Wargame EDat Files

EDat Files

See the parsers docs on how to unpack / repack EDat files.

This is the reference on how Wargame: Red Dragon works with these files:

Directory Structure

The directory structure of Wargame is as follows:

  • Data/

    • PC/
      • PC contains older revisions of the WarGame3.exe for replays every folderid marks a svn revision number of Eugens SVN
      • 48574/
      • 49125/
      • 49964/
      • 58710/
      • 59095/
      • 59638/
      • 68335/

    • WarGame/PC/

      • 48574/
        • every folder contains a folder with the next svn revision number
        • The files contained here get also loaded, the foldersr in the main dir only contain a NDF_Win.dat
        • 49125/
        • Data.dat - fonts and videos
        • DataMap.dat - maps and campaigns
        • NDF_NotFinal.dat - ndf files for scenarios?
        • NDF_Win.dat - ndf files for ui / scenery / everything
        • ZZ_1.dat - assets, texture ndfbins, ppk files, spk files
        • ZZ_2.dat - textures
        • ZZ_3a.dat - textures
        • ZZ_3b.dat - textures
        • ZZ_4.dat - some ppk files

      • 49125/

      • 49964/58710

      • Where latest ZZ files are except ZZ_1

      • 58710/

      • 59095/

      • 59638/
      • 68335/
      • 72352/
        • Current latest folder for NDF_Win.dat

  • Maps/Wargame/PC/

    • for each map / campaign one dat file

Wargame3.exe

Every Wargame3.exe has a SVN Revision encoded in it. The current game version for example has this at position 0x0151FE18.

If you change the revision number with a hexeditor to for example 80000, it is possible to create a new version of the game. For this you need to copy the following files:

  • create a new folder Data/PC/80000
  • copy atimgpud.dll, steam_api.dll and Wargame3.exe (unmodified!) to Data/PC/80000
    • this is for running vanilla replays - new replays get the new revision number attached to them
  • create a new folder Data/WARGAME/72352/80000
  • copy all files from Data/WARGAME/68335/72352 to Data/WARGAME/72352/80000
  • create a new folder Data/WARGAME/80000
  • copy NDF_Win.dat from Data/WARGAME/72352 to Data/WARGAME/80000

Now you can mod your files in the 72352/80000 or 80000 folders and the game will load them correctly.