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===List of all data files===
 
===List of all data files===
 
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{|{{Prettytable}}
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{|{{Prettytable}} width="100%" class="sortable"
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!Game
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!width="80px"| Game
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!File
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!width="160px"|File
 
!Description
 
!Description
 
!Notes
 
!Notes
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|{{Icon}}||[[animviewer.dat]]||||
 
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|{{Icon}}||[[carcols.dat]]||''Contains information about vehicle colors''||
 
|{{Icon}}||[[carcols.dat]]||''Contains information about vehicle colors''||
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|{{Icon}}||[[default.dat]]||||
 
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|{{Icon}}||[[fonts.dat]]||''Contains information about the fonts used in the game''||''The fonts are split up into sprites. Fonts themselfes are located in the '' <code>...\models\fonts.txd</code> '' texture dictionary.''  
 
|{{Icon}}||[[fonts.dat]]||''Contains information about the fonts used in the game''||''The fonts are split up into sprites. Fonts themselfes are located in the '' <code>...\models\fonts.txd</code> '' texture dictionary.''  
 
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|{{Icon}}||[[gta.dat]]||''General map listing file''||''called'' <code>gta-vc.dat</code> ''for [[:Category:GTA_VC|Vice City]]''
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|{{Icon}}||[[gta.dat]]||''General map listing file''||''called'' <code>gta3.dat</code> ''for [[GTA 3]] and <code>gta-vc.dat</code> ''for [[Vice City]]''
 
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|{{Icon}}||[[object.dat]]||''Defines additional object information for dynamic objects''||
 
|{{Icon}}||[[object.dat]]||''Defines additional object information for dynamic objects''||
 
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|{{Icon}}||[[timecyc.dat]]||''Controls the weather and the game's appearance''||
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|{{Icon}}||[[ped.dat]]||||
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|{{Icon}}||[[pedgrp.dat]]||||
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|{{Icon}}||[[timecyc.dat]],<br>[[timecyc.dat|timecycp.dat]]&nbsp;(SA)||''Controls the weather and the game's appearance''||
 
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|{{Icon}}||[[melee.dat]]||||
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|{{Icon}}||[[water.dat]]&nbsp;(all),<br>[[water.dat|water1.dat]]&nbsp;(SA),<br>[[waterpro.dat]]&nbsp;(GTA 3 & VC)||||
 
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|{{Icon}}||[[weapon.dat]]||||
 
|{{Icon}}||[[weapon.dat]]||||
 
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|{{Icon}}||[[default.dat]]||||
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|{{Icon|3}} {{Icon|VC}} {{Icon|SA}}||[[pedstats.dat]]||||
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|{{Icon|3}} {{Icon|VC}} {{Icon|SA}}||[[surface.dat]]||||
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|{{Icon|3}} {{Icon|VC}}||[[cullzone.dat]],<br>[[cullzone.dat|Cullzoneempty.dat]]&nbsp;(VC)||||''binary files''
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|{{Icon|3}} {{Icon|VC}}||[[fistfite.dat]]||||
 
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|{{Icon|3}} {{Icon|VC}}||[[flight.dat]]||||
 
|{{Icon|3}} {{Icon|VC}}||[[flight.dat]]||||
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|{{Icon|3}} {{Icon|SA}} {{Icon|4}}||[[tracks.dat|tracks*.dat]]||||''located in the'' <code>..data\paths</code> ''directory''
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|{{Icon|3}}||[[chase.dat|chase*.dat]]||||''binary files located in the'' <code>..data\paths</code> ''directory''
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|{{Icon|3}} ||[[train.dat]], [[train.dat|train2.dat]]||||''still present in [[Vice City]] but unused''
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|{{Icon|VC}}||[[map.dat]]||||''located in the'' <code>..data\maps</code> ''directory''
 
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|{{Icon|VC}}||[[Scripted Path|spath.dat]], [[Scripted Path|spath0.dat]]||||
 
|{{Icon|VC}}||[[Scripted Path|spath.dat]], [[Scripted Path|spath0.dat]]||||
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|{{Icon|SA}}||[[Cutscene#The_DAT-File|cutscenes data]]||||
 
|{{Icon|SA}}||[[Cutscene#The_DAT-File|cutscenes data]]||||
 
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|{{Icon|SA}}||[[animgrp.dat]]||||
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|{{Icon|SA}}||[[animgrp.dat]], [[animgrp.dat|animgrp1.dat]]||||
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|{{Icon|SA}}||[[animviewer.dat]]||||
 
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|{{Icon|SA}}||[[ar_stats.dat]]||||
 
 
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|{{Icon|SA}}||[[water.dat]], [[water1.dat]]||||
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|{{Icon|SA}}||[[ar_stats.dat]]||||''still present in [[GTA 4]] but unused?''
 
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|{{Icon|SA}}||[[carmods.dat]]||||
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|{{Icon|SA}}||[[cargrp.dat]]||||
 
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|{{Icon|SA}}||[[clothes.dat]]||||
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|{{Icon|SA}}||[[clothes.dat]]||||''still present in [[GTA 4]] but unused?''
 
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|{{Icon|SA}}||[[furnitur.dat]]||||
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|{{Icon|SA}}||[[furnitur.dat]]||||''still present in [[GTA 4]] but unused?''
 
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|{{Icon|SA}}||[[gridref.dat]]||||
 
|{{Icon|SA}}||[[gridref.dat]]||||
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|{{Icon|SA}}||[[gta.dat|gta_quick.dat]]||||
 
|{{Icon|SA}}||[[gta.dat|gta_quick.dat]]||||
 
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|{{Icon|SA}}||[[numplate.dat]]||||
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|{{Icon|SA}}||[[Paths (GTA SA)|nodes*.dat]]||||''binary files''
 
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|{{Icon|SA}}||[[ped.dat]]||||
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|{{Icon|SA}}||[[melee.dat]]||||''still present in [[GTA 4]] but unused?''
 
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|{{Icon|SA}}||[[pedgrp.dat]]||||
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|{{Icon|SA}}||[[numplate.dat]]||||
 
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|{{Icon|SA}}||[[plants.dat]]||||
 
|{{Icon|SA}}||[[plants.dat]]||||
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|{{Icon|SA}}||[[statdisp.dat]]||||
 
|{{Icon|SA}}||[[statdisp.dat]]||||
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|{{Icon|SA}}||[[surface.dat]]||||
 
 
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|{{Icon|SA}}||[[surfaud.dat]]||||
 
|{{Icon|SA}}||[[surfaud.dat]]||||
 
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|{{Icon|SA}}||[[surfinfo.dat]]||||
 
|{{Icon|SA}}||[[surfinfo.dat]]||||
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|{{Icon|SA}} {{Icon|4}}||[[carmods.dat]]||||
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|{{Icon|4}}||[[cj_gta.dat]]||||
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|{{Icon|4}}||[[credits.dat|credits*.dat]]||||
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|{{Icon|4}}||[[distantlights.dat]]||||''binary file''
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|{{Icon|4}}||[[entityFx.dat]]||||
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|{{Icon|4}}||[[explosionFx.dat]]||||
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|{{Icon|4}}||[[FemalePlayerSettings.dat]], [[MalePlayerSettings.dat]]||||
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|{{Icon|4}}||[[frontend.dat]]||||
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|{{Icon|4}}||[[hud.dat]]||||
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|{{Icon|4}}||[[hudcolor.dat]]||||
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|{{Icon|4}}||[[loadingscreens.dat|loadingscreens*.dat]]||||
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|{{Icon|4}}||[[materialFx.dat]]||||
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|{{Icon|4}}||[[materials.dat]]||||
 
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|{{Icon|4}}||[[scenarios.dat]]||||
 
|{{Icon|4}}||[[scenarios.dat]]||||

Revision as of 07:48, 20 February 2009

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.

List of all data files

Game File Description Notes
Grand Theft Auto series animviewer.dat
Grand Theft Auto series carcols.dat Contains information about vehicle colors
Grand Theft Auto series default.dat
Grand Theft Auto series 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.
Grand Theft Auto series gta.dat General map listing file called gta3.dat for GTA 3 and gta-vc.dat for Vice City
Grand Theft Auto series object.dat Defines additional object information for dynamic objects
Grand Theft Auto series ped.dat
Grand Theft Auto series pedgrp.dat
Grand Theft Auto series timecyc.dat,
timecycp.dat (SA)		 Controls the weather and the game's appearance
Grand Theft Auto series water.dat (all),
water1.dat (SA),
waterpro.dat (GTA 3 & VC)
Grand Theft Auto series weapon.dat
GTA III Vice City San Andreas pedstats.dat
GTA III Vice City San Andreas surface.dat
GTA III Vice City cullzone.dat,
Cullzoneempty.dat (VC)		 binary files
GTA III Vice City fistfite.dat
GTA III Vice City flight.dat
GTA III San Andreas GTA IV tracks*.dat located in the ..data\paths directory
GTA III chase*.dat binary files located in the ..data\paths directory
GTA III train.dat, train2.dat still present in Vice City but unused
Vice City map.dat located in the ..data\maps directory
Vice City spath.dat, spath0.dat
San Andreas cutscenes data
San Andreas animgrp.dat, animgrp1.dat
San Andreas ar_stats.dat still present in GTA 4 but unused?
San Andreas cargrp.dat
San Andreas clothes.dat still present in GTA 4 but unused?
San Andreas furnitur.dat still present in GTA 4 but unused?
San Andreas gridref.dat
San Andreas gta_quick.dat
San Andreas nodes*.dat binary files
San Andreas melee.dat still present in GTA 4 but unused?
San Andreas numplate.dat
San Andreas plants.dat
San Andreas polydensity.dat
San Andreas popcycle.dat
San Andreas procobj.dat
San Andreas shopping.dat
San Andreas statdisp.dat
San Andreas surfaud.dat
San Andreas surfinfo.dat
San Andreas GTA IV carmods.dat
GTA IV cj_gta.dat
GTA IV credits*.dat
GTA IV distantlights.dat binary file
GTA IV entityFx.dat
GTA IV explosionFx.dat
GTA IV FemalePlayerSettings.dat, MalePlayerSettings.dat
GTA IV frontend.dat
GTA IV hud.dat
GTA IV hudcolor.dat
GTA IV loadingscreens*.dat
GTA IV materialFx.dat
GTA IV materials.dat
GTA IV scenarios.dat

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