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ofp:file_formats:rap [2007/07/10 09:52] – external edit 127.0.0.1ofp:file_formats:rap [2024/07/31 12:52] (current) – links added. snakeman
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-====== raP File Format ======+====== OFP raP File Format ====== 
 + 
 +[[https://www.pmctactical.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=43|OFP Forum]], [[:ofp|OFP Home]], [[ofp:file_formats|OFP File Formats]], [[ofp:tools|OFP Tools]], [[ofp:missions|OFP Missions]], [[ofp:modeling|OFP 3D Modeling]], [[ofp:terrain|OFP Terrain]] 
 + 
 +**Operation Flashpoint (OFP)** aka ArmA: Cold War Assault (CWA)
  
  
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 Importantly, **the filename extension is immaterial**. Importantly, **the filename extension is immaterial**.
  
-The engine will work with config.**cpp** as a raP encoded entity, just as it would work with config.**bin**. +The engine will work with config.**cpp** as a raP encoded entity, just as it would work with config.**bin**.
  
 ====== Tools ====== ====== Tools ======
  
-Various utilities exist which refer to binary <> cpp compression and extraction (or encoding and decoding). Again, these terms are misleading because the file concerned is not executable binary data, just tokenised strings and values. +Various utilities exist which refer to binary <> cpp compression and extraction (or encoding and decoding). Again, these terms are misleading because the file concerned is not executable binary data, just tokenised strings and values.
  
 ====== Basics ====== ====== Basics ======
  
-There is no need here to elaborately define what a mission.sqm file is. But, it is worth understanding the basics of these (types of) files to understand the __very small__ requirements needed to raPify them. +There is no need here to elaborately define what a mission.sqm file is. But, it is worth understanding the basics of these (types of) files to understand the __very small__ requirements needed to raPify them.
  
 class files only contain 3 types of construct class files only contain 3 types of construct
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 </code> </code>
  
-[:inherit] is optional and simply refers to another classname. +[:inherit] is optional and simply refers to another classname.
  
 (For your interest the [] are known as bacchus naur format and mean //optional//. Whatever is within the [...] is optional. The [] do **not** appear in the text file). (For your interest the [] are known as bacchus naur format and mean //optional//. Whatever is within the [...] is optional. The [] do **not** appear in the text file).
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 <code> <code>
  aString="A string";  aString="A string";
- anInteger=77; + anInteger=77;
  aFloat 1.855;  aFloat 1.855;
 </code> </code>
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 <code> <code>
- anArray[]={......}; + anArray[]={......};
 </code> </code>
  
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 <code> <code>
  class filename  class filename
- { + {
     class FirstEmbeddedClass     class FirstEmbeddedClass
     {     {
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 <code> <code>
- struct VarTypString + struct VarTypString
  {  {
   byte PacketType; // = 1   byte PacketType; // = 1
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 **PacketType2: Arrays** **PacketType2: Arrays**
  
-Arrays[] contain four possible element types. They are the traditional variables mentioned above with an added tweak of an embedded array type. +Arrays[] contain four possible element types. They are the traditional variables mentioned above with an added tweak of an embedded array type.
  
 thus thus
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 <code> <code>
- struct ArrayString + struct ArrayString
  {  {
   byte VarType; // = 0   byte VarType; // = 0
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  {  {
   byte VarType; // = 3   byte VarType; // = 3
-  [[#CompressedInteger]] nElements; // iterate thru  +  [[#CompressedInteger]] nElements; // iterate thru 
- ... series of array elememts in '''this''' embedded array + ... series of array elememts in '''this''' embedded array
  };  };
 </code> </code>
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   {   {
   int extra;   int extra;
- +
    if ((extra = GetByte())==EOF) return EOF;    if ((extra = GetByte())==EOF) return EOF;
    val += (extra - 1) * 0x80;    val += (extra - 1) * 0x80;
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 </code> </code>
  
-A table of strings is accumalated according to it's index number when that specific index number is first encountered. +A table of strings is accumalated according to it's index number when that specific index number is first encountered.
  
 Although the values appear to be ordinal (0,1,2,3,4,5) you should not assume so. Although the values appear to be ordinal (0,1,2,3,4,5) you should not assume so.
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  etc  etc
 </code> </code>
 +
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