Pod 2 Format Reference

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• Checksum Algorithm
• Compression Algorithm
• Audit Trail
• String Helpers
• Version History

namespace tr::pod2
{
struct header
{
    c8<4>  ident; /* "POD2" */
    u32<1> checksum; /* covering data starting after header->checksum */
    c8<80> comment;
    u32<1> entry_count;
    u32<1> audit_count;
};
struct entry
{
    u32<1> path_offset; /* relative to end of file->entries */
    u32<1> size;
    u32<1> offset; /* relative to start of file */
    t32<1> timestamp;
    u32<1> checksum;
};
struct file
{
    struct header    header;
    struct entry     entries[header.entry_count];
    str              path_data;
    buf              entry_data;
    pod::type::audit audits[header.audit_count];
};
};

Official utilities

1. podview. In 2000, Terminal Reality released a kit for creating custom mods for Nocturne, aka Nocturne Editor. podview is part of this kit and is designed to serve POD2, POD1 and EPD archives. In addition, it supports the calculation of checksums and viewing the history of changes (i.e. auditing). It is quite possible that is a fundamental utility that has given independent developers a lot of valuable information about the game archives of this company.