Filesystem/Course

This article describes the /Course directory of the Mario Kart: Double Dash!! DVD (NTSC-U release).

Overview

This folder contains each course .arc file. The L is thought to stand for "low-poly", as in the L-version of the .arc, the course .bmd has fewer polygons. The L-version files have smaller sizes because of this.

The following rules are used to load the course files:

• For offline race courses, the regular .arc stage file is loaded when the game displays one viewport and the L.arc stage file is intended for multiple viewports.
• For offline battle stages, the regular stage file is always loaded.
• For LAN mode, the L stage is always loaded for races and battles.
• The award ceremony and the ending sequence load the regular stage file.

The function ResMgr::loadCourseData is called with a CourseOrder enum parameter, where 1 loads L variant and 2 loads the regular variant.

Files

Filename	Size (Bytes)	Description
Award.arc	2464244	Award scene files
AwardL.arc	2459936	Award scene files - Unused Multi-screen variant
BabyLuigi.arc	1410048	Baby Park single screen course files
BabyLuigiL.arc	1410048	Baby Park multi-screen course files
Daisy.arc	2223904	Daisy Cruiser single screen course files
DaisyL.arc	1935168	Daisy Cruiser multi-screen course files
Desert.arc	2353120	Dry Dry Desert single screen course files
DesertL.arc	1891072	Dry Dry Desert multi-screen course files
Diddy.arc	2407136	Dino Dino Jungle single screen course files
DiddyL.arc	2254784	Dino Dino Jungle multi-screen course files
Donkey.arc	1910208	DK Mountain single screen course files
DonkeyL.arc	1826592	DK Mountain multi-screen course files
Ending.arc	1356544	Staff roll files
EndingL.arc	1355776	Staff roll files - Unused Multi-screen variant
Koopa.arc	1231456	Bowser's Castle single screen course files
KoopaL.arc	1084256	Bowser's Castle multi-screen course files
Luigi.arc	2203264	Luigi Circuit 50cc single screen course files
Luigi2.arc	2213216	Luigi Circuit single screen course files
Luigi2L.arc	1514880	Luigi Circuit multi-screen course files
LuigiL.arc	1506528	Luigi Circuit 50cc multi-screen course files
Mario.arc	2505536	Mario Circuit single screen course files
MarioL.arc	1928832	Mario Circuit multi-screen course files
Mini1.arc	1348192	Luigi's Mansion offline course files
Mini1L.arc	900992	Luigi's Mansion LAN mode course files
Mini2.arc	1457952	Nintendo Gamecube offline course files
Mini2L.arc	1457952	Nintendo Gamecube LAN mode course files
Mini3.arc	576448	Block City offline course files
Mini3L.arc	576448	Block City LAN mode course files
Mini5.arc	527648	Tilt-a-Kart offline course files
Mini5L.arc	527648	Tilt-a-Kart LAN mode course files
Mini7.arc	652992	Cookie Land offline course files
Mini7L.arc	652992	Cookie Land LAN mode course files
Mini8.arc	856096	Pipe Plaza offline course files
Mini8L.arc	856096	Pipe Plaza LAN mode course files
Nokonoko.arc	2206400	Mushroom Bridge single screen course files
NokonokoL.arc	1960896	Mushroom Bridge multi-screen course files
Patapata.arc	2282496	Mushroom City single screen course files
PatapataL.arc	2163456	Mushroom City multi-screen course files
Peach.arc	2109888	Peach Beach single screen course files
PeachL.arc	1952928	Peach Beach multi-screen course files
Rainbow.arc	2266720	Rainbow Road single screen course files
RainbowL.arc	1802624	Rainbow Road multi-screen course files
Snow.arc	1388032	Sherbet Land single screen course files
SnowL.arc	1325376	Sherbet Land multi-screen course files
Waluigi.arc	1382376	Waluigi Stadium single screen course files
WaluigiL.arc	1170272	Waluigi Stadium multi-screen course files
Wario.arc	1293632	Wario Colosseum single screen course files
WarioL.arc	1210016	Wario Colosseum multi-screen course files
Yoshi.arc	1370176	Yoshi Circuit single screen course files
YoshiL.arc	1314560	Yoshi Circuit multi-screen course files