public IEnumerable <byte> Encode()
{
var result = new List <byte>();
result.AddRange(BitConverter.GetBytes((short)Offsets.Count));
var headerSize = Offsets.Count * 2 + 2;
var encodedStrings = new List <IEnumerable <byte> >();
var firstOffset = 0;
var offsetEnum = Offsets.GetEnumerator();
offsetEnum.MoveNext();
foreach (var s in Strings)
{
// fake offsets
while (offsetEnum.Current == 0)
{
result.Add(0);
result.Add(0);
offsetEnum.MoveNext();
}
// calculate offset
var newOffset = headerSize + encodedStrings.Sum(es => es.Count());
if (firstOffset == 0)
{
firstOffset = newOffset;
}
result.AddRange(BitConverter.GetBytes((short)newOffset));
offsetEnum.MoveNext();
// put the actual data aside until the header is done
encodedStrings.Add(FF8String.Encode(s));
}
// pad header as required (eg. fake offsets after the last real one)
while (result.Count < firstOffset)
{
result.Add(0);
}
// write text data
foreach (var es in encodedStrings)
{
result.AddRange(es);
}
return(result);
}