Entry

Entries are the intermediate level data containers in NSF files. They are containers for 'items'-the lowest level data containers in NSF files.

Format

Offset	Field	Size	Value
0x0	Magic Number	4 bytes	0x100FFFF
0x4	ID	4 bytes	*
0x8	Type	4 bytes	*
0xC	Item Count	4 bytes	c
0x10	Item Offsets	c x 4 bytes	*
0x10 + (c x 4)	Items	c x * bytes	*

Structure

struct entry
{
  const unsigned long magic = 0x100FFFF;
  unsigned long EID;
  unsigned long type;
  unsigned long itemcount;
  union
  {
    unsigned long itemoffset[itemcount];
    item *itemptr[itemcount];
  };
  item items[itemcount];
};

Types

An entry's type determines the specific kind of content contained in its items.

Type	Name	Subsystem	Description
1	Object Model Vertices/Animation	SVTX	contains frames of shaded vertex animation for an object
2	Object Model Geometry	TGEO	contains polygons used by a Type 1 entry
3	World Geometry	WGEO	contains polygons and vertices for a section of the level
4	Display List/Sort List	SLST	contains delta encoded display lists, describing the change in z-ordering of polygon primitives at each point of a corresponding camera path
5	Texture Page	TPAG	describes texture/palette data used by polygons
6	Level Data	LDAT	contains a level's initial settings such as Crash's starting location
7	Zone Data	ZDAT	contains a 'zone' - a collection of world models to render, objects to spawn, a camera path, collision octree, and misc attributes
11	GOOL Executable	GOOL	contains a header, compiled GOOL bytecode, const pool, state map, state descriptors, and animation sequence/text/sprite descriptors for an object
12	Audio	ADIO	contains audio data for a single sound effect
13	MIDI	MIDI	contains the MIDI sequence(s) for a level's background music (SEP) and/or a wavebank header (VH)
14	Instruments	INST	describes instrument data used to play a MIDI (VB)
15	Image Data (Crash 1) Video? Collision (Crash 2/3)	IMAG (Crash 1) VCOL (Crash 2/3)	contains raw image data (i.e. anti-piracy message, SCE screen)1 (Crash 1) contains special collision detection rules? (i.e. digging, chased by boulder) (Crash 2/3)
17	Map Data (Crash 1) Raw Data (Crash 3)	MDAT (Crash 1) RAWD (Crash 3)	contains data describing how a 16-bit image should be displayed on-screen (Crash 1) contains miscellaneous 3D terrain data (scenery in baron levels, water in levels with water) (Crash 3)
18	Palettes	IPAL	describes a list of 256-color CLUTs used for IMAG and MDAT entries
19	Demo playback	PBAK	contains a pre-recorded sequence of button presses for playback
20	Colored Animation Vertices/Animation (Crash 1) Stream Audio (Crash 2/3)	CVTX (Crash 1) SDIO (Crash 2/3)	contains frames of colored but non-shaded colored vertex animation for an object (Crash 1) contains streamable audio (Crash 2/3)
21	2D Animation/Video (Crash 2/3)	VIDO (Crash 2/3)	contains data for a sprite, animated or not (i.e. mount texture while digging, warp portal, save icons)

¹ - NSD files may contain these kinds of entries, but without any header.

Entry IDs/EIDs

Like chunks, each entry has also been assigned a unique ID. Unlike CIDs, however, entry IDs (EIDs) have not been precomputed based on index. Each EID encodes a unique 5 character identifier string. Each entry has been assigned an EID that encodes an appropriate identifier.

Encoding scheme

EIDs use the following [32 bit] encoding scheme:

0EEEEEEDDDDDDCCCCCCBBBBBBAAAAAA1

where the [6 bit] fields A, B, C, D, and E, respectively, in that order, are indices of 5 characters in the following conversion table:

Index

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

A

B

C

D

E

F

Char

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

a

b

c

d

e

f

Index

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

1A

1B

1C

1D

1E

1F

Char

g

h

i

j

k

l

m

n

o

p

q

r

s

t

u

v

Index

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

2A

2B

2C

2D

2E

2F

Char

w

x

y

z

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

Index

30

31

32

33

34

35

36

37

38

39

3A

3B

3C

3D

3E

3F

Char

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

X

Y

Z

_

!

The conversion table above is used by the EID encoding and decoding routines and is located at the following addresses in each of the Crash games:

• Crash 1 - 0x51728

Null EID

The EID with value 0x6396347F, which translates to NONE!, is used frequently throughout the game code. It represents a null EID.