NoMansSky:Reference Guides

References[edit | edit source]

The following are references for the various files and types of files used for No Man's Sky:

Reference Tables listing game items and properties.^Outdated
NMSDK Model Importer First Steps Introduction to NMSDK and object types.
Input/Actions Reference file Gathers some basic information about NMS input system.
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Users can find the game's different file types with descriptions below:

GLOBAL Files
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 - the MBIN that defines interactions and behaviors of objects.
  - GEOMETRY - the format in which 3D models are stored in
  - MATERIAL MBIN Files - defines the texture maps and shader flags to be used
  - DESCRIPTOR MBIN Files - handles the nested hierarchies of procedural generation in-game
  - ANIM files - Animation files
    - Animation Curves
  - LSYSTEM - a facet of procedural generation that introduces more control with custom rule sets on procedural objects in-game, such as how outposts with enterable interiors are generated (needs more research)
TEXTURES
- TEXTURE MBIN Files
- NMS texture formats
AUDIO
- WEM format
- Voice Reference Table. A list of all the exosuit voice files with their WEM IDs.
SHADERS
- SPV files