Battlefield 3: PROF_SAVE_body and PROF_SAVE_header

[Hyperz]

Hi

I was wondering if anyone has looked into the BF3 PROF_SAVE_body/PROF_SAVE_header files yet (located in the folder C:\Users\<username>\Documents\Battlefield 3 Open Beta\settings\)? I've been trying to parse PROF_SAVE_body but I'm having a bit of difficulty understanding what the meaning of certain bytes are . Here's what I understand about the files format so far:

PROF_SAVE_header (8 bytes):

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uint8 header[8]; // no idea what these are for

PROF_SAVE_body (1024000 bytes):

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uint8 header[8]; // no idea what these are for
struct name_value_pair[?] // array of what seems to be key-value pairs
{
    // sometimes there are 1 or more uint32 values that come before value_type
    // no idea what they are for or how to predict them during parsing
    uint32 value_type; // not 100% sure, seems to indicate the data type of the value in value_str
    uint32 name_length;
    char name_str[name_length];
    uint32 value_length;
    char value_str[value_length];
};
uint8 unknown[?]; // lots of null bytes, not sure if they are there just to fill 1024000 bytes

The biggest problem for me so far is figuring out why sometimes the name_value_pair struct has additional data coming before the value_type field. Does anyone have more information on this file type and/or how to read/write it? I have attached a copy of these 2 files. Thanks in advance .

[Chipicao]

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[godzcheater]

Well the first 4 bytes of each if an MC02 hash, I think. Its that on xbox(well in an MC02 package) but never seen on PC before.
In fairly sure the int in header is the could of property collections, not 100% tho.

body
4 byte hash
for(System.Int32 i =0;i<headerint;i++)
{
int32 property count
for < property count
{
int32 type
int32 namelength
string[length] name//null terminated aswell
int32 value length
value//usually string then casted to type, except binary, thats just byte[]
}
}
null padded

type
1 float(string)
2 byte(string)
3 ...
4 bool(string(int))
5 binary

[P@S@f]

I'm sorry for asking in such old thread, but I'm interested in format of this file as well.
Anyone know how to calculate this hash value for PROF_SAVE_body?
If I change something and keep old hash - game reset all progress to default.