Pod 3 Format Reference

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namespace tr::pod3
{

struct dependency : std::array<uint8_t, 264>
{
};

struct header
{
/* 0x0000 */ c8<4> ident;    /* "POD3" */
/* 0x0004 */ u32<1> checksum; /* CRC-32/MPEG-2 header checksum of bytes 8 to 288 of size 280 */
/* 0x0008 */ c8<80> comment; 
/* 0x0058 */ u32<1> entry_count;
/* 0x005c */ u32<1> audit_count;
/* 0x0060 */ u32<1> revision;
/* 0x0064 */ u32<1> priority;
/* 0x0068 */ c8<80> author;
/* 0x00B8 */ c8<80> copyright;
/* 0x0108 */ u32<1> entry_offset;   /* zero based */
/* 0x010c */ u32<1> entries_crc;
/* 0x0110 */ u32<1> names_size;
/* 0x0114 */ i32<1> depends_count;
/* 0x0118 */ i32<1> depends_crc;
/* 0x011c */ i32<1> audit_crc;
};

struct extra_header : struct header
{
        i32<1> pad120;
};

u32<1> names_offset = entry_offset + entry_count * sizeof(struct entry);
u32<1> audit_offset = names_size + names_offset + sizeof(struct dependency) * depends_count;

static constexpr u32<1> BLOCK_SIZE = 2048;

constexpr inline u32<1> ceil2mpow2(u32<1> x, u32<1> pow2)
{
    return (x + (pow2 - 1)) & -pow2;
}

constexpr inline unknown(u8<1>* buf, i32<1> off)
{
     struct extra_header* extra_header = reinterpret_cast<struct extra_header*>(buf);
     extra_header->audit_crc = ceil2mpow2(off + extra_header->entries_crc, BLOCK_SIZE) - extra_header->entries_crc;
     extra_header->pad120 = extra_header->entry_offset - extra_header->audit_crc > BLOCK_SIZE ? BLOCK_SIZE : extra_header->entry_offset - extra_header->audit_crc;
}

struct entry
{
        u32<1> path_offset; /* names_offset based */
        u32<1> size;
        u32<1> offset;
        t32<1> timestamp;
        u32<1> checksum;
};
};

Official libraries/classes

1. BloodRayne: CPod, CPodFile, CDemonPod

Unofficial utilities

1. PodTools is a powerful utility with support for a variety of Bloodrayne 1/2 formats. Unfortunately, this utility does not take care of checksums and timestamp. The header checksum gets the magic value 84 8E DE 4E and other fields get 0
2. br2poded [mirror]. According to this, the Buka localizer used its own game archives format, making changes to the executable file. Therefore, a special utility has been released for the Russian version of Bloodrayne 2.
3. Abyss' POD Tools somewhere on the web, it is possible to find localized versions of Bloodrayne 1, the archives of which will contain a comment starting with [Abyss' POD Tools]. However, no other evidence of its existence has been found