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Game Files

NMS mostly uses the .mbin file format to store data but it's far from being the only file format used by the game. Here's what user can find in each game folder :

GLOBAL Files - Main game settings

AUDIO
- WEM format : encoded audio files
- Voice Reference Table - A list of all the exosuit voice files with their WEM IDs.

BANKS_INTERMEDIATE - No real use

FONTS
- FNT files : text files storing char maps to extract them from the .DDS canvas
- DDS files : Textures storing fonts as images

INPUT
- JSON files : text files storing devices input mappings
- ACTIONS.JSON Reference file

LANGUAGE
- MBIN files : store all the strings, texts and dialogs of the game

MATERIALS
- MATERIAL.MBIN files : generic game materials.

METADATA - All the game tables and databases
- EFFECTS : defines properties like light, particles, shakes and duration of game effects
- ENTITLEMENTS : Handled game pre-order bonuses
- REALITY : game major tables
  - Reference Tables listing game items and properties extracted from game tables.^Outdated
- TROPHIES : Handled game achievments

MODELS
- SCENE Files - similar to a prefab and holds information about in-game objects all the way from models, behaviors to audio, particle effects and more.
  - ENTITY.MBIN Files - the MBIN that defines interactions and behaviors of objects.
  - DESCRIPTOR.MBIN Files - handle the nested hierarchies of procedural generation in-game
  - GEOMETRY.MBIN Files - store the 3D models
  - MATERIAL.MBIN Files - define the texture maps and shader flags to be used
  - ANIM.MBIN files - Animation files
    - Animation Curves
  - LSYSTEM - Rules controling NPC buildings procedural generation

MUSIC

PIPELINES
- BIN files : text files controlling shaders branching

PLAYTOGETHER - unknown
PROMO - old game promotional files
SCENES - Trailer and demonstration static files

SHADERS
- BIN files : shaders initialization text files
- SPV files : Vulkan fragmented shader files

TEXTURES
- CACHE.SQS : Texture caching file for quick texture adressing. Stores header and footer of most used textures
- TEXTURE MBIN Files
- NMS texture formats

TPFSDICT - Encrypted profanity words you can't use in NMS

UI
- MBIN files : describes all the components and parts of the game GUI
- TTF files : Standard TrueType Fonts used in game menus and interfaces

XML File References

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 == Game Files ==
-NMS mostly uses the .mbin file format to store data. See the [[NMS:Tutorials/Mod_Creation_by_Hex Editing_MBINs|MBIN hex-editing tutorial]] for an introduction to the game files. Most MBIN game files have a template name prefixed a 2-character template class (eg. Tk or Gc), and each template has a lookup file in the [https://github.com/monkeyman192/MBINCompiler/tree/development/libMBIN/Source/NMS MbinCompiler library].<br><br>
+NMS mostly uses the .mbin file format to store data but it's far from being the only file format used by the game.
-Users can find the game's different file types with descriptions below:
+Here's what user can find in each game folder :
 * [[NMS:Reference_Guides/Global_Files|GLOBAL Files]] - Main game settings