All about TAF Files

The TAF file type is primarily associated with ADRIFT.

TAF	File extension: TAF
	File type:	text adventure

What is a TAF file?

TAF files mostly belong to ADRIFT by Campbell Wild. A TAF file is a text adventure game created with ADRIFT game development and runtime environment. It contains strings of instructions, characters, as well as scripts, and references to media assets which make up a game. TAF is also the filename extension of transaction data and database files used by Rational ClearCase and Raima Database Manager respectively.

How to open a TAF file

You need a suitable software like ADRIFT to open a TAF file. Without proper software you will receive a Windows message "How do you want to open this file?" or "Windows cannot open this file" or a similar Mac/iPhone/Android alert. If you cannot open your TAF file correctly, try to right-click or long-press the file. Then click "Open with" and choose an application. You can also display a TAF file directly in the browser:. Just drag the file onto this browser window and drop it.

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Programs that open and convert TAF files:

ADRIFT by Campbell Wild
See the previous paragraphs to learn more about the main application. TAF files are often referred to as ADRIFT games because this type of file is primarily created or used by this software.
Raima Database Manager (database) by Smith Micro
Raima Database Manager is a discontinued database management system software. A database created by this program is saved in a TAF file. This file format is classified as Database.
Rational ClearCase (transaction) by IBM
Rational ClearCase is an enterprise software configuration and asset management software suite. It saves a transaction in a TAF file. This file format is classified as Data.

TAF file format details:

To view or edit TAF files you need to know the file format, because it determines how the data in this file is stored. A file format is determined by the file extension and signature, so JPEG images have the extension .jpg and the first bytes in the file are ÿØÿ. If the file extension or signature does not match the file format, errors will occur when opening or editing the file. Exact knowledge of the format is therefore important in order to solve problems occurring in files. Our analysis of the TAF files produces the following result:

The TAF file extension is not found very often and is used by different programs with different formats. The following file formats are most commonly found in TAF files:

35% of all TAF files belong to ADRIFT Text Adventure File. These files are binary files, so they do not contain text, but only cryptic characters. The files are on average 110 KB in size and range from 30 KB to 540 KB. The file type is old but is used even today. Several words can almost always be found in the files, e.g. http://babel.ifarchive.org/protocol/iFiction/, http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema, http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance, ifindex xmlns, story and version. The file name Condomocium-1.1.taf or Master of the House1.5.taf is typical for these files. Such TAF files store data about house, master, tasp, sorority and windy.
10% of all TAF files start with the bytes 00 00 00 00 41 00 00 00 EC 03 crucial for this file format. The content consists of illegible binary data, which can only be read and interpreted by the associated programs. The average file size is 330 KB with most files being between 180 KB and 1 MB in size.

All other TAF files (55%) have no uniform format, often e.g. config and TAF. These files sometimes refer to race, system, software, techair, mode, lightning or preinst. If you want to find out which format your TAF file belongs to, just click on the button "Choose your .taf file to analyze".

Technical Data for TAF File Extension

File classification:

Game

Related files:

blorb, taf23, zip, tasp, tas, 0001, cal, tif, tar, txt, alr

Related links:

jAsea Development Page

a taf text adventure is a special file format by Campbell Wild and should only be edited and saved with the appropriate software.

How to solve problems with TAF files

Associate the TAF file extension with the correct application.
Update your software that should actually open text adventures. Because only the current version supports the latest TAF file format. Search, therefore, e.g. on the Campbell Wild manufacturer website after an available ADRIFT update.
To make sure that your TAF file is not corrupted or virus-infected, get the file again and scan it with Google's virustotal.com.
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