Forge File System A Summary

A forge file is a file that sits in a folder on your computer. It is similar in a way to a zip archive in the sense that it contains more files and is compressed.

For developers wanting more details on how a forge file is stored see the TBotR wiki page found here : http://wiki.tbotr.net/index.php?title=Assassins_Creed:File_Formats

Once the forge file has been unpacked (this program does that for you) the forge file can be represented as follows

• .forge
  • datafile
    • file
    • file
    • file
    • ...
  • datafile
    • file
    • file
    • file
    • ...
  • ...

A datafile will be called a name (usually giving a clue what it contains) and will contain more files. One of these files will have the same name as the datafile.

In the case of image files they are stored in a datafile on their own. Other files such as CellXXXXX_DataBlock files contain many many files that describe how different sections of the world work. They include entity files that describe where 3D models need to go to build the world.