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'''LNG''' is a file format used in ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crash_Team_Racing 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.

{|class=wikitable
! Offset !! Type !! Description
|-
| 0x00 || Int32 || Number of messages '''N'''.
|-
| 0x04 || Int32 || Offset to [[#Message Entry List|Message Entry List]] '''O'''.
|-
| 0x08 || colspan=2 {{unknown|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|Message Data]].

{|class=wikitable
! Offset !! Type !! Description
|-
| '''O''' + '''N''' * 4 || Int32 || Offset to the message in [[#Message Data|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:
* [https://github.com/DCxDemo/CTR-tools CTR tools], by DCxDemo (can convert LNG to plaint text and vice versa).

[[Category:Crash Team Racing File Formats]]

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