Persona 4/DATA.CVM

The DATA.CVM is a file found in the PS2 version of Persona 4. This file contains the bulk of the data found in the game, including boss and enemy data. Persona 4's DATA.CVM is divided up into 23 folders. Use the table of contents to navigate them.

BUSTUP
This folder contain Bustups, and there are some that go unused. The very first one, for example, is an unused Yukari portrait from Persona 3.

CAMP
The CAMP folder contains 3 subfolders: "BUSTUP", "COMMU", "PARTY", and "PERSONA". It also contains an "ICON.BIN" file.

CARD
The CARD folder contains 3 subfolders: "ARCANA", "MISC", and "PERSONA". It also contains a "PSC_BASIC.BIN" file.

DICT
This folder contains 2 files: "NAMEDIC_DAT.TXT", and "P4_NAMEENT01.SPR".

EFFECT
This folder contains 2 files: "EFFPACK.BIN" and "Z0.TMX".

EVENT
This folder contains 92 subfolders, including "E050" and "E090"-"E990" (numbered multiples of 10, such as E100, E110, and E120). Each subfolder may contain several PM1, PM2, and PM3 files, which represent certain event data. However, some subfolders, like "E730", are empty.

This folder also contains 4 files: "CMM.BIN", "FISHING.BIN", "ICON.BIN", and "NPC_DEF.BIN".

EVENT_DATA
This folder contains 1 subfolder, "SCRIPT", which contains several BF files correlating to the names of subfolders in EVENT. This folder also contains 1 file, "COMMUNITY.BIN".

Tools
For extracting the data in the CVM, or rebuilding it, see CVM.