maybe someone can answer this ?

**norman1234** · 25-01-11

ok i know this might have been answered.. i did do a complete search for 2 days before thinking about posting this... how to edit .bon files..for riding positions.. i have the kuq bon editior.. yet when i open and do any kind of editing it wont save it sorta like freezes.. i can type whatever it just wont save it.. i have looked via hex editor and have like no clue via that. does someone know a easier way or at least a pic of what to change via hex editor. or anyone knows a working bon editor

**MentaL**

**das7002** · 26-01-11

There might be a hex editor template somewhere but I don't think that bon editor actually works and most people around here probably just hex edit all the things in

**norman1234** · 26-01-11

yeah i kinda figured it was hex editior.. but on that i'm lost.. at least with my hex editor but if someone could point or show the address i'd be very thankful and btw i'mn using hhd hex editor neo

**norman1234** · 26-01-11

well i sorta figured out something via hex.. i found the hh ride but what coding is it?
6c 8c 25 bb bb ff 7f 3f 16 aa b1 ba
thats the hex code for one i am trying to edit
9c db 6b bc 00 00 80 bf d7 75 21 bd
thats a working one.. i put that in for the other and nothing happens

**ronny1982** · 26-01-11

bon files may have multiple hooks
hooks are anchors at specific character points
hook consists of it's GBK encoded name (unique identifier) and a homogeneous transformation matrix
i.e. name: CC_feijian = hook at characters feet point (human flights?)
i.e. name: HH_Weapon = hook at characters weapon hand
when a model is "hooked" to a character, all points of the model are multiplied by the transformation matrix corresponding to the hook
first find the correct hook identifier (name)
next goto the transformation matrix for the hook
the transformation matrix is stored in column order
change the position/orientation (relative to the character hook) by editing the transformation matrix (translation, scale, rotation)

*note matrix diagonal is x,y,z -> pw coordinates are x,z,y (z is altitude)