Tooling built to recover editable source for six 'Mech chassis that exist
in the parallel FS_Build_V4H build but not in this repo. Reverse-engineers
every compiled record type in the .mw4 package format back to the .data /
.instance / .subsystems / .damage / .contents / .torso / .engine /
.armature sources the content pipeline consumes.
Nothing here is wired into the game build. It is a standalone analysis
harness run from Linux.
Package format
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"#VBD" container. Directory records are [len][name][FILETIME][origSize]
[storedSize][offset], payload base at dword 0x0C. A record is stored raw
when storedSize == origSize, otherwise LZW (9->12-bit LSB-first codes,
256=clear, 257=EOF, dict from 258), per Database.cpp:451.
GameModel records are flat /Zp4 structs following the C++ inheritance
chain Entity(0) -> Mover(28) -> MWObject(80) -> Vehicle(664) -> Mech(756),
1636 bytes total. CreateMessage records follow Replicator -> Entity ->
Mover -> MWMover -> MWObject -> Vehicle -> Mech from start=16 (the
undeclared Connection__Message header), ending at 341 and padded to 344.
tools/decompile/
----------------
datamap.py header-driven layout engine; CHAIN + ANCHORS
{Vehicle:664, Mech:756} assert the struct offsets
mw4msg.py CreateMessage reader/walker
data.py .data constants.py define/table symbol resolution
damage.py .damage contents.py .contents
smallmodel.py .torso + .engine instance.py .instance
armature.py / armature_parts.py .armature + armaturedata/armaturevideo
assembly.py joint hierarchy renderer
make_generic_doll.py builds generic MFD/Radar damage dolls
verify_*.py per-type round-trip verifiers
Verified round-trip across all 64 shared chassis:
.armature 2938/2976 pages .subsystems 7579/7585 keys
.data map 6071/6071 values .data trip 8291/8306 keys
.damage 6605/6605 keys .contents 7480/7480 keys
.torso+.engine 1280/1280 keys .instance 896/896 keys, 64/64 pages
armature_parts 1202/1202 .data, 1149/1202 .video
Layout-discovery lessons (documented in DECOMPILING.md)
-------------------------------------------------------
- Never let a field map be discovered by the values that verify it. A
value-matching pass reported 4288/4288 while mis-assigning 34 keys. The
map was rebuilt from header declaration order, anchored on uniquely
resolved fields.
- Read the factory, not the data. 12 .data fields and 5 Torso fields are
declared plain Stuff::Scalar but multiplied by Radians_Per_Degree in
Mech_Tool.cpp:889 / Torso_Tool.cpp.
- Strip typedefs before walking a header. A stray `typedef int AttributeID;`
masked a missing ClassID - two 4-byte errors cancelling out, caught only
by the ANCHORS assertion.
- A verifier that silently narrows its own input reports success. Braced
blocks must be hidden before splitting pages, replacing both CR and LF,
because a `Shadow={...}` block contains a line reading `[shadow]` and
splitlines() also splits on bare CR.
- NSWIZZLE is undefined, so the #else branch is live and orders members
differently. bool is 1 byte; char x[MaxStringLength] is 256.
- V4H carries stale Mech IDs (their Atlas is 5, ours 6), so 64 of 65 shared
chassis are off by one; --retarget-ids emits $(M_<Chassis>)/$(IDS_<Chassis>).
reports/ holds generated diffs. The two ~5 MB manifest-*.tsv intermediates
are gitignored; regenerate everything with run-comparison.sh.
Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 5 (Anthropic) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Co-authored-by: GitHub Copilot <copilot@github.com>
176 lines
7.2 KiB
Python
176 lines
7.2 KiB
Python
#!/usr/bin/env python3
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"""
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armature.py - rebuild a mech's .armature source from its packed records.
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python3 armature.py <mechRecordDir> [-o out.armature]
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python3 armature.py --verify # check against all 65 known chassis
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The packer merges <mech>.armature into <mech>.contents (via `!include=`) and
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then, for every contents page that has Child= entries, emits two records
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(MWMover_Tool.cpp ~78):
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<mech>.contents[<joint>]{sites} children whose name starts 'site_'
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but is not 'site_eye*' - stored as
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YawPitchRoll + Point3D + name
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<mech>.contents[<joint>]{armature} every other child, as a CreateMessage
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carrying jointName + localToParent
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Between them those two records hold every page of the original .armature.
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Verified on Atlas: 61 of 61 page names recovered, values exact.
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Rotation notes
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* {sites} stores YawPitchRoll directly, so those angles are exact.
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* Joint messages only carry a matrix. Across all 65 chassis, 1348 of 1453 joint
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matrices are the identity, i.e. `Rotation=0 0 0`.
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* site_lfoot / site_rfoot appear in BOTH streams - a deliberate hack in
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MWMover_Tool.cpp ("Jerry this will get deleted when you fix your foot
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problem") - and their matrix is the identity while the real angle is in the
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{sites} record. The {sites} value always wins.
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* site_eye* goes only to the armature stream, so its angle comes from the
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matrix.
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"""
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import sys, os, glob, math, struct, re, argparse, collections
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sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
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import mw4msg
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OUR_MECH_SOURCE = "/home/rich/Repositories/firestorm/Gameleap/mw4/Content/Mechs"
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OUR_RECORDS = "/home/rich/Repositories/FS_Ours_extracted/core/mechs"
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REC_RE = re.compile(r'^(?P<chassis>.+?)\.contents\[(?P<parent>[^\]]+)\]\{(?P<kind>armature|sites)\}$',
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re.I)
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def ypr_from_matrix(r):
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"""3x3 -> the (a, b, c) triple as written in Rotation=, in degrees.
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Stuff's YawPitchRoll writes the X-axis angle in the middle slot; confirmed
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against kodiak/site_eyepoint (matrix gives 0.0688 deg, source says
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0.069104).
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"""
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m00, m01, m02, m10, m11, m12, m20, m21, m22 = r
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pitch = math.asin(max(-1.0, min(1.0, m21)))
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if abs(m21) < 0.999999:
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yaw = math.atan2(-m20, m22)
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roll = math.atan2(-m01, m11)
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else:
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yaw = math.atan2(m02, m00)
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roll = 0.0
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return (math.degrees(yaw), math.degrees(pitch), math.degrees(roll))
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def is_identity(r, eps=1e-5):
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ident = (1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1)
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return all(abs(a - b) < eps for a, b in zip(r, ident))
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def rebuild(mech_dir):
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"""-> (chassisName, entries, children)
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entries list of {'name','parent','rot','trans'} - one per armature page.
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Keyed on (parent, name), not name alone: Victor legitimately has
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two different [site_lshellport] pages hanging off different joints.
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children {parentName: [childName, ...]} preserving order and multiplicity.
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"""
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entries = [] # one dict per armature page occurrence
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children = collections.defaultdict(list)
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site_children = collections.defaultdict(set)
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chassis = None
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# {sites} first: site_lfoot/site_rfoot are written to BOTH streams and only
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# the {sites} copy carries their real angle.
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records = (sorted(glob.glob(os.path.join(mech_dir, "*{sites}"))) +
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sorted(glob.glob(os.path.join(mech_dir, "*{armature}"))))
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for path in records:
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m = REC_RE.match(os.path.basename(path))
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if not m:
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continue
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chassis = chassis or m.group("chassis")
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parent, kind = m.group("parent"), m.group("kind").lower()
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with open(path, "rb") as fh:
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data = fh.read()
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children[parent] # ensure the parent exists
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if kind == "sites":
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for name, rot, trans in mw4msg.read_sites(data):
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entries.append({
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"name": name, "parent": parent,
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"rot": tuple(math.degrees(a) for a in rot), "trans": trans})
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children[parent].append(name)
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site_children[parent].add(name)
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else:
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for _off, msg in mw4msg.walk(data):
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name = mw4msg.joint_name(msg)
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if not name:
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continue
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# site_lfoot/site_rfoot are deliberately written to both streams;
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# counting the armature copy too would double them.
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if name in site_children[parent]:
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continue
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children[parent].append(name)
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r = mw4msg.rotation3x3(msg)
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entries.append({
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"name": name, "parent": parent,
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"rot": (0.0, 0.0, 0.0) if is_identity(r) else ypr_from_matrix(r),
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"trans": mw4msg.translation(msg)})
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return chassis, entries, children
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def emit(entries, children):
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"""Render as .armature text, children before the joint that owns them."""
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by_name = {}
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for e in entries:
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by_name.setdefault(e["name"], []).append(e)
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out, done = [], set()
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def visit(name):
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if name in done:
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return
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done.add(name)
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for c in children.get(name, ()):
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visit(c)
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for e in by_name.get(name, [{"rot": (0.0, 0.0, 0.0), "trans": (0.0, 0.0, 0.0)}]):
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out.append(f"[{name}]")
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out.append("Rotation=%.6f %.6f %.6f" % (e["rot"] or (0.0, 0.0, 0.0)))
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out.append("Translation=%.6f %.6f %.6f" % (e["trans"] or (0.0, 0.0, 0.0)))
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for c in children.get(name, ()):
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out.append(f"Child={c}")
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out.append("")
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all_children = {c for lst in children.values() for c in lst}
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for name in list(children) + list(by_name):
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if name not in all_children:
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visit(name)
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for name in list(children) + list(by_name):
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visit(name)
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return "\r\n".join(out) + "\r\n"
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def main():
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ap = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__,
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formatter_class=argparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter)
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ap.add_argument("mechdir", nargs="?", help="directory of packed records for one mech")
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ap.add_argument("-o", "--out", help="write .armature here instead of stdout")
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ap.add_argument("--verify", action="store_true",
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help="rebuild all 65 known chassis and diff against their source")
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args = ap.parse_args()
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if args.verify:
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here = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
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os.execvp("python3", ["python3", os.path.join(here, "verify_armature.py")])
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if not args.mechdir:
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ap.error("give a mech record directory, or --verify")
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chassis, entries, children = rebuild(args.mechdir)
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text = emit(entries, children)
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if args.out:
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os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(args.out), exist_ok=True)
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open(args.out, "wb").write(text.encode("latin-1"))
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print(f"{chassis}: {len(entries)} pages -> {args.out}")
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else:
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sys.stdout.write(text)
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if __name__ == "__main__":
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main()
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