Marmalade SDK S3E

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S3E

• Format Type : Archive
  
• Endian Order : Little Endian
  
• Signature : XE3U
  

Format Specifications

// header (64 bytes)
4 bytes (char) - signature // "XE3U"
4 bytes (uint32) - archive version  // e.g. 00 0F 04 00 = v4.15.0
2 bytes (uint16) - flags  // 0x01 - DEBUG
                          // 0x02 - GCC
                          // 0x04 - RVCT
2 bytes (uint16) - architecture  // e.g. 0x00 - ARM[0]

// Note: If section size or offset is "0", then section doesn't exist in the archive

4 bytes (uint32) - fixup section offset
4 bytes (uint32) - fixup section size

4 bytes (uint32) - code section offset
4 bytes (uint32) - code section size

4 bytes (uint32) - BSS size?

4 bytes (uint32) - signature section offset
4 bytes (uint32) - signature section size

4 bytes (uint32) - entry point  // e.g. 0x00

4 bytes (uint32) - config section offset
4 bytes (uint32) - config section size

4 bytes (uint32) - Base Address

4 bytes (uint32) - extra section offset
4 bytes (uint32) - extra section size


// extra header  (only if version > 4.9.0)
4 bytes (uint32) - extra header length  // 8
4 bytes (uint32) - data offset


// sections
x bytes - config section data (contains "app.icf" and "s3e.icf" config files)
x bytes - code section data / loadable data (code + data + BSS)
x bytes - fixup section data
x bytes - signature section data
x bytes - extra section data / license section data (188 bytes)

Notes and Comments

• This file format occurs in games made using Marmalade SDK.
• Whole archive may be compressed with LZMA compression or with ZLIB compression.

Games

List of games using this file format:

• Angry Birds POP! (needs confirmation)
• Backbreaker (needs confirmation)
• Bubble Mania (*.S3E) (Android)
• Expendable:Rearmed (needs confirmation)
• Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light (needs confirmation)
• Resident Evil: Degeneration (*.S3E) (N-Gage / iOS)
• Metal Gear Solid Mobile (needs confirmation)
• SimCity BuildIt (*.S3E)

QuickBMS Script

• Marmalade_SDK_S3E_script.bms
• xe3u.bms

Compatible Programs

• Marmalade SDK (c:\Marmalade\8.6\s3e\bin\)
  • s3e_info.py
• s3extract.py
• 7-zip (only for LZMA decompression)

See Also

• Marmalade SDK (wikipedia)
• SimCity BuildIt file formats