Total Annihilation HPI

HPI, UFO, CCX, PCK

• Format Type : Archive
  
• Endian Order : Little Endian
  

Format Specifications

char {4}     - Header (HAPI)
uint32 {4}   - Type -- (BANK) if saved game, usually 0x00010000 otherwise
uint32 {4}   - Directory Length
uint32 {4}   - Directory Key
uint32 {4}   - Main Directory Offset

byte {X}     - File Data

// Main Directory

uint32 {4}   - Number Of Files In This Directory

uint32 {4}   - Directory Offset

// go to this Directory Offset

// for each file in this directory

uint32 {4}   - Filename Offset

uint32 {4}   - File Offset

byte {1}     - Directory/File ID

if (directoryFileID == 1){

// go to the name offset

char {X}     - Directory Name

byte {1}     - null Directory Name Terminator

// go to the offset and repeat from "4 - Number Of Files In This Directory"

}

else {

// go to the name offset

char {X}     - Filename

byte {1}     - null Filename Terminator

// go to the offset

uint32 {4}   - Offset

uint32 {4}   - Length

byte {1}     - Flag

}

As with all Total Annihilation formats, Visual Designs has the community-written format description.

MultiEx BMS Script

Not written yet

Compatible Programs

• Game Extractor
  
• HPI Dump, the original community utility.
• HPI View & HPI Pack, the most popular community utilities.
• MultiDump by Dark Rain
• HPI Edit
• HPI Edit for Linux