Midnight Club 2 DAT

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• Format Type : Archive
  
• Endian Order : Little Endian
  

Format Specifications

// ARCHIVE HEADER

char {4}     - Header ("Dave" or "DAVE")

uint32 {4}   - Number Of Files?

uint32 {4}   - Filename Directory Offset [+2048] (ie relative to the start of the Directory)

uint32 {4}   - First File Data Offset [+2048+FilenameDirOffset] (ie relative to the start of the FilenameDir)

byte {2032}  - null Padding to offset 2048

// DIRECTORY

// for each file

uint32 {4}   - Filename Offset (relative to the start of the filename directory)

uint32 {4}   - File Offset

uint32 {4}   - Decompressed File Length

uint32 {4}   - Compressed File Length

byte {0-2047}      - null Padding to a multiple of 2048 bytes

// FILENAME DIRECTORY

// for each file

char {X}     - Filename

byte {1}     - null Filename Terminator

// FILE DATA

// for each file

byte {X}     - File Data

byte {0-2047}      - null Padding to a multiple of 2048 bytes

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Notes and Comments

• If the header is DAVE, files can be compressed (same format as used in Midnight Club 1, Midtown Madness 2 and Smuggler's Run).
  
• If the header is Dave, the filenames use 6 bit encoding, and the files can be compressed
  
• 6 bit encoded strings use this array: "+ #$()-./?0123456789_abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz~" ('+' == NULL)
  

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