This is a sub-page of Development:The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.

To do: Write descriptions, add proper filenames, and upload images or add videos. Compare to the overdump. "forest\data\shape\forest_scene\Test01\test01.c.bak,v" is apparently an old copy in original format dating from January 8, 1998 of the map "Test01" second version.

Unused and earlier versions of scene and room files in the Ocarina of Time iQue leak.

Spot04_OLD

This foggy forest is a precursor to the Kokiri Forest that was shown at Spaceworld 1997, and is much more spacious than the cozy village used for release. It uses the same type of room header as the Stalfos Miniboss Room map from the Master Quest debug ROM, and thus must be edited to work with the final version of the game. The scene lacks collision, or at least working collision, causing Link to instantly fall through the ground when the map is loaded. However, it can be viewed with the Camera Editor debug function once it is loaded in-game.

Provided below is a top-down comparison, facing north. Many elements, such as the cliffs and the Kokiri homes, are similar to the ones shown at Spaceworld '97, although a lot of the topography is different.

Pre-release	Final

Kokiri Homes (SW97)	Spot04_OLD Homes

Spot04_Old	Late 1997 Overdump	Final

Spot04_Old	Late 1997 Overdump	Final

The drawings engraved on Link's House lost detail between Kokiri Forest's revisions. Could this have been because the texture format changed?

Spawn Points#

00 - Entrance Tunnel#

This spawn point is connected to exit 0185, which corresponds to Hyrule Field.

01 - Deku Tree#

This spawn point is connected to exit 0000, which corresponds to Inside the Deku Tree.

02 - Kokiri Hills#

Below the house on the hill is spawn point 00FC, which corresponds to the Sacred Forest Meadow. At one point during development, there was likely an entrance there from this hill.

03 - Link's Home#

This spawn point is connected to exit 00BB, which corresponds to Link's Home from Savewarp, so Link will appear in front of his bed.

04 - Kokiri Shop#

This spawn point is connected to exit 00C1, which corresponds to the Kokiri Shop.

Exits#

Fstdan

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This early dungeon was prominently featured in pre-release materials from April-July 1997.

The filename may translate to "first dungeon". While it's unknown when it was added to the game, it was ultimately removed on 1998/09/01.

Many elements of its overall structure and design, including whole textures, found their way into the final release version of Inside Ganon's Castle. Some of the assets used in this map are borrowed from Mario 64.

Unlike Spot04_OLD, it can be loaded without amending its room header, but it also lacks the collision data and cannot be explored without modifications.
It uses the music sequence NA_BGM_DUNGEON of Dodongo's Cavern / Death Mountain Crater by default.

Layout#

The dungeon consists of 10 rooms spread over multiple floors, with several corridors and stairs connecting the central rooms to a towering structure.
While the inside of the dungeon is only sparingly lit by several torches at the walls, there are also two bright outside areas which utilize the skybox.

Most of the rooms are completely devoid of any actors: The most notable omissions are the flame actors and the Iron Knuckle, which were both featured in early screenshots.

The room files are not numbered in a particular order, so we will follow the layout beginning with Link's starting point.

Room 8#

Upon entering the dungeon, Link appears inside the reddish-hued entrance chamber, which features three torches and two doors to each side.

The left door leads to Room 7, the right door leads to Room 6.

Overview	Entrance Room

Strangely, the transition door actors for the entrance of the dungeon itself are missing.

Room 7#

Link enters a dark and slightly bent hallway, which is only lit by a torch with facial features and a tongue.

The door to the right of the torch leads to Room 1.

Overview	Hall

Room 6#

This hallway is an exact mirror of Room 7.

The door to the left of the torch leads to Room 1.

Overview	Hall

Room 1#

Link enters the orange-hued central chamber, where a lonely Stalfos is already waiting to fight him.
The red carpets on the floor lead to the central raised area that holds a famous plaque.
There are the previously seen torch idols in every corner of the chamber, but this time they also feature eyes.

The door preceded by the stairs leads to Room 4.

Overview	Main Room

This room was featured in an early screenshot released in April 1997.

Room 4#

A torchlit hallway with a curved staircase.

The door at the end leads to Room 2.

Overview	Staircase

Room 2#

Link enters another central chamber, where a single depression is placed amidst a red carpet. The carpet leads to a balcony, where a treasure chest rests.

The door to the right leads to Room 5, while the door preceded by the stairs leads to Room 0.

Overview	Main Room

This room was featured in an early screenshot released in April 1997.

The treasure chest is set up with an invalid initiation variable, and opening it will softlock the game.

Room 5#

Another torchlit hallway with a curved staircase.

The door at the end leads back to the treasure chest balcony in Room 2.

Overview	Staircase

This room was featured in an early screenshot released in April 1997.

Room 0#

Link enters the first outside area featuring the skybox.

The door at the end of the curved staircase leads to Room 3.

Overview	Outside Area

Room 3#

A circular room with a red-carpeted area in the center, which emits a strange glow and holds a treasure chest inside of it.

The doors to the right leads to Room 9.

Overview	Shiny Room

There are two transition door actors set up side by side to load Room 9. While the final version still includes an unused double-door setup for en_door, it doesn't seem to have been implemented at this point in development.

The treasure chest is set up with an invalid initiation variable, so opening it will softlock the game.

Room 9#

The final area is located outside on top of the tower.

After following the staircase to the rooftop area, Link has to battle another Stalfos.

Overview	Outside Area

Environment Settings#

To do: Add info.

Objects#

With the exception of Room 9, each room loads the following objects:

Spawn Points#

There are two spawn points in Room 8, one connects to exit 0209, which corresponds to Kokiri Forest from the Deku Tree, while the other one connects to exit 0000, which corresponds to Inside the Deku Tree from Kokiri Forest. It's unusual to have two spawn points sitting right next to each other, with both of them pointing to different exits.

Exits#

zelda_tool_rom.o

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The file zelda_tool_rom.o contains leftover scene data, along with collision to a map that is inaccessible, while other parts of the file seem to be dummied out. If the collision is converted into an object and into a map, it can be injected and viewed in-game. Shown below is the collision-to-map converted and injected without textures applied.

It reveals a huge walled area surrounded by a moat with bridges leading over it to four gates and a castle which is located at the center.
Inside the moat is also an additional layer, which presumably was once used as a water surface.

This area can also be seen in pre-release screenshots:

May 1997	Collision

May 1997	Collision

File Structure#

To do: What does this mean? This would equal the size of the data starting with the scene header until the end of the texture data.

The first few bytes seem to contain two pointers, with an address start and address end.

00 55 B5 90 00 56 60 00 

Scene Header#

To do: What could the other bytes inside the header mean? They are not used in final scene headers.

The scene header is located at offset 0xB590, which either seems to use an older format or for some reason is broken.

All offsets now use segment 0x04, which actually is used for gameplay keep, whereas scenes in the final version would use segment 0x02.

04 01 18 14 04 00 B5 D8 03 00 00 08 04 01 3F D4 
06 01 4A B8 04 00 B5 E0 08 00 E3 D0 00 00 00 02 
00 01 E3 D0 04 00 B5 C8 12 00 00 08 01 00 00 00 
15 00 18 14 00 00 00 00 

Collision#

The collision data starts at offset 0xB5F0, which includes the collision header at offset 0x13FD4.

Unfortunately, there are no individual polygon types specified, although the collision header points to them at 0xB5F8, nor are any polygon types adressed inside the polygon array, so all surfaces just behave like dirt when the collision is loaded in-game.
The collision header also includes the offset for camera data at 0xB5F0, but it doesn't contain any entries.

Textures#

The texture data starts at offset 0x14000 and includes three textures, see Unused Textures for more information.

Spawn Point#

Spawn Point	In-game

Various In-Game Images#

Know-It-All Brothers' House

K_Home.bak#

To do: Add more info about the other differences in the scene and room setup.

An earlier version of the Know-It-All Brothers' House can be found in data\shape2\zelda_scene\K_Home.bak.

The room_info file with the header information is missing, so the final room_info was used to compile and load the room file, which reveals several differences. The most obvious one is that the whole layout, including the background render, is mirrored. This can be also seen in an earlier screenshot released in September 1998.

Another peculiarity is the missing 0x07 command for "Special Objects" in the scene header.

The image of the earlier background render for the overhead view is also featured in Prerenders.

Kokiri Shop

Kokiri.bak#

To do: Add more info about the other differences in the scene and room setup.

This is an earlier version of the Kokiri Shop and features some small differences, like the missing stool, the second wall on the left that hides the shelves behind the wall, an extended counter, and some subtle changes in the lighting.

It uses the music sequence NA_BGM_LINK_HOUSE, instead of NA_BGM_SHOP, which implies that the latter one was not finished during that time in development.

The image of the earlier background render is also featured in Prerenders.

Kokiri.bak	Ocarina of Time

Kokiri.bak	Ocarina of Time

Room 0#

Actors#

Objects#

The compiled room file causes a crash, because the final actor setup for the shop shelves features the Deku Seeds and the object list in the earlier version doesn't include them, instead we can find the object for the potions in it.

Saria's House

K_House5#

To do: An old collision of Saria's house can be found in the folder K_House4 (Mido's house) : Old Saria's house collision.

Skulltula House

Kinsuta2#

An earlier version of the Skulltula House, located in zelda_scene/Kinsuta2. All related actors and objects are missing in the earlier setup, which also utilizes different lighting settings and completely lacks the haunting atmosphere of the final version.

Kinsuta2	Final

Kinsuta2	Final

The scene header is missing the 0x07 command for "Special Objects". Therefore, the transition door actor uses the gameplay_keep object. The door is also rotated to the other side, while the spawn point is a little bit further away and connects to exit 0242, which corresponds to Death Mountain Trail from Dodongo's Cavern.

Kinsuta2	Final

Exits#

Bazaar

Shop#

zelda_tool_scene/Shop contains display lists for an earlier version of the Bazaar, located in the file shop1_d.o.
The room mesh is missing the upper section above the counter and contains only one crate to the right.

Shop1_d	Final

The developers later included the upper portion in the mesh, after they added an additional board on top of the shop shelves, which can be seen missing in an earlier screenshot.

Shop1_d	Pre-release Shelves

Malon's Stable

Stable#

zelda_tool_scene/Stable contains display lists for an earlier version of Malon's Stable. The only difference is the darker shading of the vertical poles, everything else seems to be the same.

Stable	Final

Dodongo's Cavern

To do: Look into the intro cutscenes to see why they cause problems. The Ddanh maps seem to contain only 2 camera entries, whereas the final version features 5. Are there any more differences within the setups? Most of the rooms don't use the lighting settings of the final version. Add references to Ddanh that are still in the final game.

The iQue files include two different versions of Dodongo's Cavern: Ddanh_noanime and Ddanh. Both are work in progress versions of the dungeon, and are different stages of completion, especially regarding the animated textures.
They are also missing actors in nearly every room and only include one spawn point in the entrance room, whereas the other one in Room 7 is missing.

Ddanh_noanime#

Ddanh_noanime is a slightly earlier version of the other Ddanh and features a few differences.
The map files are located in data/shape2/zelda_scene/.GOMI/ddanh_noanime.

"Gomi" translates to "garbage" and implies that these files were meant to be deleted - "noanime" likely refers to the lack of animation features.

Room 0#

The ceiling is misaligned between the mesh and collision model

Ddanh_noanime	Dodongo's Cavern (OoT v1.0)

After Link blows up the bombable wall blocking the entrance, a cutscene starts but ends promptly, often causing the game to crash.

The textures for the platform leading to the lava pit are missing, though the collision is present.

Ddanh_noanime	Main Area

Anime Files#

All versions of Dodongo's Cavern reference the following model and texture files, which are located in their own subdirectories in data/shape2.

These model and texture files are used to address various animation features in the display lists.

Ddanh_noanime doesn't reference the anime files in Room 0 at all, and several animation features are missing in this version. For instance, it's missing the day to night transition used in the entrance tunnel, defaulting to the daytime version.

The ground surrounding the lava in the central area isn't animated, only using a static texture.

The eyes of the Dodongo skull always glow red, even before Link treats them with some bombs.

Actors#

Room 0 only features a few actors, mostly those relevant to gameplay mechanics. The only enemies are two Fire Keeses.

Some of the actors are placed at different locations, like the Dungeon Switch and the Fire Keese. Other actors are at the exact same location, like the elevators and the Dodongo jawbone.

Dungeon Switch	Dodongo's Cavern (OoT v1.0)

Both Bomb Flowers and the spawn point in the entrance room are moved closer to the inner wall:

Bomb Flowers & Spawn Point	Dodongo's Cavern (OoT v1.0)

Objects#

Room 1#

Actors#

There are no actors in this room.

Objects#

Room 2#

Actors#

The Bomb Flowers are at the exact same location, except for a single one in the front and center of the stairs, which was added for the final version.
All the other actors are missing.

Bomb Flowers	Dodongo's Cavern (OoT v1.0)

Objects#

Room 3#

Anime Files#

The Lizalfos room already references the model files, but does not reference the texture file.
The lava ground only uses a static texture, instead of an animated one.

Actors#

This room contains no actors, whereas the other Ddanh already includes both Lizalfos.

Room 9#

Actors#

The only actor in this room is the pushblock, which is fully enclosed by the grotto, instead of jutting slightly out:

Pushblock	Dodongo's Cavern (OoT v1.0)

Pushblock	Dodongo's Cavern (OoT v1.0)

Objects#

All the other rooms contain no actors and just load the object 002B - object_ddan_objects.

Ddanh#

Ddanh is a later version, including preliminary work on the animated features. The map files are located in zelda_scene/ddanh.

It uses the same actor & object setup as Ddanh_noanime, with Room 3 being the exception.

Room 0#

The entrance has matched the left side of the collision mesh with the ceiling, but hasn't fixed the right.

Ddanh	Dodongo's Cavern (OoT v1.0)

After bombing the wall, the intro cutscene starts to play, but just keeps hanging and locking up. The game doesn't hard crash anymore.

The textures for the platform are still missing.

Overview	Dodongo's Cavern (OoT v1.0)

Anime Files#

Ddanh already includes more references, only missing the anime models in Room 0.
The entrance tunnel features a day to night time transition in this version, but it's glitchy and doesn't seem to be properly implemented.

The lava ground around the central area now features an animated texture, although it also doesn't seem to be properly implemented yet.

The eyes of the Dodongo are still glowing, even before bombing.

Room 3#

Anime Files#

The lava in this room also features an animated texture now, but displays the same visual glitches as Room 0.

Actors#

This version includes the two Lizalfos in the lower floor section, and they spawn on different platforms compared to the final:

Lizalfos	Dodongo's Cavern (OoT v1.0)

Objects#

TEST01_BAK

This is an earlier version of the TEST01 map. It's a smaller version of the test map that is found in the Master Quest Debug build and in the Japanese version of Majora's Mask. Like syotes and Spot04_OLD, Test01_BAK is missing the room_info file that contains the room header. Another peculiarity is that the scene header is missing the 0x15 command for "Sound Settings".

This map is also mentioned in the commit logs of z_ocarina2/src/spec. It was added to the game on 1997/05/28 by Makoto Sasaki.

Test01_BAK	Test01

The ladders in this earlier version are completely modeled and functional, whereas Link cannot climb them in the other Test01 map versions.

The collision header doesn't point to any water box entries, but instead features a mesh plane that is placed where the water box would be in the later version. The collision detection flag of this polygon is set up to let Link and the camera pass through it, but not projectiles like arrows. This also seems to point to an earlier method of how water surfaces were set up, similar to the collision layer inside the moat that can be seen in zelda_tool_rom.

Test01_BAK	Test01

Various Images#

Test01

To do: "forest\data\shape\forest_scene\Test01\test01.c.bak,v" is apparently an old copy in original format dating from January 8, 1998 of the map "Test01" second version. Try converting this map, there seems to be some differences.

64DD Test Dungeons

The leaked iQue files include small versions for almost all dungeons in the game. These files are not included in the n64dd_rom.spec file required for building the disk.
While their internal filenames use the suffix "_dd" or "_ddtes"(DD Test), these maps were small test maps created before shipping to retail to ensure all the DD hooks worked properly.
These rooms are miniature versions of their respective, larger dungeons, and hold all dungeons items required for those dungeons, including the Map, Compass, Navi hints, dungeon items, and enemies. Their exits lead to the boss rooms for their respective dungeon.
The leaked files also include all dungeon Minimaps for these versions, see Minimaps for more information.

Ydan_ddtes#

A small mini-dungeon of Inside the Deku Tree, consisting of two rooms. The entrance contains the three Hintnuts and chests with a Dungeon Map and Compass. The door leads to the boss battle against Queen Gohma.

Room 0#

Link's starting point in this map.

Overview	Entrance

Room 1#

Overview

Environment Settings#

To do: Add info.

Exits#

Ddanh_ddtes#

A small mini-dungeon of Dodongo's Cavern, consisting of four rooms.

Room 0#

Link's starting point in this map.

Overview	Entrance

Room 1#

Overview	Lizalfos Battle

Room 2#

Overview	Room

Room 3#

Overview

Environment Settings#

To do: Add info.

Exits#

Bdan_dd#

A small mini-dungeon of Jabu-Jabu's Belly, but most of its files are nulled. Only the individual files for the display lists remain, located in data/shape2/zelda_tool_scene/Bdan_dd.

The following images show a restoration of the whole scene, so everything is custom made, except for the display lists of the room mesh.

Room 0#

Overview	Entrance

Room 1#

Overview	Room

Room 2#

Overview	Room

Room 3#

Overview	Big Octo Battle

Room 4#

Overview

Mori_dd#

A small mini-dungeon of the Forest Temple, consisting of four rooms. It features a fight with Stalfos, and ends with fighting Phantom Ganon.

Room 0#

Link's starting point in this map.

Overview	Entrance

Room 1#

Overview	Stalfos Battle

Room 2#

Overview	Boss-Key Room

Room 3#

Overview

Environment Settings#

To do: Add info.

Exits#

Hidan_dd#

To do: Add info about the texturing in Room 1.

A small mini-dungeon of the Fire Temple, but most of its files are nulled. Only the individual files for the display lists remain, located in data/shape2/zelda_tool_scene/Hidan_dd.

The following images show a restoration of the whole scene, so everything is custom made, except for the display lists of the room mesh.

Room 0#

Link's starting point in this map.

Overview	Entrance

Room 2#

Overview	Flame Dancer Battle

Room 1#

Overview	Boss-Key Room

Room 3#

Overview

Mizusin_dd#

A small mini-dungeon of the Water Temple, but most of its files are nulled. Only the individual files for the display lists remain, located in data/shape2/zelda_tool_scene/Mizusin_dd.

The following images show a restoration of the whole scene, so everything is custom made, except for the display lists of the room mesh.

Room 2#

Link's starting point in this map.

Overview	Entrance

Room 1#

Dark Link Battle

Room 0#

Overview	Boss-Key Room

Room 3#

Overview

Jyasinzou_dd#

A small mini-dungeon of the Spirit Temple, consisting of four rooms. The entrance contains chests with a Dungeon Map and Compass, and there are three fake doors that attack Link at the top of the entrance. The rightmost door leads to the mini-boss from the final game's Spirit Temple.

Room 0#

Link's starting point in this map.

Overview	Entrance

Room 2#

Overview	Room

Room 1#

Overview	Room

Room 3#

Overview

Environment Settings#

To do: Add info.

Exits#

Hakadan_dd#

A small mini-dungeon of the Shadow Temple, consisting of four rooms.

Room 0#

Link's starting point in this map.

Overview	Entrance

Room 2#

Overview	Dead Hand Battle

Room 1#

Overview	Boss-Key Room

Room 3#

Overview

Environment Settings#

To do: Add info.

Exits#

Hakadan_ch_dd#

A small mini-dungeon of the Bottom of the Well, consisting of two rooms.

Room 0#

Link's starting point in this map.

Overview	Entrance

Room 1#

Overview	Room

Environment Settings#

To do: Add info.

Exits#

Other 64DD Maps

To do: Compare them to the final maps in MM.

Z2_DD_IKE#

This is an early version of the Swamp Spiderhouse from Majora's Mask, consisting of 6 rooms. "IKE" may translate to "pond".

According to commit logs in z_ocarina2/src/n64dd_rom.spec, this map was added to the game on May 22nd, 2000.

It's unknown why it is included as an Ocarina of Time map intended to be loaded with the DD. One thing to note, however, is that it includes "ydan_show.o." Ydan is the name of the Deku Tree. It also uses the Deku Tree's music, the entrance of the map exits out of the Deku Tree into Kokiri Forest, and the very end of the map exits out into Gohma's Lair, implying that it was meant to replace the Deku Tree's dungeon somehow.

In Majora's Mask this map was renamed to Z2_KINSTA1, meaning Gold Skulltula 1.

Layout#

Room 0#

Link's starting point in this map.

Overview	Entrance

Room 1#

Overview	Room

Room 2#

Overview	Room

Room 3#

Overview	Room

Room 4#

Overview	Room

Room 5#

Overview

Environment Settings#

To do: Add info.

Exits#

To do: Add info.

Z2_ReDead#

This is an early version of Beneath the Well in Ikana from Majora's Mask, consisting of 14 rooms.

According to commit logs in z_ocarina2/src/n64dd_rom.spec, this map was added to the game on May 22nd, 2000.

It's unknown why it is included as an Ocarina of Time map intended to be loaded with the DD. One thing to note, however, is that it includes "bdan_show.o." Bdan is the name of Inside Jabu Jabu's Belly. It also uses Jabu Jabu's music, the entrance of the map exits out of Jabu Jabu into Zora's Fountain, and the very end of the map exits into Barinade's Lair, implying that it was meant to replace Inside Jabu Jabu's Belly somehow. Also, some textures are corrupted, and the lighting is unfinished in this preliminary version of the map.

Majora's Mask retains the same file name as this early version.

Layout#

Room 0#

Link's starting point in this map.

Overview	Entrance

Room 1#

Overview	Room

Room 2#

Overview	Room

Room 3#

Overview	Room

Room 4#

Overview	Room

Room 5#

Overview	Room

Room 6#

Overview	Room

Room 7#

Overview	Room

Room 8#

Overview	Room

Room 9#

Overview	Room

Room 10#

Overview	Room

Room 11#

Overview	Room

Room 12#

Overview	Room

Room 13#

Overview	Room

Environment Settings#

To do: Add info.

Exits#

To do: Add info.