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[Deathbane]

Im currently modding chaos reigns to be compatible with the new version of dwarf fortress, and are doing the taunts for many races that are added to the mod.

However, i was wondering what programs open the FILE type files in the DATA folder of a dwarf fortress installation. I  think they are a valid filetype of some description but just with the extension removed, opening it as a text reveals random numbers and letters which obviously means that notepad cannot read it, and neither could Dev C++.

Does anyone know what these files are opened with? Id love to make custom siege notifications etc, to go along with the taunt modifications im doing.

[rufus]

I believe those files are compressed. Like a zip file, just different.
Notepad can read it just fine... but we can't, unfortunately.

I think Toady would have to setup some text files to be read when the game is started, like the raws, then compressed/converted into the object files used by the game itself.

[Deon]

To change the siege announcement messages you should edit your dwarffort.exe.