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ChaosMageX: Fixed broken links

2014-08-13T21:08:51Z

Fixed broken links

ChaosMageX: Added Visual Effect IDs block based on findings made by Rick and Tweaked documentation to ensure all sections follow the same format and (hopefully) link correctly to one another

2014-08-12T22:26:26Z

Added Visual Effect IDs block based on findings made by Rick and Tweaked documentation to ensure all sections follow the same format and (hopefully) link correctly to one another

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ChaosMageX: /* Format */ Added Visual Effect field names based on findings made by Rick

2014-08-12T21:20:47Z

‎Format: Added Visual Effect field names based on findings made by Rick

ChaosMageX: /* Format */ Added Material Resource data type cases based on findings made by Rick

2014-08-12T21:10:30Z

‎Format: Added Material Resource data type cases based on findings made by Rick

ChaosMageX: /* Map */ Added overview and format with field names based on findings made by Rick

2014-08-12T21:04:42Z

‎Map: Added overview and format with field names based on findings made by Rick

ChaosMageX: /* Format */ Added Ribbon Effect field names based on findings made by Rick

2014-08-12T20:49:41Z

‎Format: Added Ribbon Effect field names based on findings made by Rick

ChaosMageX: /* Format */ Added Distribute Effect field names based on findings made by Rick

2014-08-12T20:38:29Z

‎Format: Added Distribute Effect field names based on findings made by Rick

ChaosMageX: /* FastParticle Effect */ Added overview and format with field names based on findings made by Rick

2014-08-12T19:53:47Z

‎FastParticle Effect: Added overview and format with field names based on findings made by Rick

ChaosMageX: /* Game Effect */ Added overview and format with field names based on findings made by Rick

2014-08-12T19:44:10Z

‎Game Effect: Added overview and format with field names based on findings made by Rick

ChaosMageX: /* Format */ Added Screen Effect field names based on findings made by Rick

2014-08-12T19:37:37Z

‎Format: Added Screen Effect field names based on findings made by Rick

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 |-
 | 0x0001
-| [[#Particle_Effect| Particle Effect]]
+| [[#Particle_Effect|Particle Effect]]
 |-
 | 0x0002
-| [[#Metaparticle_Effect  | Metaparticle Effect]]
+| [[#Metaparticle_Effect|Metaparticle Effect]]
 |-
 | 0x0003
-| [[#Decal_Effect | Decal Effect]]
+| [[#Decal_Effect|Decal Effect]]
 |-
 | 0x0004
-| [[#Sequence_Effect | Sequence Effect]]
+| [[#Sequence_Effect|Sequence Effect]]
 |-
 | 0x0005
-| [[#Sound_Effect | Sound Effect]]
+| [[#Sound_Effect|Sound Effect]]
 |-
 | 0x0006
-| [[#Shake_Effect | Shake Effect]]
+| [[#Shake_Effect|Shake Effect]]
 |-
 | 0x0007
-| [[#Camera_Effect | Camera Effect]]
+| [[#Camera_Effect|Camera Effect]]
 |-
 | 0x0008
-| [[#Model_Effect | Model Effect]]
+| [[#Model_Effect|Model Effect]]
 |-
 | 0x0009
-| [[#Screen_Effect | Screen Effect]]
+| [[#Screen_Effect|Screen Effect]]
 |-
 | 0x000A
@@ Line 77: / Line 77: @@
 |-
 | 0x000B
-| [[#Game_Effect | Game Effect]]
+| [[#Game_Effect|Game Effect]]
 |-
 | 0x000C
-| [[#Fast_Particle_Effect | Fast Particle Effect]]
+| [[#FastParticle_Effect|Fast Particle Effect]]
 |-
 | 0x000D
-| [[#Distribute_Effect | Distribute Effect]]
+| [[#Distribute_Effect|Distribute Effect]]
 |-
 | 0x000E
-| [[#Ribbon_Effect | Ribbon Effect]]
+| [[#Ribbon_Effect|Ribbon Effect]]
 |-
 | 0x000F
-| [[#Sprite_Effect | Sprite Effect]]
+| [[#Sprite_Effect|Sprite Effect]]
 |-
 |}
@@ Line 486: / Line 486: @@
   DWORD Count1
   	FLOAT[2] Time Range //Little Endian
-  	ZSTRING  Effect Name //See [[#Effect_Handles|Effect Handles]] below
+  	ZSTRING  Effect Name //See [[#VisualEffect_Names|Effect Names]] below
   DWORD  Flags //0xF mask?

@@ Line 1,056: / Line 1,056: @@
   --Repeat EffectCount
       // Effect Block Table
-      DWORD
+      DWORD    Flags
-      DWORD
+      DWORD    Component App Flags Mask
-      DWORD
+      DWORD    Notify Message ID
-      FLOAT //Little Endian
+      FLOAT[2] Screen Size Range //Little Endian
-      FLOAT //Little Endian
+      FLOAT    Cursor Active Distance
-      DWORD
+      BYTE     Cursor Button
-      BYTE
+      // LOD Distances
       DWORD Count
-          FLOAT
+         FLOAT
-      FLOAT //Little Endian
+      FLOAT[3] Extended LOD Weights //Little Endian
-     FLOAT //Little Endian
+      DWORD    Seed
-     FLOAT //Little Endian
       DWORD
       DWORD BlockIndexCount
       --repeat BlockIndexCount
-           BYTE BlockType
+           BYTE  Block Type
-           DWORD
+           DWORD Flags
-           WORD
+          // Local Transform
-           FLOAT
+           WORD     Flags
-           FLOAT[12] Transformation Matrix //Little Endian
+           FLOAT    Scale
-           BYTE
+           FLOAT[9] Orientation //Little Endian
-           BYTE
+          FLOAT[3] Position    //Little Endian
            DWORD Count
            --repeat Count
-              FLOAT
+              FLOAT Emit Scale
-              FLOAT
+              FLOAT Size Scale
-              FLOAT
+              FLOAT Alpha Scale
-           FLOAT[6] // always 1.0
+           FLOAT Emit Scale Begin  // always 1.0
-           FLOAT
+           FLOAT Emit Scale End    // always 1.0
-           FLOAT
+           FLOAT Size Scale Begin  // always 1.0
-           WORD
+          FLOAT Size Scale End    // always 1.0
-           WORD
+          FLOAT Alpha Scale Begin // always 1.0
-           FLOAT
+          FLOAT Alpha Scale End   // always 1.0
            DWORD BlockIndex
-           if(version >=2)
+           if (Version >= 2)
                BYTE
                BYTE
 ===VisualEffect Handles===

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   QWORD [[#Shaders|Shader]]
   DWORD Count1
- 	QWORD [[#Properties|Property Id]]
+     QWORD [[#Properties|Property Id]]
- 	BYTE dataType
+     BYTE dataType
- 	switch(dataType)
+     switch(dataType)
- 		case 06: QWORD // DDS Instance Id
+         case 00: FLOAT
- 		case 00: FLOAT // Little Endian
+         case 01: DWORD
 ======Shaders======
 [[FNV|FNV32]] Hashed shader names from "Shaders_Win32.precomp"

@@ Line 950: / Line 950: @@
 |}
 =====Map=====
-No examples to decode
+======Overview======
 =====Material=====
 ======Overview======

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 Examples of this effect first appear in the Create A Pet Demo
 =====Format=====
-  DWORD
+  DWORD    Flags //0x3FFF mask?
-  DWORD
+  FLOAT[2] Lifetime
-  DWORD
   DWORD Count
-         FLOAT
+     FLOAT
   DWORD Count
           FLOAT
   FLOAT
-  FLOAT
+  FLOAT Taper
-  FLOAT
+  FLOAT Fade
   DWORD Count
-         FLOAT Red //Little Endian
+     FLOAT Red   //Little Endian; 0 - 1
-         FLOAT Green //Little Endian
+     FLOAT Green //Little Endian; 0 - 1
-         FLOAT Blue //Little Endian
+     FLOAT Blue  //Little Endian; 0 - 1
   DWORD Count
-         FLOAT
+     FLOAT
   DWORD Count
-         FLOAT //Little Endian
+     FLOAT Red   //Little Endian; 0 - 1
-         FLOAT //Little Endian
+     FLOAT Green //Little Endian; 0 - 1
-         FLOAT //Little Endian
+     FLOAT Blue  //Little Endian; 0 - 1
   DWORD Count
           FLOAT
   DWORD Count
-          FLOAT //Little Endian
+          FLOAT Red   //Little Endian; 0 - 1
-          FLOAT //Little Endian
+          FLOAT Green //Little Endian; 0 - 1
-          FLOAT //Little Endian
+          FLOAT Blue  //Little Endian; 0 - 1
   DWORD Count
-         FLOAT
+     FLOAT
   DWORD Count
-         FLOAT
+     FLOAT
   DWORD Count
-         FLOAT
+     FLOAT
   DWORD
-  FLOAT
+  DWORD Segment Count
   //Resource reference block
-  QWORD //I<sub>64</sub> of a an image([[Sims_3:0x00B2D882|DDS]]), model([[Sims_3:0x736884F1|VPXY]]), or material(see [[#Materials|Material Section]] below)
+  QWORD IID<sub>64</sub> of a an image([[Sims_3:0x00B2D882|DDS]]), model([[Sims_3:0x736884F1|VPXY]]), or material(see [[#Materials|Material Section]] below)
-  BYTE
+  BYTE Format
-  BYTE flag
+  BYTE DrawMode
-  if((flag & 0x80)==0x80) DWORD
+  if ((DrawMode & 0x80) == 0x80) DWORD //BE; ???
-  BYTE
+  if ((DrawMode & 0x40) == 0x40) BYTE  //BE; ???
   BYTE
-  WORD
+ // Draw Flags
-  FLOAT
+ if (Version >= 6) WORD
-  QWORD //0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
+  else              BYTE
- DWORD //0xFFFFFFFF
+  FLOAT[3] Directional Forces Sum //Little Endian
- FLOAT
+  FLOAT    Wind Strength
- FLOAT
+  FLOAT    Gravity Strength
- FLOAT
+  QWORD    Emit Color Map IID<sub>64</sub> //0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
- FLOAT //Little Endian
+  QWORD    Force Map IID<sub>64</sub>      //0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
- FLOAT //Little Endian
+  FLOAT    Map Repulse Strength
   FLOAT //Little Endian
   FLOAT
   FLOAT
   QWORD //0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
   QWORD //0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
-  DWORD
 ====Sprite Effect====
 =====Overview=====

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 ====FastParticle Effect====
 No examples to decode
 ====Distribute Effect====

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 ====Screen Effect====
 =====Format=====
-  BYTE
+  BYTE  //BE; Mode
-  DWORD
+  DWORD //BE; Flags; 0x3 mask?
-  DWORD Count
+ // Color Curve
-  	FLOAT Red //Little Endian
+  DWORD Count //BE
-  	FLOAT Green //Little Endian
+  	FLOAT //le; Red   ; 0 - 1
-  	FLOAT Blue //Little Endian
+  	FLOAT //le; Green ; 0 - 1
-  DWORD Count
+  	FLOAT //le; Blue  ; 0 - 1
- 	FLOAT
+ // Strength Curve
-  DWORD Count
+  DWORD Count //BE
- 	FLOAT
+     FLOAT   //BE
-  FLOAT
+ // Distance Curve
-  DWORD
+  DWORD Count //BE
-  DWORD
+     FLOAT   //BE
-  DWORD
+  FLOAT //BE; Lifetime
-  QWORD
+  FLOAT //BE; Delay
-  DWORD Count
+  FLOAT //BE; Falloff
-      BYTE
+  FLOAT //BE; Distance Base
-      BYTE
+  QWORD //BE; Texture IID<sub>64</sub>
       QWORD
       DWORD Count
           BYTE
   DWORD Count
-      FLOAT
+ // Temporary Filter Buffers
-      FLOAT
+  DWORD Count //BE
-  DWORD Count
+      FLOAT //BE; Screen Ratio; should be DWORD?
-      DWORD
+      FLOAT //BE; Size; should be DWORD?
   DWORD Count
-      FLOAT //Little Endian
+ // Float Parameters
-     FLOAT //Little Endian
+  DWORD Count //BE
-  DWORD Count
+      FLOAT   //BE
-      FLOAT //Little Endian
-     FLOAT //Little Endian
+ // Vector 3 Parameters
-  DWORD Count
+  DWORD Count  //BE
-      DWORD
+      FLOAT[3] //le
 ====Game Effect====
 No examples to decode