This is the specifications for the archive file which is handled by the Game Extractor plugin Archive_DAT_14.

Endian Order:	Little Endian
Compression:	None
Encryption:	None

This format is used by the following Games:

Settlers 3

*.dat

This is the format specification information:

// TYPE 2 4 - Unknown 4 - Version (2) 4 - null 4 - Unknown 4 - Unknown 4 - Unknown 4 - Header Size? (28) [+8] 4 - Unknown 4 - Unknown // for each file 4 - Offset 8 - Unknown X - File Data // TYPE 12 4 - Unknown 4 - Version (12) 116 - Unknown // for each file 4 - Offset X - File Data

Game Extractor is able to read files of this type, as well as files from thousands of other games. To give it a try, download Game Extractor (Basic Version) for free, and see what it can do.

For further information on this format, refer to the source code on our GitHub repository.