Categories

GameData categories

GameData.cff as a file is divided into 49 "categories" - each category contains data for different aspect of the game. Here's a description of each category found in the file.

Note that some categories are noted as "link category. This means the only purpose of the category is to bind data together - for an example, see category 9.

1. Spell data: All info about a particular spell/effect, including cost, cooldown/cast time and parameters unique to each spell type.

2. Spell type data: Contains data unique to each spell type, including spell description and UI icon used

3. Unknown (1): Unknown category type, never used in game

4. Unit/hero stats: Unit stats can be SHARED between different units. This category contains data about unit combat stats, including unit attributes, unit level, and some miscellaneous info.

5. Hero/worker skills: Info about unit's skills. Unique per unit stats data, and only useful for workers and hero units.

6. Hero spells: Contains spell data per unit stats data. Only useful for hero units. Note that spell requirements do not apply here, so nothing stops you from giving Warrior Cord a Blizzard spell, maybe except mana cost.

7. Item general info: List of every item in the game. Every item in the game has an entry in this category. Contains item type data and item sell/buy price, among other info.

8. Item armor data: Contains item info about attributes the item provides to the wearer. Note that this is not exclusive to armor type items, so it's possible to give +30 Strength and +200 armor to your Windsteel Hammer.

9. Inventory spell scroll link with installed spell scroll: Link category, pairs inventory item ID with spell book item ID.

10. Item weapon data: Info about weapon type items. Includes weapon speed and weapon damage info.

11. Item skill requirements: Contains data about conditions required to use an item. Note that there can be multiple entries per item.

12. Item weapon effects/inventory scroll link with spell: Link category, pairs item ID with corresponding spell/effect ID. Note that there can be multiple entries per item - just as a weapon can have multiple effects attached.

13. Item UI data: Appearance of item in inventory. Note that there can be multiple entries per item- that's the case for scroll items.

14. Item installed spell scroll link with spell: Link category, pairs spell book item ID with corresponding spell ID.

15. Text data: The largest category, contains all text data in the game, in multiple languages.

16. Race stats: Contains info about races in the game. Some of the info is still missing as of 21.08.2018...

17. Clan relations: Info about relationships between clans.

18. Unit general data/link with unit stats: Every unit in the game is made using a template provided from this category. It contains info about experience and gold gained from killing this unit and base armor class, among other info.

19. Unit equipment: Info about items worn by a unit. Note that equipment's chest piece controls the unit's appearance, as evident in sql_items.lua.

20. Unit spells: Similarly to category 6., contains spells which can be cast by a unit.

21. Army unit resource requirements: Cost of summoning an army unit at the monument.

22: Corpse loot: Description of what items you can collect from the corpse of a given unit. Only 3 different items per slot, 6 slots per unit.

23. Army unit building requirements: Which buildings are required to summon a unit. Note that resource requirements imply basic building requirements (for example, cost of X iron adds a requirement of Forge).

24. Building data: Contains basic info about every building in game. Note that building ID can not exceed 213 due to hardcoded building limit.

25. Building collision data: Geometric description of building hitbox (convex polygon on a plane). Note that this hitbox is rasterized into game grid.

26. Building resource requirements: Similarly to 21, contains cost of constructing a building.

27. Skills link with text data: Link category, pairs avatar/hero skills with corresponding text ID.

28. Skill point requirements: Describes attribute points needed to raise a skill to a given level.

29. Merchants link with unit general data: Link category, pairs merchant ID with unit ID.

30. Merchant inventory: Contains info about items a given merchant sells.

31. Merchant sell/buy rate: Different merchants buy and sell items at a different price. You can find this info here.

32. Resources link with data: Link category, pairs resource ID with text ID.

33. Player level scaling: Info on how much do some stats scale with level. Note that this scaling applies to every unit in game.

34. Environment object data: Contains data about miscellaneous objects in the game: environment, quest related, decoration.

35. Interactive object collision data: Equivalent to category 25, but for miscellaneous objects.

36. Environment object loot: Equivalent to category 22, but for miscellaneous objects (chests, for example).

37. NPC link with text data: Link category, pairs NPC ID with text ID. Note that NPC IDs are assigned to units per game scripts, not in game data.

38. Map data: Each map belongs to a platform, denoted in PAKs as script\p### folder. Scripts for a given platform are executed on that map. This category links maps in game directory with platforms and scripts. If a map doesn't have entry in this category, it's assigned platform ID 6666.

39. Portal locations: Data about portals, links with maps.

40. Unknown (from sql_lua?): See category 3.

41. Description link with txt data: Link category, pairs displayed description ID with text ID.

42. Extended description data: Contains text data for advanced in-game descriptions.

43. Quest hierarchy/description data: Contains all quest data in the game. Note that it does not contain quest logic - it can be found in Lua scripts instead.

44. Weapon types: Info about available weapon types.

45. Weapon materials: Info about available weapon materials. Seems to be unused...

46. Unknown (3): See category 3.

47. Heads: This is also an unknown category, doesn't seem to store anything.

48. Unit upgrade data: Describes which building has which upgrade, and how much it costs. Doesn't denote which unit is upgraded though...

49. Item sets: There are 9 available types of sets. This category describes all available sets and which type they belong to.

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