Madden 2004 DAT2

DAT (TYPE 2 - SOME COMPRESSION USED)

• Format Type : Archive
  
• Endian Order : Little Endian
  

Format Specifications

char {4}     - Header (TERF)
uint32 {4}   - Directory Offset (16)
uint32 {4}   - Unknown (83886594)
uint16 {2}   - File Padding Size (4)
uint16 {2}   - Number Of Files
char {4}     - Directory Header (DIR1)
uint32 {4}   - Directory Length (including these 2 fields)

// for each file

uint32 {4}   - File Offset (relative to the start of the FileDataHeader)

uint32 {4}   - File Length

char {4}     - Compression Header (COMP)
uint32 {4}   - Compression Length (including these 2 fields)

// for each file

uint32 {4}   - Compression Tag (0=uncompressed, 5=compressed)

uint32 {4}   - Decompressed Size (0=uncompressed)

char {4}     - File Data Header (DATA)
uint32 {4}   - File Data Length (including these 3 fields)
uint32 {4}   - null

// for each file

byte {X}     - File Data

byte {0-3}   - null Padding to a multiple of 4 bytes

MultiEx BMS Script

Not written yet

Notes and Comments

NOTE: Files with length=0 still incur padding, so are actually 4 null bytes

Compatible Programs

• Game Extractor
  
  

Other Games

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• Madden 2004 *.dat
• Madden 2005 *.dat