Introduction · bei.pm
The file formats described on this page are based on the technical analysis of intellectual property by Dynamix, Inc. and Sierra Entertainment.
The intellectual property is now part of the Activision Publishing, Inc. / Activision Blizzard, Inc. estate and is currently owned by Microsoft Corp..
The information has been gathered through Reverse Engineering and Data Analysis for the purposes of archiving and interoperability with historical data.
No proprietary or confidential specifications were used.
The game is currently available for purchase as a download at gog.com.
The data formats used by Outpost 2 have a structure reminiscent of JFIF/PNG - each data block always has an 8-byte header. Therefore, I will refrain from documenting the individual headers at the respective specific points and will only document deviations there.
The format is always as follows; the actual payload is then embedded within it:
| Addr | x0 | x1 | x2 | x3 | x4 | x5 | x6 | x7 | x8 | x9 | xA | xB | xC | xD | xE | xF | char | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0x0000 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Offset | Data type | Designation | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0x0000 | uint(32) | Magic Bytes | Contains information about what to expect in the next data block. Known values:
|
| 0x0004 | uint(24) | Block length | Contains information about the size (in bytes) of the following data block. This refers to the pure payload data - the 8 header bytes are not included. |
| 0x0007 | uint(8) | Flags? | It is unknown what this block is specifically used for. In the volumes, this value is often 0x80, whereas in other files it is frequently 0x00. This suggests that it is a flag set. |