(PC) Valkyrie Drive -BHIKKHUNI- .MSB .MIB .MCAT

[GabryTheSniper]

While digging through the game files, i stumble across these files: face_pl00.mib , face_pl00.msb and face_pl00.mcat . Is there a script to extract them?

Here are the samples if you want to take them a look: https://www.mediafire.com/file/6hyd41rj4u888nh/Examples.rar/file

Edited May 24, 2024 by GabryTheSniper

[HydraBladeZ]

On 5/25/2024 at 12:04 AM, GabryTheSniper said:

While digging through the game files, i stumble across these files: face_pl00.mib , face_pl00.msb and face_pl00.mcat . Is there a script to extract them?

Here are the samples if you want to take them a look: https://www.mediafire.com/file/6hyd41rj4u888nh/Examples.rar/file

I took a look at the game files a few days ago, the structure isn't complicated
mib is a texture container.
msb is a model container.
but I don't know what mcat is for yet.

I was able to view some models in model researcher.

[PlsSendHelp]

fmt_psaVita_ValkyrieDrive.py
Here's a old noesis plugin to view and export most of the mib, msb and mab of the PSVisa version of the game.

[shak-otay]

2 hours ago, PlsSendHelp said:

fmt_psaVita_ValkyrieDrive.py
Here's a old noesis plugin to view and export most of the mib, msb and mab of the PSVisa version of the game.

Thanks, but... do you have a working PSvita model? Could be helpful to patch the script for the PC version.

edit: indeed the mesh format for the latter appears to be simple:

 

Edited November 9, 2025 by shak-otay

[PlsSendHelp]

15 hours ago, shak-otay said:

Thanks, but... do you have a working PSvita model? Could be helpful to patch the script for the PC version.

edit: indeed the mesh format for the latter appears to be simple:

 

Here's a sample model for one of the enemies in the game. Notice that "*_div.msb" can't be view/export properly for some reason, but the base one did just fine.

PSVitaSample.zip

[shak-otay]

I checked the PSVita script with a PC-msb but got the vertex addresses only (after setting vpos to zero against script error):

Quote

type_mouth_03
meshInfofo, vdMesh 0x10bc0 1
(1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 160, 145)
0000000100000000000000000000000000000001000000001010000010010001
['0000', '0001', '0000', '0000', '0000', '0000', '0000', '0000', '0000', '0001', '0000', '0000', '1010', '0000', '1001', '0001']
a 0x10bd0
b 0x10be0
c 0x10be8

Adding of 8 to the last value -> vStart 0x10bf0

edit: imho it's easier to create a new script for the PC version than patching the one for PSVita msb files.

Edited November 12, 2025 by shak-otay

[HydraBladeZ]

I went back and finished my blender importer for msb and mib files, it can correctly read all the data from my testing, including morph targets

https://github.com/Al-Hydra/BlenderMSB

I've tested it on the 2 games that I know use the msb format SK and Valkyrie Drive. If anyone knows other games that use the same format, let me know.

[RiffRaff1138]

Your Blender addon works perfectly for everything I've tried so far, except one: Valkyrie Drive's dlc_Cos_06, the Seashell Swimsuit, imports without any UV mapping for the bikini top, segment break_b_u012_bustsw. I tried the PC and Vita versions, regular and _div models, even the model for the unused second color in the PC version's files. Same problem with all of them. This was also the only VD model I found that would give an error from the old Noesis plugin, so it seems like there's something uniquely off about it.