DICT

The DICT (.dict or presumably dictionary) file format is a file format used by Next Level Games to store information and lookup data for files that can be extracted from a corresponding .data file. These files contain data for textures, models and scripts, among others.

.dict files use the little endian format.

Layout

A .dict file consists of a header section, a currently unknown section corresponding with the amount of files located in the .data file and multiple file sections. Typically .dict files contain information on 8 files that can be extracted from a .data file. This is not a fixed number and could differ in certain files!

Header

Offset	Byte Size	Name	Description
0x0-0x3	4	Identifier	Magic adress that identifies a .dict file. It's hex value is 0xA9F32458.
0x4-0x5	2	Header Flags	Use is currently unknown. The hex always seems to be 0x0104.
0x6	1	Compression Flag	If the .data file is compressed the byte is set to 0x1, else to 0x0.
0x7	1	Padding
0x8-0xb	4	File Count	Number of files that are stored in the .data file.
0xc-0xf	4	Largest Compressed File	The byte size of the largest compressed file stored in the .data file.
0x10-0x2b	27	Unknown

Unknown Section for Extractable Files

Next is a section where one byte is allocated for every file that can be extracted from the .data file. As there are normally 8 files that can be extracted, this section typically ranges from offset 0x2c to 0x33.

File Section

For each file that can be extracted, a section with a total of 16 bytes can be found. The first section can be found at offset 0x34, assuming there are 8 files to extract.

Offset	Byte Size	Name	Description
0x0-0x3	4	Offset	Gives the offset in bytes where the file data is located in the .data file.
0x4-0x7	4	Decompressed File Size	File size in bytes when decompressed.
0x8-0xb	4	Compressed File Size	File size in bytes when compressed.
0xc-0xf	4	Flags	Determines if the file is a data file or file table.

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