DAT (Final Fantasy XI) - Revision history

Orin at 01:46, 15 September 2019

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	There is a lot of different files here. The way the game loads and references other files to load is not understood yet.		There is a lot of different files here. The way the game loads and references other files to load is not understood yet (by me, at least).

	Many may not even have a magic number to ID the format. The game probably assumes the file it is trying to load is the correct type so it doesn't need to validate.		Many may not even have a magic number to ID the format. The game probably assumes the file it is trying to load is the correct type so it doesn't need to validate.

Orin at 06:29, 14 December 2017

2017-12-14T06:29:48Z

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	* Dialog table		* Dialog table
	* NPC List		* NPC List
			* Zone data with textures (encrypted)

Orin at 06:29, 14 December 2017

2017-12-14T06:29:19Z

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	FTABLE.DAT and VTABLE.DAT appear to be important in how the game loads data. Such as loading a specific number file and then uses these, it'll calculate what the file ROM/FOLDER/FILE it is. Or so I've read. Still can't wrap my head around how it works, even while looking at the source of some other programs. The way I last viewed it was this look up is like... Game requests file 500, so it looks up with these tables to find the physical file for		FTABLE.DAT and VTABLE.DAT appear to be important in how the game loads data. Such as loading a specific number file and then uses these, it'll calculate what the file ROM/FOLDER/FILE it is. Or so I've read. Still can't wrap my head around how it works, even while looking at the source of some other programs. The way I last viewed it was this look up is like... Game requests file 500, so it looks up with these tables to find the physical file for
	file 500... or something like that.		file 500... or something like that.


			Formats
			* Dialog table
			* NPC List

Orin at 06:54, 27 July 2017

2017-07-27T06:54:49Z

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	FTABLE.DAT and VTABLE.DAT appear to be important in how the game loads data. Such as loading a specific number file and then uses these, it'll calculate what the file ROM/FOLDER/FILE it is. Or so I've read. Still can't wrap my head around how it works, even while looking at the source of some other programs.		FTABLE.DAT and VTABLE.DAT appear to be important in how the game loads data. Such as loading a specific number file and then uses these, it'll calculate what the file ROM/FOLDER/FILE it is. Or so I've read. Still can't wrap my head around how it works, even while looking at the source of some other programs. The way I last viewed it was this look up is like... Game requests file 500, so it looks up with these tables to find the physical file for
			file 500... or something like that.

Orin at 02:29, 27 December 2016

2016-12-27T02:29:33Z

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	\|}		\|}
	Example: ROOT:/ROM/27/13.DAT		Example: ROOT:/ROM/27/13.DAT


			FTABLE.DAT and VTABLE.DAT appear to be important in how the game loads data. Such as loading a specific number file and then uses these, it'll calculate what the file ROM/FOLDER/FILE it is. Or so I've read. Still can't wrap my head around how it works, even while looking at the source of some other programs.

Orin at 05:13, 16 December 2016

2016-12-16T05:13:40Z

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	\| 4 Bytes \|\| ID \|\|		\| 4 Bytes \|\| ID \|\|
	\|}		\|}
			Example: ROOT:/ROM/27/13.DAT

Orin at 05:12, 16 December 2016

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	There is a lot of different files here.		There is a lot of different files here. The way the game loads and references other files to load is not understood yet.

			Many may not even have a magic number to ID the format. The game probably assumes the file it is trying to load is the correct type so it doesn't need to validate.

			{\| class="wikitable"
			!colspan="15"\|NPC List type
			\|-
			! Size !! Content !! Description
			\|-
			\| 28 Bytes \|\| Name \|\| NPC Name
			\|-
			\| 4 Bytes \|\| ID \|\|
			\|}

Orin at 05:07, 16 December 2016

2016-12-16T05:07:37Z

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	Folder structures are... ROM#/FOLDER#/FILE#.DAT Example. ROM/0/0.DAT		Folder structures are... ROM#/FOLDER#/FILE#.DAT Example. ROM/0/0.DAT


			There is a lot of different files here.

Orin: Created page with "Category:Archives Placeholder page Random Quick look of a few files as an example shows there is some common structure. DAT might simple be some type of container file..."

2016-11-19T07:13:07Z

Created page with "Category:Archives Placeholder page Random Quick look of a few files as an example shows there is some common structure. DAT might simple be some type of container file..."

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Quick look of a few files as an example shows there is some common structure. DAT might simple be some type of container file for general data.

Folder structures are... ROM#/FOLDER#/FILE#.DAT Example. ROM/0/0.DAT