LNG (File Format)

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LNG is a file format used in Crash Team Racing. It contains message data for each language in the game.

File Format

The file byte order is always little endian.

Header

The file starts with a header that is 8 bytes long.

Offset Type Description
0x00 Int32 Number of messages N.
0x04 Int32 Offset to Message Entry List O.
0x08 End of header, start of Message Data

Message Data

After the header, there is a list of null-terminated UTF-8 strings that contain the message texts.

Message Entry List

This section indexes the absolute offsets of each message from Message Data.

Offset Type Description
O + N * 4 Int32 Offset to the message in Message Data.

At the end of the file, there is a null-terminated string with the text MISSING MSG. It is unknown if this is used by the game at all, or if it's just a remain from development.

Tools

The following tools can handle LNG files:

  • CTR tools, by DCxDemo (can convert LNG to plaint text and vice versa).