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Format Background

Despite each version of the engine having some of the same extensions for some of their formats, each iteration of the engine has completely different structures and binary layouts for said formats.

In other words, 3Space 2.0 DTS files are fundamentally different to 3Space 3.0 DTS files, which are in turn completely different to Torque DTS files.

They do share a similar high level structure and some features, but the overall format changes over time and even between games there is a big difference between the format used.

For example, while Earthsiege and Red Baron 2 might share a 3Space 2.0 core (of sorts), the DTS files themselves have different version tags for each entity and need different code to handle them. Depending on how different they are, they may need completely separate implementations for parsing and viewing.

Game Support

Because the 3Space engine has a long history, and has morphed into engines with new names, here is a matrix of the games, most of which were made by Dynamix, (focusing specifically on DOS or Windows) which are intended to be supported or are supported:

3Space 1.0

Planned file support:

Games

Arcticfox - 1987 (for DOS)

No support. Unknown file formats.

A-10 Tank Killer - 1989 (for DOS)

No support.

Abrams Battle Tank - 1989 (for DOS)

No support.

David Wolf Secret Agent - 1989 (for DOS)

No support.

DeathTrack - 1989

No support.

Die Hard - 1989

No support.

MechWarrior - 1989 (for DOS)

No support.

F-14 Tomcat - 1990 (for DOS)

No support.

3Space 1.5

Planned file support:

Games

Red Baron - 1990

Stellar 7 (re-release) - 1990

No support.

A-10 Tank Killer 1.5 - 1991

Nova 9: The Return of Gir Draxon - 1991

Aces of the Pacific - 1992

Aces Over Europe - 1993

Betrayal at Krondor - 1993

3Space 2.0

Planned file support:

Games

Aces of the Deep - 1994

  • VOL
  • DYN
  • DTS support in progress (feature/earthsiege-files)

Metaltech: Battledrome - 1994

  • VOL
  • DTS support in progress (feature/earthsiege-files)

Metaltech: Earthsiege - 1994

  • VOL
  • DTS support in progress (feature/earthsiege-files)

Command: Aces of the Deep - 1995

  • VOL
  • DYN
  • DTS support in progress (feature/earthsiege-files)

Earthsiege 2 - 1996

  • VOL
  • DTS support in progress (feature/earthsiege-files)

3Space 2.5

Planned file support:

Games

Silent Thunder: A-10 Tank Killer 2 - 1996

  • VOL
  • DT2 support in progress (feature/earthsiege-files)
  • DML support in progress (feature/earthsiege-files)
  • PAL
  • PPL

Red Baron 2 - 1997

  • VOL (partial support. Needs more investigation to support compression)
  • DTS support in progress (feature/earthsiege-files)
  • DML support in progress (feature/earthsiege-files)

Pro Pilot '98 - 1997

  • VOL (partial support. Needs more investigation to support compression)
  • DTS support in progress (feature/earthsiege-files)
  • DML support in progress (feature/earthsiege-files)

Red Baron 3D - 1998

  • VOL (partial support. Needs more investigation to support compression)
  • DTS support in progress (feature/earthsiege-files)
  • DML support in progress (feature/earthsiege-files)

Pro Pilot '99 - 1998

  • VOL (partial support. Needs more investigation to support compression)
  • DTS support in progress (feature/earthsiege-files)
  • DML support in progress (feature/earthsiege-files)

Kid Pilot - 1998

  • VOL (partial support. Needs more investigation to support compression)
  • DTS support in progress (feature/earthsiege-files)
  • DML support in progress (feature/earthsiege-files)

Curse You! Red Baron - 1999

  • VOL (partial support. Needs more investigation to support compression)
  • DTS support in progress (feature/earthsiege-files)
  • DML support in progress (feature/earthsiege-files)

3Space 3.0 aka Darkstar

Planned file support:

Games

Front Page Sports: Ski Racing - 1997

King's Quest: Mask of Eternity - 1998

Driver's Education '98 - 1998

Starsiege - 1999

Starsiege: Tribes - 1999

Desert Fighters - 1999

No support.

Driver's Education '99 - 1999

Field & Stream: Trophy Bass 3D - 1999

Field & Stream: Trophy Bass 4 - 2000

Torque

Planned file support:

Games

Field & Stream: Trophy Hunting 4 - 2000

No support.

Field & Stream: Trophy Hunting 5 - 2001

No support.

Tribes 2 - 2001

No support.

Dynamix Game Development System

Planned file support:

Games

Rise of the Dragon - 1990

Heart of China - 1991

The Adventures of Willy Beamish - 1991

Quarky & Quaysoo's Turbo Science - 1992

Dynamix 2D/2.5D Game Engines

Planned file support:

Games

The Incredible Machine - 1993

The Even More Incredible Machine - 1993

Sid & Al's Incredible Toons - 1993

The Incredible Machine 2 - 1994

The Incredible Machine 3 - 1995

3-D Ultra Pinball - 1995

Trophy Bass - 1995

3-D Ultra Pinball: Creep Night - 1996

Hunter Hunted - 1996

Front Page Sports: Trophy Bass 2 - 1996

MissionForce: CyberStorm - 1997

Front Page Sports: Trophy Rivers - 1997

Outpost 2: Divided Destiny - 1997

3-D Ultra Minigolf - 1997

3-D Ultra Pinball: The Lost Continent - 1997

3-D Ultra NASCAR Pinball - 1998

Cyberstorm 2: Corporate Wars

3-D Ultra MiniGolf Deluxe - 1999

3-D Ultra Radio Control Racers - 1999

3-D Ultra Cool Pool - 1999

3-D Ultra Lionel Train Town - 1999

3-D Ultra Pinball: Thrillride - 2000

3-D Ultra Lionel Train Town Deluxe - 2000

Maximum Pool - 2000

Return of the Incredible Machine: Contraptions - 2000

The Incredible Machine: Even More Contraptions - 2001

Minigolf Maniacs - 2001

No support.