====== Formats ======
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Many of the proprietary FromSoftware formats are accessible in [[https://github.com/JKAnderson/SoulsFormats|SoulsFormats]] for programmatic browsing or editing and [[https://github.com/JKAnderson/SoulsTemplates|SoulsTemplates]] for hex browsing. See also the [[https://github.com/JKAnderson/SoulsFormats/blob/master/FORMATS.md|SoulsFormats format summary]] for even more obscure formats and usage details.

===== Compression =====
These types are appended to the end of an existing file to denote it is compressed.

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^ Format ^ Description ^
| [[DCX]] | Found as <name>.dcx, a generic file compression format. Can be unpacked with WitchyBND |

===== Binders =====
These types are the file containers that typically contain multiple other file types within.

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^ Format ^ Description ^
| [[BDT]] | The data file for a dvdbnd archive containing nearly all game data |
| [[BHT]] | The header file for a dvdbnd archives containing nearly all game data |
| [[BND]] | Usually found as [something]bnd.dcx, a generic file archive format |
| [[TPF]] | Texture archive containing DDS files. Can be unpacked with WitchyBND. |

===== General =====
These file types are non-specific types used by the games.

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^ Format ^ Description ^
| [[DDS]] | Image texture format. Can be edited with photo editing programs. |
| [[SL2]] | Save files |
| [[RMB]] | Collection of controller rumble effects. |
| [[EXPB]] | |

===== Game =====
These file types are related to game elements, such as player behavior, the levels themselves, etc.

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^ Format ^ Description ^
| [[ACB]] | Rendering configuration file (namely lighting for models). Only used in Dark Souls 2. |
| [[AIP]] | Auto-invasion point configuration. Used in Elden Ring. |
| [[BREAKGEOM]] | Configuration file for breakable assets. Used in Elden Ring and Armored Core VI. |
| [[BREAKOBJ]] | Configuration file for breakable objects. Used in Dark Souls 1, 2, 3, Bloodborne and Sekiro. |
| [[BHV]] | Behavior configuration file introduced in Armored Core VI. |
| [[BTAB]] | Lightmap atlasing configuration file used since Dark Souls 2. |
| [[BTPB]] | Collection of spherical harmonics light probes for lighting characters and objects in a map. |
| [[BTL]] | Configuration file for all the light sources in maps. |
| [[EDD]] | A description format for ESDs. It is not read by the game. |
| [[EDGE]] | A file that defines grapple points and hangable edges for a model. Only used in Sekiro. |
| [[ENTRYFILELIST]] | Configuration file that determines which map elements must be loaded before the load screen can end. |
| [[EMELD]] | A companion file to EMEVD that assigns names to different events. |
| [[EMEVD]] | Scripting file used in all games. Typically controls the world state. |
| [[ESD]] | Scripting file based on state machines used for character behavior, dialog trees, and enemy AI, depending on the game. |
| [[GPARAM]] | Graphical configuration file that tweaks post-processing effects. |
| [[GRASS]] | Defines a dynamic grass mesh attached to a model. |
| [[HKX]] | Havok archive. Can contain configuration for animations, behavior, collision, etc. |
| [[HKXPWV]] | Ragdoll-related container. Defines weak-points on a model. |
| [[HKS]] | Lua script used by Havok for to configure an's actor behavior graph. |	
| [[LUA]] | Lua file, used for enemy AI, or event scripts in earlier games. |
| [[LUAGNL]] | A list of global variable names for Lua scripts. |
| [[LUAINFO]] | A list of AI goals for Lua scripts. |
| [[MSB]] | Map file containing all map object placements. |
| [[MCG]] | Navigation format used in Demon's Souls and Dark Souls that defines a coarse graph for moving around the map. |
| [[MCP]] | Navigation format used in Demon's Souls and Dark Souls that defines a basic graph of connected volumes. |
| [[MQB]] | Configuration file used to compose all elements of a cutscenes. |
| [[NGP]] | Navigation mesh file. Used in Dark Souls II. |
| [[NVA]] | Defines the placement and properties of navigation meshes. Used from Bloodborne onwards. |
| [[NVC]] |  |
| [[NVM]] | Navigation format used in Demon's Souls and Dark Souls.  |
| [[ONAV]] |  |
| [[PARAM]] | Game data configuration files. |
| [[SCN]] | Configuration file used to compose all elements of a cutscenes. Only used in Dark Souls 2. |
| [[format:tae|TAE]] | Defines animation events such as sounds, effects, and hitboxes |

===== FaceGen =====
These file types are related to the FaceGen middleware used in some of the FromSoftware games.

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| [[CTL]] | A facegen format. From their website: "Controls & distribution densities. A binary file format. Valid for all SAMs with the same BasisKey." |
| [[EGM]] | A facegen format. From their website: "A binary format containing the principal component modes as one standard deviation vertex deltas." |
| [[EGT]] | A facegen format. From their website: "A binary file format containing texture statistics data for each pixel for each mode." |
| [[FLVER2TRI]] | A format that indicates which vertices of a FLVER are relevant for FaceGen. |
| [[TRI]] | A facegen format. From their website: "A binary format containing a polygonal model composed of triangles and quads and, optionally, texture coordinates, either per-vertex or per-facet (indexed). Normal information is not stored, as normals must be dynamically computed in a SSM." |

===== Visuals =====
These file types are related to the game's interface and visual elements.

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| [[CCM]] | A font layout file used in Demon's Souls, Dark Souls 1, 2, and 3; determines the texture used for each different character code. |
| [[CLM2]] | Companion file to a FLVER. Related to cloth simulation if the FLVER uses it. |
| [[DRB]] | Mysterious UI format |
| [[FLVER]] | Output model format used by all games. |
| [[FFX]] | Visual effect files used in DS1|
| [[FFXResList]] | Lists resources (textures, models, or animations) for FXR in Elden Ring. Can be edited with a text editor. |
| [[FMG]] | Generic text containers for localization |
| [[FXR]] | Visual effect files used in DS3 and Elden Ring|
| [[GFX]] | SWF variant used for UIs |
| [[MTD]] | Material definition file. |
| [[MATBIN]] | Material configuration file. Used in Elden Ring and Armored Core VI. |
| [[PMDCL]] | Defines static decals. Used in Dark Souls III. |
| [[FPO]] | A shader file: fragment program objects. |
| [[PPO]] | A shader file: pixel program objects. |
| [[VPO]] | A shader file: vertex program objects. |

===== Sounds =====
These file types are related to the game's auditory elements.

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^ Format ^ Description ^
| [[FSB]] | FMOD sound archives |
| [[FEV]] | FMOD sound archives |
| [[ITL]] | FMOD sound archives |
| [[BNK]] | A Wwise bank file. |
| [[PCK]] | A Wwise package file. |
| [[WEM]] | A Wwise Encoded Media file that contains digital audio. |
| [[MOAEI]] |  |