Basic information¶

FBS files are used to store various numeric and/or textual data about various aspects of the gameplay. They store information about the texts displayed in the game, fairy, spell, item and NPC information. They are the biggest source for scripts. This format was developed by Funatics Entertainment for ZanZarah.

Data format¶

There are actually two types of FBS files: the one whose only file is called "_fb0x00.fbs" and all the other files. The first one is the database index file, it stores all column names and some number which doesn't seem to be used and is the same for all columns.

Size	Type	Description
4b	uint	number of column data
	Column[]	the columns

Column¶

Size	Type	Description
4b	uint	type
	zstring	name of the column

The other database files store the actual row data, but every row has its indivitually sized array of columns and data type it stores in those columns. Every row has at least an uid column which is therefore not even mentioned in the index file.
Unfortunately the column index stored in the row data is not always correct, but the order of row data is for one database always the same.

Size	Type	Description
4b	uint	number of rows
	Row[]	row data

Row¶

Size	Type	Description
4b	uint	UID of row
4b	uint	number of filled columns
	ColumnData[]	the data

ColumnData¶

Size	Type	Description
4b	enum	data type
4b	uint	the column index
		This is eiter zstring, 4b uint, 1b uint, UUID or Buffer

data type enum¶

Name	Value
String	0
Uint	1
UUID	3
Byte	4
Buffer	5

UUID¶

Size	Type	Description
4b	uint	unused
4b	uint	uid
4b	uint	type

Buffer¶

Size	Type	Description
4b	uint	size
1b	uint[]	data

The content¶

Filename	Description
fb0x00	The index file
fb0x01	Fairies
fb0x02	Strings
fb0x03	Spells
fb0x04	Items
fb0x05	NPCs
fb0x06	Dialog lines