StringTable Asset

StringTable assets are essentially the CoD engine's way of storing Excel tables for different types of data for different usages. This asset has existed on every CoD from the earliest Call of Duty 4 Alpha to Ghosts. To get a particular cell index, follow this...

desiredEntry = (columnCount * desiredRow) + desiredColumn;

Call of Duty 4

This StringTable is about as simple as it gets.

struct StringTable
{
  const char *name;
  int columnCount;
  int rowCount;
  const char **values;
};

The number of values is columnCount * rowCount.

Source Format

StringTables are stored in "raw/" at optional paths as comma-seperated Excel tables, similar to below...

entry1,entry2,entry3
entry4,entry5,entry6

For example, take a look at "mp/clantagfeatures.csv" from Black Ops 1.

#Clan Tag Features,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
a0,b1,c2,d3,e4,f5,g6,h7,i8,j9,k10,l11,m12,n13,o14,p15,q16
#INDX,#name,#unlocklvl,#unlockplvl,#cost,#type,#data,#nframes,#phase,#frame1,#frame2,#frame3,#frame4,#frame5,#frame6,#frame7,#frame8
0,none,,,,tagcolor,,,,,,,,,,,
1,red,,13,250,tagcolor,1,,,,,,,,,,
2,green,,13,250,tagcolor,2,,,,,,,,,,
3,yellow,,13,250,tagcolor,3,,,,,,,,,,
4,blue,,13,250,tagcolor,4,,,,,,,,,,
5,cyan,,13,250,tagcolor,5,,,,,,,,,,
6,magenta,,13,250,tagcolor,6,,,,,,,,,,