Event Playbook

Event Playbook is a file format used in Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) to define cutscene properties.

This file is located at ./{platform_root}/archives/cache.arc/{platform_root}/eventplaybook.epb.

Specification

Event Playbook uses a Binary Resource container.

Header

The header consists of the following data structure:

Length: 0x10

Offset	Type	Name	Description
0x00	Char[4]	Signature	Always ".EPB".
0x04	UInt32	Version	Always 0x20060700 (big-endian). Format: 2006 July, Revision 0.
0x08	UInt32	EventCount	The total number of events.
0x0C	UInt32	EventTableOffset	The offset of the event table.

Event Playbook Data

Each event within the table consists of the following data structure:

Length: 0x38

Offset	Type	Name	Description
0x00	UInt32	NameOffset	The offset to the name of this event.
0x04	UInt32	DirectoryOffset	The offset to the path to the directory containing this event's resources.
0x08	UInt32	Duration	The duration of this event in frames.
0x0C	Vector3	Position	The start position of this event's camera.
0x18	Vector3	Rotation	The start rotation of this event's camera.
0x24	UInt32	TerrainOffset	The offset to the location of this event's terrain.
0x28	UInt32	SceneParamsOffset	The offset to the location of this event's scene parameter script.
0x2C	UInt32	SoundBankOffset	The offset to the location of this event's Sound Bank.
0x30	UInt32	ParticleContainerOffset	The offset to the location of this event's Particle Container.
0x34	UInt32	TextBookOffset	The offset to the location of this event's Text Book for subtitles.