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The main discussions on format internals that have been going on here that I have seen have been related to the unit, spell and site formats to enable better modding and nothing integral to the mechanics of the game in the same way as people are talking about in this thread.

The spell modding issue is actually helpful since it allows wider modding of spells without tedious trial and error research to find what you need. The site and unit stuff is mainly useful for making the DB better than it already is and helping modders and mapmakers.

I'm rather uncomfortable with how so many people want to see the file structure for trn, 2h and fthrlnd files, given the abuse potential. I still remember the ****storm Norfleet managed to create when he got found out cheating and if the file format info is widely available, it's going to make similar incidents inevitable since less skilled people will be able to do similar things.