CDB

Description

.cdb is the conversation database format used by LevelEdit and runtime conversation systems.

The default global conversation database path in LevelEdit is Presets\\conv10.cdb.

References

• Tools/LevelEdit/FileLocations.h

• Tools/LevelEdit/ConversationEditorMgr.cpp

• Combat/conversationmgr.cpp

• Combat/combatchunkid.h

• wwlib/chunkio.h

Specification

Container model

.cdb uses chunkio chunks/micro-chunks.

Top-level subsystem chunk

Saved via SaveLoadSystemClass as the conversation subsystem chunk:

• CHUNKID_CONVERSATION_MGR.

Conversation manager chunks

Within the conversation manager payload:

• CHUNKID_VARIABLES * Micro-chunks for next active/global/level conversation ids.

• CHUNKID_CONVERSATION_CATEGORY * Stores category id, then repeated CHUNKID_CONVERSATION entries.

• Repeated CHUNKID_ACTIVE_CONVERSATION entries.

Editor usage

LevelEdit global conversation database operations:

• Save global DB: sets category to CATEGORY_GLOBAL and saves _ConversationMgrSaveLoad.

• Load global DB: loads with SaveLoadSystemClass::Load.