MapList

See also the map loading procedure.

Map List

Each map has:

• an ID
• a [mapname].romlist.zlb file (described here)
• a directory containing the map's assets
• an entry in MAPINFO.bin which contains:
  • the map's name (used by debug builds)
  • the map's type
  • an object ID which, in older versions, specified which object to use as the player
    • omitted from first list since it's always zero
  • an unknown parameter which is always 6 (omitted here)

ID	Romlist	Directory Name	Name from MAPINFO.bin	T	Note
00	frontend	shipbattle	Ship Battle	0	Start of game, Krystal vs ship
01	frontend2	animtest	ZNot Used - Front End2	3	only map where T = 3
02	dragrock	dragrock	Dragon Rock - Top	0
03	krazoapalace	animtest	ZNot Used - Krazoa Palace	0	Unused maps are prefixed with Z
04	temple	volcano	Volcano Force Point	0
05	hightop	animtest	Rolling Demo - Just In Case	0
06	discovery	animtest	ZNot Used - Discovery Falls	0
07	hollow	swaphol	ThornTail Hollow	0	Originally called SwapStone Hollow
08	hollow2	swapholbot	ThornTail Hollow - Undergro	0
09	mazecave	mazecave	MazeTest	0
0a	wastes	nwastes	SnowHorn Wastes	0
0b	warlock	warlock	Krazoa Palace	0	Originally called Warlock Mountain
0c	fortress	crfort	CloudRunner Fortress	0
0d	wallcity	wallcity	Walled City	0
0e	swapcircle	lightfoot	LightFoot Village	0
0f	cloudtreasure	cloudtreasure	ZNot Used - CloudRunner - T	0	directory missing
10	clouddungeon	clouddungeon	CloudRunner - Dungeon	0
11	cloudtrap	animtest	ZNot Used - CloudRunner - T	0
12	moonpass	mmpass	Moon Mountain Pass	0
13	snowmines	darkicemines	DarkIce Mines - Top	0
14	krashrin2	animtest	ZNot Used - Krazoa Shrine	0
15	kraztest	desert	Ocean Force Point - Bottom	0
16	krazchamber	animtest	krazchamber	0
17	newicemount	icemountain	Ice Mountain	0
18	newicemount2	animtest	ZNot Used - Ice Mountain 2	0
19	newicemount3	animtest	ZNot Used - Ice Mountain 3	0
1a	animtest	animtest	Animtest	0
1b	snowmines2	darkicemines2	DarkIce Mines - Bottom	0
1c	snowmines3	bossgaldon	BOSS DarkIce	0
1d	capeclaw	capeclaw	Cape Claw	0
1e	insidegal	insidegal	ZNot Used - Inside Galleon	0	directory missing
1f	dfshrine	dfshrine	Test Of Combat	0
20	mmshrine	mmshrine	Test Of Fear	0
21	ecshrine	ecshrine	Test Of Skill	0
22	gpshrine	gpshrine	Test Of Knowledge	0
23	diamondbay	dbay	ZNot Used - Diamond Bay	0	directory missing
24	earthwalker	animtest	ZNot Used - EarthWalker Tem	0
25	willow	animtest	ZNot Used - Willow Grove	0
26	arwing	arwing	ArWing Level - Andross	4
27	dbshrine	dbshrine	Test Of Strength	0
28	nwshrine	nwshrine	BOSS Scales	0
29	ccshrine	worldmap	World Map	4	choosing where to fly to
2a	wgshrine	animtest	ZNot Used - WGShrine	0
2b	cloudrace	cloudrace	CloudRunner - Race	0
2c	finalboss	bossdrakor	BOSS Drakor	0
2d	wminsert	animtest	ZNot Used - WMinsert	0
2e	snowmines4	animtest	ZNot Used - DarkIce Mines -	0
2f	snowmines5	animtest	ZNot Used - DarkIce Mines -	0
30	trexboss	bosstrex	BOSS TRex	0
31	mikelava	animtest	ZNot Used - MikesLava	0
32	dfptop	dfptop	Ocean Force Point - Top	0
33	swapstore	shop	Shop	0	ThornTail store
34	dragbot	dragrockbot	Dragon Rock - Bottom	0
35	kamdrag	animtest	ZNot Used - BOSS Kamerian D	0
36	magicave	magiccave	Magic Cave - Small\Big	0	caves where staff upgrades are found - has backslash
37	duster	cloudjoin	ZNot Used - Duster Cave	0	directory missing
38	linkb	linkb	LinkB - Ice2Wastes	0
39	cloudjoin	animtest	ZNot Used - CloudRunner2Rac	0
3a	arwingtoplanet	arwingtoplanet	Arwing to Planet	4	flying to Dino Planet
3b	arwingdarkice	arwingdarkice	Arwing Darkice	4
3c	arwingcloud	arwingcloud	Arwing Cloud	4
3d	arwingcity	arwingcity	Arwing City	4
3e	arwingdragon	arwingdragon	Arwing Dragon	4
3f	gamefront	gamefront	Game Front	4	title screen
40	linklevel	linklevel	LinkK - Nik Test	0	directory missing
41	greatfox	greatfox	Great Fox	0	probably first scene where Fox receives mission
42	linka	linka	LinkA - Warpstone to Others	0
43	linkc	linkc	LinkC - Wastes to Hollow	0
44	linkd	linkd	LinkD - Darkmines top 2 bot	0
45	linke	linke	LinkE - hollow to moon pass	0
46	linkf	linkf	LinkF - moonpass to volcano	0
47	linkg	linkg	LinkG - hollow to lightfoot	0
48	linkh	linkh	LinkH - lightfoot to capecl	0
49	linkj	linkj	LinkJ - capeclaw 2 ocean fo	0
4a	linki	linki	LinkI - CloudRunner2Race	0

From here on, there appears to be no corresponding directory. (The directory table only goes up to entry 0x4A.) The different naming convention also suggests they may be from later in development.

These are the only ones to use the ObjType field. Although this function was removed at some point during development, the object IDs still seem to match up with the final version. Also, all maps in this list have T (Map Type) 1.

ID	Romlist	Name from MAPINFO.bin	ObjType	Note
4b	dfpodium	dfpodium	0000
4c	dfcradle	dfcradle	0000
4d	dfcavehatch1	dfcavehatch1	0000
4e	dfcavehatch2	dfcavehatch2	0000
4f	scstatue	scstatue	0000
50	galleonship	galleonship	008E SB_Galleon
51	cfgalleon	cfgalleon	00CE CFScalesGal
52	cfgangplank	cfgangplank	0000
53	nwtreebridge	nwtreebridge	0000
54	cfdungeonblock	cfdungeonblock	00B3 CFDungeonBl
55	cloudrunnermap	cloudrunnermap	008C SB_Cloudrun
56	ccbridge	ccBridge	0099 CCBridge
57	cfcolumn	cfcolumn	0782 CF_BobbingC
58	nwboulder	nwboulder	0000
59	cfprisondoor	cfprisondoor	00C1 CFPrisonDoo
5a	cfprisoncage	cfprisoncage	0127 CFPrisonCag
5b	nwtreebridge2	nwtreebridge2	01DB NW_treebrid
5c	dim2iceblock1	dim2 ice block1	07C7 DIM2IcePlat
5d	dimpushblock	dimpushblock	01CB DIMWoodDoor
5e	dim2iceblock2	dim2 ice block2	07C9 DIM2IcePlat
5f	dimhornplinth	dimhornplinth	0000
60	nwshcolpush	nwshcolpush	0000
61	dim2lift	dim2lift	0000
62	dim2icefloe	dim2icefloe	0111 DIM2IceFloe
63	dim2icefloe1	dim2icefloe1	0109 DIM2IceFloe
64	dim2icefloe2	dim2icefloe2	010D DIM2IceFloe
65	cfliftplat	cfliftplat	0000
66	imspacecraft	imspacecraft	0168 IMAnimSpace
67	dimbossgut	dimbossgut	0155 DIM_BossGut
68	wmcolrise	wmcolrise	015D WM_colrise
69	vfpslide1	vfpslide1	03BA VFP_Platfor
6a	vfpslide2	vfpslide2	03C0 VFPLavaBloc
6b	drpushcart	drpushcart	0418 DR_PushCart
6c	drliftplat	drliftplat	03B1 DR_Platform
6d	dim2stonepillar	dim2stonepillar	00F2 DIM2StonePi
6e	bossdrakorflatr	bossdrakorrock	07DF WCPushBlock
6f	wcbouncycrate	wcbouncycrate	04FE WCBouncyCra
70	wcpushblock	wcpushblock	0515 WCPushBlock
71	wctemplelift	wctemplelift	0528 WCMoonTempl
72	KamColumn	kameriancolumn	0000
73	dbstepstone	dbstepstone	0000
74	vfppushblock	vfppushblock	0857 VFP_Bobbing

Although animtest is unused (and contains only one object, a setuppoint), the game does look at its files sometimes, notably at the title screen. This might have to do with frontend2?

T is the map type:

• 00: Normal map
• 01: Normal submap
• 02: Special map - unloads all objects immediately upon loading (unused)
• 03: Special submap (same as 02) - only used by map 1 which is itself unused
• 04: Special map - hides PDA HUD. Used for title screen and Arwing maps. If applied to a normal map, the game will crash looking for an object that isn't there.

Changed Names

The names, as well as prerelease articles about the game, hint at some maps whose names have been changed:

Final Name	Original Name	Internal	Note
ThornTail Hollow	SwapStone Hollow	swaphol	WarpStone was once SwapStone
Krazoa Palace	Warlock Mountain	warlock
Ocean Force Point	?	desert
Test Of Combat	?	dfshrine	presumably "dfalls"
Test Of Fear	?	mmshrine	presumably Moon Mountain
Test Of Skill	?	ecshrine
Test Of Knowledge	?	gpshrine
Test Of Strength	?	dbshrine	Diamond Bay?
BOSS Scales	?	nwshrine	Northern Wastes (SnowHorn Wastes)
World Map	?	ccshrine	Probably reused map ID
BOSS Drakor	?	finalboss	Probably final boss before Starfoxification

Directory List

The table at 0x802cbbac in RAM (v1.0) is a list of map directories with many repeats:

ID	Directory	ID	Directory	ID	Directory	ID	Directory	ID	Dir
00	animtest	10	shop	20	animtest	30	dbay	40	linka
01	animtest	11	animtest	21	animtest	31	animtest	41	linkc
02	animtest	12	crfort	22	darkicemines2	32	cloudrace	42	linkd
03	arwing	13	swapholbot	23	bossgaldon	33	bossdrakor	43	linke
04	dragrock	14	wallcity	24	animtest	34	animtest	44	linkf
05	animtest	15	lightfoot	25	insidegal	35	bosstrex	45	linkg
06	dfptop	16	cloudtreasure	26	magiccave	36	linkb	46	linkh
07	volcano	17	animtest	27	dfshrine	37	cloudjoin	47	linkj
08	animtest	18	clouddungeon	28	mmshrine	38	arwingtoplanet	48	linki
09	mazecave	19	mmpass	29	ecshrine	39	arwingdarkice
0a	dragrockbot	1a	darkicemines	2a	gpshrine	3a	arwingcloud
0b	dfalls	1b	animtest	2b	dbshrine	3b	arwingcity
0c	swaphol	1c	desert	2c	nwshrine	3c	arwingdragon
0d	shipbattle	1d	animtest	2d	worldmap	3d	gamefront
0e	nwastes	1e	icemountain	2e	animtest	3e	linklevel
0f	warlock	1f	animtest	2f	capeclaw	3f	greatfox

At 0x802cbcd0 is a lookup table that translates map IDs to indices into the above table.

Idx	Dir	Map	Directory	Note
00	0D	frontend	shipbattle
01	05	frontend2	animtest	frontend dir not used
02	04	dragrock	dragrock
03	05	krazoapalace	animtest	used krazoa palace is idx 0B
04	07	temple	volcano
05	05	hightop	animtest
06	05	discovery	animtest	dfalls dir not used
07	0C	hollow	swaphol
08	13	hollow2	swapholbot
09	09	mazecave	mazecave
0a	0E	wastes	nwastes
0b	0F	warlock	warlock
0c	12	fortress	crfort
0d	14	wallcity	wallcity
0e	15	swapcircle	lightfoot	swapcircle dir not used
0f	16	cloudtreasure	cloudtreasure
10	18	clouddungeon	clouddungeon
11	05	cloudtrap	animtest
12	19	moonpass	mmpass
13	1A	snowmines	darkicemines
14	05	krashrin2	animtest
15	1C	kraztest	desert
16	05	krazchamber	animtest
17	1E	newicemount	icemountain
18	1F	newicemount2	animtest	different animtest entry
19	20	newicemount3	animtest	different animtest entry
1a	05	animtest	animtest
1b	22	snowmines2	darkicemines2
1c	23	snowmines3	bossgaldon
1d	2F	capeclaw	capeclaw
1e	25	insidegal	insidegal
1f	27	dfshrine	dfshrine
20	28	mmshrine	mmshrine
21	29	ecshrine	ecshrine
22	2A	gpshrine	gpshrine
23	30	diamondbay	dbay
24	05	earthwalker	animtest
25	05	willow	animtest
26	03	arwing	arwing
27	2B	dbshrine	dbshrine
28	2C	nwshrine	nwshrine
29	2D	ccshrine	worldmap
2a	05	wgshrine	animtest
2b	32	cloudrace	cloudrace
2c	33	finalboss	bossdrakor
2d	05	wminsert	animtest
2e	05	snowmines4	animtest
2f	05	snowmines5	animtest
30	35	trexboss	bosstrex
31	05	mikelava	animtest
32	06	dfptop	dfptop
33	10	swapstore	shop
34	0A	dragbot	dragrockbot
35	05	kamdrag	animtest
36	26	magicave	magiccave
37	37	duster	cloudjoin
38	36	linkb	linkb
39	05	cloudjoin	animtest	cloudjoin dir used for unused duster map
3a	38	arwingtoplanet	arwingtoplanet
3b	39	arwingdarkice	arwingdarkice
3c	3A	arwingcloud	arwingcloud
3d	3B	arwingcity	arwingcity
3e	3C	arwingdragon	arwingdragon
3f	3D	gamefront	gamefront
40	3E	linklevel	linklevel
41	3F	greatfox	greatfox
42	40	linka	linka
43	41	linkc	linkc
44	42	linkd	linkd
45	43	linke	linke
46	44	linkf	linkf
47	45	linkg	linkg
48	46	linkh	linkh
49	47	linkj	linkj
4a	48	linki	linki

Unused/Mismatched Directories

A few directories aren't used, or don't match up with the actual map:

• Directory frontend is unused; map frontend uses directory shipbattle
• Directory dfalls is unused, probably belonged to map discovery or dbay
• Directory swapcircle is unused; map swapcircle uses directory lightfoot
• Maps newicemount2 and newicemount3 use entries 0x1F and 0x20 in the directory list
  • Both are animtest but most unused maps use entry 0x05 instead
• Map duster uses directory cloudjoin
• Map cloudjoin uses directory animtest
• ID 0x05 (animtest) is also used as the default for any invalid map IDs

Parent Maps

At 0x802cbdfc is a table assigning some map directories a "parent". If a map has a parent listed here, the parent is loaded at the same time as the map. (Note that Idx here is a directory ID, not a map ID.)

Idx	ID	Directory	Parent
09	0C	mazecave	swaphol
0d	0F	shipbattle	warlock
10	0C	shop	swaphol
13	0C	swapholbot	swaphol
18	12	clouddungeon	crfort
1c	06	desert	dfptop
23	22	bossgaldon	darkicemines2
27	19	dfshrine	mmpass
28	15	mmshrine	lightfoot
29	0F	ecshrine	warlock
2a	14	gpshrine	wallcity
2b	0E	dbshrine	nwastes
2c	0F	nwshrine	warlock
30	05	dbay	animtest
35	14	bosstrex	wallcity
36	1E	linkb	icemountain
3f	0F	greatfox	warlock
41	0E	linkc	nwastes
43	0C	linke	swaphol
44	07	linkf	volcano
45	0C	linkg	swaphol
46	15	linkh	lightfoot
47	2F	linkj	capeclaw