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+from struct import pack, unpack
+from pytouhou.utils.helpers import read_string
+
+
+
+class Object(object):
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.header = (b'\x00') * 28 #TODO
+        self.quads = []
+
+
+
+class Stage(object):
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.name = ''
+        self.bgms = (('', ''), ('', ''), ('', ''))
+        self.objects = []
+        self.object_instances = []
+        self.script = []
+
+
+    @classmethod
+    def read(cls, file):
+        stage = Stage()
+
+        nb_objects, nb_faces = unpack('<HH', file.read(4))
+        object_instances_offset, script_offset = unpack('<II', file.read(8))
+        if file.read(4) != b'\x00\x00\x00\x00':
+            raise Exception #TODO
+
+        stage.name = read_string(file, 128, 'shift-jis')
+
+        bgm_a = read_string(file, 128, 'shift-jis')
+        bgm_b = read_string(file, 128, 'shift-jis')
+        bgm_c = read_string(file, 128, 'shift-jis')
+        bgm_d = read_string(file, 128, 'shift-jis')
+
+        bgm_a_path = read_string(file, 128, 'ascii')
+        bgm_b_path = read_string(file, 128, 'ascii')
+        bgm_c_path = read_string(file, 128, 'ascii')
+        bgm_d_path = read_string(file, 128, 'ascii')
+
+        stage.bgms = [(bgm_a, bgm_a_path), (bgm_b, bgm_b_path), (bgm_c, bgm_c_path), (bgm_d, bgm_d_path)] #TODO: handle ' '
+
+        # Read object definitions
+        offsets = unpack('<%s' % ('I' * nb_objects), file.read(4 * nb_objects))
+        for offset in offsets:
+            obj = Object()
+            obj.header = file.read(28) #TODO: this has to be reversed!
+            while True:
+                unknown, size = unpack('<HH', file.read(4))
+                if unknown == 0xffff:
+                    break
+                if size != 0x1c:
+                    raise Exception #TODO
+                script_index, _padding, x, y, z, width, height = unpack('<HHfffff', file.read(24))
+                #TODO: store script_index, x, y, z, width and height
+                obj.quads.append((script_index, x, y, z, width, height))
+            stage.objects.append(obj)
+
+
+        # Read object usages
+        file.seek(object_instances_offset)
+        while True:
+            obj_id, unknown, x, y, z = unpack('<HHfff', file.read(16))
+            if (obj_id, unknown) == (0xffff, 0xffff):
+                break
+            if unknown != 256:
+                raise Exception #TODO
+            stage.object_instances.append((stage.objects[obj_id], x, y, z))
+
+
+        # Read other funny things (script)
+        file.seek(script_offset)
+        while True:
+            frame, message_type, size = unpack('<IHH', file.read(8))
+            if (frame, message_type, size) == (0xffffffff, 0xffff, 0xffff):
+                break
+            if size != 0x0c:
+                raise Exception #TODO
+            data = file.read(12)
+            #TODO: do something useful with this
+
+        return stage
+