ARCV (File Format)

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ARCV is an archive file format used in Pac-Man Party Wii.

File Format

Header

The file starts with the following header:

Offset Type Description
0x00 Char[4] File magic. Always ARCV in ASCII.
0x04 UInt32 Number of file entries.
0x08 UInt32 Size of file in bytes.

File Entry

Each file has the following structure:

Offset Type Description
0x00 UInt32 File data offset. Points to the start of the file data.
0x04 UInt32 File size in bytes.
0x08 UInt32 File name hash. Hash of the file name which allows file look-up. The files are sorted based on this value to allow binary search to be used. The hash algorithm is unknown.

Tools

The following tools can handle ARCV files: