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<p>Created page with &quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;DKRDS Message&#039;&#039;&#039; is the nameless file format used in &#039;&#039;[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diddy_Kong_Racing_DS Diddy Kong Racing DS]&#039;&#039; that stores in-game text. = File Format = The file byte order is always little endian. == Header == The file starts with a header that is 4 bytes long. {|class=wikitable ! Offset !! Type !! Description |- | 0x00 || UInt16 || &#039;&#039;&#039;Number of messages (N)&#039;&#039;&#039;. |- | 0x02 || Byte[2] || Padding. |- | 0x08 || colspan=2 {{unknown|End of header, st...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>&#039;&#039;&#039;DKRDS Message&#039;&#039;&#039; is the nameless file format used in &#039;&#039;[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diddy_Kong_Racing_DS Diddy Kong Racing DS]&#039;&#039; that stores in-game text.<br /> <br /> = File Format =<br /> The file byte order is always little endian.<br /> <br /> == Header ==<br /> The file starts with a header that is 4 bytes long.<br /> <br /> {|class=wikitable<br /> ! Offset !! Type !! Description<br /> |-<br /> | 0x00 || UInt16 || &#039;&#039;&#039;Number of messages (N)&#039;&#039;&#039;.<br /> |-<br /> | 0x02 || Byte[2] || Padding.<br /> |-<br /> | 0x08 || colspan=2 {{unknown|End of header, start of Message ID List}}<br /> |}<br /> <br /> == Message ID List ==<br /> This is a list of all the message IDs contained in the file. These IDs seem to share the same pool as the IDs from [[assets.bin]], as none of the IDs between both file types repeat in the other files.<br /> <br /> {|class=wikitable<br /> ! Offset !! Type !! Description<br /> |-<br /> | 0x00 || UInt16[&#039;&#039;&#039;N&#039;&#039;&#039;] || &#039;&#039;&#039;Asset IDs&#039;&#039;&#039;.<br /> |-<br /> | 0x00 + 2 * &#039;&#039;&#039;N&#039;&#039;&#039; || Byte[2] || Padding.<br /> |-<br /> | 0x02 + 2 * &#039;&#039;&#039;N&#039;&#039;&#039; || colspan=2 {{unknown|End of this section, start of Message Offset List}}<br /> |}<br /> <br /> == Message Offset List ==<br /> Followed by the [[#Message ID List|Message ID List]], there&#039;s a list of offsets for each of the messages. All offsets are absolute.<br /> <br /> {|class=wikitable<br /> ! Offset !! Type !! Description<br /> |-<br /> | 0x00 || Int32 || &#039;&#039;&#039;Offset to message data&#039;&#039;&#039;.<br /> |}<br /> <br /> == Message Data ==<br /> Each message is encoded in UTF-16LE. All messages are null-terminated by 0x0000.<br /> <br /> = Tools =<br /> The following tools can handle DKRDS Message:<br /> * (none)<br /> <br /> [[Category:Diddy Kong Racing DS File Formats]]</div>

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