Fallout 2 dat format

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Fallout 2 dat format

Post by MutantenMeister »

i promised long ago to make a description of the fallout 2 dat format here it is finaly:
(it certanly has some bugs...)
http://www31.brinkster.com/bamomatic/fa ... 20dat.html
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Re: Fallout 2 dat format

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MutantenMeister wrote:

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04h+filenamelength unknown Byte(always?=01h)
This is not "unknown", when this field is 1, the file is compressed, otherwise file is stored "as-is".
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Post by MutantenMeister »

thanks i thought of that but never had the time to check it ;)
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