MSBT Merging

Cobalt uses the plain text MSBT format defined by astra-msbt.

Note

If you have a Cobalt mod currently using .msbt files, you can use this experimental tool to help with the migration to .txt.

How to

Use astra-msbt to dump MSBT bundles into plain text for editing. You can also make your own .txt files as long as they follow the proper format, which is depicted in the example below.

[MAID_QueenNia]
Lifesage Attire

[MAID_H_QueenNia]
The casual outfit of Queen Nia, a healer hailing from Aionios.
Her command of water can fell foes and heal allies in the same beat.

The above will add 2 new labels to the file it is patching.

Place your unbundled .txt file(s) in /patches/msbt/, and follow the same hierarchy as the game's fe_asset_message directory (patches/msbt/message/us/usen/accessories.txt, for example).

If you wish to use a .txt file globally for any language you did not provide a localization for, place it in patches/msbt/message instead (patches/msbt/message/accessories.txt, for example).
Patches in the language folders will prevail for their respective language if available.

Warning

Your filenames must be LOWERCASE.

If you use astra-msbt to dump an MSBT for editing, you should only keep the entries that you have changed. If you include unchanged entries, you may conflict with other mods that actually do edit those entries.