Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis/Level Format

This is a sub-page of Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis.

This is a mixture of research on the USA and the European versions of the game. In addition to page editor(s), TheMarioVariable has made contributions. Not everything has been tested in-game yet.

Values are in Little Endian.

General Data 1

Offset	Type	Description
0000	UInt32	Magic value or format version
0004	UInt32	Offset to Actors to Load
0008	UInt32	Offset to Tiles to Load
000C	UInt32	Offset to General Data 2
0010	UInt32	Offset to Liquid Placement

Actors to Load

See here for a list of Actor IDs.

Offset	Type	Description
0000	UInt32	Number of Actor IDs
0004	Array of UInt32 values	Actor IDs

Tiles to Load

Offset	Type	Description
00	UInt32	Number of Tile IDs
02	Array of UInt8 values	Tile IDs

General Data 2

Offset	Type	Description
00	UInt8	Level width (in half-blocks)
01	UInt8	Level height (in half-blocks)
02	Bytes (0x6)	Padding
08	UInt32	Offset to Actor Placements
0C	UInt32	Offset to Tile Placements
10	UInt32	Offset to Misc. Object Placements. At least some of the time, this is set to the value of the next field (at 0x14) if the Misc. Object Placements section isn't being used.
14	UInt32	Offset to Tile Collison Placements
18	UInt32	Offset to Warning Sign Placements
1C	UInt32	Offset to Intro Camera Properties
20	UInt32	Offset to Warp Pipe Placements. At least some of the time, this is set to 0x0 if the Warp Pipe Placements section isn't being used.
24	UInt32	Unknown. At least some of the time, this is set to (value of 0x20) + 0x8.

Liquid Placement

Offset	Type	Description
00	UInt32	"where water/lava is loaded"
04	UInt32	Offset to Liquid Size. At least some of the time, this is set to this value + 0x04 if the Liquid Size section isn't being used.