List of Sims 2 Formats by Name
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List of Formats by Name
This is a list of all resources by their common name.
List
| Name | Hex Code | Description |
|---|---|---|
| RCOL | xxxxxxxx | Scenegraph format for many of the object/building/sim files used in the game |
| PSET | xxxxxxxx | PropertySet format. A general property format used in the game. |
| WDB | xxxxxxxx | WorldDB format for many of the lot files used in the game. |
| WDB 2ARY | 6B943B43 | 2D Array |
| WDB 3ARY | 2A51171B | 3D Array |
| RCOL 5DS | AC06A676 | Lighting (Draw State Light) (Extension - 5ds) |
| RCOL 5EL | 6A97042F | Lighting (Environment Cube Light) (Extension - 5el) |
| RCOL 5LF | AC06A66F | Lighting (Linear Fog Light) (Extension - 5lf) |
| RCOL 5SC | 25232B11 | Scene Node (Extension - 5sc) |
| RCOL ANIM | FB00791E | Animation Resource (Extension - 6an / 5an) |
| BCON | 42434F4E | Simantics Behaviour Constant |
| BHAV | 42484156 | Simantics Behaviour Script |
| BMP | 856DDBAC | Bitmaps (Extension - bmp) |
| BMP | 424D505F | Bitmaps |
| CATS | 43415453 | Catalog String |
| CIGE | 43494745 | Image Link (CIGE is the typecode) |
| RCOL CINE | 4D51F042 | Cinematic Scenes (Such as first kiss, moving in, etc) (Extension - 5cs) |
| CREG | CDB467B8 | Content Registry |
| RCOL CRES | E519C933 | Resource Node (CRES (cResourceNode)) (Base Object file) (Extension - 5cr) |
| STR CTSS | 43545353 | Catalog String Set (name and description) |
| DGRP | 44475250 | Drawgroup |
| DIR | E86B1EEF | DBDF Directory (part of DBPF format used for fast loads) (.dir/.bin used currently) |
| FACE | 46414345 | Face Properties |
| FAMh | 46414D68 | Family Data |
| FAMI | 46414D49 | Family Information |
| FAMt | 8C870743 | Family Ties |
| FCNS | 46434E53 | Global Tuning Values |
| WDB FPL | AB4BA572 | Fence Post Layer |
| FWAV | 46574156 | Audio Reference |
| FX | EA5118B0 | Effects Resource Tree (Extension - fx) |
| GLOB | 474C4F42 | Semi-Globals (references global files) |
| GMDC | AC4F8687 | Geometric Data Container (Extension - 5gd) |
| RCOL GMND | 7BA3838C | Geometric Node (Extension - 5gn) |
| HLS | 7B1ACFCD | Hitlist (new) |
| HOUS | 484F5553 | House Data |
| JFIF | 0C7E9A76 | JPEG/JFIF Image (Extension - jfif) |
| JFIF | 4D533EDD | JPEG/JFIF Image |
| JFIF | 856DDBAC | JPEG/JFIF Image |
| JFIF | 8C3CE95A | JPEG/JFIF Image |
| LDEF | 0BF999E7 | Lot or Tutorial Description (formerly DESC) |
| RCOL LGHT | C9C81B9B | Lighting (Ambient Light) (Extension - 5al) |
| RCOL LGHT | C9C81BA3 | Lighting (Directional Light) (Extension - 5dl) |
| RCOL LGHT | C9C81BA9 | Lighting (Point Light) (Extension - 5pl) |
| RCOL LGHT | C9C81BAD | Lighting (Spot Light) (Extension - 5sl) |
| LIFO | ED534136 | Level Information (Large mipmaps) (Extension - 6li) |
| LOT | 6C589723 | Lot Definition |
| LSCP | ABCB5DA4 | Landscape |
| LxNR | CCCEF852 | Facial Structure |
| MATSHAD | CD7FE87A | Maxis Material Shader (Extension - matshad) |
| MP3 | 2026960B | MP3 Audio (Extension - mp3) |
| NGBH | 4E474248 | Neighborhood Data |
| NID | AC8A7A2E | Neighbourhood ID |
| NMAP | 4E6D6150 | Name Map |
| NREF | 4E524546 | Name Reference |
| OBJD | 4F424A44 | Object Data |
| OBJf | 4F424A66 | Object Functions |
| ObjM | 4F626A4D | Object Metadata |
| OBMI | 4F626A4D | Object Metadata Imposter |
| Mobjt | 6F626A74 | Main Lot Objects |
| WDB objt | FA1C39F7 | Singular Lot Object |
| PALT | 50414C54 | Image Color Palette |
| PDAT | AACE2EFB | Person Data (Formerly SDSC/SINF/SDAT) |
| PERS | 50455253 | Person Status |
| PMAP | 8CC0A14B | Predictive Map |
| PNG | 856DDBAC | PNG Image (Extension - png) |
| POSI | 504F5349 | Edith Positional Information (deprecated, precursor to TREE) |
| PTBP | 50544250 | Package Toolkit |
| STXR | ACE46235 | Surface Texture |
| SFX | 8DB5E4C2 | Sound Effects |
| RCOL SHPE | FC6EB1F7 | Shape (Extension - 5sh) |
| SIMI | 53494D49 | Sim Information? |
| SKIN | AC506764 | Sim Outfits |
| SLOT | 534C4F54 | Object Slot |
| WDB SMAP | CAC4FC40 | String Map |
| SPR2 | 53505232 | Sprites |
| SPX1 | 2026960B | SPX Speech |
| SREL | CC364C2A | Sim Relations |
| STR STR# | 53545223 | Text String |
| TATT | 54415454 | Tree Attributes |
| TGA | 856DDBAC | Targa Image (Extension - tga) |
| TMAP | 4B58975B | Lot or Terrain Texture Map |
| TPRP | 54505250 | Tree Properties (labels for locals) |
| TRCN | 5452434E | Tree Constants (labels for BCON) |
| TREE | 54524545 | Tree Data (flowchart data) |
| WDB TSSG | BA353CE1 | The Sims SG System |
| TTAB | 54544142 | Pie Menu Functions (Tree Table) |
| STR TTAs | 54544173 | Pie Menu Strings (Tree Table Strings) |
| RCOL TXMT | 49596978 | Material Definitions (Formerly MATD) (Extension - 5tm) |
| RCOL TXTR | 1C4A276C | Texture (Extension - 6tx) |
| UI | 00000000 | User Interface (Extension - uiScript) |
| WDB VERT | CB4387A1 | Vertex Layer |
| WFR | CD95548E | Wants and Fears |
| WDB WGRA | 0A284D0B | Wall Graph |
| WDB WLL | 8A84D7B0 | Wall Layer |
| WDB WRLD | 49FF7D76 | World Database |
| XA | 2026960B | XA Audio (Extension - xa) |
| XMTO | 584D544F | Material Object Class Dump |
| XOBJ | 584F424A | Object Class Dump (same literal format as above) |
| TAB | xxxxxxxx | Accelerator Table (Extension - accelerator) |
| FSC | xxxxxxxx | Freshness Score (Extension - fsc) |
| SCR | xxxxxxxx | Sound Script |
| INI | xxxxxxxx | Initialization script (Extension - ini) |
| HIT | xxxxxxxx | Hitlist (old format) (Extension - hit) |
| UNKN | 0C900FDB | Unknown (These are all in lot packages) |
| UNKN | 2C310F46 | Unknown |
| UNKN | 8B0C79D6 | Unknown |
| UNKN | 9D796DB4 | Unknown |
| UNKN | AB9406AA | Unknown |
| UNKN | ABD0DC63 | Unknown |
| UNKN | CC2A6A34 | Unknown |
| UNKN | CC8A6A69 | Unknown |
| UNKN | EC44BDDC | Unknown |
| UNKN | 0F9F0C21 | Unknown (from Nightlife) |
