Subsystems

The game code is organised into subsystems, each responsible for one technical aspect of the game. Each subsystem is typically a singleton.

Note: the following list does not include external libraries. It is also likely to be incomplete.

Name	Official name	Init (Switch 1.5.0)	Description
AIClassDef	Yes	00000071011DF82C	Utilities for querying data from AIDef_Game.product.byml
ASSetting	Yes	00000071012F33D4	-
Account	Yes	0000007100D0D958	-
ActorCaptureMgr	Yes	00000071007C0F60	Development tool. See bactcapt
ActorCreator	No	00000071011DBAE4	Constructs and initialises actors
ActorDebug	Yes	0000007100D255F0	Debug tool.
ActorFactory	No	00000071006CB940	Holds a function pointer to the function that constructs a C++ actor by name.
ActorHeapUtil	No	0000007100897748	-
ActorInfoData	Yes	0000007100D2E16C	Utilities for querying actor info using ActorInfo.product.sbyml, without having to load actors
ActorLimiter	No	0000007100E4D770	Limits the number of spawned actors (e.g. for amiibo drops)
ActorParam	Yes	000000710116804C	Loads actor parameter files (such as ActorLink, AIProgram, etc.) Used by ActorCreator.
ActorPreLoadMgr	Yes	0000007100D585C4	-
ActorSystem	Yes	0000007100D5D144	-
ActorTemplate	Yes	000000710108A0A0	Utilities for querying data from Actor/ActorTemplate.byml
AmiiboMgr	Yes	00000071006488A8	Handles amiibo functionality
AnimSequence	Yes	0000007101163CE8	-
aoc2	No	0000007100D6CDA4	Handles DLC1 additions (such as Master Mode)
aoc3	No	000000710067F1C4	Handles DLC2 additions
aocManager	Yes	0000007100D69170	Manages AoC related flags, add-on content resource loading and packs
Attention	Yes	0000007100D73AA0	-
AutoDim	Yes	00000071010B6878	-
AutoGenFrameworkA	No	000000710127C120	Debug only
AutoGenFrameworkB	No	000000710127C244	Debug only
AutoPlacementFlowMgr	Yes	0000007100651F94	Runs event flow files to determine which actors to spawn on the map dynamically
AutoPlacementMgr	Yes	00000071006546FC	Dynamically spawns actors on the map depending on complex conditions (areas, terrain, event flows, custom logic).
Awareness	Yes	0000007100D79324	-
BaseProcMgr	Yes	00000071011BD0CC	BaseProc manager
Camera	Yes	0000007100D8C324	-
CameraEditor	Yes	00000071010BA244	-
Chemical	Yes	0000007100D99240	-
Chmres	No	0000007100D97D74	-
Controller	Yes	0000007100D9E964	-
CookingMgr	Yes	000000710089FFC8	Determines which cook item should be returned for a given set of ingredients.
CreatePlayerEquipActorMgr	Yes	0000007100665E1C	-
CreatePlayerTrashActorMgr	Yes	0000007100667494	-
CurrentResNameMgr	Yes	00000071010B77A0	Debug tool; unused in release builds.
DamageInfoMgr	Yes	000000710067170C	Unknown, initialised from GameScene code. Stores plenty of BaseProcLinks.
DebugFinder	Yes	000000710124A564	Debug tool.
DebugInput	Yes	0000007101266FD8	Debug tool.
DragonChallengeMgr	Yes	00000071006F9594	[DLC2] -
DropMgr	No	0000007100D2B7C8	Unknown, initialised from GameScene code. Responsible for spawning actor drops when they die
DungeonPackMgr	Yes	00000071008A559C	Handles dungeon pack loading when changing stages.
E3Mgr	Yes	00000071008A5E04	Handles E3 demo mode (time limit). Stubbed in release builds.
Ecosystem	Yes	0000007100E4174C	Handles map areas, climates, auto placement parameters, difficulty scaling, etc.
Effect	Yes	00000071011B3FB0	-
EffectInfoData	Yes	0000007101270A54	Utilities for querying data from EffectInfo.byml
EventActorMgr	No	00000071008AA614	Has to do with events and Demo_Talk actions
EventInfoData	Yes	0000007100DAEE4C	Utilities for querying data from EventInfo.product.byml
EventMgr	Yes	0000007100DAF3D8	Manages all in-game events (event flows, demos, etc.)
EventMgr1	No	0000007100E48658	-
EventMgrMiniGame	No	0000007100E493F0	-
FadeProgress	No	00000071007CBA28	Initialised from GameScene code - Updates the progress gauge on the loading screen ("Fade").
GameConfig	Yes	00000071008BBA94	Holds game configuration setting values, which are hardcoded in release builds.
GameDataMgr	Yes	0000007100DCE964	Manages game data flags
GameScene	Yes	0x71007D1DD8	Handles the main loop and stages
GameSceneSubsys12	No	00000071006623F0	Unknown, initialised from GameScene code
GameSceneSubsys13	No	00000071008A52E0	Unknown, initialised from GameScene code
GameSceneSubsys14	No	0000007100903598	Unknown, initialised from GameScene code
GameSceneSubsys15	No	000000710089469C	Unknown, initialised from GameScene code. Related to sound/BGM.
GameSceneSubsys4	No	000000710066A204	Unknown, initialised from GameScene code
GameSceneSubsys5	No	00000071009052FC	Unknown, initialised from GameScene code
GameSceneSubsys7	No	00000071007D32E8	Unknown, initialised from GameScene code. Related to Tera system (responsible for creating TeraSystem and loading the TSCB).
GameTool	Yes	0000007100EDB87C	Debug tool.
GlobalMessage	Yes	00000071011F4BF0	-
GlobalParameter	Yes	0000007100E4D064	Loads the GlobalParameter parameters
Graphics	Yes	0000007100F2A1D0	-
HavokAI	Yes	0000007100F80B20	-
HavokWorkerMgr	Yes	00000071011F9C78	-
Hio	Yes	000000710121367C	Link between the game and the HostIO (development) system. Stubbed in release builds.
HorseMgr	No	0000007100E81FB0	Handles horse registrations and status (?)
IceBlockMgr	No	000000710066E984	-
InitResourceReload	Yes	0000007100F3CE9C	Debug tool.
KingEditor	Yes	000000710122DD70	Debug tool (?)
LODMgr	Yes	000000710125184C	Level of detail manager?
LastBossMgr	No	00000071006776D4	-
LayoutResourceMgr	Yes	00000071010A2520	Manages layout (= UI) related resources, such as message archives, fonts, etc.
LowPrioThreadMgr	Yes	000000710127A524	-
MCMgr	Yes	0000007100DCB390	Manages job queues for the entire game[check]
MaskController	No	00000071008BC0D8	(name is only a guess) Holds a copy of controller input state. Used by AI system code (in particular AIDef:Action/WaitForFrame, AIDef:Action/WaitForKeyInput and AIDef:Query/KeyInputCheck.
MemoryProfiler	Yes	00000071010B7D18	Debug tool.
MessageCapture	Yes	00000071010B7E74	Debug tool.
ModelCreator	Yes	0000007100F4C63C	-
ModelPicker	Yes	00000071010B7F9C	Debug tool.
ModelResourceDivide	Yes	0000007100D3C978	-
MotorcycleMgr	No	00000071006783F4	Manages the Master Cycle Zero.
MoviePlayer	Yes	00000071010B9934	-
NFP	Yes	0000007100F45988	NFC services, used by AmiiboMgr
NavMeshSystem	Yes	0000007100E8E850	-
nxargs	Yes	0000007100901BA4	[Switch] Holds launch parameters (retrieved with nn::oe::TryPopLaunchParameter)
OnUiActorMgr	Yes	00000071009065B0	-
OverlayArenaSystem	Yes	0000007100FDE3E8	Memory utilities, used by ResourceMgr.
Patrol	Yes	00000071010B9EF0	Development
PauseMenuDataMgr	Yes	000000710096B1CC	Handles player inventory and equipment synchronization.
PhysicsMemSys	No	0000007101213FF0	Manages memory and custom Havok classes for the Havok library.
PlacementMgr	Yes	00000071011E451C	Reads map unit (mubin) files and spawns actors
PlayReport	Yes	0000007100FD381C	Handles play reports, i.e. telemetry data
PlayerInfo	No	0000007100854298	Holds information about the player (position, heart, stamina, etc.)
PlayerResetPosMgr	No	00000071007A5CA8	Manages player reset positions
PosTrackerUploader	Yes	0000007100A8BC8C	Uploads position tracker data (i.e. Hero's Path data). See Telemetry.
QuestMgr	Yes	0000007100FD5770	Holds information about game quests and steps. Interacts with GameDataMgr.
RadarMgr	Yes	000000710067B9C0	-
Reaction	Yes	0000007100EC0138	-
Resetter	No	00000071007D20A0	Initialised from GameScene code - Handles game system resets.
ResidentActorMgr	Yes	000000710090E0A0	Creates and manages actors that are always kept in memory such as GameROMPlayer
ResourceMgrTask	Yes	0000007100ECA468	Manages game resources (loading, unloading, caching, defragmenting, etc.). See also Resource system.
ResourceSystem	Yes	0000007100ECA468	See Resource system.
Revision	Yes	00000071010BA104	Holds information about the game version and source revision. Unused in release builds.
Rumble	Yes	0000007100897B74	-
RuneMgr	No	0000007100674F78	Initialised from GameScene code. Related to Sheikah Slate functionality (spawning bombs, scope, runes).
SaveMgr	Yes	0000007100E03214	Loads game data into GameDataMgr or writes it to saves.
SaveSystem	No	000000710090EE60	-
SceneMgr	Yes	0000007100896254	-
Sound	Yes	00000071011FA364	-
SoundInfoData	Yes	000000710103D5F8	Utilities for querying data from SoundInfo.byml
SoundResource	Yes	00000071011FA604	-
StagePreActorCache	Yes	0000007100ED912C	-
StarterPackMgr	Yes	0000007100EDAA98	Handles pack loading (AocMainField, Bootup, Title, TitleBG, lang packs) during early initialisation or stage changes
StasisMgr	No	000000710067F3A8	Unknown, initialised from GameScene code. Handles Stasis effects (vector arrow, sound, etc.) and more
StatisticsMgr	Yes	0000007100E31D1C	Manages access to precomputed map statistics (stored in Game/Stats)
Terminal	Yes	000000710109CC44	Debug tool?
Terrain	Yes	000000710114961C	-
TipsMgr	Yes	000000710091DDD4	Manages loading screen tips (resources, executing event flows)
UI	Yes	00000071010A5714	-
uiManager	Yes	0000007100A6E038	-
VFR	Yes	00000071011C0D38	-
Vibration	Yes	00000071010BAEB4	-
VideoRecorder	Yes	00000071010BA7EC	Leftover development tool that writes screen captures to %s/%04d.tga (?)
WildHorseMgr	No	0000007100E8C1F4	-
WolfLinkMgr	No	00000071006828A8	Handles Wolf Link related tasks
WorkerSupportThreadMgr	Yes	0000007100DCDFB0	-
WorldMgr	Yes	00000071010F2920	Manages world state (time, blood moons, climates, weather, etc.)
XLink	Yes	000000710123DE44	Wrapper around the xlink2 library (EffectLink and SoundLink)
XLinkInfoData	Yes	0000007101239668	Utilities for querying data from XLinkInfo.byml