The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox)

This page contains notes for the game The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox).

To do:
Find the rest of the filetypes.

The .HIP/.HOP files can be extracted with either Industrial Park Level Editor, Game Extractor, or a QuickBMS script.

Filetypes commonly found in .HOP files#

.HOP files contain the assets of each level.

Filetypes commonly found in .HIP files#

.HIP files contain spawn data, as well as markers (cameras, triggers, ports) and other things that make up the inner working of each level. All of these can be edited using Industrial Park by opening the .HIP file. Also, as a legacy option, any files with coordinates list them as 4-byte floating point numbers, and are usually on the third line in a hex editor. Use a converter to work with these numbers (the one linked doesn't like spaces, so remove those before converting).

Filetype	Notes
.ALST	Stands for "animation list" and provides a group of animations for a PLAT or SIMP to use. Mainly used for things like NPCs.
.ATBL	Stand for "animation table," and contained assigned animations for things such as enemies, crates, and the player.
.BOUL	Stands for "boulder." Used for objects that hurt SpongeBob or Patrick.
.BUTN	Buttons.
.CAM	Markers for camera positions. "Startcam" is never used, since the camera immediately goes to the player's position at the start of each level, after any cutscene or NPC interaction automatically triggered.
.CNTR	Stands for "counter," and are used to keep track of things from the total of enemies defeated to the state of a task in the pause menu.
.COND	Stands for "conditional." These are mainly used to evaluate how many collectibles the player has, but are also used for general functionality of the pause menu tasks.
.CSNM	Stands for "cutscene manager." These are used to tell the game what to do during and after a cutscene finishes, among other settings.
.DPAT	Stands for "dispatcher." These are used to set many events throughout the game but are mainly used to make persistent changes to levels.
.DYNA	Game objects. Purposed for a lot of things, like talkboxes, taxi stops and the "widget" that shows you the flythrough at the beginning of each level.
.ENV	Stands for "environment." Sets things like the lighting and music.
.FLY	Unknown. Official stands for "fly," but used for flythroughs.
.GRUP	Unknown. Stands for "group," and were most likely used to apply attributes to multiple objects at once when the game was built.
.LKIT	Stands for "light kit," and is used to light objects in each scene. There can be two sets, one for the environment, and one for the player/enemies/crates.
.MINF	Unknown. Corresponds to a model in the corresponding .HOP file.
.MRKR	Stands for "marker," and contain coordinates to activate things when the player reaches those coordinates.
.MVPT	Unknown. Stands for "move point."
.PARE	Unknown. Stands for "particle emitter."
.PARP	Stands for "particle properties."
.PARS	Stands for "particle system."
.PKUP	Stands for "pickup," and contains spawn data for the pickups (shiny objects, underwear, golden spatulas) in each level. In reality, there's just one spawn data filetype that's used for pickups, platforms and NPCs.
.PLAT	Stands for "platform," and contains spawn data for the platforms (bouncy trees, moving platforms) in each level. In reality, there's just one spawn data filetype that's used for pickups, platforms and NPCs.
.PLYR	Stands for "player," and contains spawn coordinates for the player, although this is really only used in levels where you don't start off automatically talking to someone, or if you die before reaching a checkpoint in a level that you do start off with a conversation. Strangely, it seems to contain other data that, when messed with, causes the player to lose color.
.PORT	Stands for "portal." Used to teleport the player to different scenes, such as Combat Arena Challenges or just the next area.
.RANM	Stands for "reactive animation." Used on objects such as trees and bushes to animated them.
.SCRP	Stands for "script." When one is run, it will fire a string of event links at specified timings. Used for short cutscenes, such as revealing platforms and opening gates.
.SDFX (or .SFX)	Unknown. Officially stands for "SFX," an abbreviation of "sound effects."
.SGRP	Stands for "sound group." Contains sound(s) a SDFX can play. If more than one is listed, they are played at random.
.SIMP	Stands for "simple object," and contains collision data.
.SURF	Stands for "surface." Are used on objects to give them properties such as slipperiness, hazard-ness, and even ledge grabbing.
.TIMR	Stands for "timer." A simpler version of the script that only fires events at the start and at the end of the time assigned.
.TRIG	Stands for "trigger," and works the same way as markers.
.UIM	Stand for "user interface motion." Used to give the pause menu animations, such as sinking, bouncing, and fading.
.VIL	Officially stands for "NPC," and contains spawn data for the NPCs (characters, enemies, tikis) in each level. In reality, there's just one spawn data filetype that's used for pickups, platforms and NPCs.

Filetypes commonly found in (country code).hip files#

Filetype	Openable(?)	Program(s)	Notes
.TEXT	Yes	Notepad++	Contains text for dialogue boxes, as well as markers to tell the game certain things, like change the camera position or color a word a certain color.

Characters & Costumes#

Most "costume" names were taken from sb04.ini.

Name	Used?	File
Sliding Bathtub	Yes	PLD0.HIP
Sliding Shell		PLD1.HIP
Sliding Crown		PLD2.HIP
Driving		PLY2.HIP
SpongeBall		PLY4.HIP
SpongeBob
Manager	Yes	PLS1.HIP
Goober Hungover		PLS2.HIP
Normal		PLS3.HIP
Tuff Tug		PLS4.HIP
Trench Moustache		PLS5.HIP
Goober Dream	No	PLS6.HIP
Neptune Boss	Yes	PLS7.HIP
Cave SpongeBob	Cheatable	PLSA.HIP
Mermaid Man SpongeBob	Yes	PLSB.HIP
Ripped Pants SpongeBob	Cheatable	PLSC.HIP
Plain Sponge SpongeBob	Yes	PLSD.HIP
Patrick
Manager Dream	Yes	PLP1.HIP
Goober Hungover		PLP2.HIP
Normal		PLP3.HIP
Tuff Tug		PLP4.HIP
Trench Moustache		PLP5.HIP
Goober Dream	Cheatable	PLP6.HIP
Neptune Boss	No	PLP7.HIP
Cave Patrick	Cheatable	PLPA.HIP
Disco Patrick	Yes	PLPB.HIP
No Clothes Patrick	Yes	PLPC.HIP

Folder Abbreviations#

To do:
Get the rest of the missions and add them to this table.

Folder Name	Abbreviation of	Mission(s) / Contaminants
AM	Ambush	Combat Arenas (am01) (am02) (am03) (am04)
B1	Boss #1	I'll Let You Pet Mr. Whiskers (b101)
B2	Boss #2	Name's Dennis (b201)
B3	Boss #3	Dennis Strikes Back (b301)
B4	Boss #4	Turn the Tables on Plankton (b401) 100% Cutscene (b402)
BB	Bikini Bottom	No Cheese! (bb02) Sandwich Driving 101 (bb01) I'm Ready... Depression (bb03)
BL	Bonus Levels	SpongeBall Arenas (bl01) (bl02) (bl03) (bl04)
DE	Desert	Three... Thousand Miles to Shell City (de01) Rub a Dub, Slip Slide in the Tub (de02)
FB	Floating Blocks	Floating Block Arenas (fb01) (fb02) (fb03)
FMV	Full Motion Videos	Cutscenes, upgrades, logos, etc.
GG	Goofy Goober	Sundae Driving (gg02)
JK	Junkyard	Shell City, Dead Ahead (jk01) (jk02)
MN	Menus	Menus (mnus)
PL	Players	Player Variants
PT	Planktopolis	Welcome To Planktopolis...Minions (pt01) (pt02) (pt03)
SC	Shell City	Google Eyes and Smelly Knick Knacks (sc02)
TR	Trench	Rock Slide (tr01) Now That We're Men (tr02) (tr03)
TT	Thug Tug	Bubble Blowing Baby Hunt (tt01) No Weenie Parking Anytime (tt02)

Filetype	Openable(?)	Program(s)	Notes
.anm.ANIM	Unknown	N/A	Animations for the models in that archive.
.WAV.SND	Yes (PS2 only)	PSound MFAudio	Sound effects.
.COLL	No	N/A	Collision data for the level map.
.CSN	Yes	QuickBMS PSound (Audio, PS2 only) Script (PS2) (Models)	Contains the models and sounds unique to a cutscene.
.VAG.CSSS	Yes	Any text editor	Empty files.
.CTOC	No	N/A	Unknown. Most likely stands for "cutscene table of contents."
.JSP	Yes	QuickBMS Script 1 (intended for BFBB) Script 2 (intended for movie game)	Level map(s). Based on a common format for RenderWare games, most likely a proprietary modification of .BSP. Neither script will work for all files.
.jaw data.JAW	No	N/A	Unknown
.lod table.LODT	No	N/A	Unknown. Has something to do with level maps, most likely stands for "level of detail table."
.MAPR	No	N/A	Unknown. Has something to do with level maps, commonly found as "env material map."
(.dff).MODL	Yes	DFF importer and exporter for 3ds Max 2009 - 2022 (Highly recommended, can import bones and UV maps correctly) ZModeler 3D Object Converter (PS2 preferred) Any DFF model viewer	.DFF models. Common type for RenderWare. When using the listed programs or a DFF model viewer, "(.dff).MODL" must be renamed to ".dff" for the files to work properly.
.pipe info table.PIPT	No	N/A	Object rendering pipeline info, provides additional post effects for certain objects in each level.
(.RW3).RWTX	Yes	Magic.TXD	Textures, correspond with the models found in that archive.
.SHRP	No	N/A	Stands for "shrapnel," and are the multiple parts that make up any model that explodes in the game, usually found prefaced with "frag," standing for "fragment."
.SNDI	No	N/A	Unknown, usually named "sound info."
.WAV.SNDS	Yes	Industrial Park	Used for longer, compressed sounds like character dialogue and music. Empty in GameCube version, can be opened in PS2 and Xbox versions.