What is a .FORGE file?
A .FORGE file is a type of file that is used by video games made by a company called Ubisoft. Some of the games that use these files include Assassin's Creed, Prince of Persia, and Rainbow Six Siege. Inside a .FORGE file, there can be different kinds of game information like the design of levels, 3D shapes of characters or objects, pictures that go on surfaces in the game, and sounds you hear while playing.
These .FORGE files are created in a special way that only Ubisoft games can use, which means they are not meant to be opened or changed by people playing the games. They are made this way to keep the game's content secure and to make sure the game works properly.
To handle such large amounts of game data, the .FORGE file format is used to squeeze and pack everything tightly together. Despite this compression, .FORGE files can still be very big, often more than 200 megabytes (MB) in size.
There are some programs like ARchive_neXt and Maki that can open .FORGE files. However, these programs are usually used by game developers or people who are trying to study how the game works. For most players, there's no need to open these files, as the game itself will use them to run everything smoothly.
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