F1 Manager Professional
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| Levels? |  Not editable |
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| Tiles? | Not editable |
| Sprites? | Not editable |
| Fullscreen? | Not editable |
| Sound? | Not editable |
| Music? | Not editable |
| Text? |  Editable |
| Story/cutscenes? | Not editable |
| UI/menus? | Not editable |
| Demos? | Unknown |
F1 Manager Professional is a 1997 F1 management simulation by Software 2000. It is the successor to the 1996 german-only title F1 Manager 96.
Obtaining the game
The full version of this game can be downloaded as abandonware. There is also a modded version with updated game data for up to the 2020 F1 season.
Tools
The following tools are able to work with this game.
| Name | Platform | Group/archives | Levels | Graphics | Music | Sounds | Text | Saves | .exe patch | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ghidra LE-Loader |
Java | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Read | Ghidra with a custom loader can make sense of the LE packed game |
| Proline Resource Editor | Java | Read | No | Read | No | No | No | No | No | Decodes and shows various sprites and PCX backgrounds found in f1_e.rsc (WIP) |
| Point-System editor | Java | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Edit | Can change the awarded points for each race position |
| F1MP Editor | DOS4GW | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Edit | WIP Editor build with Watcom C for usage directly in DOS |
File formats
The following file formats are used by this game.
| Filename | Format | Details |
|---|---|---|
| F1.exe | Linear Executable (LX/LE) Format | Game executable |
| F1.CFG | CFG Format (F1 Manager Professional) | Game settings |
| NOTIZEN*.TMP | TMP Format (F1 Manager Professional) | In-game notes as taken by players on drivers, tracks, etc. |
| F1_e.rsc | RSC Format (F1 Manager Professional) | Archive containing color palettes, PCX images and sprites |
| USER_E.RSC | RSC Format (F1 Manager Professional) | Archive containing color palettes, PCX images and sprites |
| 3D.RSC | RSC Format (F1 Manager Professional) | 3D assets for BRender |
| FAHRER.DAT | DAT Format (F1 Manager Professional) | Static driver data (directly loaded into memory by the game) |
| INGS.DAT | DAT Format (F1 Manager Professional) | Static engineers data (directly loaded into memory by the game) |
| MOTOREN.DAT | DAT Format (F1 Manager Professional) | Static car engines data (directly loaded into memory by the game) |
| SPONSOR.DAT | DAT Format (F1 Manager Professional) | Static sponsors data (directly loaded into memory by the game) |
| STRECKEN.DAT | DAT Format (F1 Manager Professional) | Static track data (directly loaded into memory by the game) |
| STRINFO.DAT | DAT Format (F1 Manager Professional) | Static track information data (directly loaded into memory by the game) |
| TEAMS.DAT | DAT Format (F1 Manager Professional) | Static teams data (directly loaded into memory by the game) |
f1_e.rsc
The f1_e.rsc contains unnamed files of the following formats:
| Filename | Format | Details |
|---|---|---|
| *.pal | VGA Palette | VGA palettes |
| *.pcx | PCX Format | 640 x 480 pixel backgrounds |
| * | Variable sized sprites | |
| * | Sound effects (mostly unknown) |
A more detailed writeup of the contents can be found at https://github.com/yetmorecode/f1-manager-professional-editor/blob/master/doc/rsc/format.md.
3d.rsc
The 3d.rsc contains the 3D models for 17 tracks, the design studio previews and some more assets. The following formats are used (omitting files with redundant formats):
| Filename | Format | Details |
|---|---|---|
| MONACO/MONACO.ACT | DAT Format (BRender Datafile) | BRender actor hierarchy for the track (includes materials and lights) |
| MONACO/MONACO.MOD | DAT Format (BRender Datafile) | BRender models (multiple models for trees, grandstands, etc.) |
| MONACO/MONACO.CAM | DAT Format (BRender Datafile) | BRender camera definitions |
| MONACO/MONACO.OCF | ||
| MONACO/MONACO.C8 | ||
| TEXTUREN/*.8 | Supposedly textures | |
| BDD/*.BDD | BDD Format (BRender Driver) | BRender graphics drivers |
The full list of extracted files from 3d.rsc is available at: https://github.com/yetmorecode/f1edit/tree/main/3d
Notes
- The game is 32bit and requires the DOS4G(W) DOS Extender (or anything compatible).
- DOS4G(W) can safely be replaced with dos32a, which has sources available and makes it considerably easier stepping past the initial loader stage in a debugger
- Text strings are embedded in the game executable and can be freely changed with just a hex editor