7BITSTR

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String encoding format used in The Sims and the Sims2

The length of the string is Encoded 7 bits at a time before the string

seethe fourth post in this thread:

http:www.datgen.info/forums/thread.aspx?forumid=13&threadid=48

If you use .NET for developing you can simply read those 7-Bit length encoded Strings with the builtin readString() Method of the BinaryReader Stream.