imhex (github) patterns documenting the structure of data in Monster Hunter Frontier

Patterns are titled by the file they document, or if sectioned, foldered by the file they document, and named by the aspect of the file. For example, mhfdat/equipdata.hexpat documents the equipment data section of mhfdat.bin, and is called in the main pattern, mhfdat.bin.hexpat. Section patterns are not loaded directly, but instead imported by the main pattern, and enabled or disabled by #define statements at the top of the pattern.

To properly utilize these patterns, they should be placed in one of the imhex "patterns" folders (see Help>About in the program). This includes subfolders.

I personally recommend making a Project, as imhex will look for a folder named "patterns" adjacent to the project file.

Some more information is available on our Introduction Wiki page

In short I wanted to reverse engineer how Frontier stores data for the purposes of modding and simple exploration. Since there is very little public data on the matter, I started my own project.

Also, funny

• imhex Pattern Documentation
• ReFrontier
  • At the moment, this is THE best resource documenting the data structure of Frontier
  • ReFrontier mentions 010 template files made by Fist. The link is dead and I cannot find these templates anywhere. If found, those templates could be INCREDIBLY USEFUL
• ricochhet/MHF-Quest-Resources
• Yuvi-App/MHF-QuestEditor
• suzaku01's repositories

• Thanks to @Malckyor for giving me access to prior work he did with @Chakratos!
• Thanks to @DorielRivalet for sending me the 010 templates they had access to!