Sections

The sections are listed here in the order StarEdit writes them. Read by editors means the game skips the section and a map plays the same without it. By revision means the section is required in some revisions of the file and not others.

Section	Holds	Read by	Required
`TYPE`	Which game the file is for	the game
`VER␠`	The file's revision, which decides which sections the game reads	the game	yes
`IVER`	A version stamp older versions of StarEdit wrote	editors
`IVE2`	StarEdit's version stamp	editors
`VCOD`	A verification table the game checks the file against when it loads a map, and refuses the map when the check fails	the game	yes
`IOWN`	StarEdit's own copy of `OWNR`	editors
`OWNR`	Who controls each of the 12 player slots: a human, a computer, a rescuable player, a neutral one, or nobody	the game	yes
`ERA␠`	The tileset	the game	yes
`DIM␠`	The map's size in tiles	the game	yes
`SIDE`	Each player's race	the game	yes
`MTXM`	The terrain the game draws: one 16-bit tile number per tile, including the tiles of placed doodads	the game	yes
`PUNI`	Which unit types each player may build	the game	yes
`UPGR`	How far each player may research each upgrade, and the level they start at, for the 46 upgrades of the original game	the game	by revision
`PTEC`	Whether each player may research each ability, and whether they start with it, for the 24 abilities of the original game	the game	by revision
`UNIT`	The units placed on the map, 36 bytes each	the game	yes
`ISOM`	The isometric record, which an editor's isometric brush paints with: the lattice of terrain diamonds from which it works out the cliffs and edges between terrain types	editors
`TILE`	The terrain with the doodads left out: what is under each doodad	editors
`DD2␠`	The doodads placed on the map, as objects an editor can select and remove	editors
`THG2`	Sprites placed on the map	the game	yes
`MASK`	Fog of war at the start: which players begin with each tile unexplored	the game
`STR␠`	The string table	the game	yes
`STRx`	The string table of StarCraft: Remastered: the same as `STR` with 32-bit numbers, so the table has no 64 KB limit	the game
`UPRP`	The 64 unit properties slots used by the Create Unit with Properties action	the game	yes
`UPUS`	Which of the 64 `UPRP` slots StarEdit considers in use	editors
`MRGN`	The locations	the game	yes
`TRIG`	The triggers, 2400 bytes each, in the order they run	the game	yes
`MBRF`	The mission briefings, in the same 2400-byte record as a trigger, with their own set of actions	the game	yes
`SPRP`	The scenario's name and description, as string numbers	the game	yes
`FORC`	The four forces: which force each of Players 1 to 8 is in, each force's name, and its settings	the game	yes
`WAV␠`	StarEdit's list of the sounds in the map: the name of each sound file in the archive, as a string number	editors
`UNIS`	Unit settings for the original game	the game	by revision
`UPGS`	Upgrade costs and research times for the 46 upgrades of the original game	the game	by revision
`TECS`	Ability costs, research times and energy costs for the 24 abilities of the original game	the game	by revision
`SWNM`	The names of the 256 switches, as string numbers	editors
`COLR`	The colour of each of Players 1 to 8	the game
`PUPx`	`UPGR` for Brood War: the same tables, for 61 upgrades	the game	by revision
`PTEx`	`PTEC` for Brood War: the same tables, for 44 abilities	the game	by revision
`UNIx`	`UNIS` for Brood War: the same tables, with 130 weapons	the game	by revision
`UPGx`	`UPGS` for Brood War: the same tables for 61 upgrades, with one unused byte after the first	the game	by revision
`TECx`	`TECS` for Brood War: the same tables, for 44 abilities	the game	by revision
`CRGB`	StarCraft: Remastered's player colours	the game