1`
`02C2`
`02C3`
`02C4`
`02C5`
`02C6`
`02C7`
`02C8`
`02C9`
`02CA`
`02CB`
`02CC`
`02CD`	`②`
`02CE`
`02CF`
`02D0`
`02D1`	`S`
`02D2`	`T`
`02D3`	`A`
`02D4`	`R`
`02D5`
`02D6`
`02D7`	`P`
`02D8`	`l`
`02D9`	`a`
`02DA`	`y`
`02DB`	`t`
`02DC`	`i`
`02DD`	`o`
`02DE`	`n`
`02DF`	`E`
`02E0`	`e`
`02E1`
`02E2`	`3`
`02E3`
`02E4`
`02E5`
`02E6`
`02E7`	`Ｏ`
`02E8`	`Ｆ`
`02E9`
`02EA`
`02EB`
`02EC`
`02ED`
`02EE`
`02EF`
`02F0`
`02F1`
`02F2`	`M`
`02F3`	`_`
`02F4`	`0`
`02F5`	`2`
`02F6`	`Y`
`02F7`	`(`
`02F8`	`J`
`02F9`	`)`
`02FA`	`4`
`02FB`	`6`
`02FC`	`7`
`02FD`	`8`
`02FE`	`9`
`02FF`
`0300`
`0301`
`0302`
`0303`
`0304`
`0305`
`0306`
`0307`
`0308`
`0309`
`030A`
`030B`
`030C`
`030D`
`030E`
`030F`	`Ⅱ`
`0310`
`0311`
`0312`
`0313`
`0314`
`0315`
`0316`
`0317`
`0318`
`0319`
`031A`
`031B`
`031C`
`031D`
`031E`	`:`
`031F`
`0320`
`0321`
`0322`	`x`
`0323`	`p`
`0324`
`0325`
`0326`
`0327`
`0328`	`.`
`0329`	`H`
`032A`	`z`
`032B`
`032C`
`032D`
`032E`
`032F`
`0330`
`0331`
`0332`	`/`
`0333`
`0334`
`0335`
`0336`
`0337`
`0338`
`0339`
`033A`
`033B`
`033C`
`033D`
`033E`
`033F`
`0340`
`0341`	`B`
`0342`	`C`
`0343`	`F`
`0344`	`G`
`0345`	`K`
`0346`	`L`
`0347`	`N`
`0348`	`Q`
`0349`	`U`
`034A`	`V`
`034B`	`W`
`034C`	`X`
`034D`	`Z`
`034E`	`b`
`034F`	`c`
`0350`	`d`
`0351`	`f`
`0352`	`g`
`0353`	`h`
`0354`	`j`
`0355`	`k`
`0356`	`m`
`0357`	`q`
`0358`	`r`
`0359`	`s`
`035A`	`u`
`035B`	`v`
`035C`	`w`
`035D`	`,`
`035E`	`□`
`035F`
`0360`
`0361`
`0362`
`0363`
`0364`
`0365`

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