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by pythagoras
Sat Feb 18, 2006 8:01 pm
Forum: Compressed files and methods
Topic: How to recognize a data compression algorithm (LZW) ?
Replies: 3
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Thanks for your replies and your welcome. I will look inside the .exe file as suggested, that's a good idea. The LZW compression used by Darklands doesn't seem "canonical" though as the dictionnary used seems to be 2048 bytes long instead of the standard 4096. Anyway, i'll gladly contribut...
by pythagoras
Fri Feb 17, 2006 6:58 pm
Forum: Compressed files and methods
Topic: How to recognize a data compression algorithm (LZW) ?
Replies: 3
Views: 4154

How to recognize a data compression algorithm (LZW) ?

Greetings everyone, This is my first post here and i'm glad i've found this forum. I've been messing for a few years now with various game file formats and i've written quite a few modding apps for games like Fallout and Darklands (yes, that old game). Talking about Darklands i've been trying to fig...