SCO

SCO files contain GTA 4's game scripts. Its new format replaces old scm one.

File Format

A SCO file is layed out into 4 segments. First the Header containing information about the SCO file. Then the Code Segment which contains the opcode's which govern how the script behaves. The next segment is the Local Variable container which contains enough space to hold the local variables. The last is the Global Variable container, which contains enough space to house the global variables, as well as setting them by default.

Header

There are 2 types of SCO files, an encrypted and unencrypted one. Each file however shares the same unencrypted header structure, and you can use this to determine which type of SCO file you are dealing with. The size of this header is 24 bytes.

4b - CHAR[4]/UINT32 - SCO Identifier
4b - UINT32 - Code Size
4b - UINT32 - Local Var Size
4b - UINT32 - Global Var Size
4b - UINT32 - Script Flags
4b - UINT32 - Signature

The SCO Identifier will be "SCR\r" (or 0xD524353) in an unencrypted version, and "scr"+0xE (or 0xE726373) in an encrypted version. The Code Size refers to the amount of bytes the code section takes up. The Local Var Size refers to the amount of local variables the SCO file contains. The segment for local variables starts at the end of Header + Code Size, and continues for 4x the local variable size (due to the local variables being stored in 4 byte segments). The Global Var Size refers to the amount of global variables the SCO file contains. The segment for global variables starts at the end of Header + Code Size + Local Var Size * 4, and continues for 4x the global variable size (due to the global variables being stored in 4 byte segments). The Script Flags are boolean bits which are currently unexplained. The Signature only differs in navgen_main, but could possibly set the script priority.

Code Segment

The Code Segment contains the opcodes which govern the scripts behaviour.

Opcodes

Opcodes can have varying sizes, but all opcodes are identified by their first byte. There are 80 opcodes which can occur, any opcode above 80 is a Push opcode which pushes it's own number - 96 onto the stack.

ID	Name	Description	Length
1	Add	Adds the top 2 items on the stack	1 byte
2	Sub	Subtracts the top 2 items on the stack	1 byte
3	Mul	Multiplies the top 2 items on the stack	1 byte
4	Div	Divides the top 2 items on the stack	1 byte
5	Mod	Mods the top 2 items on the stack	1 byte
6	IsZero	Checks the first item on the stack to see if it equals 0	1 byte
7	Neg	Reverses the sign on the item on the top of the stack	1 byte
8	CmpEq	Compares the top 2 integers on the stack to see if they are equal	1 byte
9	CmpNe	Compares the top 2 integers on the stack to see if they are not equal	1 byte
10	CmpGt	Compares the top 2 integers on the stack to see if the first one is greater than the second one	1 byte
11	CmpGe	Compares the top 2 integers on the stack to see if the first one is greater than or equal to the second one	1 byte
12	CmpLt	Compares the top 2 integers on the stack to see if the first one is less than the second one	1 byte
13	CmpLe	Compares the top 2 integers on the stack to see if the first one is less than or equal to the second one	1 byte
14	AddF	Adds the top 2 floats on the stack	1 byte
15	SubF	Subtracts the top 2 floats on the stack	1 byte
16	MulF	Multiplies the top 2 floats on the stack	1 byte
17	DivF	Divides the top 2 floats on the stack	1 byte
18	ModF	Mods the top 2 floats on the stack	1 byte
19	NegF	Reverses the sign on the first float on the stack	1 byte
20	CmpEqF	Compares the top 2 floats on the stack to see if they are equal	1 byte
21	CmpNeF	Compares the top 2 floats on the stack to see if they are not equal	1 byte
22	CmpGtF	Compares the top 2 floats on the stack to see if the first one is greater than the second one	1 byte
23	CmpGeF	Compares the top 2 floats on the stack to see if the first one is greater than or equal to the second one	1 byte
24	CmpLtF	Compares the top 2 floats on the stack to see if the first one is less than the second one	1 byte
25	CmpLeF	Compares the top 2 floats on the stack to see if the first one is less than or equal to the second one	1 byte
26	AddVec	Adds the top 2 Vectors on the stack	1 byte
27	SubVec	Subtracts the top 2 Vectors on the stack	1 byte
28	MulVec	Multiplies the top 2 Vectors on the stack	1 byte
29	DivVec	Divides the top 2 Vectors on the stack	1 byte
30	NegVec	Reverses the sign on the first vector on the stack	1 byte
31	And	Performs an And operation to the first 2 integers on the stack	1 byte
32	Or	Performs an Or operation to the first 2 integers on the stack	1 byte
33	Xor	Performs a Xor operation to the first 2 integers on the stack	1 byte
34	Jump	Jumps to a section of code, using the next 4 bytes after the opcode as a placement	5 bytes
35	JumpFalse	Jumps to a section of code if the top of the stack is 0, using the next 4 bytes after the opcode as a placement	5 bytes
36	JumpTrue	Jumps to a section of code if the top of the stack is 1, using the next 4 bytes after the opcode as a placement	5 bytes
37	ToF	Converts the top integer on the stack to a float, and puts that float on the stack	1 byte
38	FromF	Converts the top float on the stack to an integer, and puts that integer on the stack	1 byte
39	VecFromF	Converts the top float into a Vector containing 3 instances of the same float, and pushes the pointer to that Vector onto the top of the stack	1 byte
40	PushS	Pushes a short onto the stack, the short is defined in the next 2 bytes after the opcode	3 bytes

Note: The Vectors on the stack are pointers to the memory containing the full vector. This section is incomplete. You can help by fixing and expanding it.