Cutscenes in Pikmin 2 are controlled by a file called demo.stb. This file can be found in each of the cutscene archives in /user/Mukki/<name of cutscene>/demo.szs.
This page describes the format of the file. The page is work in progress.
STB Header
| Offset
|
Type
|
Description
|
| 0x0
|
char[4]
|
String that spells "STB", terminated by a null byte
|
| 0x4
|
uint16
|
Byte order mark? Always 0xFEFF
|
| 0x8
|
uint32
|
Total file size
|
| 0xC
|
uint32
|
Amount of objects
|
| 0x10
|
char[8]
|
String that spells "jstudio"
|
| 0x18
|
uint8[6]
|
Likely 6 bytes of padding
|
| 0x1E
|
int16
|
Unknown. Always 0x4?
|
After the STB header follows object data. The following info explains that object data:
JFVB
For the purpose of the object count, JFVB counts as one object
JFWB object
| Offset
|
Type
|
Description
|
| 0x0
|
uint32
|
JFVB total data size (starting with 0x0 to end)
|
| 0x4
|
char[4]
|
String that spells "JFVB"
|
| 0x8
|
FVB data
|
See table below for more info
|
FVB data
| Offset
|
Type
|
Description
|
| 0x0
|
char[4]
|
String that spells "FVB", terminated by a null byte
|
| 0x4
|
uint16
|
Byte order mark? Always 0xFEFF
|
| 0x6
|
uint16
|
Unknown, always 0x100?
|
| 0x8
|
uint32
|
FVB data size (starting with "FVB" string to end)
|
| 0xC
|
uint32
|
Amount of entries in FVB data
|
| 0x10
|
FVB data entry
|
See table below for more info
|
FVB data entry
| Offset
|
Type
|
Description
|
| 0x0
|
uint32
|
entry size starting from 0x0 to end
|
| 0x4
|
uint16
|
entry type?
|
| 0x6
|
uint16
|
padding
|
| 0x8
|
unknown
|
entry data depending on entry type?
|
