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<p>Imported from avsys wiki</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>&#039;&#039;&#039;BMS&#039;&#039;&#039; (&#039;&#039;&#039;B&#039;&#039;&#039;inary &#039;&#039;&#039;M&#039;&#039;&#039;e&#039;&#039;&#039;S&#039;&#039;&#039;sage) is a file format used in some [[Nintendo 3DS]] games and software such as &#039;&#039;StreetPass Mii Plaza&#039;&#039;. It contains message data, and variables that link to other data.<br /> <br /> = File Format =<br /> The file byte order is always little endian.<br /> <br /> == Header ==<br /> {| class=&quot;wikitable&quot;<br /> ! Offset !! Type !! Description<br /> |-<br /> | 0x00 || Int32 || &#039;&#039;&#039;Number of [[#Entry|entries]]&#039;&#039;&#039;.<br /> |-<br /> | 0x04 || Int32 || &#039;&#039;&#039;Number of strings per entry&#039;&#039;&#039;.<br /> |}<br /> <br /> == Entry ==<br /> Followed by the header comes the entries, which contain null-terminated strings aligned by 4. Unicode strings start with [[Template:BOM|Byte Order Mark]] bytes. Null variables are tagged &#039;&#039;nil&#039;&#039;. Each entry is different depending of the file type.<br /> <br /> === BMSC ===<br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;BMSC&#039;&#039;&#039; (&#039;&#039;&#039;B&#039;&#039;&#039;inary &#039;&#039;&#039;M&#039;&#039;&#039;e&#039;&#039;&#039;S&#039;&#039;&#039;sage &#039;&#039;&#039;C&#039;&#039;&#039;olor) links variables to color data. It contains 5 values per entry:<br /> <br /> {| class=&quot;wikitable&quot;<br /> ! Index !! Description<br /> |-<br /> | 1 || &#039;&#039;&#039;Variable name&#039;&#039;&#039;.<br /> |-<br /> | 2-5 || &#039;&#039;&#039;RGBA color&#039;&#039;&#039;.<br /> |}<br /> <br /> === BMSM ===<br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;BMSM&#039;&#039;&#039; (&#039;&#039;&#039;B&#039;&#039;&#039;inary &#039;&#039;&#039;M&#039;&#039;&#039;e&#039;&#039;&#039;S&#039;&#039;&#039;sage &#039;&#039;&#039;M&#039;&#039;&#039;essage) contains in-game message data. It contains 6 values per entry:<br /> <br /> {| class=&quot;wikitable&quot;<br /> ! Index !! Description<br /> |-<br /> | 1 || &#039;&#039;&#039;Variable name&#039;&#039;&#039;.<br /> |-<br /> | 2 || &#039;&#039;&#039;Source variable name&#039;&#039;&#039;.<br /> |-<br /> | 3 || &#039;&#039;&#039;In-game text&#039;&#039;&#039;.<br /> |-<br /> | 4 || {{Unknown-left|&#039;&#039;&#039;Unknown&#039;&#039;&#039;. Probably X scale?}}<br /> |-<br /> | 5 || {{Unknown-left|&#039;&#039;&#039;Unknown&#039;&#039;&#039;. Probably Y scale?}}<br /> |-<br /> | 6 || &#039;&#039;&#039;Secondary source variable name&#039;&#039;&#039;.<br /> |}<br /> <br /> === BMSS ===<br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;BMSS&#039;&#039;&#039; (&#039;&#039;&#039;B&#039;&#039;&#039;inary &#039;&#039;&#039;M&#039;&#039;&#039;e&#039;&#039;&#039;S&#039;&#039;&#039;sage &#039;&#039;&#039;S&#039;&#039;&#039;ource) links variables to different parameters. It contains 13 values per entry:<br /> <br /> {| class=&quot;wikitable&quot;<br /> ! Index !! Description<br /> |-<br /> | 1 || &#039;&#039;&#039;Variable name&#039;&#039;&#039;.<br /> |-<br /> | 2 || {{Unknown-left|&#039;&#039;&#039;Unknown&#039;&#039;&#039;. Probably maximum width?}}<br /> |-<br /> | 3 || {{Unknown-left|&#039;&#039;&#039;Unknown&#039;&#039;&#039;.}}<br /> |-<br /> | 4 || &#039;&#039;&#039;Font path&#039;&#039;&#039;.<br /> |-<br /> | 5 || &#039;&#039;&#039;Foreground color variable name&#039;&#039;&#039;.<br /> |-<br /> | 6 || &#039;&#039;&#039;Background color variable name&#039;&#039;&#039;.<br /> |-<br /> | 7 || {{Unknown-left|&#039;&#039;&#039;Unknown&#039;&#039;&#039;. Probably X scale?}}<br /> |-<br /> | 8 || {{Unknown-left|&#039;&#039;&#039;Unknown&#039;&#039;&#039;. Probably Y scale?}}<br /> |-<br /> | 9 || {{Unknown-left|&#039;&#039;&#039;Unknown&#039;&#039;&#039;. Probably X position?}}<br /> |-<br /> | 10 || {{Unknown-left|&#039;&#039;&#039;Unknown&#039;&#039;&#039;. Probably Y position?}}<br /> |-<br /> | 11 || {{Unknown-left|&#039;&#039;&#039;Unknown&#039;&#039;&#039;.}}<br /> |-<br /> | 12 || {{Unknown-left|&#039;&#039;&#039;Unknown&#039;&#039;&#039;. Either &#039;&#039;true&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;false&#039;&#039;.}}<br /> |-<br /> | 13 || {{Unknown-left|&#039;&#039;&#039;Unknown&#039;&#039;&#039;.}}<br /> |}<br /> <br /> = Tools =<br /> The following tools can handle BMS files:<br /> * (none)<br /> <br /> [[Category:3DS File Formats]]</div>

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