Earth WD Archive

WD

• Format Type : Archive
  
• Endian Order : Little Endian
  

Format Specifications

byte {33}    - Compressed Archive Header (24 bytes decompressed)
byte {X}     - File Data
byte {X}     - Compressed Directory
uint32 {4}   - Compressed Directory Length

Uncompressed header has the following format:
byte {8}  - file format identifying header = 0xff,0xa1,0xd0,"1WD",0x00,0x02
byte {6}  - Unknown
byte {10} - Unknown (note: has the same value at least in most WWIII: Black Gold WD files)

// When the directory is decompressed (ZLib) it has this structure

uint64 {8}   - Unknown

uint16 {2}   - Number of Files

// for each file

byte {1}     - Filename Length

char {X}     - Filename

byte {1}     - null

uint32 {4}   - File Offset

uint32 {4}   - File Length

uint32 {4}   - File Length

MultiEx BMS

Not written yet

Notes and Comments

NOTE: Not sure which is the compressed file length, but undoubtedly the compression used would be ZLib, the same as used for the compression of the header and directory

Supported Programs

• Game Extractor
  
  

Other Games

These games also use this file format

• Earth 2150: The Moon Project *.wd
• Earth 2160 *.wd
• Frontline Attack: War Over Europe *.wd