Yakuza: Like a Dragon

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Yakuza: Like a Dragon
Also known as:	龍が如く7 光と闇の行方 (Ryū ga Gotoku 7: Hikari to Yami no Yukue)
Developer(s):	Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio
Publisher:	SEGA
Platform(s):	PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series, Windows
Release:	PlayStation 4 JP: January 16, 2020 WW: November 10, 2020 Xbox One, Xbox Series, Windows WW: November 10, 2020 PlayStation 5 WW: March 2, 2021
Engine:	Dragon Engine
Internal name:	yazawa

The seventh instalment of the mainline franchise, introducing a turn based RPG combat system replacing the more action-based 'brawler' type from previous entries. Initially released on the PlayStation 4 in Japan on January 16, 2020, it received a English dub and worldwide release on November 10, 2020, including being released on Xbox One, Windows and the Xbox Series X/S (functionally being a launch title for the latter). A further release on the PlayStation 5 followed on March 2, 2021.

The game introduces a new protagonist, Ichiban Kasuga, a former Yakuza betrayed by his former boss, and left for dead in the fictional district of Isezaki Ijincho, in Yokohama.

Modding Documents

Placeholder link

• db
• Character Infosheets
• Job Infosheets
• Sujimon Infosheets

Folder and Package Structure

Taken from the Steam release of the game.

Folders

Folder name	Description
3dlut	Colour look up tables, used for filters
artisan	Debug file; doesn't seem to do anything
auth	Cutscene data (Japanese)
auth_e	Cutscene data (English)
battle	Contains data for battle animations & movesets, though is barely (if at all) used in 7
boot
camera	Camera animations for shaking (?)
entity_table
flood
grass
hact_yazawa	Heat action cutscenes
minigame	Data relating to minigames
mvsfd	Pre-rendered video & audio
navmesh
patch	Stores patch data of unknown purpose
ps5	Leftover from PS5 build; just a SEGA copyright image to be overlaid over screenshots
puid.yazawa	Unique identifier tables used by the game's database
reflection	Reflection cubemaps
shader	.fxo files packed in .par archives; shaders used by the game engine
stage	.PAR archives for locations; models, textures & entity data
stream	.awb containers; used for music, sound, voices (Japanese)
stream_en	.awb containers; used for music, sound, voices (English)
system
version

PAR Archives

Archive name	Description
asset	Props; weapons, items used in cutscenes, destructible objects in the game world etc
chara	Character models, including animals
cubemap_yazawa	Cubemap textures
db.yazawa.de	Database files for the game (German)
db.yazawa.en	Database files for the game (English)
db.yazawa.es	Database files for the game (Spanish)
db.yazawa.fr	Database files for the game (French)
db.yazawa.it	Database files for the game (Italian)
db.yazawa.jp	Database files for the game (Japanese)
db.yazawa.ko	Database files for the game (Korean)
db.yazawa.pt	Database files for the game (Portuguese)
db.yazawa.ru	Database files for the game (Russian)
db.yazawa.zh	Database files for the game (Traditional Chinese)
db.yazawa.zhs	Database files for the game (Simplified Chinese)
effect
entity_yazawa	Entity tables for the game
font.yazawa
light_anim_yazawa
lua	Lua scripts
map
motion	Animation files
particle	Particle effects
sound	.acb containers; used for music, sound, voices (Japanese)
sound_en	.acb containers; used for music, sound, voices (English)
talk_yazawa
ui.yazawa.de	UI textures (German)
ui.yazawa.en	UI textures (English)
ui.yazawa.es	UI textures (Spanish)
ui.yazawa.fr	UI textures (French)
ui.yazawa.it	UI textures (Italian)
ui.yazawa.jp	UI textures (Japanese)
ui.yazawa.ko	UI textures (Korean)
ui.yazawa.pt	UI textures (Portuguese)
ui.yazawa.ru	UI textures (Russian)
ui.yazawa.zh	UI textures (Traditional Chinese)
ui.yazawa.zhs	UI textures (Simplified Chinese)