Ultima 9 savegame file format
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  Revision 1.00 7th Jan 2002

An ultima9 savegame comprises of five main parts : a header, a picture, a processes.dat file, a number of nonfixed.# files, and diary.txt .


Header:
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Offset     Size       Description
 0          6          text : "U9:008"
 6          LWORD      0
 A          LWORD      size of save's name (n)
 E          n          save's name (ie text and /0 end of string)
 E+n        $4C        unknown
 
Picture:
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Offset     Size       Description
 0          LWORD      size of image (s)
 4          LWORD      ??
s bytes :
 0          LWORD      Width of image (w)
 4          LWORD      Height of image (h)
 8          LWORD      0
 C          LWORD      0
 10         h LWORD's  scanline offsets
 10+4*h     h*w        image data

Processes Chunk
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Offset     Size       Description
 0          LWORD      Size of processes.dat (s)
 4          s          Processes.dat file data

Diary Chunk:
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Offset     Size       Description
 0          LWORD      Size of diary.txt (s)
 4          s          diary.txt file data

Nonfixed Chunk:
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Offset     Size       Description
 0          LWORD      Map Number (m)
 4          LWORD      Size of Nonfixed file (s)
 8          s          nonfixed.[m] file data


Written by John Larcombe aka TumbleWeed Dragon
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