Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance - lboard

Location: /game/de/bin/ (game.rbin in non-PC)

Describes the layout and behavior of the spirits’ boards.

File Structure

Amount	Description
1	Header (240 bytes)
X	Boards (Y bytes each)
1	Padding (16 bytes)

Header Structure

Position	Type	Description
0	int32	File Identifier? (44 33 22 11)
8	int32	Board Count
16	int8[55]	Board Offsets
236	int8	Padding

There should be as many Board Offsets as Board Count dictates. Each Board Offset has the address of the board within the file.

Board Structure

Amount	Description
X	Node Entries (16 bytes each)
1	EOF Node (16 bytes; A node of type 08 with all other values as 00)

Node Entry Structure

Offset	Type	Description
0x00	uint8	Position
0x01	uint8	Type
0x02	uint8	Unknown 1
0x03	uint8	Connections
0x04	uint8	Disposition Requirement
0x05	uint16	Unknown 2
0x07	uint8	Unknown 3
0x08	uint16	Generic cost (used by most node types)
0x10	uint8	Reward
0x11	uint8	Unknown 4
0x12	uint8[4]	Padding

Node Position

The first 4 bits give the Y position, and last 4 give the X position, with 00 being the top left.

E.X. 23 would be the second row and the 3rd column

Node Type

Value	Description
00	Invisible
01	Empty Cloud (value not found in lboard.bin)
02	Starting Point
03	Purchasable Node (Stat)
04	Purchasable Node (Item)
06	Level Checkpoint
07	Secret (Green Question Mark)
08	EOF node
16	Link Checkpoint
17	Secret (Red Question Mark)
26	Item Checkpoint

Unknown 1

Related to Red Secret nodes. If 03, turns the question mark red. If any value other than 03 or 00, turns the question mark purple

The following are the 4 nodes in lboard.bin where this byte is nonzero

04 17 03 00 00 00 00 01 32 00 02 06 00 00 00 00
36 17 03 00 00 00 00 01 96 00 02 07 00 00 00 00
36 17 03 00 02 00 00 03 5E 01 00 02 00 00 00 00
27 17 03 00 00 00 00 02 FA 00 00 01 00 00 00 00

Connections

Specifies which connections to draw from this node to other nodes.

Position	Size	Description
0	4	< unknown >
4	2	Right connection
6	2	Down connection

Value	Description
0	None
1	Both ways
2	In
3	Out

The unknown bits appear to be all that matter. Although the following values can be found within lboard.bin, it is unknown what they change.

12, 14, 41, 44, 51

Disposition Requirement

Gives an ID? referring to the specific disposition the dream eater needs in order for the node to display. May also be related to the secret nodes in some way.

Unknown 2

Looks like a 2 byte value but it is unknown what it does. Here are some nodes where the bytes are nonzero

10 04 00 05 00 01 00 00 0A 00 0C 00 00 00 00 00
33 16 00 51 00 02 02 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
21 04 00 05 00 01 00 00 0A 00 01 00 00 00 00 00
23 04 00 00 00 02 00 00 96 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
33 03 00 12 00 01 00 00 64 00 0A 00 00 00 00 00

Unknown 3

Related to secret nodes somehow

Some example nodes

13 07 00 04 00 00 00 01 0A 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
52 07 00 05 00 00 00 01 0A 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
41 07 00 04 00 00 00 01 0A 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
04 17 03 00 00 00 00 01 32 00 02 06 00 00 00 00

Generic Cost

2 byte value that is used differently depending on the node type

Purchasable Node - The cost in link points to acquire the node Level Checkpoint - Level Requirement for the spirit eater Link Checkpoint - # of times to link with the spirit eater to open the checkpoint Item Checkpoint - Appears to be the ID of the item required for the item checkpoint

Reward

Index of the reward given by the node. The rewards are stored in lbt_list.

For Item Checkpoint nodes, this is the number of items required for the checkpoint.

Unknown 4

Related to Red Secret nodes somehow

Some example nodes

04 17 03 00 00 00 00 01 32 00 02 06 00 00 00 00
36 17 03 00 00 00 00 01 96 00 02 07 00 00 00 00
36 17 03 00 02 00 00 03 5E 01 00 02 00 00 00 00
27 17 03 00 00 00 00 02 FA 00 00 01 00 00 00 00
63 17 03 01 01 00 00 03 FA 00 06 02 00 00 00 00