Map registry

1 + portalCount + tooltipCount 64-byte strings per map

u32 length, string; the count follows the Map.edf zones

the same

u32; the client requires exactly 37 (0x25 hard-coded in 0075C490) and equality with the NDMap.edf map count

map number 0…36

map code (32); map and minimap lookup by code, case-insensitive

BSP path (128); the client builds the _dummy.spt path from it too

minimap .spr name (128); the client stores ./SpriteImage/Common/Map/<spr> and loads it as the minimap window sprite

portal count

288 bytes: map, portal number, box (6 float), 3×4 matrix, point x y z 1 (the same as -node_tm in .spt), type (1 entrance, 0 arrival, 3 menu), “works”, races, dummy name, name (empty — taken from NDMap), +0xED number of destination pairs (1 everywhere), requirements (4.2)

after all portals of the map: per portal +0xED pairs (i32 map, i32 portal) of 8 bytes, −1, −1 for arrival points; the client stores the pointer at +0xF0 of the portal

u32 + n × 96 — ore mining points: box (+8 minX, +0x10 minZ, +0x14 maxX, +0x1C maxZ; Y is not checked), the matrix and point are not read. The client takes the index of the first record whose box contains the player and sends it as byMineIndex (14/1) and when placing an auto-miner; the server interprets the index by its own *0dr, *1dr, *2dr array. AoP: 226 records against 62 server *0dr — an old list

u32 + n × 84: u32 number, i32 left, top, right, bottom — the icon rectangle on the minimap image (16 × 16), char[64] text (empty in the file, read into memory from NDMap). An icon of type 5 with id number | 0x50000000, the text is the tooltip

two minimap insets: fScale ≠ 0 — the inset exists (a magnified fragment), rect[0..1] — the top-left corner of the fragment in image pixels, rect[2..3] — the position of the inset window in the minimap window; an icon in the inset: (px − rect[0]) × fScale − width/2

minimap size and shift: the “world ↔ cell” formula

BSP leaf and node counts — a check at map loading (0075A130): 0, 0 — do not check; otherwise they must equal the loaded BSP values, on a mismatch the map does not load (“DIFF BSP LEAF/NODE…” in the log)

two sections of one format (CMapArea lists): u32 count; per record u32 height, u32 image width, u32 length + name (= map code, case-insensitive), u32 zone count, zones × {u32 colour (not read — dead code), u32 x, u32 y of the label in pixels, i32 sound (not read)}, u32 length + RLE mask {u16 length−1, u8 zone} → a byte per pixel. The player's zone is by the mask pixel; zone names are in NDMap. The server sends the zone index (8/6) by its own Map\MAPDATA.DAT — in AoP this section is byte for byte the same. World maps are a tree map1 → map1_<zone+1>; the zone text = the map name for switching to its minimap

record start; exactly 12 fields follow (fscanf %s)

map name for all references (m_strCode)

paths .\map\<folder>\<name>.*, SystemSave\<name>_Boss.ini

0 field, 1 layers with sets, 2 …

1 — respawn at the *ds of one's race

≤ 500; for type 0 → 1

0/1/2 — race capital

≤ 30; for type 0 → 1

visibility and broadcasts

only summoning a player

summoning only; −1 — no limit

potion restriction by map (m_nPotionLim)

three characters 0/1