TRE:TRE Breakdown

Welcome to SWGANH Tre Sub-Files Documentation

TreFiles History TreFile Template

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ANS

File Type: ANS format

APT - Appearance File

File Type: APT format

ASH

File Type: ASH format

CDF - Client Data file

File Type: CDF format

CEF - Client Effect file

File Type: CEF format

CFG - Configuration file

File Type: CFG format

CMP - Component File

File Type: CMP format

DDS - DirectDraw Surface File (Texture)

File Type: DDS format

DirectDraw Surface File (texture) Download plugin for photoshop here: http://download.nvidia.com/developer/NVTextureSuite/Photoshop_Plugins_7.83.0629.1500.exe MSDN article on file format here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/directx9_c/dx9_graphics_reference_dds_file.asp

EFT - Effect

File Type: EFT format

- The first DATA record contains 2-bytes. The first byte is an unsigned char that represents the number of IMPL Forms in the file. The 2nd byte is currently unknown. - The PVSH form contains a record of 0000 which contains the full path of an HLSL vertex shader program. - The PPSH form contain a 0001 form which contains 1 DATA record and a variable number of PTXM forms. The DATA record is made up of 1 unsigned char (which indicates the number of PTXM records) followed by the full path of an HLSL pixel shader program. - Each PTXM form contains one 0002 record. The first byte of which is an unsigned char followed by a 4 char texture tag name.

FFE - Force Feedback File

File Type: FFE format

FLR

File Type: FLR format

IFF - Interchange Format File

File Type: IFF format

ILF - Interior Layout File

File Type: ILF format

INC - Include File

File Type: INC format

LAT

File Type: LAT format

possible relation to MAYA Lattices

LAY - Layout File

File Type: LAY format

LMG

File Type: LMG format

[FORM] [uint32] //formsize [MLOD] [FORM] [uint32] //formsize [0000] [INFO] [uint32] //infosize(2) [uint16] //name elements count [NAME] [uint32] //namesize [namestring] //0 terminated

LOD - level of detail

File Type: LOD format

LSB

LSB? File

LTN

LTN? File Something to do with lighting

MGN

MGN? File 3d model information

MKR

Marker File

MP3

MP3 Audio File

MSH - mesh

File Type: MSH format

PAL - palette

Palette File

PAL Editor can be downloaded here -> http://mods.mandalorians.de/system/infusions/pro_download_panel/download.php?did=16

File Type: PAL format

52 49 46 46 // RIFF 10 01 00 00 // size (int 32) 50 40 4c 20 // Pal 64 61 74 61 // Data 40 00 00 00 // size (int 32) // Here starts the color pallate 00 03 // uint16 version 40 00 // uint16 pallette colors count(64) // This is were the swg pallet editor start's showing were the colors are cc cc cc 00 // uint32 (RGBA) b7 b7 b7 00 // a3 a3 a3 00 // 8e 8e 8e 00 // 92 23 23 00 // 84 1f 1f 00 // 77 1b 1b 00 // 69 17 17 00 // 65 61 82 00 // 54 50 85 00 // 44 3e 89 00 // 33 2d 8c 00 // d4 d6 47 00 // b8 ba 36 00 // 9d 9f 26 00 // 81 83 15 00 // 58 a5 64 00 // 45 91 51 00 // 31 7c 3d 00 // df b4 3e 00 // b9 94 2f 00 // 92 73 1f 00 // 6c 53 10 00 // 71 a5 a5 00 // 5b 95 95 00 // 44 86 86 00 // 2e 76 76 00 // 75 61 76 00 // 72 4d 78 00 // 6e 38 7b 00 // 6b 24 7d 00 // 7d b0 c0 00 // 69 95 a3 00 // 54 7b 87 00 // 40 60 6a 00 // cd 7a 37 00 // a9 64 2c 00 // 84 4d 21 00 // 60 37 16 00 // d4 83 83 00 // a5 5e 5e 00 // 87 42 42 00 // 5f 2d 2d 00 // 93 73 1b 00 // 7c 60 18 00 // 5a 45 0e 00 // dd d8 c0 00 // bd b9 a4 00 // 9e 9a 88 00 // 7e 7b 6c 00 // 91 6d 6d 00 // 76 59 59 00 // 5c 44 44 00 // 41 30 30 00 // 75 61 76 00 // 6b 4d 6c 00 // 60 39 62 00 // 56 25 58 00 // a6 c1 71 00 // 8e a6 61 00 // 77 8a 50 00 // 5f 6f 40 00 //

PLN

Planet File

POB

POB? File

PRT

Particle File

PSH

Pixel Shader? File

PST

Playback File

QST

Quest File

SAT

File Type: SAT format

'WSNP' FORM (ws file) - FORM - NODS - size - offset to stringtable ---------------------------------------------------- 46 4F 52 4D //FORM 00 00 04 E4 //formsize 53 4D 41 54 //SMAT 46 4F 52 4D //FORM 00 00 04 D8 //formsize 30 30 30 30 //0000 44 41 54 41 //DATA 00 00 00 34 //datasize 01 A7 15 00 //id 00 00 00 00 //parentid 70 00 00 00 //strtable index 00 00 00 00 //ox D4 15 1E BE //oY 00 00 00 00 //oz 51 EE 7C 3F //ow 00 00 00 00 //scale?? 38 CA A0 45 //x 00 00 AF 43 //y EE DE B2 C4 //z 00 00 00 44 //type? 7B D6 12 E7 //??

SFK

SFK? File

SFP

SFP? File

SHT - shader

File Type: SHT format

SKT

Skeleton File

SND

File Type: SND format

46 4f 52 4d // FORM (Element) 00 00 00 a7 // Length Of Data that Follows (Count starts after this byte) (a7 = 167) 53 44 32 44 // SD2D (Element) 30 30 30 33 // 0003 (Version ?) 00 00 00 9b // string length 73 61 6d 70 6c 65 2f 61 6d 62 5f 63 6c 6f 6e 69 6e 67 5f 66 61 63 69 6c 69 74 79 5f 69 6e 74 5f 6c 70 2e 77 61 76 00 00 // sample/amb_cloning_facility_int_lp.wav 00 00 00 00 // ? 00 00 00 00 00 C0 // Bitrate (192) 3F // Volume ? 00 00 C0 // Bitrate (192) (Again?) 3F // Volume ? FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF // ? 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 C0 // Bitrate (192) (Again?) 3F // Volume ? 00 00 C0 // Bitrate (192) (Again?) 3F // Volume ? 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 80 3F 00 00 80 3F 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 CD CC CC 3D

SPR

Sprite File

SSA

SSA? File

STF - Strings Table File (Language)

File Type: STF format

It contains all the game's strings. During network communications the strings are identificated with: filename without extension + code + ansi string id. Header: [int] // STF file type header id (sequence: 0xCD 0xAB 0x00 0x00, value: 0x0000ABCD = 43981) [byte] // useless? flag (might be a boolean, seen so far: 0x01 and 0x00) [int] // next free index in file to add an item, always > items count (useless for us) [int] // items count Then items list, for each: [int] // item index in the file (eg: 1, 2, 9, 3, 7, ...) [int] // code (gesture?) [int] // unicode digits count of the sentence (eg: 11) [u_string] // 2 bytes per char (eg: "hello world" is 11 digits long, 22 bytes total) Then item's string ids, for each: [int] // item index in the file matching one in previous list (eg: 1, 2, 9, 3, 7, ...) [int] // ascii digits count of the string id (eg: 12) [a_string] // 1 byte per char (eg: "basic_answer" is 12 digits long, 12 bytes total)

Understood at 80%.

SWH

File Type: SWHformat

TGA - Targa Texture

File Type: TGA format

TRN - Terrain Files Style needs fixing (snow on it)

File Type: TRN format

Terrain files Are divided in 2 main sections. The terrain generator and the maps ===[ SGRP ]== Surface Group == Where all the surfaces are declared. It's sub-divied into multiple surface families (SFAM). Each one of them declare mutliple shaders using a surface file. 53 46 41 4D 00 00 00 70 04 00 00 00 66 72 73 74 5F 64 65 63 SFAM...p....frst.dec 64 5F 72 6F 63 6B 6D 75 64 00 61 62 73 74 72 61 63 74 2F 74 d.rockmud.abstract.t 65 72 72 61 69 6E 5F 73 75 72 66 61 63 65 2F 68 61 72 64 64 errain.surface.hardd 69 72 74 2E 69 66 66 00 C7 AA 83 00 00 00 40 00 00 80 3F 02 irt.iff............. 00 00 00 64 69 72 74 5F 72 6F 63 6B 6D 75 64 00 00 00 20 41 ...dirt.rockmud....A 64 69 72 74 5F 72 6F 63 6B 6D 75 64 5F 61 31 00 00 00 A0 40 dirt.rockmud.a1..... Here its declares 2 shaders: dirt.rockmud, dirt.rockmund.a1 using abstract/terrain_surface/harddirt.iff ===[ FGRP ]== Flora Group == Where all the flora groups are decared using appearance files. Each one of them decalre one flora group using multiple appearance files. 46 46 41 4D 00 00 01 CE 01 00 00 00 47 72 61 6E 69 74 65 20 FFAM........Granite. 52 6F 63 6B 73 31 00 00 80 FF 00 00 80 3F 00 00 00 00 07 00 Rocks1.............. 00 00 72 6F 63 6B 5F 67 72 61 6E 69 74 65 73 6C 61 62 5F 6C ..rock.graniteslab.l 61 72 67 65 2E 61 70 74 00 00 00 80 3F 00 00 00 00 0A D7 23 arge.apt............ 3C CD CC CC 3D 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 80 3F 00 00 80 .................... [...] [...] 00 00 80 3F 00 00 80 3F 72 6F 63 6B 5F 67 72 61 6E 69 74 65 ........rock.granite 73 6C 61 62 5F 73 6D 61 6C 6C 5F 61 31 2E 61 70 74 00 00 00 slab.small.a1.apt... A0 40 00 00 00 00 0A D7 23 3C CD CC CC 3D 01 00 00 00 00 00 .................... 00 00 00 00 80 3F 00 00 80 3F .......... Here it declares a group named 'Granite.Rocks1' wich contains graniteslab of different sizes. ===[ RGRP ]== Radial Group ========================================================================= I Don't know much about this one yet. ===[ EGRP ]== Environment Group ==================================================================== Declares the environement 45 46 41 4D 44 41 54 41 00 00 00 19 01 00 00 00 74 61 61 6E EFAMDATA........taan 61 62 5F 67 6C 6F 62 61 6C 00 FF FF 00 00 00 80 3F ab.global........ ===[ MGRP ]== -unamed- Group ======================================================================= Where all the fractal are decalred. It's sub-divied into multiple groups (MFAM). Each one of them declare a labelled fractal. 4D 46 41 4D 44 41 54 41 00 00 00 27 01 00 00 00 2E 30 30 31 MFAMDATA.........001 35 5F 6F 63 74 31 5F 6E 62 69 61 73 5F 42 61 73 65 52 6F 6C 5.oct1.nbias.BaseRol 6C 69 6E 67 48 65 69 67 68 74 00 46 4F 52 4D 00 00 00 4C 4D lingHeight.FORM...LM 46 52 43 46 4F 52 4D 00 00 00 40 30 30 30 31 44 41 54 41 00 FRCFORM....0001DATA. 00 00 34 A0 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 79 E9 E6 3E 00 00 00 00 00 ..4........y........ 00 80 3F 01 00 00 00 C1 CA 61 40 FC A9 71 3D A6 9B C4 3A FA .........a...q...... ED EB 3A 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ............... This one decalres a fractal labeled 'oct1.nbias.BaseRolling Height' TODO: Add fractal notes here. ===[ LYRS ]== Layers Group ========================================================================== Here's the best part XD

TRT - Texture Renderer File

File Type: TRT format

TRT - Texture Renderer File

File Type: TRT format

TXT - Text File

File Type: TXT format

UI - User Interface File

File Type: UI format

VSH - Vertex Shader Script

File Type: VSH format

(Shader City - Possible App to open the Vertex Shader Scripts)

WAV - WAV Audio File

File Type: WAV format

WS - world structures

File Type: WS format

'WSNP' FORM (ws file) - FORM - NODS - size - offset to stringtable ---------------------------------------------------- 46 4F 52 4D //FORM 00 00 04 E4 //formsize 4E 4F 44 45 //NODE 46 4F 52 4D //FORM 00 00 04 D8 //formsize 30 30 30 30 //0000 44 41 54 41 //DATA 00 00 00 34 //datasize 01 A7 15 00 //id 00 00 00 00 //parentid 70 00 00 00 //strtable index 00 00 00 00 //ox D4 15 1E BE //oY 00 00 00 00 //oz 51 EE 7C 3F //ow 00 00 00 00 //scale?? 38 CA A0 45 //x 00 00 AF 43 //y EE DE B2 C4 //z 00 00 00 44 //type? 7B D6 12 E7 //??

World Structures

There is one .ws file per planet (none for space that I have found yet although it would seem applicable), containing a list of items found outdoors on each planets. This includes buildings, terminals, streetlights, fog/special effects, ruins, and so forth. Trees/plants/rocks are not included unless they are somehow unique or special.