ELD_Unified_Format_Spec.txt

# uW and sW represent unsigned/signed integers of size 4 or 8 bytes
#  depending on if the game targets 32-bit or 64-bit.
# ('W' for 'word size')


EVENT
    uW event_id
    uW string_offset    # Offset from start of string_table to the name of this event.
    z4                  # Only in DS1

ELD_FILE
    # Begin ELD Header
    c4 magic                            # 'ELD\0'
    u4 version1
    u4 version2
                                        # DS1 has version1 0x00000000 and version2 0x00CC0065
                                        # BB  has version1 0x0000FF00 and version2 0x00CC0065
                                        # Other games are unknown because they do not ship .emeld files.
    u4 filesize
    uW num_of_events
    uW offset_to_event_table
    uW num_of_dummy1                    # Always 0
    uW offset_to_dummy1_table           # Always = offset_to_strings
    uW num_of_dummy2                    # Always 0
    uW offset_to_dummy2_table           # Always = offset_to_strings
    uW length_of_strings
    uW offset_to_strings
    z8                                  # Only in DS1
    # End ELD Header
    
    Offset: offset_to_event_table
    EVENT event_table[num_of_events]
    Offset: offset_to_strings
    u1 string_table[length_of_strings]  # Strings are stored as NUL-terminated UTF-16.
EOF