File Structure (TPP)

Contents

Contents:

Master Folder

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain’s file structure is made up of a series of a series of files with the .dat extension. All of the .dat files are QAR archives with their extensions changed with the exception of e2f8e499bc8f3606.dat, e2f9a1fda590d087.dat, e2faa449a7e0781d.dat, e2fb02c35da41a21.dat, and e2fbebbd66f86086.dat, which are .wmv files with their extensions changed.

See File Formats for more information about the files in the dats, Things Codes for information on some of the naming of files, Sound Codes, or animation notes.

Master Folder

The master folder contains all of the assets used in The Phantom Pain.

Label	Dat File	Texture File	Notes
cypr	chunk0.dat	texture0.dat	Cyprus chunk. Also contains files related to the player and items used by the player.
base	chunk1.dat	texture1.dat	Base chunk. Contains files related to buddies, some form variation related files (mostly unrelated to the player), and some weapon files.
afgh	chunk2.dat	texture2.dat	Afghanistan chunk. Contains files related to Afghanistan.
mtbs	chunk3.dat	texture3.dat	Motherbase chunk. Contains files related to Motherbase.
mafr	chunk4.dat	texture4.dat	Middle Africa chunk. Contains files related to Africa.
data	data1.dat	N/A	Data chunk. Contains unpatched scripts.

In addition to the base .dat files, the master folder also contains directories for updates and DLC respectively.

Folder	Notes
0	Contains the game’s updated files.
1	Contains the game’s DLC files.

Each of the 1 folder’s DLC folders also contain a 0 folder. Which just like the 0 folder in the master folder, contains a 00.dat and 01.dat file. In each of these folders, the 01.dat file contains textures, while the 00.dat file contains all other assets.

When SnakeBite is installed it moves the files in master/0/00.dat,01.dat to master/a_chunk7.dat, a_texture.dat and the patched 00.dat lua files into 01.dat. From then it installs mods into 00.dat