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Magic9mushroom: /* See Also */ added TFTD link

2020-08-14T09:25:21Z

Magic9mushroom: whoops

2018-07-20T07:24:43Z

whoops

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	Contains information about which acts and with what priority in respective zones the aliens are going to try. Each of the twelve zones has seven possible acts which sums up to a total of 84 bytes.		Contains information about which acts and with what priority in respective zones the aliens are going to try. Each of the twelve zones has seven possible acts which sums up to a total of 84 bytes.

	Each month, after rolling on ZONAL.DAT to get a location to target, the computer rolls on ACTS.DAT to determine what [[Alien Missions\|mission]] to perform there. Every act thus selected has its priority set to zero and, if that was the last act with non-zero priority for that zone, the zone's weight in ZONAL.DAT is also set to zero. The aliens will perform one act per month from ~~January~~ until June 1999 (inclusive), then two acts per month until ACTS.DAT and ZONAL.DAT are exhausted in April 2001. From May 2001 onward, the only new missions generated will be Alien Supply, Alien Terror and Alien Retaliation (which do not use these tables).		Each month, after rolling on ZONAL.DAT to get a location to target, the computer rolls on ACTS.DAT to determine what [[Alien Missions\|mission]] to perform there. Every act thus selected has its priority set to zero and, if that was the last act with non-zero priority for that zone, the zone's weight in ZONAL.DAT is also set to zero. The aliens will perform one act per month from February until June 1999 (inclusive), then two acts per month until ACTS.DAT and ZONAL.DAT are exhausted in April 2001. From May 2001 onward, the only new missions generated will be Alien Supply, Alien Terror and Alien Retaliation (which do not use these tables).

Magic9mushroom: explaining better and correcting the timeline

2018-07-20T07:22:46Z

explaining better and correcting the timeline

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	Contains information about which acts and with what priority in respective zones the aliens are going to try. Each of the twelve zones has seven possible acts which sums up to a total of 84 bytes.		Contains information about which acts and with what priority in respective zones the aliens are going to try. Each of the twelve zones has seven possible acts which sums up to a total of 84 bytes.

	Each month ~~two acts (beginner level) are started by aliens~~ and ~~their~~ priority in ~~<b>ACTS~~.DAT~~</b>~~ is set to zero. ~~This would give you about five years worth of alien~~ acts.		Each month, after rolling on ZONAL.DAT to get a location to target, the computer rolls on ACTS.DAT to determine what [[Alien Missions\|mission]] to perform there. Every act thus selected has its priority set to zero and, if that was the last act with non-zero priority for that zone, the zone's weight in ZONAL.DAT is also set to zero. The aliens will perform one act per month from January until June 1999 (inclusive), then two acts per month until ACTS.DAT and ZONAL.DAT are exhausted in April 2001. From May 2001 onward, the only new missions generated will be Alien Supply, Alien Terror and Alien Retaliation (which do not use these tables).


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	4 Base		4 Base
	5 Terror **		5 Terror **
	6 Retaliation ***		6 Retaliation **

	<nowiki>*</nowiki>		<nowiki>*</nowiki>
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	<nowiki>**</nowiki>		<nowiki>**</nowiki>
	~~The zone for a terror mission is determined~~ separately and ~~these~~ values are ~~not used or adjusted~~.		[[Alien Supply]], [[Alien Terror]] and [[Alien Retaliation]] are generated separately, rather than through ZONAL.DAT and ACTS.DAT. These values are normally unused (Supply doesn't even have one).

	~~<nowiki>***</nowiki>~~		At the beginning of a new game, ACTS.DAT looks like this (in hexadecimal):
	~~Retaliation missions are triggered randomly when~~ a ~~UFO is shot down~~.

	~~The total file might be~~ like this:

	Re Ha Ab In Ba Tr Re		Re Ha Ab In Ba Tr Re
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	Austra 0000046: 0f 0b 04 08 16 00 00		Austra 0000046: 0f 0b 04 08 16 00 00
	Pacific 000004d: 0f 00 00 00 1c 00 00		Pacific 000004d: 0f 00 00 00 1c 00 00

	~~A supply mission to an alien base is created on a random chance per day for each alien base.~~

	==See Also==		==See Also==

Morgan525: updated information

2014-07-08T09:57:29Z

updated information

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	Contains information about which acts and with what priority in respective zones the aliens are going to try. Each of the twelve zones has seven possible acts which sums up to a total of 84 bytes.		Contains information about which acts and with what priority in respective zones the aliens are going to try. Each of the twelve zones has seven possible acts which sums up to a total of 84 bytes.

	Each month two acts (beginner level) are started by aliens and their priority in <b>ACTS.DAT</b> is set to zero~~. If all acts of a zone are tried, the zone is set to zero priority~~. This would give you about five years worth of alien acts.		Each month two acts (beginner level) are started by aliens and their priority in <b>ACTS.DAT</b> is set to zero. This would give you about five years worth of alien acts.


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	<nowiki>**</nowiki>		<nowiki>**</nowiki>
	~~One act of~~ terror is ~~tried every month, priority is~~ not used.		The zone for a terror mission is determined separately and these values are not used or adjusted.

	<nowiki>***</nowiki>		<nowiki>***</nowiki>
	Retaliation is triggered ~~by unsuccessful acts, priority~~ is ~~not used~~.		Retaliation missions are triggered randomly when a UFO is shot down.

	The total file might be like this:		The total file might be like this:
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	Pacific 000004d: 0f 00 00 00 1c 00 00		Pacific 000004d: 0f 00 00 00 1c 00 00

	~~Supply, which~~ is ~~requested by the~~ alien base~~, is not part of acts.dat~~.		A supply mission to an alien base is created on a random chance per day for each alien base.

	==See Also==		==See Also==

Hobbes: categorizing

2013-07-23T04:34:22Z

categorizing

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	* [[ZONAL.DAT]] - Aliens' priority for areas		* [[ZONAL.DAT]] - Aliens' priority for areas
	[[Category:Game Files]]		[[Category:Game Files]]
			[[Category:Enemy Unknown/UFO Defense]]

Zombie: Spelling, minor rewording to intro.

2009-07-22T01:21:53Z

Spelling, minor rewording to intro.

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	acts.~~dat~~		Contains information about which acts and with what priority in respective zones the aliens are going to try. Each of the twelve zones has seven possible acts which sums up to a total of 84 bytes.

	~~contains information which acts with which priority in respective zones aliens are going to try. Each of the twelve zonzes has seven possilbe acts which sums up to a total of 84 bytes.~~		Each month two acts (beginner level) are started by aliens and their priority in <b>ACTS.DAT</b> is set to zero. If all acts of a zone are tried, the zone is set to zero priority. This would give you about five years worth of alien acts.

	Each month two acts (beginner level) are started by aliens and their priority in ~~[acts~~.~~dat]~~ is set to zero. If all acts of a zone are tried, the zone is set to zero priority. This would give you about five years worth of alien acts.


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	<nowiki>***</nowiki>		<nowiki>***</nowiki>
	Retaliation is triggered by ~~unsuccesful~~ acts, priority is not used.		Retaliation is triggered by unsuccessful acts, priority is not used.

	The total file might be like this:		The total file might be like this:

Pi Masta: Added category link

2007-02-07T23:31:27Z

Added category link

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	* [[ALIEN.DAT]] - Graph information on alien activity in areas		* [[ALIEN.DAT]] - Graph information on alien activity in areas
	* [[ZONAL.DAT]] - Aliens' priority for areas		* [[ZONAL.DAT]] - Aliens' priority for areas
	* [[~~Saved~~ Game Files]]		[[Category:Game Files]]

Pi Masta: added See Also links

2007-01-29T20:27:20Z

added See Also links

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	Supply, which is requested by the alien base, is not part of acts.dat.		Supply, which is requested by the alien base, is not part of acts.dat.

			==See Also==
			* [[MISSIONS.DAT]] - Information on the current UFO missions
			* [[ALIEN.DAT]] - Graph information on alien activity in areas
			* [[ZONAL.DAT]] - Aliens' priority for areas
			* [[Saved Game Files]]

Mkirchner: Information on the internal structure of acts.dat

2006-07-21T14:10:51Z

Information on the internal structure of acts.dat

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acts.dat

contains information which acts with which priority in respective zones aliens are going to try. Each of the twelve zonzes has seven possilbe acts which sums up to a total of 84 bytes.

Each month two acts (beginner level) are started by aliens and their priority in [acts.dat] is set to zero. If all acts of a zone are tried, the zone is set to zero priority. This would give you about five years worth of alien acts.

The acts are:

offset act
0 Research
1 Harvest *
2 Abduction *
3 Infiltration *
4 Base
5 Terror **
6 Retaliation ***

<nowiki>*</nowiki>
These are not tried in some zones as they are not realistic, e.g. abduction in Antarctic.

<nowiki>**</nowiki>
One act of terror is tried every month, priority is not used.

<nowiki>***</nowiki>
Retaliation is triggered by unsuccesful acts, priority is not used.

The total file might be like this:

Re Ha Ab In Ba Tr Re
NAme 0000000: 0e 10 14 14 14 00 00
Arctis 0000007: 19 00 00 00 23 00 00
Antarc 000000e: 19 00 00 00 23 00 00
SAme 0000015: 0a 18 0c 12 14 00 00
Euro 000001c: 0a 0a 0f 14 06 00 00
NAfr 0000023: 08 08 08 08 13 00 00
SAfr 000002a: 07 08 08 08 09 00 00
ZAs 0000031: 05 05 06 0a 08 00 00
SEAs 0000038: 08 0d 15 0d 08 00 00
Sibir 000003f: 06 00 04 00 09 00 00
Austra 0000046: 0f 0b 04 08 16 00 00
Pacific 000004d: 0f 00 00 00 1c 00 00

Supply, which is requested by the alien base, is not part of acts.dat.

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	* [[ALIEN.DAT]] - Graph information on alien activity in areas		* [[ALIEN.DAT]] - Graph information on alien activity in areas
	* [[ZONAL.DAT]] - Aliens' priority for areas		* [[ZONAL.DAT]] - Aliens' priority for areas
			* [[ACTS.DAT (TFTD)]] - the equivalent in TFTD
	[[Category:Game Files]]		[[Category:Game Files]]
	[[Category:Enemy Unknown/UFO Defense]]		[[Category:Enemy Unknown/UFO Defense]]