MBIN Header Format v0

MBIN Header Format v0 (Vanilla NMS)

See also:

• MBIN-Format
• MBIN Header Format v1

Offset	Size	Type	Name
0x0000	0x0004	byte[4]	MagicID
0x0004	0x0004	uint32	FormatID
0x0008	0x0008	uint64	Timestamp
0x0010	0x0008	uint64	TemplateGUID
0x0018	0x0040	char[64]	TemplateName
0x0058	0x0008	byte[8]	Padding

MagicID:

Always 0xCCCCCCCC for *.MBIN files. Always 0xDDDDDDDD for *.MBIN.PC files.

FormatID:

Always 2500 (integer).

Timestamp:

0x0 for most files. 0xFFFF.. for TkGeometryData files. Timestamp eg. 201607201542 (decimal) on global files and older MBINs, likely removed the code that set it at some stage.

TemplateGUID:

Unique across templates layouts (files using the same template & version/layout of structure share the same GUID). Doesn't appear to be checked on load.

TemplateName:

The name of the template for the type of Game Component data that is stored in the MBIN file.

Padding:

Used for alignment of the following MBIN data to 16-byte boundaries.