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.

ITE stores its resources in four datafiles:

• 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 desciptor 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 documentation

The contents of SCRIPTS.RSC is as follows:

Disk & CD version: (TODO)

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