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Persona 3 and 4/BMD (File Format)
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This is a sub-page of Persona 3 and 4.
The BMD format contains text for Persona 3/4. The format is in little endian.
| Offset | Size | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 0x00 | 1 byte | Chunk ID |
| 0x04 | 2 bytes | Size of the file |
| 0x08 | 4 bytes | MSG1 Magic Identifier |
| 0x0c | 4 bytes | Null |
| 0x10 | 2 bytes | End of text table |
| 0x14 | 2 bytes | Amount of offsets in offset table |
| 0x18 | 1 byte | Amount of entries |
| 0x1c | 4 bytes | 20000 |
After the header, there is a table with each entry being 2 bytes.
| Offset | Size | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 0x20 | 4 bytes | Null |
| 0x24 | 2 bytes | Text offset relative from offset 20 |
After the table, the text entries begin.
| Offset | Size | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 0x00; but can be up to 0x18 | 18 bytes at most | Identifier of the text |
| 0x18 | 2 bytes | Probably an identifier or maybe unused |
| 0x20 | 2 bytes | Most likely unused |