Gangstar: Miami Vindication game file research (mostly .bdae right now)

bdae.md

Offset	Type	Description
0x00	char[4]	String "BRES" in ASCII (42 52 45 53)
0x04	u16	Byte order mark (BOM) apparently. 0xFE,0xFF for little endian
0x06	u16	Padding //(usually 0x0000)?
0x08	u32	3C 00 00 00
0x0c	u16	Length of file in bytes.
0x0e	?	?
Beginning with 0x0e there are alternating 2 bytes 0x0000 and some kind of u16 value which is mostly just incrementation...

Until there is the content 0,0,0,764 in ASCII, which is also contained in the file version.nfo in the original .bdae (=zip) file. Then begins a listing of different files? or textures? or animations? in ASCII. Then it ends somewhere and then mostly 0x00 and random stuff comes.

Apparently this BRES/BDAE format(-header) is loosely based on the Nintendo BRRES format (maybe Gameloft got the format specs from Nintendo while developing for one of their platforms and kept it), see http://wiki.tockdom.com/wiki/BRRES_(File_Format)

bdae_dump.txt

-- Header --
BRES
-- Byte Order Mark --
FFFE
-- Padding --
0
-- Random value --
3C (HEX)
60 (DEC)
-- Lenght in bytes --
10304
-- Beginning of content --
222 (DE)
0 (0)
60 (3C)
948 (3B4)
2428 (97C)
2608 (A30)
5792 (16A0)
4512 (11A0)
4 (4)
0 (0)
0 (0)
24 (18)
28 (1C)
32 (20)
36 (24)
40 (28)
2428 (97C)
2468 (9A4)
2616 (A38)
2624 (A40)
2632 (A48)
2744 (AB8)
2752 (AC0)
2640 (A50)
2764 (ACC)
2648 (A58)
2656 (A60)
2664 (A68)
2804 (AF4)
2672 (A70)
2824 (B08)
2680 (A78)
2688 (A80)
2696 (A88)
2864 (B30)
2704 (A90)
2884 (B44)
2476 (9AC)
2896 (B50)
2920 (B68)
2484 (9B4)
3104 (C20)
2508 (9CC)
3116 (C2C)
3120 (C30)
3124 (C34)
3136 (C40)
3140 (C44)
3144 (C48)
2516 (9D4)
3156 (C54)
3160 (C58)
3168 (C60)
3272 (CC8)
3280 (CD0)
3452 (D7C)
3284 (CD4)
3292 (CDC)
3648 (E40)
3176 (C68)
3736 (E98)
3752 (EA8)
3756 (EAC)
3956 (F74)
3760 (EB0)
3776 (EC0)
3780 (EC4)
3784 (EC8)
3800 (ED8)
3804 (EDC)
4036 (FC4)
3808 (EE0)
3824 (EF0)
3828 (EF4)
3832 (EF8)
3848 (F08)
3852 (F0C)
3856 (F10)
3872 (F20)
3876 (F24)
3880 (F28)
3896 (F38)
3900 (F3C)
3904 (F40)
3920 (F50)
3924 (F54)
3928 (F58)
3944 (F68)
3948 (F6C)
3184 (C70)
2524 (9DC)
4196 (1064)
4200 (1068)
4208 (1070)
4216 (1078)
4232 (1088)
4236 (108C)
4248 (1098)
4252 (109C)
4256 (10A0)
4260 (10A4)
4272 (10B0)
4276 (10B4)
4280 (10B8)
4284 (10BC)
4296 (10C8)
4300 (10CC)
4304 (10D0)
4308 (10D4)
4320 (10E0)
4324 (10E4)
4328 (10E8)
4332 (10EC)
4344 (10F8)
4348 (10FC)
4352 (1100)
4356 (1104)
4368 (1110)
4372 (1114)
4376 (1118)
4380 (111C)
4392 (1128)
4396 (112C)
4400 (1130)
4404 (1134)
4416 (1140)
4420 (1144)
4424 (1148)
4428 (114C)
4440 (1158)
4444 (115C)
4448 (1160)
4452 (1164)
4464 (1170)
4468 (1174)
4472 (1178)
4476 (117C)
4488 (1188)
4492 (118C)
4496 (1190)
4500 (1194)
4512 (11A0)
4516 (11A4)
4520 (11A8)
4524 (11AC)
4536 (11B8)
4540 (11BC)
4544 (11C0)
4548 (11C4)
4560 (11D0)
4564 (11D4)
4568 (11D8)
4572 (11DC)
4584 (11E8)
4588 (11EC)
4592 (11F0)
4596 (11F4)
4608 (1200)
4612 (1204)
4616 (1208)
4620 (120C)
4632 (1218)
4636 (121C)
4640 (1220)
4644 (1224)
4656 (1230)
4660 (1234)
4664 (1238)
4668 (123C)
4680 (1248)
4684 (124C)
4688 (1250)
4692 (1254)
4704 (1260)
4708 (1264)
4996 (1384)
4712 (1268)
4716 (126C)
4728 (1278)
4732 (127C)
5008 (1390)
2532 (9E4)
5016 (1398)
5020 (139C)
5028 (13A4)
5056 (13C0)
5100 (13EC)
5108 (13F4)
5116 (13FC)
5124 (1404)
5796 (16A4)
5128 (1408)
5064 (13C8)
5188 (1444)
5804 (16AC)
5220 (1464)
5032 (13A8)
5036 (13AC)
5044 (13B4)
5240 (1478)
5284 (14A4)
5292 (14AC)
5300 (14B4)
5308 (14BC)
5812 (16B4)
5312 (14C0)
5248 (1480)
5372 (14FC)
5820 (16BC)
5404 (151C)
2572 (A0C)
5416 (1528)
5420 (152C)
5428 (1534)
5432 (1538)
5436 (153C)
5440 (1540)
5500 (157C)
5596 (15DC)
5604 (15E4)
5616 (15F0)
5628 (15FC)
5512 (1588)
5516 (158C)
5520 (1590)
5580 (15CC)
5688 (1638)
5696 (1640)
5708 (164C)
5720 (1658)
2604 (A2C)
5780 (1694)
5788 (169C)
9 (9)
11312 (2C30)
11312
-- break --
-- Position: 956 (0x3BC) --
-- (beginning of text block) --