Lilith's P4 Notes

Various notes I have on Modding Pikmin 4, Page by Portable Productions

Core/Audio/DT_CaveSoundInfo

• This is regarding "CaveSoundInfo", not all json parameters have been documented as of yet and is still in need of testing

DT_CaveSoundInfo Structure

"Rows":

"Map Name" *(Cave001_F02,Cave004_F00,ECT)

"MusicName" *(Common,Boss,ECT)

"LevelType" *(Outdoors/None)

"SpawnOnBeginLevelActors" *(Usually Contains Ambient Sound Types)

"AuxBus" *(??)

"UnknownImport" "-7034077682652743402" *(??)

"bIsSingletonReverb"

"bIsZeroResetCaveBossDistances"

"AudioEventDataTables"

"AudioFlagDataTables"

"AudioStateDataTables"

"TalkVoiceSetting"

"UseModelList"

"bUseAllModel"

Cave Music Identifiers

Internal name	Usage	Notes
CaveCommon	Common Cave Music	Used In Common Caves
CaveBoss_A	Silence/Ambience Transitioned To Mini Boss Music	Used during minor boss encounters, usually identified through music sequence
CaveBoss_B	Silence/Ambience Transitioned To Major Boss Music	Used during major boss encounters, usually identified through music sequence
CaveAmebozu	Waterwraith Cave	Will only transition to engulfed castle motif if amebozu timer is present in your gen files
CaveToy	Plunder Palace Music	Used In Plunder Palace
CaveRelax	Rest Cave Music	Used In Rest Caves
CaveBossInu	Final Boss Music	Used In The Final Sublevel For "Cavern for a king"
DDB001	Dandori Battle Theme 1	Used in basic Dandori Battle Stages
DDB002	Dandori Battle Theme 2	Used in Leafy Showdown
Challenge002	Dandori Challenge Theme 2	Unknown Use
Challenge001	Dandori Challenge Theme 1	Used in basic Dandori Challenge Stages
CaveTutorial	Burrow Of Beginnings Theme	Theme used in Burrow Of Beginnings
ExtraCave	Sage Trials Theme	Theme used during Sage Leaf Trials Stages
CaveBoss_C	Giant Breadbug Theme	Theme used during the final sublevel of Plunder Palace

• Regarding "LevelType" (Usually set to none)

Additional notes by Infinity Divided (None, CaveOutdoor, CaveSPOutdoor, Area500, are also available, use has not been documented)

Core/GActor/DT_HappyEquipParameter

• These are structure notes based on Core/GActor/DT_HappyEquipParameter

• Regarding Oatchi stats when given an upgrade

"Rows":

"VitalSystem1": 1.25

"VitalSystem2": 1.5

"VitalSystem3": 2.0

"MetalSystem1": 0.75

"MetalSystem2": 0.5

"MetalSystem3": 0.25

"DashBoots1": 1.3

"DashBoots2": 1.3 (UNUSED)

"DashBoots3": 1.3 (UNUSED)

These are self explanatory increases based on having a certain piece of equipment, to check matches go to ⁠Pikmin 4 Identifiers

• Note: DashBoots2 + Dashboots3 seem to be unused values since the equipment only contains a single upgrade in final game

DT_UICaveInfo

Internal name	Usage
"Rows"	Rows
"Map ID"	Name Of The Map
"Cave Image Id"	What Image Displays In Preview
"TextureIndex":	Always 2
"FeatureIcon01":	Undocumented
"FeatureIcon02":	Undocumented
"FeatureIcon03":	Undocumented
"FeatureIcon04":	Undocumented
"FeatureIcon05":	Undocumented
"FeatureIcon06":	Undocumented
"FeatureIcon07":	Undocumented
"FeatureIcon08":	Undocumented
"HeroFeaturePikminColor"	Seemingly Unused
"Otakara"	Max Amount Of Treasure
"Survivor"	Max Amount Of Castaways
"Rule"	Specifies Cave Type, Timer On/Off, ECT
"bUnlock"	Unlocked, Boolean
"RecommendPikmin"	Whether to recommend pikmin
"IsDarkness"	Requires Headlamp, Boolean
"SpawnPikminColor"	What Pikmin Type To Spawn
"TargetPikminColor"	Target Pikmin Color
"Difiiculity"	Difficulty, Usually Reserved For Dandori Challenge/Battles
"Timer":	Amount Of Time To Complete Challenge
"bFixedMap":	Undocumented
"FixedNum":	Seemingly Always -1
"GetColorIcon01":	Recommend Red Pikmin
"GetColorIcon02":	Recommend Blue Pikmin
"GetColorIcon03":	Recommend Yellow Pikmin
"GetColorIcon04":	Recommend Ice Pikmin
"GetColorIcon05":	Recommend Winged Pikmin
"GetColorIcon06":	Recommend Rock Pikmin
"GetColorIcon07":	Recommend White Pikmin
"GetColorIcon08":	Recommend Purple Pikmin
"ActiveLogBook":	Whether to allow Olimar's notes
"ContentsName":	Undocumented
"LabelName":	Undocumented
"SceneNpcInfoKey":	Undocumented
"VPPRAsset":	Undocumented

Cave Rule Types

Internal name	Usage
*"EUICaveRule::Aisle"	Dandori Battle
*"EUICaveRule::DarkMinion"	Puffmin?
*"EUICaveRule::Ninjin"	PikPik Carrot?
*"EUICaveRule::Normal"	Normal Cave
*"EUICaveRule::Poko"	Dandori Challenge
*"EUICaveRule::WaiwaiGensei"	Sage Leaf Enemy Challenge
*"EUICaveRule::WaiwaiSeijin"	Sage Leaf Challenge

DT_UITextSpeed

Internal name	Usage
"Rows":	Rows
"Type":	Type Of Text
"Text Speed":	General Text Scroll Speed
"TopKeyWait":	Press Delay For Top Scrolling Speed
"KeyWait":	Press Delay
"Choice Decide Wait":	Choice Box Button Delay
"Next Page Message Wait"	Press Delay For Pressing A To The Next Message
"Next Page Message Wait Speaker"	Delay Until Next NPC Box Appears

DT_AreaSoundInfo

• This file is very similar to DT_CaveSoundInfo, most attributes can be shared across these two files

Internal name	Usage
"Rows":	Rows
"Area001"	Area Specified
"Day"	Specifies When To Activate
"MusicName"	Music ID
"LevelType"	Usually set to none
"SpawnOnBeginLevelActors"	Level Ambience
"AudioEventDataTables"	Level Audio Data

Area Music Identifiers

Internal name	Usage	Notes
Area500	Hub Area	Used In The Hub Area
Area001	Sun Speckled Terrace Theme	Used in Sun Speckled Terrace
Area002	Blossoming Arcadia	Used during Blossoming Arcadia
AreaNight	Night Time Motif	Will only play during Night Missions, can be set to play during day time or in caves
Hero001	Sun Speckled Terrace (Olimar)	Used In Sun Speckled Terrace (Olimar's Shipwreck Tale)
Hero002	Blossoming Arcadia (Olimar)	Used In Blossoming Arcadia (Olimar's Shipwreck Tale)
Area003	Serene Shores	Used In Serene Shores
Hero003	Serene Shores (Olimar)	Used in Serene Shores (Olimar's Shipwreck Tale)
Area004	Giant's Hearth	Used in Giant's Hearth
Hero004	Hero's Hideaway (Olimar)	Used in Hero's Hideaway (Olimar's Shipwreck Tale)
Area006	Primordial Thicket	Used in Primordial Thicket
Area010	Hero's Hideaway	Theme used in Hero's Hideaway
Area011	Hero's Hideaway (Tutorial)	Theme used during Hero's Hideaway (Intro Tutorial)

Teki Drop Types

• Every enemy in Pikmin 4 is classed through their drop type, either "NoDrop", "TekiS", "TekiM", "Boss", "BigBoss".

"TekiS" (Small Enemies)

• Dwarf Bulborb
• Dwarf Bulbear
• Dwarf Orange Bulborb
• Ice Dwarf Bulborb
• Bulborb Larva
• Dwarf Bulborb (Night)
• Shearwig
• Female Sheargrub
• Male Sheargrub
• Mitite
• Iridescent Flint Beetle
• Iridescent Glint Beetle
• Doodle Bug
• Fiery Dweevil
• Hydro Dweevil
• Anode Dweevil
• Venom Dweevil
• Skitter Leaf
• Desiccated Skitter Leaf
• Anode Beetle
• Skutterchuck
• White Spectralid
• Yellow Spectralid
• Red Spectralid
• Wolpole
• Water Dumple
• Arachnode
• Puckering Blinnow
• Pyroclasmic Slooch
• Skeeterskate
• Honeywisp
• Iceblown Dweevil
• Pricklepuff
• Scorchcake
• Shockcake
• Freezecake
• Poison Bulborb
• Poison Slooch
• Sunsquish
• Downy Snagret
• Shearflea
• Aristocrab Offspring
• Muckerskate

"TekiM" (Medium Enemies)

• Bulborb
• Whiptongue Bulborb
• Orange Bulborb
• Ice Bulborb
• Night Bulborb
• Breadbug
• Fiery Blowhog
• Watery Blowhog
• Snowy Blowhog
• Withering Blowhog
• Armored Cannon Larva
• Arctic Cannon Larva
• Swooping Snitchbug
• Joustmite
• Flighty Joustmite
• Wollywog
• Yellow Wollywog
• Hermit Crawmad
• Toady Bloyster
• Lesser Spotted Jellyfloat
• Bearded Amprat
• Creeping Chrysanthemum
• Startle Spore
• Waddlepus
• Peckish Aristocrab
• Pearly Clamcamp
• Mamuta
• Waddlequaff
• Chillywog
• Bogswallow
• Mama Sheargrub
• Tusked Blowhog
• Gildemandwee
• Miniature Snootwhacker

"TekiL" (Large Enemies)

• Bulbear
• Fiery Bulblax
• Emperor Bulblax
• Giant Breadbug
• Puffy Blowhog
• Icy Blowhog
• Greater Spotted Jellyfloat
• Bloomcap Bloyster
• Jumbo Bulborb
• Titan Blowhog
• Blizzarding Blowhog
• Masterhop
• Grubchucler

"Boss" (Minor Bosses)

• Horned Cannon Beetle
• Arctic Cannon Beetle
• Baldy Long Legs
• Bug-Eyed Crawmad
• Burrowing Snagret
• Puffstool
• Porquillion
• Crusted Rumpup
• Toxstool
• Foolix
• Gildemander
• Snowfake Fluttertail
• Mammoth Snootwhacker

"BigBoss" (Major Bosses)

• Sovereign Bulblax
• Empress Bulblax
• Groovy Long Legs
• Man-At-Legs
• Waterwraith
• Smokey Progg

"NoDrop" (NULL)

• Moss
• Ancient Sirehound

Placeables/NPC Identifiers

Internal name	Identifier	Notes
GNpcBase	Base File	Used for placing all NPC's
GNpcEdit	Spawning/Idle NPC	Interchangeable
GNpcEditGuide	Collin	N/A
GNpcEditLeaf	Spawning/Idle Leafling NPC	N/A
GNpcEditLeafPoko	Sage Leaf	N/A
GNpcLouie	Louie	Used at base camp
GNpcLouieDDB	Louie	Dandori Battle
GNpcLouieLast	Louie	Final Boss
GNpcLucky	Moss	N/A
GNpcOlimar	Olimar	Used at base camp
GNpcOlimarLeaf	Olimar (Leafling)	Idle Mode
GNpcOlimarLeafDDB	Olimar (Leafling)	Dandori Battle