# FF7

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## Contents

- 1 History
- 2 Engine Basics
  - 2.1 Parts of the Engine
  - 2.2 Generic Program Flow
- 3 The Kernel
  - 3.1 Kernel Overview
    - 3.1.1 History
    - 3.1.2 Kernel Functionality
  - 3.2 Memory Management
    - 3.2.1 RAM Management
    - 3.2.2 VRAM Management
    - 3.2.3 PSX CD-ROM management
  - 3.3 Kernel.bin
    - 3.3.1 The KERNEL.BIN Archive
    - 3.3.1 The KERNEL2.BIN Archive
  - 3.4 Low Level Libraries
    - 3.4.1 PC to PSX comparison
    - 3.4.2 Data Archives
      - 3.4.2.1 BIN Archive data format
      - 3.4.2.2 LZSS Archives
      - 3.4.2.3 LGP Archives
    - 3.5 Textures
      - 3.5.1 TIM texture data format for PSX
      - 3.5.2 TEX texture data format for the PC
    - 3.6File formats for 3D models
      - 3.6.1 Model Formats for PSX
      - 3.6.2 Model Formats for PC
- 4 The Menu Module
  - 4.1 Menu Overview
  - 4.2 Menu Initialization
  - 4.3 Menu Modules
  - 4.4 Calling the various menus
  - 4.5 Menu dependencies
  - 4.6 The Save Game format
- 5 The Field Module
  - 5.1 Field Overview
  - 5.2 Field Format (PC)
    - 5.2.1 General PC Field File Format
    - 5.2.1 PC Field File Header
    - 5.2.1 File Section Details
  - 5.3 Field Format (PSX)
    - 5.3.1 PSX DAT Format
    - 5.3.2 PSX MIM Format
    - 5.3.3 PSX BSX Format
    - 5.3.4 PSX BCX Format
- 6 The Battle Module
  - 6.1 Battle Overview
  - 6.2 Battle Mechanics
  - 6.3 Battle Field
  - 6.4 Battle Scenes (scene.bin)
    - 6.4.1 Battle Scripts
  - 6.5 Battle Models (PSX)
  - 6.6 Battle Animation (PC)
- 7 The World Map Module
  - 7.1 World Map BSZ model file format (PSX)
  - 7.2 World Map TXZ file format (PSX)
  - 7.3 World Map Script Engine
- 8 Sound
  - 8.1 PSX Sound
    - 8.1.1 Overview
    - 8.1.2 INSTRx.DAT
    - 8.1.3 INSTRx.ALL
    - 8.1.4 AKAO sequence
    - 8.1.5 Code Map
  - 8.2 PC Sound