File Format Overview

Intention is to link available information for file format details.

Main Database Format

• CASC -> Content Addressable Storage Container (Link)
• MPQ -> MoPaQ (Link)

Extracted Sub-File Format

Overview

• .chk -> (Link / Link)
• .scm -> StarCraft Map (a MPQ encoded .chk file that contains the maps)
• .scx -> StarCraft maps, but modified from original game. There're some with brood Wars.
• .grp -> Sprite Image Format (Link)
• .grp -> https://sourceforge.net/p/stratlas/wiki/GRP/
• useful (but bad readable) article about Grp converting: https://gamebanana.com/tuts/6133
• .fnt -> Font files Link / Link
• Tilesets (CV5, VF4, VR4, VX4, WPE) -> Link
• http://www.stormcoast-fortress.net/ -> File Specs chapter
• https://sourceforge.net/p/stratlas/wiki/browse_pages/
• Starcraft Editing Bible
• Starcraft Editing Bible - Forum
• https://github.com/toshok/scsharp/wiki/FileSpecs
• iscript.bin -
  • http://web.archive.org/web/20060619041701/http://campaigncreations.org/starcraft/stardraft/iscript_spec.shtml
  • http://web.archive.org/web/20051203114428/http://www.campaigncreations.org/starcraft/bible/chap4_anime.shtml
  • https://documentation.help/Ice-XP/documentation.pdf

• lo* overlay -> https://sfsrealm.hopto.org/lospecs.html
• AI bin -> https://sfsrealm.hopto.org/aispecs.html
• bin dialog reference -> https://staredit-network.fandom.com/wiki/Bin_Dialog_Reference or http://www.staredit.net/wiki/index.php?title=Bin_Dialog_Reference

Remastered specific information

• Staredit - something about Remastered Format
• Staredit - Animosity
• GitHub - Animosity

Maybe helpfull tools

• http://kaitai.io/
• Mapeditor could be used while development for tileset definition
• IceCC
• https://www.dbml.org/home/
• https://dbdiagram.io/home
• https://dbdocs.io/