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	== External Links ==		== External Links ==
	* [https://github.com/floriandotorg/isle-documentation/tree/master/~~imhex-~~patterns ImHex Patterns] to parse several LEGO Island related files with the hex editor [https://imhex.werwolv.net/ ImHex]		* [https://github.com/floriandotorg/isle-documentation/tree/master/docs/patterns ImHex Patterns] to parse several LEGO Island related files with the hex editor [https://imhex.werwolv.net/ ImHex]
	* [http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/wiki/Lego_Island_World_Database Incomplete reverse-engineered WDB documentation]		* [http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/wiki/Lego_Island_World_Database Incomplete reverse-engineered WDB documentation]
	* [https://github.com/LiamBrandt/WDBRipper WDBRipper], unmaintained but decently functional tool for extracting assets from WORLD.WDB		* [https://github.com/LiamBrandt/WDBRipper WDBRipper], unmaintained but decently functional tool for extracting assets from WORLD.WDB

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XZise: Reference ImHex Pattern and explain a bit of the format

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Reference ImHex Pattern and explain a bit of the format

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	It is known that WORLD.WDB contains most of the 3D models used by the game and many of the textures (but notably excluding the [[phonemes]], which are in Interleaf files). There have been successful attempts at ripping and even swapping assets from WORLD.WDB, but no known attempts at reconstruction.		It is known that WORLD.WDB contains most of the 3D models used by the game and many of the textures (but notably excluding the [[phonemes]], which are in Interleaf files). There have been successful attempts at ripping and even swapping assets from WORLD.WDB, but no known attempts at reconstruction.

			The file contains a list of worlds, where each world references a number of models and parts. After the models exists a list of textures and a single part. Each model and part can also have a list of textures themselves. The textures use a palette and store an uncompressed stream of bytes referencing the palette. Model references also contain a location, direction and up vector placing them in the world.

			A model contains an ROI (Realtime object instance), which can contain other ROIs, allowing them to be animated separately as the animation modify a ROI. A part contains a list of ROIs directly although those cannot contain another ROI.

	== External Links ==		== External Links ==
			* [https://github.com/floriandotorg/isle-documentation/tree/master/imhex-patterns ImHex Patterns] to parse several LEGO Island related files with the hex editor [https://imhex.werwolv.net/ ImHex]
	* [http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/wiki/Lego_Island_World_Database Incomplete reverse-engineered WDB documentation]		* [http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/wiki/Lego_Island_World_Database Incomplete reverse-engineered WDB documentation]
	* [https://github.com/LiamBrandt/WDBRipper WDBRipper], unmaintained but decently functional tool for extracting assets from WORLD.WDB		* [https://github.com/LiamBrandt/WDBRipper WDBRipper], unmaintained but decently functional tool for extracting assets from WORLD.WDB

MattKC at 14:00, 8 January 2020

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	[[WORLD.WDB]] or '''World DataBase''' is an asset file for LEGO Island. It is one of the few files [[Local Files\|copied to the hard drive]] during installation ~~rather than~~ the majority which are [[Interleaf File\|streamed from CD-ROM]].		[[WORLD.WDB]] or '''World DataBase''' is an asset file for LEGO Island. It is one of the few files [[Local Files\|copied to the hard drive]] during installation, as opposed to the majority which are [[Interleaf File\|streamed from CD-ROM]].

	== Overview ==		== Overview ==

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[[WORLD.WDB]] or '''World DataBase''' is an asset file for LEGO Island. It is one of the few files [[Local Files|copied to the hard drive]] during installation rather than the majority which are [[Interleaf File|streamed from CD-ROM]].

== Overview ==

WORLD.WDB is the only '''.WDB''' file in LEGO Island, unlike the much more common [[Interleaf File]] format. As such, it is generally even less well understood. It does not follow the chunking/streaming conventions of the Interleaf format as it is always read from hard drive.

== Contents ==

It is known that WORLD.WDB contains most of the 3D models used by the game and many of the textures (but notably excluding the [[phonemes]], which are in Interleaf files). There have been successful attempts at ripping and even swapping assets from WORLD.WDB, but no known attempts at reconstruction.

== External Links ==

* [http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/wiki/Lego_Island_World_Database Incomplete reverse-engineered WDB documentation]
* [https://github.com/LiamBrandt/WDBRipper WDBRipper], unmaintained but decently functional tool for extracting assets from WORLD.WDB