Darkstone

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MTF

• Format Type : Archive
  
• Endian Order : Little Endian
  

Format Specifications

uint32 {4}   - Number Of Files

// for each file

uint32 {4}   - Filename Length (not including null)

char {X}     - Filename

byte {1}     - null Filename Terminator

uint32 {4}   - Data Offset

uint32 {4}   - Decompressed File

// Data can be compressed
// If compressed the start of the data contains a 12 bytes header:

byte {1}     - Magic ID for compressed data (174 or 175)

byte {1}     - Magic ID for compressed data (190)

byte {2}     - Unknown

uint32 {1}   - Number of data blocs

uint32 {1}   - Flags ?

byte {X}     - File Data (compressed or not)

Decompression Pseudo-Code

Decompression code based on information by Guy Ratajczak

First byte of each chunk describes what to do with next data you read.
You need to check every bit:

If bit=1 then just copy 1 byte from compressed buffer to decompressed buffer

If bit=0 then read 10 bits for X and 6 bits for Y

  copy X+3 bytes from offset Y of decompressed buffer at the end of decompressed buffer

This is repeated until decompressed buffer reach the Decompressed File Length in MTF header.

Example:
Source data: 7F AA BB CC DD EE FF 99 07 0C ... Decompressed data:
Step 1: Bit 0 of 7F is 1 -> AA
Step 2: Bit 1 of 7F is 1 -> AA BB
Step 3: Bit 2 of 7F is 1 -> AA BB CC
Step 4: Bit 3 of 7F is 1 -> AA BB CC DD
Step 5: Bit 4 of 7F is 1 -> AA BB CC DD EE
Step 6: Bit 5 of 7F is 1 -> AA BB CC DD EE FF
Step 7: Bit 6 of 7F is 1 -> AA BB CC DD EE FF 99
Step 8: Bit 7 of 7F is 0 -> AA BB CC DD EE FF 99 AA BB CC

MultiEx BMS Script

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