GTA Series IMG DIR

IMG, DIR

• Format Type : Archive
  
• Endian Order : Little Endian
  
• Signature : VER2
  

Format Specifications

// header
4 bytes (char) - signature 

Format Specifications (version 2)

char {4}     - Signature (VER2)
uint32 {4}   - Number Of Files

// for each file

uint32 {4}   - File Offset [*2048]

uint32 {4}   - File Length [*2048] (includes padding at the end of the file)

char {X}     - Filename

byte {1}     - null Filename Terminator

byte {0-3}   - null Padding so filenameLength+1 is a multiple of 4 bytes

// repeat until this file entry has length 32 bytes

uint16 {2}   - Unknown ID (incremental from 166 (from start of filename))

// for each file

byte {X}     - File Data

byte {X}     - Padding to a multiple of 2048 bytes

Notes and Comments

None.

Games

List of games using this file format:

• GTA 3 (PC) (*.IMG / *.DIR)
• GTA Vice City (PC) (*.IMG / *.DIR)
• GTA San Andreas (PC) (*.IMG)

QuickBMS Script

ImpType Standard ;
IDString VER2 ;
Get NUMFILES Long 0 ;
SavePos CURPOS 0 ;
For T = 1 To NUMFILES ;
SavePos FOO ;
Get FILEOFF Long 0 ;
Math FILEOFF *= 2048 ;
SavePos FSO ;
Get FILESIZE Long 0 ;
Math FILESIZE *= 2048 ;
Get FILENAME String 0 ;
Log FILENAME FILEOFF FILESIZE FOO FSO ;
Math CURPOS += 32 ;
GoTo CURPOS 0 ;
Next T ;

Compatible Programs

• Game Extractor
  

See Also

• IMG Archive (gtamods.com)