EA BIG BIGF Archive

BIG

• Format Type : Archive
  
• Endian Order : Little Endian / Big Endian
  
• Signatures : BIGF / BIGH
  

Format Specifications

char {4}     - Header (BIGF) (or (BIGH) in the Dead Space games (see the Visceral tools), the difference being that Archive Size is represented as little endian but other bytes are big endian.)
uint32 {4}   - Archive Size
uint32 {4}   - Number Of Files
uint32 {4}   - First File Offset

// for each file

uint32 {4}   - Offset

uint32 {4}   - Size

char {X}     - Filename

byte {1}     - null

byte {X}     - File Data

MultiEx BMS Script

ImpType Standard ;
IDString 0 BIGF ;
Get D Long 0 ;
Get FC Long 0 ;
ReverseLong FC ;
Get D Long 0 ;
SavePos FS 0 ;
For T = 1 To FC ;
GoTo FS 0 ;
SavePos FOO 0 ;
Get FO Long 0 ;
ReverseLong FO ;
SavePos FSO 0 ;
Get FSI Long 0 ;
ReverseLong FSI ;
Get FN String 0 ;
SavePos FS 0 ;
Log FN FO FSI FOO FSO ;
Next T ;

QuickBMS Script

• ea_big4.bms
• The Godfather II VIV script

Compatible Programs

• C&C3 file decompressor (can decompress BIGF archives compressed by Refpack)
• MultiEx Commander
• Game Extractor
• Gibbed.Visceral (tools for Visceral games, with "BIGH" signature)
• Dragon UnPACKer
• Electronic Arts games .BIG / .VIV unpacker (eaunpack)
• Final BIG Editor
• bigdecoder.py
• big4f
• libbig
• bigdecode.c
• BigGUI

Notes

• Whole archive may be compressed with Refpack compression.

Games

These games use this file format

• Ajax Club Football 2005 *.big
• Battlefield 2 (PS2) *.viv
• Command And Conquer: Generals *.big
• Command And Conquer: Tiberian Wars (Demo) *.big
• Dante's Inferno
• Dead Space 2
• Def Jam: Fight For NY *.big *.viv
• EA Cricket 2005 *.big
• Euro 2000 *.big
• FIFA 1999 *.big *.viv
• FIFA 2000 *.abg *.ama *.big *.dua *.fra *.gea *.poa *.spa *.swa *.uka *.viv
• FIFA 2001 *.big *.viv
• FIFA 2002 *.big *.viv
• FIFA 2003 *.big *.viv
• FIFA 2004 *.big *.viv
• FIFA 2005 *.big
• FIFA 2006 *.big
• FIFA Manager 2006 *.big
• The Godfather 2 The Game *.viv
• Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince *.big
• Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire *.big
• Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire (PS2) *.big
• Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix *.big
• NBA 2003 *.big
• NBA 2004 *.big
• NBA 2005 *.big
• Need For Speed *.viv
• Need For Speed 2 *.viv
• Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit *.viv
• Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 *.viv
• Need For Speed: Porsche Unleashed *.viv
• NHL 2003 *.big
• NHL 2004 *.big
• NHL 2005 *.big
• NHL 2006 *.big *.viv
• PGA Tour 97 (PS1) *.viv
• SSX 3 *.big
• Starlancer *.hog
• The Godfather II (X360) (*.VIV)
• UEFA Champions League 2004 *.big
• UEFA Champions League 2005 *.big
• UEFA Euro 2004 *.big

See Also

• EA VIV BIG4
• EA BIG EB

Gallery

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  FinalBIG

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  BigGUI