[Xbox] Crimson Skies .BIN files

[supraEZ]

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[WRS]

forewarning: i'm getting lazy formatting my threads


Different formats.


ConfigNames.bin

format:
20-byte header
string pointer table
packed strings

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## 20-bytes header
get UN long
get STRINGS long
get STRINGS_SIZE long
get UN long
get UN long

get START asize
math START -= STRINGS_SIZE

## parse string pointers and dump strings
for i = 0 < STRINGS

  get STRPTR long
  math STRPTR += START

  savepos POS

  goto STRPTR
  get STR string

  print "%STR%" # if you're feeling brave

  goto POS

next i

menu.bin / menu_FR.bin

files are stored in blocks.
the files have a filetype definition, which means the block may be
parsed differently.

few types:

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shader  -- note that some filenames contain '|'
1 = x

texture
2 = tga  -- note that some filenames contain '|'
3 = dds

animation
4 = anm

?? (models?)
5 = cin

music
6 = wav

??
7 = d3d

for block types > 7 (eg in SH_Tutorial.bin, where there is a 19 value) there seems to be a dump of filenames:
uint32 Length
char Name[ Length ]
not really followed this any further.

rough structure:

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uint32 UNKNOWN # there may be other header values in other bin files
# if not, the value will be 106
uint32 Files

for each Files:

  uint32 FileType
  uint32 NameLen
  char Name[ NameLen ]
  uint32 BlockSize

  byte Block[ BlockSize ]

next

note: this isn't a bms script

in CH_Rescue_Betty.bin there are a few more header values
also, the files value is only 190, when there are actually 2858 file headers


ui_dirty_disc.bin follows an entirely different format.


so there are 3 main formats:

confignames - string tables
menus / default_airplane / others - archive format w/ variable header
ui_disc - other

[Nathan]

I am very interested in this also, but not sure what all this means, or how I can use this to modify Crimson Skies High Road to Revenge maps.

I'll be glad to do all the work, but I need some direction.

I'll have ca$h in december, if that helps.

thanks!