Which program can open .DAT?

[Duke John]

I could use some help with modding S:TW. I know that probably nobody does this anymore, but I am just looking around how much you can mod STW. It looks like that you can make a new campmap, but the only piece of the puzzle that I didn't found yet are the campmap coords. Any help is appreciated, but I really like to know the following:

1. Where are the campmap coords located for positioning the strategic pieces on the campmap for STW?
In MTW this is placed in the campaign file. But I can't see anything related to coordinates in STW. I did find japmap_startpos.dat which makes me believe that in this file are the coordinates located. And that leads to my next question:

2. With which program can you open .DAT?
And do you know any share/freeware programs to open and edit a .dat file?

Thanks, Duke John

[Duke John]

Ok, I now know that the .DAT file extension is not exclusive to a single program. Lots of companies use different programs to create DAT files.

My question to any CA employee: could you give us the tool, or provide information about the tool, to edit the DAT files used for STW?

I really like to mod STW since it is perfect for a Wars of the Roses mod. Seasons make the 30 year during war long enough, the Emperor can be edited into the Parliament, and it's just more atmospheric.

Thanks, Duke John

[Bezalel]

With the .dat file thing, I think your gonna' have to get a decompiler. I'm not sure though, since I've never tried modding the game save for changing music. You could try searching google for dat decompilers or something.