README.md

November 21, 2025 ยท View on GitHub

This repository contains documentation and tools to attempt to fully document file formats used in Anachronox that haven't been documented elsewhere (in particular, formats that differ from Quake 2).

Contents:

  • ape_binary.txt: Describes the APE binary format
  • ctc.txt: Describes the CTC model format (used mainly for spell effects and a few props in the retail game). This was mainly determined by reverse-engineering Anachronox's ref_gl.dll in Ghidra.
  • decode_mda_bin.py: A Python script that decodes
  • md2.txt: Describes the differences between the Quake 2 MD2 format and the Anachronox MD2 format.
  • mda_binary.txt: Describes the MDA binary blob format.
  • particles.txt: Describes particle system behavior and format.
  • planet.txt: Describes Planet cinematics.
  • rdc.txt: Documentation for the rdc APE compiler/decompiler.