CHAR.DAT

Contains the listing of all characters and their attributes.

Located at SUBDATA.DAT > START.DAT

All strigns are coded in Shift_JIS.

• 4 byte - contains the number of entrys (original: 363)
• 4 byte - the same number again
• for every 216 byte long entry:
  • 32 byte - String, Character name
  • 1 byte - zero
  • 26 byte - String, Title
  • 1 byte - zero
  • 1 byte - type (0 = Static? (cutscene/geo), 3 = Usable in-battle, 4 = Prinny, 6 = Prism Red (Doll))
  • 1 byte - unknown00
  • 1 byte - unknown01
  • 1 byte - Gender
  • 1 byte - unknown02
  • 1 byte - Palette index
  • 1 byte - How quickly specials are learned? Maybe determines special exp upon use.
  • 1 byte - Jump power
  • Weapon mastery:
  • 1 byte - Fi
  • 1 byte - Sw
  • 1 byte - Sp
  • 1 byte - Bo
  • 1 byte - Gu
  • 1 byte - Ax
  • 1 byte - St
  • Aptitudes:
  • 1 byte - HP
  • 1 byte - SP
  • 1 byte - Atk
  • 1 byte - Def
  • 1 byte - Int
  • 1 byte - Spd
  • 1 byte - Hit
  • 1 byte - Res
  • Other values:
  • 2 byte - Immunity (bitfield)
  • 2 byte - ID
  • 2 byte - Seems to correspond to rows in the "create character" screen. Male/Female are kept separate; all mages are grouped, ditto with skulls.
  • 2 byte - unknown03
  • 2 byte - unknown04
  • 2 byte - Throwing range
  • 2 byte - Help, ID in charhelp.dat, or 0.
  • Base stats:
  • 2 byte - HP
  • 2 byte - SP
  • 2 byte - Atk
  • 2 byte - Def
  • 2 byte - Int
  • 2 byte - Spd
  • 2 byte - Hit
  • 2 byte - Res
  • More values:
  • 2 byte - unknown05
  • 2 byte - Movement
  • 2 byte - Movement class (0 = Normal, 1 = Flying, 2 = Warping)
  • 2 byte - unknown06
  • 2 byte - unknown07
  • 2 byte - unknown08
  • 2 byte - unknown09
  • 2 byte - unknown10
  • 2 byte - unknown11
  • 2 byte - Counter
  • 20 Specials ID values each 2 byte (total 40 byte)
  • 20 Specials level values each 2 byte (total 40 byte)
• The end is padded with zeros

File spreadsheet dump: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1QuShaZsuQe1cRybufzAFD97f6xQ0JlLXDIvsynusxZc/edit#gid=0