FastFiles and Zone files (MW2)

Main FastFile Structure

//Note, on PS3 all values are << 1
enum language_t
{
  LANGUAGE_ENGLISH = 0x1,
  LANGUAGE_FRENCH = 0x2,
  LANGUAGE_GERMAN = 0x3,
  LANGUAGE_ITALIAN = 0x4,
  LANGUAGE_SPANISH = 0x5,
  LANGUAGE_BRITISH = 0x6,
  LANGUAGE_RUSSIAN = 0x7,
  LANGUAGE_POLISH = 0x8,
  LANGUAGE_KOREAN = 0x9,
  LANGUAGE_TAIWANESE = 0xA,
  LANGUAGE_JAPANESE = 0xB,
  LANGUAGE_CHINESE = 0xC,
  LANGUAGE_THAI = 0xD,
  LANGUAGE_LEET = 0xE,
  LANGUAGE_CZECH = 0xF,
  MAX_LANGUAGES
};

//Entry point for the FF.
struct DB_AuthHeader
{
  char magic[8];
  int version;
  bool allowOnlineUpdate;
  unsigned __int64 fileCreationTime;
  language_t region;
  int entryCount;
  Entry entries[];
  int fileSize;
  int maxFileSize;
};

Magic

The magic is a string that is 8 characters long. It is either "IWff0100" or "IWffu100". It indicates what is read after maxFileSize. If it is "IWff0100" then this FF is signed. If it is "IWffu100", then this FF is unsigned.

Version

Helps to dictate the version of the FF, so Modern Warfare 3 FastFiles cannot be loaded on Modern Warfare 2. The Modern Warfare 2 version is 0x10D for console systems and 0x114 for PC.

AllowOnlineUpdate

Whether or not assets in this FF may be replaced by an FF loaded at a later time.

Entries

These are still not entirely understood. Most FF systems simply parse past them.

Xbox 360

for (int32 i = 0; i < 0x0f; i++)
{
  if (((1 << i) & language) == 0)
    continue;
  else
    ReadBytes(((entryCount << 1) + entryCount) << 2);
}

PS3

readBytes(entryCount * 0x14);

File Sizes

The fileSize is the size of the FF, everything included. The maxFileSize is the highest number that fileSize can be, and in most FFs they are equal.

Subheader

The rest of the FF is read depending on what the main FF magic was. If the magic was "IWff0100" then the FF is signed. If it was "IWffu100", the FF is unsigned.

Unsigned Files

Unsigned files are used for SP data and are very simple. The only data remaining is compressed zlib data. Decompressing the data yields the zone file.

Signed Files

struct DB_AuthHash
{
  char bytes[32];
};

struct DB_AuthSignatureHash
{
  char bytes[256];
};

struct DB_AuthSubheader
{
  char fastfileName[32];
  int reserved;
  DB_AuthHash masterBlockHashes[244];
};

struct DB_AuthXBlock
{
  DB_AuthHash blockSignature[0x100];
  char blockData[0x200000];
};

//Sub DB_AuthHeader, continuation on the earlier.
struct DB_AuthHeader
{
  char magic[8];
  int reserved;
  DB_AuthHash subheaderHash;
  DB_AuthSignatureHash signedSubheaderHash;
  DB_AuthSubHeader subheader;
  DB_AuthXBlock xBlocks[];
};

The signatures on the XBlocks are checked as the FastFile loads. Then the sub-header master block hashes are checked, followed by the signedSubheaderHash, and lastly the subheaderHash. If any fail, then the loading of the FF is aborted. Only Activision and the game developers can generate the RSA signatures. Once all the signatures are checked, then the data is combined and decompressed to give the zone file.

Magic

The subheader magic is always "IWffs100".

XBlocks

XBlocks are used until they are no longer needed. If the compressed data can fit into 1, then only 1 will exist.

Zone File

The zone file is the decompressed data from an FF. The fastfile compiler creates a rawfile as the last asset which contains any compiler errors (as seen in french code_post_gfx_mp.ff).

struct XAsset
{
  XAssetType type; //See enum below
  XAssetHeader * header;
};

struct XAssetList
{
  int scriptStringCount;
  const char * * scriptStrings;
  int assetCount;
  XAsset *assets;
};

struct ZoneHeader
{
  int size; // size of XAssetList including assets
#ifdef PS3
  int unk1[3];
  int imagesSize; // size of buffer to store image data
  int blockSize; // size of zone in memory
  int unk6[5];
#elif defined XBOX
  int unknown1[7];
#endif
  XAssetList assetList;
};

General Asset Information

Asset Types

The types of assets loaded are determined by this enum.

Asset Type	Xbox IDs	PS3 IDs	PC IDs	Is Used	Max Count	Asset Size (PC)
physpreset	0x00	0x00	0x00	True	0x40	0x2C
phys_collmap	0x01	0x01	0x01	True	0x400	0x48
xanim	0x02	0x02	0x02	True	0x1000	0x58
xmodelsurfs	0x03	0x03	0x03	True	0x1000	0x24
xmodel	0x04	0x04	0x04	True	0x600	0x130
material	0x05	0x05	0x05	True	0x10C0	0x60
pixelshader	0x06	0x06	0x06	True	0x1FA0	0x10
vertexshader	N/A	0x07	0x07	True	0x400	0x10
vertexdecl	N/A	N/A	0x08	True	0x30	0x64
techset	0x07	0x08	0x09	True	0x300	0xCC
image	0x08	0x09	0x0A	True	0xE00	0x20
sound	0x09	0x0A	0x0B	True	0x3E80	0x0C
sndcurve	0x0A	0x0B	0x0C	True	0x40	0x88
loaded_sound	0x0B	0x0C	0x0D	True	0x546	0x2C
col_map_sp	0x0C	0x0D	0x0E	True	1	0x100
col_map_mp	0x0D	0x0E	0x0F	True	1	0x100
com_map	0x0E	0x0F	0x10	True	1	0x10
game_map_sp	0x0F	0x10	0x11	True	1	0x38
game_map_mp	0x10	0x11	0x12	True	1	0x08
map_ents	0x11	0x12	0x13	True	2	0x2C
fx_map	0x12	0x13	0x14	True	1	0x74
gfx_map	0x13	0x14	0x15	True	1	0x274
lightdef	0x14	0x15	0x16	True	0x20	0x10
ui_map	0x15	0x16	0x17	False	0	N/A
font	0x16	0x17	0x18	True	0x10	0x18
menufile	0x17	0x18	0x19	True	0x80	0x0C
menu	0x18	0x19	0x1A	True	0x264	0x190
localize	0x19	0x1A	0x1B	True	0x1B58	0x08
weapon	0x1A	0x1B	0x1C	True	0x578	0x684
snddriverglobals	0x1B	0x1C	0x1D	True	1	N/A
fx	0x1C	0x1D	0x1E	True	0x258	0x20
impactfx	0x1D	0x1E	0x1F	True	4	0x08
aitype	0x1E	0x1F	0x20	False	0	N/A
mptype	0x1F	0x20	0x21	False	0	N/A
character	0x20	0x21	0x22	False	0	N/A
xmodelalias	0x21	0x22	0x23	False	0	N/A
rawfile	0x22	0x23	0x24	True	0x400	0x10
stringtable	0x23	0x24	0x25	True	0x190	0x10
leaderboarddef	0x24	0x25	0x26	True	0x64	0x18
structureddatadef	0x25	0x26	0x27	True	0x18	0x0C
tracer	0x26	0x27	0x28	True	0x20	0x70
vehicle	0x27	0x28	0x29	True	0x80	0x2D0
addon_map_ents	0x28	0x29	0x2A	True	1	0x24