Bimpas File Format - Revision history

Lou Montana: Some wiki formatting

2026-04-16T20:22:06Z

Some wiki formatting

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	~~==intro==~~		bimpas files are associated with Xbox elite they were the precursor to {{arma1}}'s rvmat files.

	~~bimpas files are associated with Xbox elite they were the precursor to ArmA's rvmat files~~		In both cases they define a series of textures for p3d models (and wrps)

	in both cases they define a series of textures for p3d models (and wrps)

	~~The new, visitor 3 graphical editor tool refers to bimpas files as~~

			The new Visitor 3 graphical editor tool refers to bimpas files as:
	* rvmat surface materials		* rvmat surface materials
	* bimpas transition materials		* bimpas transition materials

	rvmat files are a series of paas		* rvmat files are a series of paas
	bimpas files are a series of rvmats		* bimpas files are a series of rvmats


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	some files, possibly in error, contain substituted space characters for zeroes.		some files, possibly in error, contain substituted space characters for zeroes.

	~~this is either an encryption, or, possibly a simple error~~

			== Examples ==

	=~~= examples ==~~		<syntaxhighlight lang="cpp">
	~~<pre~~>
	class Pass0		class Pass0
	{		{
	material = "ca\introofp\ps.rvmat";		material = "ca\introofp\ps.rvmat";
	texture = "ca\introofp\ps.paa";		texture = "ca\introofp\ps.paa";
	tlAlpha = 1;		tlAlpha = 1;
	trAlpha = 1;		trAlpha = 1;
	blAlpha = 1;		blAlpha = 1;
	brAlpha = 1;		brAlpha = 1;
	};		};

	class Pass0		class Pass0
	{		{
	material="LandText\az.rvmat";		material = "LandText\az.rvmat";
	texture="LandText\az.paa";		texture = "LandText\az.paa";
	trAlpha=1.000000;		trAlpha = 1.000000;
	};		};

	class Pass1		class Pass1
	{		{
	material="LandText\ba.rvmat";		material = "LandText\ba.rvmat";
	texture="LandText\ba.paa";		texture = "LandText\ba.paa";
	blAlpha=1.000000;		blAlpha = 1.000000;
	};		};

	class Pass2		class Pass2
	{		{
	material="LandText\_N.rvmat";		material = "LandText\_N.rvmat";
	texture="LandText\_N.paa";		texture = "LandText\_N.paa";
	brAlpha=1.000000;		brAlpha = 1.000000;
	};		};

	class Pass3		class Pass3
	{		{
	material="LandText\Dl.rvmat";		material = "LandText\Dl.rvmat";
	texture="LandText\Dl.paa";		texture = "LandText\Dl.paa";
	tlAlpha=1.000000;		tlAlpha = 1.000000;
	};		};
	</~~pre~~>		</syntaxhighlight>


	[[Category:Real Virtuality File Formats]]		[[Category:Real Virtuality File Formats]]

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	};		};
	</pre>		</pre>
	[[Category:~~BIS_File_Formats~~]]		[[Category:Real Virtuality File Formats]]

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	==Rapification==		== Rapification ==

	Ordinarily, these files, if binarised, are rapified in the normal xbox/arma manner		Ordinarily, these files, if binarised, are rapified in the normal xbox/arma manner
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	==examples==		== examples ==
	<pre>		<pre>
	class Pass0		class Pass0

Mikero: /* example */

2009-08-03T04:45:30Z

example

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	==~~example~~==		==examples==
			<pre>
	class Pass0		class Pass0
	{		{
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	tlAlpha=1.000000;		tlAlpha=1.000000;
	};		};
			</pre>
	[[Category:BIS_File_Formats]]		[[Category:BIS_File_Formats]]

Mikero at 03:30, 7 April 2009

2009-04-07T03:30:44Z

New page

==intro==

bimpas files are associated with Xbox elite they were the precursor to ArmA's rvmat files

in both cases they define a series of textures for p3d models (and wrps)

The new, visitor 3 graphical editor tool refers to bimpas files as

* rvmat surface materials
* bimpas transition materials

rvmat files are a series of paas
bimpas files are a series of rvmats

==Rapification==

Ordinarily, these files, if binarised, are rapified in the normal xbox/arma manner

some files, possibly in error, contain substituted space characters for zeroes.

this is either an encryption, or, possibly a simple error

==example==
class Pass0
{
material = "ca\introofp\ps.rvmat";
texture = "ca\introofp\ps.paa";
tlAlpha = 1;
trAlpha = 1;
blAlpha = 1;
brAlpha = 1;
};

class Pass0
{
material="LandText\az.rvmat";
texture="LandText\az.paa";
trAlpha=1.000000;
};
class Pass1
{
material="LandText\ba.rvmat";
texture="LandText\ba.paa";
blAlpha=1.000000;
};
class Pass2
{
material="LandText\_N.rvmat";
texture="LandText\_N.paa";
brAlpha=1.000000;
};
class Pass3
{
material="LandText\Dl.rvmat";
texture="LandText\Dl.paa";
tlAlpha=1.000000;
};

[[Category:BIS_File_Formats]]

Bimpas File Format - Revision history

Lou Montana: Some wiki formatting

Lou Montana: Text replacement - "\[\[Category:BIS( |_)File( |_)Formats\]\]" to "Category:Real Virtuality File Formats"

Lou Montana: Text replacement - " (={2,})([^ = ])(.*)([^ = ])(={2,}) * " to " $1 $2$3$4 $5 "

Mikero: /* example */

Mikero at 03:30, 7 April 2009

Lou Montana: Text replacement - " (={2,})([^ = ])(.)([^ = ])(={2,}) " to " $1 $2$3$4 $5 "