The BFLIM file format is used to store layout images.
Parsing information
The header is, for whatever reason, at the end of the file. It is always 0x14 bytes.
| Offset
|
Size
|
Description
|
| 0x00
|
4
|
"FLIM" File Identifier, ASCII string.
|
| 0x04
|
2
|
Byte order mark (BOM): 0xFE,0xFF for big endian and 0xFF,0xFE for little endian.
|
| 0x06
|
2
|
Header size, always 0x14.
|
| 0x08
|
4
|
Unknown, usually 0x03030000 or 0x02020000.
|
| 0x0C
|
4
|
Filesize
|
| 0x10
|
2
|
Unknown, always 0x01.
|
| 0x12
|
1
|
Multiplier?, always upper 2 bytes of filesize.
|
| 0x13
|
1
|
Unknown, always 0.
|
Data Information
Comes directly after header, always 0x14 bytes. Formats not the same in games like NSMBU, be sure to use filename if possible (EG: ^l).
| Offset
|
Size
|
Description
|
| 0x14
|
4
|
"imag", some signature, ASCII string.
|
| 0x18
|
4
|
Parse information size, always 0x10 (this and next 0xC bytes).
|
| 0x1C
|
2
|
Width
|
| 0x1E
|
2
|
Height
|
| 0x20
|
2
|
Alignment usually 0x800 (2048) or 0x1000 (4096)
|
| 0x22
|
1
|
Format, how the data is stored.
|
| 0x23
|
1
|
Swizzle, first nibble is swizzle times two (2 is 1, 4 is 2, etc), second seems to always 4
|
| 0x24
|
4
|
Raw data size, always 0xC minus 0x28 (the header).
|
Format
| ID
|
Name
|
Type
|
Bits per pixel
|
Notes
|
| 0x00
|
R8_UNORM / R8
|
single-color
|
8
|
^c BFLIM files
|
| 0x01
|
R8_UNORM / R8
|
single-color
|
8
|
^d BFLIM files
|
| 0x03
|
R8_G8_UNORM / R8A8
|
|
16
|
^f BFLIM files
|
| 0x05
|
RGB565
|
color
|
16
|
^h BFLIM files
|
| 0x09
|
RGBA32_UNORM / RGBA8888
|
color+alpha
|
|
^l BFLIM files
|
| 0x0C
|
BC1_UNORM / DXT1
|
Compressed
|
16
|
^i / ^o BFLIM files
|
| 0x0D
|
BC2_UNORM / DXT3
|
Compressed
|
|
^p BFLIM files
|
| 0x0E
|
BC3_UNORM / DXT5
|
Compressed
|
16
|
^k / ^q BFLIM files
|
| 0x0F
|
I4? / BC4_UNORM / ATI1 (Low-End)
|
color
|
|
^r BFLIM files
|
| 0x10
|
IA4? / BC4_UNORM / ATI (High-End)
|
color+alpha
|
|
^s BFLIM files
|
| 0x11
|
I8? / BC5_UNORM / ATI2
|
color
|
|
^t BFLIM files
|
| 0x12
|
IA8? / BC1_UNORM / DXT1
|
color+alpha
|
|
^i BFLIM files
|
| 0x14
|
RGBA32_UNORM / RGBA8888
|
color+alpha
|
32
|
^l BFLIM files
|
| 0x15
|
BC1_UNORM / DXT1
|
Compressed
|
32
|
^o BFLIM files
|
| 0x16
|
BC2_UNORM / DXT3
|
Compressed
|
32
|
^p BFLIM files
|
| 0x17
|
BC3_UNORM / DXT5
|
Compressed
|
32
|
^q BFLIM files
|
|
|
|
|
|
^e BFLIM files
|
Tools
The following tools can extract (and generate) BFLIM files: