Hint Files

The recursive dumper cannot always discover every structure in an overlay or assign a useful name to everything it finds. Hint files supply missing information.

Hints live under $database/hints/ and have names matching the source files to which they apply. Star Rod includes many examples.

Hint	Description and example
add	Identify a structure and its type. add 80240210 Function
name	Assign a unique name. name 80240210 Function_FadeScreenToBlack
size	Force a structure size; rarely needed. size 80240210 800
newline	Set the number of 32-bit words printed per line; default is eight. newline 80240210 6

Addresses and sizes are hexadecimal. A hint improves the dumped representation; it does not change the original game data by itself.