Oblivion Mod:Mod File Format/ARMO

ARMO records hold information on a piece of armor (has a heavy/light classification and an armor rating).

Subrecords known to occur in an ARMO record include (confirmed):

• EDID (required): Editor ID (variable length string)
• FULL (required): Item name (variable length string)
• SCRI (optional): Script form ID (dword)
• BMDT (required?): Flags (dword)
• MODL (optional): Male biped model filename (variable length string)
• MOD2 (optional): Male world model filename (variable length string)
• MOD3 (optional): Female biped model filename (variable length string)
• MOD4 (optional): Female world model filename (variable length string)
• MODB (optional): Unknown, follows a MODL (4 bytes)
• MO2B (optional): Unknown, follows a MOD2 (4 bytes)
• MO3B (optional): Unknown, follows a MOD3 (4 bytes)
• MO4B (optional): Unknown, follows a MOD4 (4 bytes)
• MODT (optional): Unknown, follows a MODT (variable size)
• MO2T (optional): Unknown, follows a MO2T (variable size)
• MO3T (optional): Unknown, follows a MO3T (variable size)
• MO4T (optional): Unknown, follows a MO4T (variable size)
• ICON (optional): Male icon filename (variable length string)
• ICO2 (optional): Female icon filename (variable length string)
• ANAM (optional): Enchantment points (word)
• ENAM (optional): Enchantment form ID (dword)
• DATA (required): Armor data (14 bytes)

DATA Subrecord

This subrecord is always 14 bytes long (confirmed) and holds the armor data.

Name	Type/Size	Info
Armor	2 (word)	Divide by 100 to get the actual in-game value.
Value	4 (dword)	Armor value
Health	4 (dword)	Armor health rating
Weight	4 (float)	Armor weight

BMDT Subrecord

Holds various armor flags.

Biped Object Flags -- 0x0001 to 0x8000 (mask 0xFFFF). See Oblivion Mod:Biped Object Flags for details

General Flags

0x00010000 = Hide Rings

0x00020000 = Hide Amulets

0x00400000 = Non-Playable (opposite to checkbox in the CS)

0x00800000 = Heavy armor

0xCD000000 = Unknown default value

MODB/MO2B/MO3B/M04B Subrecord

These subrecords seem to follow an associated MODL/MOD2/MOD3/MOD4 and are always 4 bytes in size (confirmed). Unknown purpose.

MODT/MO2T/MO3T/M04T Subrecord

These subrecords seem to follow an associated MODB/MO2B/MO3B/M04B and have a variety of sizes: 24, 48, 72, 96, 120, 144, 192 bytes (confirmed).