SAGA/Datafiles

Inherit the Earth Data Files

Inherit the Earth (ITE) was shipped in two versions, a disk version and an enhanced CD version. All information applies for both versions unless otherwise specified.

The RSC file format is here.

ITE stores its resources in four data files:

• ITE.RSC - Scene data, graphics, animation, music
• SCRIPTS.RSC - Script resources & dialogue
• VOICES.RSC - Voice resources (And in the DISK version, Sound effects)
• SOUNDS.RSC - CD version: All sound effects. Not present in DISK version

ITE.RSC

ITE.RSC is ITE's main data file. It contains resources for scenes, graphics, animation, music, fonts, sprites, and other things.

Some resources must be manually identified as a particular type; other resource types are specified as follows:

All scene descriptor resources are listed by the Scene Lookup Table. Each scene descriptor resource references a scene resource list resource. Each scene resource list identifies a number of additional resources.

ITE.RSC contains the following resource formats:

• Bitmap Font Resources
• XMIDI (Music) Resources
• Background/Interface Image Resources
• Background Mask Resources
• Sprite List Resources
• Animation Resources
• Palette Animation Resources
• String List Resources
• Scene Resource List Resources
• Scene Descriptor Resources
• Object Name List Resources
• Object Map Resources
• Exit Map Resources
• Entrance Map Resources
• Isometric Tileset Resources
• Scene Lookup Table Resource
• Script Lookup Table Resource

Some resources are compressed, with various RLE methods:

• SAGA_RLE1 (Image resources)
• SAGA_RLE2 (Sprite resources)
• SAGA_RLE3 (Animation resources)

Inherit the Earth Master Resource Access List

SCRIPTS.RSC

SCRIPTS.RSC contains the following resource formats:

• Script Resources
• Dialogue List Resources
• Voice Lookup Resources ( CD version only )
• Script resources contain compiled bytecode instructions.
  • SAGA Bytecode Instruction Table

The contents of SCRIPTS.RSC is as follows:

R#	Type	Description
Disk & CD version
0	Script Misc.	Actors & Items
1	Dialogue List	^
2	Script	Moneychanger's Tent
3	Dialogue List	^
4	Script	Orb Santuary
5	Dialogue List	^
6	Script	Sist's Room
7	Dialogue List	^
8	Script	Rat Tribe
9	Dialogue List	^
10	Script	Ferret Village
11	Dialogue List	^
12	Script	Tycho Northpaw & Dog Castle
13	Dialogue List	^
14	Script	End Game & Human Ruins
15	Dialogue List	^
16	Script	Intro Faire Puzzle Sequence
17	Dialogue List	^
18	Script	Boar King
19	Dialogue List	^
20	Script	Elk Court
21	Dialogue List	^
22	Script	Alamma & Wildcat Tribe
23	Dialogue List	^
24	Script	Wolf Capture & Chota
25	Dialogue List	^
26	Script	Sea Wolf
27	Dialogue List	^
28	Script	Crystal Cave & Kylas Honeyfoot
29	Dialogue List	^
CD version only
30	Voice Lookup	Misc. Actors & Items
31	Voice Lookup	Moneychanger's Tent
32	Voice Lookup	Orb Santuary
33	Voice Lookup	Sist's Room
34	Voice Lookup	Rat Tribe
35	Voice Lookup	Ferret Village
36	Voice Lookup	Tycho Northpaw & Dog Castle
37	Voice Lookup	End Game & Human Ruins
38	Voice Lookup	Intro Faire Puzzle Sequence
39	Voice Lookup	Boar King
40	Voice Lookup	Elk Court
41	Voice Lookup	Alamma & Wildcat Tribe
42	Voice Lookup	Wolf Capture & Chota
43	Voice Lookup	Sea Wolf
44	Voice Lookup	Crystal Cave & Kylas Honeyfoot

Voice Lookup resources associate the dialogue strings present in Dialogue List resources with the actual voice waveforms present in the CD version of VOICES.RSC.

VOICES.RSC

CD version
All resources in this file are raw, headerless 16-bit 22.05 KHz PCM waveforms.Only voice dialogue is stored.

DISK version
All resources in this file are Creative Labs .VOC files. Both voices and sound effects are stored.

SOUNDS.RSC

This file is only present in the CD version of ITE.

All resources in this file are raw, headerless 16-bit 22.05 KHz PCM waveforms.

Inherit the Earth Master Resource Access List