Maxis DBPF

DAT, PACKAGE, SC4

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

Format Specifications (version 1)

char {4}     - Signature (DBPF)
uint32 {4}   - Version (1)
byte {16}    - null
uint32 {4}   - Archive ID?
uint32 {4}   - Archive Type
uint32 {4}   - Unknown (7)
uint32 {4}   - Number Of Files
uint32 {4}   - Directory Offset
uint32 {4}   - Directory Size
byte {48}    - null

byte {X}     - File Data

// Directory

// for each file

uint32 {4}   - Type ID

uint32 {4}   - Group ID

uint32 {4}   - Instance ID

uint32 {4}   - Offset

uint32 {4}   - Size

MultiEx BMS Script

Not written yet

Notes and Comments

• Archive format used by many games developed by Maxis.
• Some files use RefPack/QFS compression.

Compatible Programs

• DBPF Viewer
• Game Extractor
• iLive - Reader
• Sims2Tools
• SimPE

Other Games

These games also use this file format

• SimCity 4 Deluxe (PC) (*.DAT)
• Spore
• The Sims 2 (*.PACKAGE)
• The Sims Online (*.DAT)

See Also

• DBPF description (modthesims.info)
• DBPF description (sc4devotion.com)
• DBPF description (SimsTek Wiki)