COL Format (Dark Legions)
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The palette files for Dark Legions are essentially VGA Palettes ("modern" version using the full 0-255 range of byte values) with the addition of an 8-byte header for verification. The header theoretically allows for palettes that define a number of colors other than 256, but Dark Legions never does this and all its .COL files are 776 bytes in length.
Format
| Offset | Type | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| 0x0000 | UINT32LE | File length (typically 776) |
| 0x0004 | UINT32LE | "Magic number" signature, value should be 0xB123 |
| 0x0008 | VGA Palette | Color definitions, each 3 bytes R-G-B with full 0-255 value range |
To verify a .COL file, in addition to checking the magic number, also ensure that the file length value matches the file's actual length (header included).