InternalFormats

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Internal File Formats

This page documents the file formats that are stored in The Sims 2 *.package files. (NOTE: This page and the sorted lists have been updated to maintain reference consistency.)

Sorted Lists

• Formats Sorted by Type ID
• Formats Sorted by Type Code
• Exemplar List

Original List

• BCON - 42434F4E - Simantics Behaviour Constant
• BHAV - 42484156 - Simantics Behaviour Script
• BMP - 856DDBAC, 424D505F - Bitmaps
• BNFO - 104F6A6E - Business Info
• CATS - 43415453 - Catalog String
• CIGE - 43494745 - Image Link (CIGE is the typecode)
• CREG - CDB467B8 - Content Registry
• STR CTSS - 43545353 - Catalog String Set (name and description)
• DGRP - 44475250 - Drawgroup
• DIR - E86B1EEF - DBDF Directory (.dir/.bin) (part of DBPF format used for fast loads)
• FACE - 46414345 - Face Properties
• FAMh - 46414d68 - Family Data
• FAMI - 46414D49 - Family Information
• FAMt - 8C870743 - Family Ties
• FCNS - 46434E53 - Global Tuning Values
• FWAV - 46574156 - Audio Reference
• FX - EA5118B0 - Effects Resource Tree (.fx)
• GLOB - 474C4F42 - Semi-Globals (references global files)
• HOUS - 484F5553 - House Data
• INIT - 4F6FD33D - Inventory Item
• JFIF - 0C7E9A76, 4D533EDD, 856DDBAC, 8C3CE95A - JFIF Image
• DESC LDEF - 0BF999E7 - Lot or Tutorial Description (formerly DESC)
• LOT - 6C589723 - Lot Definition
• LSCP - ABCB5DA4 - Landscape
• LxNR - CCCEF852 - Facial Structure
• MATSHAD - CD7FE87A - Maxis Material Shader format
• Mobjt - 6F626A74 - Main Lot Objects (m added to extension to avoid conflicts)
• MP3 - 2026960B - MP3 Audio
• NGBH - 4E474248 - Neighborhood Data
• NHTR - ABD0DC63 - Neighborhood terrain
• NID - AC8A7A2E - Neighbourhood ID
• NMAP - 4E6D6150 - Name Map
• NREF - 4E524546 - Name Reference
• OBJD - 4F424A44 - Object Data
• OBJf - 4F424A66 - Object Functions
• ObjM - 4F626A4D - Object Metadata
• PALT - 50414C54 - Image Color Palette
• PDAT - AACE2EFB - Person Data (formerly SDSC/SDAT/SINF)
• SCOR - 3053CF74 - Sim Rewards/Scores (Open for Business)
• PERS - 50455253 - Sim Personal Information
• PMAP - 8CC0A14B - Predictive Map
• PNG - 856DDBAC - PNG Image
• POSI - 504F5349 - Edith Positional Information (deprecated, precursor to TREE)
• PRPS - Multi - Property Sets (TS2 Binary and XML) (Property Set types follow)
  • 6C4F359D - Collection (Specifies Object collections, their icons, etc)
  • EBCF3E27 - Skin (Defines applyable skins including skintones, hair, clothing, and hats, etc.)
  • AC598EAC - Current Sim Data (Current state of a sim: age, skin, hair, species, etc.)
  • 0C560F39 - Object Link (Specifies the objects in object collections)
  • 0C1FE246 - Mesh Overlay (Specifies meshed objects attached to part of the body. IE sunglasses, beards, etc.)
  • 0C93E3DE - Face Modifier (Specifies parts of the face which can be modified by the face creator)
  • 4C158081 - Skin Tone (Specifies a skintone, its name and whether it is choosable or not)
  • 8C93E35C - Face Archetype (Defines base Face models of which the user makes modifications to)
  • 8C93BF6C - Face Region (Defines area regions of the face that effects or Overlays can be applied to.)
  • 8C1580B5 - Hair Tone (Specifies a hairtone, its name and whether it's selectable or not)
  • EBFEE33F - DNA & Sound Mapping (Defines Sim DNA or Maps properties of a sound to an ingame event)
  • EBFEE345 - Audio Test (Test file(s) for the audio content handling subsystem)
  • ED7D7B4D - Want (Defines an individual want or fear used by the game's wantsimulator and want trees)
  • 0B9EB87E - Track Settings (Defines settings for SFX and Voice audio tracks)
  • 6D619378 - Neighbourhood Object (Defines objects usable in Neighbourhood view)
  • 4DCADB7E - Terrain Paint (Defines the game's lot terrain textures as opposed to neighbourhood textures)
  • 2CB230B8 - Fences (Defines fence types, their properties and descriptions used ingame)
  • ACA8EA06 - Roof (Defines Roof texture options as opposed to the Roof style itself)
  • CCA8E925 - Wall & Floor (Defines wall and floor styles used ingame as well as their descriptions and properties.)
  • 6C93B566 - Face Neutral (Defines neutral unmodded base faces for an age and gender. Archetypes are based off these)
  • 2C1FD8A1 - Texture Overlay (Specifies Makeup, stubble, lipstick, zits, etc. face overlays)
  • EBFEE342 - Game Package Version (what version of the exe this package was made with)
  • 4C697E5A - Model Material (Specifies different material overlays per object. Green, Red, etc.)
• PTBP - 50544250 - Package Toolkit
• RCOL - Multi - A generic format used by Scenegraph resources
  • RCOL ANIM - FB00791E - Animation Resource
  • RCOL CINE - 4D51F042 - Cinematic Scenes (Such as first kiss, moving in, etc)
  • RCOL CRES - E519C933 - Creation Resource (Base Object file)
  • RCOL GMDC - AC4F8687 - Geometric Data Container
  • RCOL GMND - 7BA3838C - Geometric Node
  • RCOL LGHT - C9C81B9B - Lighting (Ambient Light)
  • RCOL LGHT - C9C81BA3 - Lighting (Directional Light)
  • RCOL LGHT - C9C81BA9 - Lighting (Point Light)
  • RCOL LGHT - C9C81BAD - Lighting (Spot Light)
  • RCOL 5DS - AC06A676 - Lighting (Draw State Light)
  • RCOL 5EL - 6A97042F - Lighting (Environment Cube Light)
  • RCOL 5LF - AC06A66F - Lighting (Linear Fog Light)
  • RCOL 5SC - 25232B11 - Scene Node
  • RCOL LIFO - ED534136 - Level Information (Large mipmaps)
  • RCOL SHPE - FC6EB1F7 - Shape
  • RCOL TXMT - 49596978 - Material Definitions
  • RCOL TXTR - 1C4A276C - Texture Resource
• SFX - 8DB5E4C2 - Sound Effects
• SIMI - 53494D49 - Sim Information?
• SKIN - AC506764 - Sim Outfits
• SLOT - 534C4F54 - Object Slot - Approach and interaction
• SPR2 - 53505232 - Sprites
• SPX1 - 2026960B - SPX Speech
• SREL - CC364C2A - Sim Relations
• STR STR# - 53545223 - Text String
• STXR - ACE46235 - Surface Texture
• TATT - 54415454 - <Unknown>
• TGA - 856DDBAC - TGA Image
• TMAP - 4B58975B - Lot or Terrain Texture Map
• TPRP - 54505250 - Edith Simantics Behaviour Labels
• TRCN - 5452434E - BCON Labels
• TREE - 54524545 - Edith Flowchart Trees
• TTAB - 54544142 - Pie Menu Functions
• STR TTAs - 54544173 - Pie Menu Strings
• UI - 00000000 - User Interface
• WDB - Multi - A generic format used by World Database resources
  • WDB 2ARY - 6B943B43 - 2D Array
  • WDB 3ARY - 2A51171B - 3D Array
  • WDB FPL - AB4BA572 - Fence Post Layer
  • WDB SMAP - CAC4FC40 - String Map
  • WDB TSSG - BA353CE1 - TSSG System
  • WDB VERT - CB4387A1 - Vertex Layer
  • WDB WGRA - 0A284D0B - Wall Graph
  • WDB WLL - 8A84D7B0 - Wall Layer
  • WDB WRLD - 49FF7D76 - World Database
  • WDB objt - FA1C39F7 - Singular Lot Object
• WFR - CD95548E - Wants and Fears
• XA - 2026960B - XA Audio
• XMTO - 584D544F - Material Object?
• XOBJ - 584F424A - <unknown>

These are TGI Type codes for files with unknown names or purpose. Any insight into the type or description of these files would be appreciated :)

• 0C900FDB These are all in lot packages.
• 2C310F46 in game popups (like in tutorial)
• 7B1ACFCD
• 8B0C79D6
• 9D796DB4
• AB9406AA

• CC2A6A34
• CC8A6A69
• EC44BDDC

And that should be all the TGI Type codes used in The Sims 2. The TGI Type codes are the same in BOTH *.package formats.

P.S. this may or may not be an entire list of sounds in the game. SoundTables