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FCE 3D Mesh Files (*.FCE)
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1) The .FCE file starts with following 8248-byte header:
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Offset Length Type Description
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0x0000 0x0004 ???? Value always seems to be 14 10 10 00
0x0004 0x0004 ???? Unknown purposes
0x0008 0x0004 LONGINT Number of triangles in model
0x000C 0x0004 LONGINT Number of vertices in model
0x0010 0x0004 LONGINT Number of ART's
0x0014 0x0004 LONGINT Vertex table offset from 0x2038
0x0018 0x0004 LONGINT Normal table offset from 0x2038
0x001C 0x0004 LONGINT Triangle table offset from 0x2038
0x0020 0x0004 LONGINT Temporary Storage #1 offset from 0x2038
0x0024 0x0004 LONGINT Temporary Storage #2 offset from 0x2038
0x0028 0x0004 LONGINT Temporary Storage #3 offset form 0x2038
0x002C 0x0004 LONGINT Undamaged vertices offset from 0x2038
0x0030 0x0004 LONGINT Undamaged normals offset from 0x2038
0x0034 0x0004 LONGINT Damaged vertices offset form 0x2038
0x0038 0x0004 LONGINT Damaged normals offset from 0x2038
0x003C 0x0004 LONGINT Unknow area offset from 0x2038
0x0040 0x0004 LONGINT Driver movements offset form 0x2038
0x0044 0x0004 LONGINT Unknown offset from 0x2038
0x0048 0x0004 LONGINT Unknown offset from 0x2038
0x004C 0x0004 REAL X half-size of whole model
0x0050 0x0004 REAL Y half-size of whole model
0x0054 0x0004 REAL Z half-size of whole model
0x0058 0x0004 LONGINT Number of dummies (Values: 0..16)
0x005C 0x00C0 Vector[16] Coўrdinates of dummies
0x011C 0x0004 LONGINT Number of car parts (Values: 0..64)
0x0120 0x0300 Vector[64] Global coўrdinates of car parts
0x0420 0x0100 LONGINT[64] First vertex index for each part
0x0520 0x0100 LONGINT[64] Number of vertices for each part
0x0620 0x0100 LONGINT[64] First triangle index for each part
0x0720 0x0100 LONGINT[64] Number of triangles for each part
0x0820 0x0004 LONGINT Number of colors (Values: 0..16)
0x0824 0x0040 Color[16] Primary colors (alpha channel: RGB 224,224,224)
0x0864 0x0040 Color[16] Interior colors (alpha channel: RGB 164,164,164)
0x08A4 0x0040 Color[16] Secondary colors (alpha channel: RGB 96,96,96)
0x08E4 0x0040 Color[16] Driver's hair colors (alpha channel: RGB 32,32,32)
0x0924 0x0104 ???? Unknown purposes
0x0A28 0x0400 Dummy[16] Dummy object info
0x0E28 0x1000 Part[64] Part names
0x1E28 0x0210 ???? Unknown purposes
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0x2038 - size of header
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1a) Vector structure:
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Offset Length Type Field Description
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0x00 0x04 REAL X X-coordinate
0x04 0x04 REAL Y Y-coordinate
0x08 0x04 REAL Z Z-coordinate
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0x0C - size of Vector
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1b) Color structure:
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Offset Length Type Field Description
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0x00 0x01 SHORTINT H Hue
0x01 0x01 SHORTINT S Saturation
0x02 0x01 SHORTINT B Brightness
0x03 0x01 SHORTINT T Transparency?
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0x04 - size of Color
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Valid values for all four components: 0..255
H = hue / 360 * 255
S = saturation / 100 * 255
B = brightness / 100 * 255
1c) Dummy structure:
Wether a license plate, a smoke generator or a light
License plate: ":LICENSE"/":LICMED"/":LICLOW" (License plate in
High/Medium/Low res);
":LICENSE_EURO" (Long license plate in High res)
Smoke generator: ":SMOKE" (generates smoke when shifting)
Light:
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Offset Length Type Field Description
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0x00 0x01 CHAR K Kind
0x01 0x01 CHAR C Color
0x02 0x01 CHAR U Unknown
0x03 0x01 CHAR F Flashing
0x04 0x01 CHAR I Intensity
0x05 0x01 CHAR T Time
0x06 0x01 CHAR D Delay
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0x64 - size of Dummy
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Valid values for components:
K : "H" (Headlights); "T" (Taillights); "B" (Brakelight); "R" (Reverse
light);
"P" (Direction indicator); "S" (Siren);
C : "W" (White); "R" (Red); "B" (Blue); "O" (Orange)
F : "O" (Flashing at moment 1); "E" (Flashing at moment 2); "N" (No
flashing)
I : Number between 0 and 9 with 0 being broken (normal max 5)
Next only used with flashing lights:
T : Number between 1 and 9 with 9 being longest time and 0 being constant
(normal max 5)
D : Number between 0 and 9 with 9 being longest delay and 0 no delay (normal
max 2)
1d) Part structure:
Valid values:
":HB" : High Body
":HLFW" : High Left Front Wheel
":HRFW" : High Right Front Wheel
":HLMW" : High Left Middle Wheel
":HRMW" : High Right Middle Wheel
":HLRW" : High Left Rear Wheel
":HRRW" : High Right Rear Wheel
":MB" : Medium Body
":MLFW" : Medium Left Front Wheel
":MRFW" : Medium Right Front Wheel
":MLMW" : Medium Left Middle Wheel
":MRMW" : Medium Right Middle Wheel
":MLRW" : Medium Left Rear Wheel
":MRRW" : Medium Right Rear Wheel
":LB" : Low Body
":TB" : Tiny Body
":OC" : Interior
":OND" : Driver's chair and steering wheel
":OD" : Driver holding steering wheel
":OH" : Driver head
":ODL" : Dash when lit
":OLM" : Left Mirror
":ORM" : Right Mirror
":OLB" : Left Front Brake
":ORB" : Right Front Brake
":OL" : Popup lights
":OT" : Top of Convertibles
2) Data in .FCE file from end of header = 0x2038
2a) Table of vertices
Offset : Header Size + Vertex table offset
Length : Number of Vertices * Size of Vector
Type : Vector[Number of Vertices]
All coordinates are local. Use values from 'Parts' table (file offset 0x0120)
to make them global.
2b) Table of normals
Offset : Header Size + Normal table offset
Length : Number of Vertices * Size of Vector
Type : Vector[Number of Vertices]
These vectors should be normalized. Each normal in this table corresponds to
the
vertex in the vertex table with the same index.
2c) Table of triangles
Offset : Header Size + Triangle table offset
Length : Number of Triangles * Size of Triangle
Type : Triangle[Number of Triangles]
Triangle structure:
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Offset Length Type Description
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0x00 0x04 LONGINT Texture page number
0x04 0x04 LONGINT Vertex #1 index (local)
0x08 0x04 LONGINT Vertex #2 index (local)
0x0C 0x04 LONGINT Vertex #3 index (local)
0x10 0x0C ???? Value always 00FF00FF00FF00FF00FF00FF
0x1C 0x04 LONGINT Smoothing bits
0x20 0x04 REAL Vertex #1 texture U-coordinate
0x24 0x04 REAL Vertex #2 texture U-coordinate
0x28 0x04 REAL Vertex #3 texture U-coordinate
0x2C 0x04 REAL Vertex #1 texture V-coordinate
0x30 0x04 REAL Vertex #2 texture V-coordinate
0x34 0x04 REAL Vertex #3 texture V-coordinate
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0x38 - size of Triangle
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Vertex indices are local. Use values from 'First Vertices' table (file
offset 0x0420)
to make them global.
2d) Temporary Storage #1
Offset : Header Size + Reserved #1 offset
Length : Number of Vertices * 32
Type : ????
2e) Temporary Storage #2
Offset : Header Size + Reserved #2 offset
Length : Number of Vertices * 12
Type : ????
2f) Temporary Storage #3
Offset : Header Size + Reserved #3 offset
Length : Number of Vertices * 12
Type : ????
2g) Undamaged vertices
Offset : Header Size + Reserved #4 offset
Length : Number of Vertices * 12
Type : Vector
2h) Undamaged normals
Offset : Header Size + Reserved #5 offset
Length : Number of Vertices * 12
Type : Vector
2i) Damaged vertices
Offset : Header Size + Reserved #6 offset
Length : Number of Vertices * 12
Type : Vector
2j) Damaged normals
Offset : Header Size + Reserved #7 offset
Length : Number of Vertices * 12
Type : Vector
2k) Unknown area #1
Offset : Header Size + Reserved #8 offset
Length : Number of Vertices * 4
Type : ????
2l) Driver movements
Offset : Header Size + Reserved #9 offset
Length : Number of Vertices * 4
Type : 4 bytes in length
2m) Unknown area #2
Offset : Header Size + Reserved #10 offset
Length : Number of Vertices * 4
Type : ????
2n) Unknown area #3
Offset : Header Size + Reserved #11 offset
Length : Number of Triangles * 12
Type : ????
All areas should exist. The Driver Movements keeps a value for each vertice.
This value is only used in the part ":OD". If the value for a vertex here is
00 00 00 00, the vertice will rotate when the driver turns the wheel. If it is
04 00 00 00, the vertice won't rotate.
3) Coўrdinate system. From the car:
X axis points to the right;
Y axis points upward;
Z axis points forward.
4) Notes
LONGINT : long integer (32-bit)
SHORTINT: short integer (8-bit)
REAL : floating point number (32-bit)
5) Copyright
This file was based on SPECS.TXT on NFS3 released by NFSCheats.
The hacking and extensions were done by Addict.
I'm not responsible for any damage this info does to your properties.
I'm in no way affiliated with EA.
FCE 3D Mesh Files (*.FCE)
=========================
1) The .FCE file starts with following 8248-byte header:
----------------------------------
Offset Length Type Description
----------------------------------
0x0000 0x0004 ???? Value always seems to be 14 10 10 00
0x0004 0x0004 ???? Unknown purposes
0x0008 0x0004 LONGINT Number of triangles in model
0x000C 0x0004 LONGINT Number of vertices in model
0x0010 0x0004 LONGINT Number of ART's
0x0014 0x0004 LONGINT Vertex table offset from 0x2038
0x0018 0x0004 LONGINT Normal table offset from 0x2038
0x001C 0x0004 LONGINT Triangle table offset from 0x2038
0x0020 0x0004 LONGINT Temporary Storage #1 offset from 0x2038
0x0024 0x0004 LONGINT Temporary Storage #2 offset from 0x2038
0x0028 0x0004 LONGINT Temporary Storage #3 offset form 0x2038
0x002C 0x0004 LONGINT Undamaged vertices offset from 0x2038
0x0030 0x0004 LONGINT Undamaged normals offset from 0x2038
0x0034 0x0004 LONGINT Damaged vertices offset form 0x2038
0x0038 0x0004 LONGINT Damaged normals offset from 0x2038
0x003C 0x0004 LONGINT Unknow area offset from 0x2038
0x0040 0x0004 LONGINT Driver movements offset form 0x2038
0x0044 0x0004 LONGINT Unknown offset from 0x2038
0x0048 0x0004 LONGINT Unknown offset from 0x2038
0x004C 0x0004 REAL X half-size of whole model
0x0050 0x0004 REAL Y half-size of whole model
0x0054 0x0004 REAL Z half-size of whole model
0x0058 0x0004 LONGINT Number of dummies (Values: 0..16)
0x005C 0x00C0 Vector[16] Coўrdinates of dummies
0x011C 0x0004 LONGINT Number of car parts (Values: 0..64)
0x0120 0x0300 Vector[64] Global coўrdinates of car parts
0x0420 0x0100 LONGINT[64] First vertex index for each part
0x0520 0x0100 LONGINT[64] Number of vertices for each part
0x0620 0x0100 LONGINT[64] First triangle index for each part
0x0720 0x0100 LONGINT[64] Number of triangles for each part
0x0820 0x0004 LONGINT Number of colors (Values: 0..16)
0x0824 0x0040 Color[16] Primary colors (alpha channel: RGB 224,224,224)
0x0864 0x0040 Color[16] Interior colors (alpha channel: RGB 164,164,164)
0x08A4 0x0040 Color[16] Secondary colors (alpha channel: RGB 96,96,96)
0x08E4 0x0040 Color[16] Driver's hair colors (alpha channel: RGB 32,32,32)
0x0924 0x0104 ???? Unknown purposes
0x0A28 0x0400 Dummy[16] Dummy object info
0x0E28 0x1000 Part[64] Part names
0x1E28 0x0210 ???? Unknown purposes
----------------------------------
0x2038 - size of header
----------------------------------
1a) Vector structure:
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Offset Length Type Field Description
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0x00 0x04 REAL X X-coordinate
0x04 0x04 REAL Y Y-coordinate
0x08 0x04 REAL Z Z-coordinate
------------------------------------------------
0x0C - size of Vector
------------------------------------------------
1b) Color structure:
------------------------------------------------
Offset Length Type Field Description
------------------------------------------------
0x00 0x01 SHORTINT H Hue
0x01 0x01 SHORTINT S Saturation
0x02 0x01 SHORTINT B Brightness
0x03 0x01 SHORTINT T Transparency?
------------------------------------------------
0x04 - size of Color
------------------------------------------------
Valid values for all four components: 0..255
H = hue / 360 * 255
S = saturation / 100 * 255
B = brightness / 100 * 255
1c) Dummy structure:
Wether a license plate, a smoke generator or a light
License plate: ":LICENSE"/":LICMED"/":LICLOW" (License plate in
High/Medium/Low res);
":LICENSE_EURO" (Long license plate in High res)
Smoke generator: ":SMOKE" (generates smoke when shifting)
Light:
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Offset Length Type Field Description
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0x00 0x01 CHAR K Kind
0x01 0x01 CHAR C Color
0x02 0x01 CHAR U Unknown
0x03 0x01 CHAR F Flashing
0x04 0x01 CHAR I Intensity
0x05 0x01 CHAR T Time
0x06 0x01 CHAR D Delay
------------------------------------------------
0x64 - size of Dummy
------------------------------------------------
Valid values for components:
K : "H" (Headlights); "T" (Taillights); "B" (Brakelight); "R" (Reverse
light);
"P" (Direction indicator); "S" (Siren);
C : "W" (White); "R" (Red); "B" (Blue); "O" (Orange)
F : "O" (Flashing at moment 1); "E" (Flashing at moment 2); "N" (No
flashing)
I : Number between 0 and 9 with 0 being broken (normal max 5)
Next only used with flashing lights:
T : Number between 1 and 9 with 9 being longest time and 0 being constant
(normal max 5)
D : Number between 0 and 9 with 9 being longest delay and 0 no delay (normal
max 2)
1d) Part structure:
Valid values:
":HB" : High Body
":HLFW" : High Left Front Wheel
":HRFW" : High Right Front Wheel
":HLMW" : High Left Middle Wheel
":HRMW" : High Right Middle Wheel
":HLRW" : High Left Rear Wheel
":HRRW" : High Right Rear Wheel
":MB" : Medium Body
":MLFW" : Medium Left Front Wheel
":MRFW" : Medium Right Front Wheel
":MLMW" : Medium Left Middle Wheel
":MRMW" : Medium Right Middle Wheel
":MLRW" : Medium Left Rear Wheel
":MRRW" : Medium Right Rear Wheel
":LB" : Low Body
":TB" : Tiny Body
":OC" : Interior
":OND" : Driver's chair and steering wheel
":OD" : Driver holding steering wheel
":OH" : Driver head
":ODL" : Dash when lit
":OLM" : Left Mirror
":ORM" : Right Mirror
":OLB" : Left Front Brake
":ORB" : Right Front Brake
":OL" : Popup lights
":OT" : Top of Convertibles
2) Data in .FCE file from end of header = 0x2038
2a) Table of vertices
Offset : Header Size + Vertex table offset
Length : Number of Vertices * Size of Vector
Type : Vector[Number of Vertices]
All coordinates are local. Use values from 'Parts' table (file offset 0x0120)
to make them global.
2b) Table of normals
Offset : Header Size + Normal table offset
Length : Number of Vertices * Size of Vector
Type : Vector[Number of Vertices]
These vectors should be normalized. Each normal in this table corresponds to
the
vertex in the vertex table with the same index.
2c) Table of triangles
Offset : Header Size + Triangle table offset
Length : Number of Triangles * Size of Triangle
Type : Triangle[Number of Triangles]
Triangle structure:
----------------------------
Offset Length Type Description
----------------------------
0x00 0x04 LONGINT Texture page number
0x04 0x04 LONGINT Vertex #1 index (local)
0x08 0x04 LONGINT Vertex #2 index (local)
0x0C 0x04 LONGINT Vertex #3 index (local)
0x10 0x0C ???? Value always 00FF00FF00FF00FF00FF00FF
0x1C 0x04 LONGINT Smoothing bits
0x20 0x04 REAL Vertex #1 texture U-coordinate
0x24 0x04 REAL Vertex #2 texture U-coordinate
0x28 0x04 REAL Vertex #3 texture U-coordinate
0x2C 0x04 REAL Vertex #1 texture V-coordinate
0x30 0x04 REAL Vertex #2 texture V-coordinate
0x34 0x04 REAL Vertex #3 texture V-coordinate
----------------------------
0x38 - size of Triangle
----------------------------
Vertex indices are local. Use values from 'First Vertices' table (file
offset 0x0420)
to make them global.
2d) Temporary Storage #1
Offset : Header Size + Reserved #1 offset
Length : Number of Vertices * 32
Type : ????
2e) Temporary Storage #2
Offset : Header Size + Reserved #2 offset
Length : Number of Vertices * 12
Type : ????
2f) Temporary Storage #3
Offset : Header Size + Reserved #3 offset
Length : Number of Vertices * 12
Type : ????
2g) Undamaged vertices
Offset : Header Size + Reserved #4 offset
Length : Number of Vertices * 12
Type : Vector
2h) Undamaged normals
Offset : Header Size + Reserved #5 offset
Length : Number of Vertices * 12
Type : Vector
2i) Damaged vertices
Offset : Header Size + Reserved #6 offset
Length : Number of Vertices * 12
Type : Vector
2j) Damaged normals
Offset : Header Size + Reserved #7 offset
Length : Number of Vertices * 12
Type : Vector
2k) Unknown area #1
Offset : Header Size + Reserved #8 offset
Length : Number of Vertices * 4
Type : ????
2l) Driver movements
Offset : Header Size + Reserved #9 offset
Length : Number of Vertices * 4
Type : 4 bytes in length
2m) Unknown area #2
Offset : Header Size + Reserved #10 offset
Length : Number of Vertices * 4
Type : ????
2n) Unknown area #3
Offset : Header Size + Reserved #11 offset
Length : Number of Triangles * 12
Type : ????
All areas should exist. The Driver Movements keeps a value for each vertice.
This value is only used in the part ":OD". If the value for a vertex here is
00 00 00 00, the vertice will rotate when the driver turns the wheel. If it is
04 00 00 00, the vertice won't rotate.
3) Coўrdinate system. From the car:
X axis points to the right;
Y axis points upward;
Z axis points forward.
4) Notes
LONGINT : long integer (32-bit)
SHORTINT: short integer (8-bit)
REAL : floating point number (32-bit)
5) Copyright
This file was based on SPECS.TXT on NFS3 released by NFSCheats.
The hacking and extensions were done by Addict.
I'm not responsible for any damage this info does to your properties.
I'm in no way affiliated with EA.