Skyrim Mod:Mod File Format/TES4

TES4 is the header record for the mod file. It contains info like author, description, file type, and masters list. Record flags indicate the following:

• 0x1: if set, the file is treated as a master, regardless of what the file extension says.
• 0x80: whether the file has localized string tables. If this flag is not set, lstrings are treated as zstrings.
• 0x200: if set, the file is treated as a light master.

C	Field	Type/Size	Info
+	HEDR	struct (12 bytes)	Header float32 - Version (0.94 for older files; 1.7 for more recent ones). uint32 - Number of records and groups (not including TES4 record itself). uint32 - Next available object ID.
-	CNAM	zstring	Author Max size: 512 bytes (including terminator).
-	SNAM	zstring	Description Max size: 512 bytes (including terminator).
*	MAST	zstring	Master filename. Each pair of MAST/DATA subrecords represent a single master of the mod file. Master files are listed in load order at the time the mod was saved. The modindex of formids in the mod file match the order of masters given here.
	DATA	uint64	Always 0. May be vestigial. In Tes3, the file size of the master was recorded here. In Tes4, the size code seems to be in place, but is not functioning and may either be bugged or conditioned out at a low level.
-	ONAM	formid[]	Overridden forms This record only appears in ESM flagged files which override their masters' cell children. An ONAM subrecord will list, exclusively, FormIDs of overridden cell children (ACHR, LAND, NAVM, PGRE, PHZD, REFR). Observed in Update.esm as of Patch 1.5.24. Number of records is based solely on field size.
+	INTV	uint32	Number of strings that can be tagified (used only for TagifyMasterfile command-line option of the CK).
-	INCC	uint32	Some kind of counter. Appears to be related to masters. Introduced with the Skyrim 1.6 update in Update.esm.