DAT

DAT is the extension used for the data files of GTA 3D series games. They are textual and have different structures. The following articles describe them.

Game	File	Description	Notes
	carcols.dat	Contains information about vehicle colors
	fonts.dat	Contains information about the fonts used in the game	The fonts are split up into sprites. Fonts themselfes are located in the ...\models\fonts.txd texture dictionary.
	gta.dat	General map listing file	called gta-vc.dat for Vice City
	object.dat	Defines additional object information for dynamic objects
	timecyc.dat	Controls the weather and the game's appearance
	melee.dat
	weapon.dat
	flight.dat
	spath.dat, spath0.dat
	cutscenes data
	water.dat, water1.dat
	default.dat
	clothes.dat
	furnitur.dat
	gridref.dat
	gta_quick.dat
	numplate.dat
	ped.dat
	pedgrp.dat
	plants.dat
	polydensity.dat
	popcycle.dat
	procobj.dat
	shopping.dat
	statdisp.dat
	surface.dat
	surfaud.dat
	surfinfo.dat
	scenarios.dat