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Homeworld 2 File-types/Formats

Files with these extensions are valid Lua files:

  • .lua generic Lua file
  • .ti tactical icon
  • .ship ship data
  • .subs subsytem data
  • .wepn weapon data
  • .miss missile data
  • .cloud cloud data
  • .dustcloud dust cloud data
  • .nebula nebula data
  • .resource harvestable resource data
  • .level level data
  • .events animation/effects data
  • .wf weapon-fire data
  • .madstate model animation script
  • .anim sprite sheet data for effects
  • .mtga level-of-detail effect texture data
  • .lod level-of-detail effect file
  • .mres multiple resolution icon data
  • .flare lensflare effect
  • .stats end-of-game stats
  • .joints possibly one-to-many naming of markers for effects
  • .campaign campaign config
  • .mc macros
  • .navs navlight styles

Files with these extensions are not valid Lua files:

  • .exe executable
  • .dll dynamic-link library
  • .ini config file
  • .big, .grm<n> compressed data archive
  • .ucs, .dat localized text strings (acronym = unicode strings?)
  • .lpr
  • .aep
  • .st shader textures. See the first post on "2nd Sep 06" here.
  • .vp
  • .fp
  • .ma Maya scene file
  • .mad model animation data
  • .hod hardpoint/object data
  • .ahod variant spelling?
  • .tga Truevision Targa rastar graphics format
  • .shader
  • .txt text file
  • .csv comma-separated values--used for end-of-game log files
  • .cur cursors
  • .hotspot more cursor stuff
  • .rot relic's graphics format
  • .dds DirectX rastar graphics format
  • .fda AIFR sound file variant
  • .icon
  • .icons variant spelling?
  • .nis non-interactive sequence
  • .script
  • .sav save-games and sync-error reports
  • .rec recorded game
  • .log log file
  • .rcf font

Quote (from somewhere or other...)

"The valid texture formats are:

TF_RGBA32
TF_DXT1_NOALPHA
TF_DXT3
TF_DXT5

Other possible texture formats that are not implemented yet:

TF_RGBA16_4444
TF_RGB24
TF_LUMINANCE
TF_ALPHA
TF_LUMINANCEALPHA"

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