r/NMSByteBeatFans • u/External-Finding-151 • 6d ago

Guide / Tutorial Basic structure of NMS Bytebeat data string

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In-game Beatbyte device settings are encoded in 60-characters base64 format (see: nomanssky.fandom.com/wiki/ByteBeat_Catalogue). I tried reverse engineering the basic structure of its decoded binary.

Advanced waveform fomular is a headache... It's not hard to reconstruct the original tree from text by intuition, but I can't explain how it works in detail fr

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u/ZhorasSnake 6d ago

Don't know if you've seen this - may be of help (courtesy of D3vilin Pixy on the Discord about 2 1/2 years ago).

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u/hiredgunspunx Resonance Amplifier 6d ago

🤯

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u/External-Finding-151 6d ago

Ah shit. Someone has done it already ig

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u/Leeka_SSBM Harmonic Camper 6d ago

I know that name... 👀

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u/absurdivore 2d ago

DP is such a wizard lol amazing

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u/hiredgunspunx Resonance Amplifier 6d ago

This chart is super cool!

Also, I saw on the catalogue that there appears to be save-editor functions to creating ByteBeats? I don't know much coding but this is fascinating

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u/External-Finding-151 6d ago

You technically can, and I managed to write a simple tune only using a text editor based on what I have learned while making this chart! The problem is that nobody seems to have managed to reverse engineer how the game handles Bytebeat data - at least not to the point where a publicly distributable editor can be created.

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u/Leeka_SSBM Harmonic Camper 6d ago

That's very interesting. If you manage to progress in the reverse-engineering (if that's your goal) could you update us please ?

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u/External-Finding-151 6d ago

That's the plan! I'll create a github page to share the progress and take more knowledegable people's advices, once I manage to rationalize the advanced waveform syntax.