ALIEN.DAT - Revision history

Hobbes at 04:34, 23 July 2013

2013-07-23T04:34:11Z

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Sfnhltb: /* Structure */ Corrected a mistatement that aliens only ever score 1, linked to scoring page

2007-03-01T10:36:34Z

Structure: Corrected a mistatement that aliens only ever score 1, linked to scoring page

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	The format is rather tedious and the best line width is 124 bytes, which will cover an entire month of both Countries and Regions. There are a total of 12 months stored in this file. Each value is stored in 4 bytes in the usual low then high manner. It is signed and will go negative after FF FF FF 7F (0x7FFFFFFF in normal notation), for ALIEN.DAT negative values will not occur, but they are possible in the XCOM.DAT when missions go bad. Very high or highly negative values in these files (certainly once you get up to 2 billion or so) will cause the game to freeze up if you try to view the graphs.		The format is rather tedious and the best line width is 124 bytes, which will cover an entire month of both Countries and Regions. There are a total of 12 months stored in this file. Each value is stored in 4 bytes in the usual low then high manner. It is signed and will go negative after FF FF FF 7F (0x7FFFFFFF in normal notation), for ALIEN.DAT negative values will not occur, but they are possible in the XCOM.DAT when missions go bad. Very high or highly negative values in these files (certainly once you get up to 2 billion or so) will cause the game to freeze up if you try to view the graphs.

	The first record contains this month's information. The second last month's and so on. Each UFO adds one to the appropriate territory it is over on each 30 minute update period, so a score of 100 would indicate UFOs spent 50 hours (roughly) over that territory in the month. If it is over a specific country, it will also add one to that counter each 30 minutes, as well as incrementing the territory.		The first record contains this month's information. The second last month's and so on. Each UFO adds one to the appropriate territory it is over on each 30 minute update period, so a score of 100 would indicate UFOs spent 50 hours (roughly) over that territory in the month. If it is over a specific country, it will also add one to that counter each 30 minutes, as well as incrementing the territory. There are also other, more rapid, ways of the [[Scoring#Alien_Scoring\|Aliens scoring]] that will be recorded here.

	For XCOM a different ~~way of ranking activity is used, based on scoring~~ - for example shooting down a very small ufo (100 points) in the UK would add 100 to UK, and 100 to Europe, downing the same craft would get 50, and completing a 25 point mission would gain 25 in both the UK and Europe. Negative values would also be added, decreasing the score and potentially making it negative (shows as 0 on graph, but is actually stored as a negative number internally).		For XCOM the same basic method happens, but different things will [[Scoring#X-COM_Scoring\|score]] points - for example shooting down a very small ufo (100 points) in the UK would add 100 to UK, and 100 to Europe, downing the same craft would get 50, and completing a 25 point mission would gain 25 in both the UK and Europe. Negative values would also be added, decreasing the score and potentially making it negative (shows as 0 on graph, but is actually stored as a negative number internally).

	These offsets were completely ripped from [http://www.stonepool.com/xcom/hacking/alien.html Hatfarm's] website, with some rearrangement to aid look-up (''hopefully'')		These offsets were completely ripped from [http://www.stonepool.com/xcom/hacking/alien.html Hatfarm's] website, with some rearrangement to aid look-up (''hopefully'')

Sfnhltb: /* Structure */ warning about overloading values in these files

2007-03-01T08:58:28Z

Structure: warning about overloading values in these files

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	==Structure==		==Structure==
	The format is rather tedious and the best line width is 124 bytes, which will cover an entire month of both Countries and Regions. There are a total of 12 months stored in this file. Each value is stored in 4 bytes in the usual low then high manner. It is signed and will go negative after FF FF FF 7F (0x7FFFFFFF in normal notation), for ALIEN.DAT negative values will not occur, but they are possible in the XCOM.DAT when missions go bad.		The format is rather tedious and the best line width is 124 bytes, which will cover an entire month of both Countries and Regions. There are a total of 12 months stored in this file. Each value is stored in 4 bytes in the usual low then high manner. It is signed and will go negative after FF FF FF 7F (0x7FFFFFFF in normal notation), for ALIEN.DAT negative values will not occur, but they are possible in the XCOM.DAT when missions go bad. Very high or highly negative values in these files (certainly once you get up to 2 billion or so) will cause the game to freeze up if you try to view the graphs.

	The first record contains this month's information. The second last month's and so on. Each UFO adds one to the appropriate territory it is over on each 30 minute update period, so a score of 100 would indicate UFOs spent 50 hours (roughly) over that territory in the month. If it is over a specific country, it will also add one to that counter each 30 minutes, as well as incrementing the territory.		The first record contains this month's information. The second last month's and so on. Each UFO adds one to the appropriate territory it is over on each 30 minute update period, so a score of 100 would indicate UFOs spent 50 hours (roughly) over that territory in the month. If it is over a specific country, it will also add one to that counter each 30 minutes, as well as incrementing the territory.

Ethereal Cereal: correcting offset

2007-03-01T08:43:44Z

correcting offset

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	<th {{StdDescTable_Heading}}>'''Offset<br/>dec (hex)'''</th><th {{StdDescTable_Heading}}>'''Region'''</th>		<th {{StdDescTable_Heading}}>'''Offset<br/>dec (hex)'''</th><th {{StdDescTable_Heading}}>'''Region'''</th>
	</tr>		</tr>
	<tr><td>0 (0x0)</td><td>USA </td><td></td><td>68 (0x40)</td><td>North America</td></tr>		<tr><td>0 (0x0)</td><td>USA </td><td></td><td>64 (0x40)</td><td>North America</td></tr>
	<tr><td>4 (0x4)</td><td>Russia </td><td></td><td>68 (0x44)</td><td>Arctic</td></tr>		<tr><td>4 (0x4)</td><td>Russia </td><td></td><td>68 (0x44)</td><td>Arctic</td></tr>
	<tr><td>8 (0x8)</td><td>UK </td><td></td><td>72 (0x48)</td><td>Antarctica</td></tr>		<tr><td>8 (0x8)</td><td>UK </td><td></td><td>72 (0x48)</td><td>Antarctica</td></tr>

Sfnhltb: and North America was missing as well

2007-03-01T07:41:58Z

and North America was missing as well

Sfnhltb: Cleanup, rename table headers

2007-03-01T07:37:25Z

Cleanup, rename table headers

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	<table {{StdDescTable}}>		<table {{StdDescTable}}>
	<tr>		<tr>
	<th {{StdDescTable_Heading}}>'''Offset<br/>dec (hex)'''</th><th {{StdDescTable_Heading}}>'''~~Area Name~~'''</th>		<th {{StdDescTable_Heading}}>'''Offset<br/>dec (hex)'''</th><th {{StdDescTable_Heading}}>'''Country'''</th>
	<th {{StdDescTable_Heading}}> </th>		<th {{StdDescTable_Heading}}> </th>
	<th {{StdDescTable_Heading}}>'''Offset<br/>dec (hex)'''</th><th {{StdDescTable_Heading}}>'''~~Area Name~~'''</th>		<th {{StdDescTable_Heading}}>'''Offset<br/>dec (hex)'''</th><th {{StdDescTable_Heading}}>'''Region'''</th>
	</tr>		</tr>
	<tr><td>0 (0x0)</td><td>USA </td><td></td><td>68 (0x44)</td><td>Arctic</td></tr>		<tr><td>0 (0x0)</td><td>USA </td><td></td><td>68 (0x44)</td><td>Arctic</td></tr>
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	<tr><td>48 (0x30)</td><td>Nigeria </td><td></td><td>116 (0x74)</td><td>South Atlantic</td></tr>		<tr><td>48 (0x30)</td><td>Nigeria </td><td></td><td>116 (0x74)</td><td>South Atlantic</td></tr>
	<tr><td>52 (0x34)</td><td>South Africa </td><td></td><td>120 (0x78)</td><td>Indian Ocean</td></tr>		<tr><td>52 (0x34)</td><td>South Africa </td><td></td><td>120 (0x78)</td><td>Indian Ocean</td></tr>
	<tr><td>56 (0x38)</td><td>Egypt </td><td>~~</td><td>~~ </td></tr>		<tr><td>56 (0x38)</td><td>Egypt </td><td></td></tr>
	<tr><td>60 (0x3C)</td><td>Canada </td><td>~~</td><td>~~ </td></tr>		<tr><td>60 (0x3C)</td><td>Canada </td><td></td></tr>
	</table>		</table>

Sfnhltb: Canada was missing

2007-03-01T07:36:08Z

Canada was missing

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	<tr><td>52 (0x34)</td><td>South Africa </td><td></td><td>120 (0x78)</td><td>Indian Ocean</td></tr>		<tr><td>52 (0x34)</td><td>South Africa </td><td></td><td>120 (0x78)</td><td>Indian Ocean</td></tr>
	<tr><td>56 (0x38)</td><td>Egypt </td><td></td><td> </td></tr>		<tr><td>56 (0x38)</td><td>Egypt </td><td></td><td> </td></tr>
			<tr><td>60 (0x3C)</td><td>Canada </td><td></td><td> </td></tr>
	</table>		</table>

Sfnhltb: /* Structure */

2007-02-28T14:15:24Z

Structure

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	The first record contains this month's information. The second last month's and so on. Each UFO adds one to the appropriate territory it is over on each 30 minute update period, so a score of 100 would indicate UFOs spent 50 hours (roughly) over that territory in the month. If it is over a specific country, it will also add one to that counter each 30 minutes, as well as incrementing the territory.		The first record contains this month's information. The second last month's and so on. Each UFO adds one to the appropriate territory it is over on each 30 minute update period, so a score of 100 would indicate UFOs spent 50 hours (roughly) over that territory in the month. If it is over a specific country, it will also add one to that counter each 30 minutes, as well as incrementing the territory.

	For XCOM a different way of ranking activity is used, based on scoring - for example shooting down a very small ufo (100 points) in the UK would add 100 to UK, and 100 to Europe, downing the same craft would get 50, and completing a 25 point mission would gain 25 in both the UK and Europe. Negative values would also be added, decreasing the score and potentially making it negative (shows as 0 on graph, but is actually stored as negative number internally).		For XCOM a different way of ranking activity is used, based on scoring - for example shooting down a very small ufo (100 points) in the UK would add 100 to UK, and 100 to Europe, downing the same craft would get 50, and completing a 25 point mission would gain 25 in both the UK and Europe. Negative values would also be added, decreasing the score and potentially making it negative (shows as 0 on graph, but is actually stored as a negative number internally).

	These offsets were completely ripped from [http://www.stonepool.com/xcom/hacking/alien.html Hatfarm's] website, with some rearrangement to aid look-up (''hopefully'')		These offsets were completely ripped from [http://www.stonepool.com/xcom/hacking/alien.html Hatfarm's] website, with some rearrangement to aid look-up (''hopefully'')

Sfnhltb: /* Structure */ filled in how XCOM.DAT accumulates score, and changed the part about negatives not being used, which they can be for XCOM

2007-02-28T14:06:54Z

Structure: filled in how XCOM.DAT accumulates score, and changed the part about negatives not being used, which they can be for XCOM

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	==Structure==		==Structure==
	The format is rather tedious and the best line width is 124 bytes, which will cover an entire month of both Countries and Regions. There are a total of 12 months stored in this file. Each value is stored in 4 bytes in the usual low then high manner. It is ~~presumed that they are~~ signed and will go negative after FF FF FF 7F (0x7FFFFFFF in normal notation), ~~but this has~~ not ~~been tested~~, ~~nor should it be~~ possible in the ~~game normally~~.		The format is rather tedious and the best line width is 124 bytes, which will cover an entire month of both Countries and Regions. There are a total of 12 months stored in this file. Each value is stored in 4 bytes in the usual low then high manner. It is signed and will go negative after FF FF FF 7F (0x7FFFFFFF in normal notation), for ALIEN.DAT negative values will not occur, but they are possible in the XCOM.DAT when missions go bad.

	The first record contains this month's information. The second last month's and so on. Each UFO adds one to the appropriate territory it is over on each 30 minute update period, so a score of 100 would indicate UFOs spent 50 hours (roughly) over that territory in the month. If it is over a specific country, it will also add one to that counter each 30 minutes, as well as incrementing the territory.		The first record contains this month's information. The second last month's and so on. Each UFO adds one to the appropriate territory it is over on each 30 minute update period, so a score of 100 would indicate UFOs spent 50 hours (roughly) over that territory in the month. If it is over a specific country, it will also add one to that counter each 30 minutes, as well as incrementing the territory.

	For XCOM a different way of ranking activity is used.		For XCOM a different way of ranking activity is used, based on scoring - for example shooting down a very small ufo (100 points) in the UK would add 100 to UK, and 100 to Europe, downing the same craft would get 50, and completing a 25 point mission would gain 25 in both the UK and Europe. Negative values would also be added, decreasing the score and potentially making it negative (shows as 0 on graph, but is actually stored as negative number internally).

	These offsets were completely ripped from [http://www.stonepool.com/xcom/hacking/alien.html Hatfarm's] website, with some rearrangement to aid look-up (''hopefully'')		These offsets were completely ripped from [http://www.stonepool.com/xcom/hacking/alien.html Hatfarm's] website, with some rearrangement to aid look-up (''hopefully'')

Sfnhltb: /* Structure */ clarified UFO activity, dont currently know how XCOM scores precisely though, so fixed that as had erroneously assumed it was the same

2007-02-28T13:52:23Z

Structure: clarified UFO activity, dont currently know how XCOM scores precisely though, so fixed that as had erroneously assumed it was the same

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	The format is rather tedious and the best line width is 124 bytes, which will cover an entire month of both Countries and Regions. There are a total of 12 months stored in this file. Each value is stored in 4 bytes in the usual low then high manner. It is presumed that they are signed and will go negative after FF FF FF 7F (0x7FFFFFFF in normal notation), but this has not been tested, nor should it be possible in the game normally.		The format is rather tedious and the best line width is 124 bytes, which will cover an entire month of both Countries and Regions. There are a total of 12 months stored in this file. Each value is stored in 4 bytes in the usual low then high manner. It is presumed that they are signed and will go negative after FF FF FF 7F (0x7FFFFFFF in normal notation), but this has not been tested, nor should it be possible in the game normally.

	The first record contains this month's information. The second last month's and so on. Each UFO~~/XCOM craft~~ adds one to the appropriate territory it is over on each 30 minute update period, so a score of 100 would indicate UFOs~~/XCOM craft~~ spent 50 hours (roughly) over that territory in the month.		The first record contains this month's information. The second last month's and so on. Each UFO adds one to the appropriate territory it is over on each 30 minute update period, so a score of 100 would indicate UFOs spent 50 hours (roughly) over that territory in the month. If it is over a specific country, it will also add one to that counter each 30 minutes, as well as incrementing the territory.

			For XCOM a different way of ranking activity is used.

	These offsets were completely ripped from [http://www.stonepool.com/xcom/hacking/alien.html Hatfarm's] website, with some rearrangement to aid look-up (''hopefully'')		These offsets were completely ripped from [http://www.stonepool.com/xcom/hacking/alien.html Hatfarm's] website, with some rearrangement to aid look-up (''hopefully'')

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	<th {{StdDescTable_Heading}}>'''Offset<br/>dec (hex)'''</th><th {{StdDescTable_Heading}}>'''Region'''</th>		<th {{StdDescTable_Heading}}>'''Offset<br/>dec (hex)'''</th><th {{StdDescTable_Heading}}>'''Region'''</th>
	</tr>		</tr>
	<tr><td>0 (0x0)</td><td>USA </td><td></td><td>68 (~~0x44~~)</td><td>~~Arctic~~</td></tr>		<tr><td>0 (0x0)</td><td>USA </td><td></td><td>68 (0x40)</td><td>North America</td></tr>
	<tr><td>4 (0x4)</td><td>Russia </td><td></td><td>72 (~~0x48~~)</td><td>~~Antarctica~~</td></tr>		<tr><td>4 (0x4)</td><td>Russia </td><td></td><td>68 (0x44)</td><td>Arctic</td></tr>
	<tr><td>8 (0x8)</td><td>UK </td><td></td><td>76 (~~0x4C~~)</td><td>~~South America~~</td></tr>		<tr><td>8 (0x8)</td><td>UK </td><td></td><td>72 (0x48)</td><td>Antarctica</td></tr>
	<tr><td>12 (0xC)</td><td>France </td><td></td><td>80 (~~0x50~~)</td><td>~~Europe~~</td></tr>		<tr><td>12 (0xC)</td><td>France </td><td></td><td>76 (0x4C)</td><td>South America</td></tr>
	<tr><td>16 (0x10)</td><td>Germany </td><td></td><td>84 (~~0x54~~)</td><td>~~North Africa~~</td></tr>		<tr><td>16 (0x10)</td><td>Germany </td><td></td><td>80 (0x50)</td><td>Europe</td></tr>
	<tr><td>20 (0x14)</td><td>Italy </td><td></td><td>88 (~~0x58~~)</td><td>~~Southern~~ Africa</td></tr>		<tr><td>20 (0x14)</td><td>Italy </td><td></td><td>84 (0x54)</td><td>North Africa</td></tr>
	<tr><td>24 (0x18)</td><td>Spain </td><td></td><td>92 (~~0x5C~~)</td><td>~~Central Asia~~</td></tr>		<tr><td>24 (0x18)</td><td>Spain </td><td></td><td>88 (0x58)</td><td>Southern Africa</td></tr>
	<tr><td>28 (0x1C)</td><td>China </td><td></td><td>96 (~~0x60~~)</td><td>~~Southeast~~ Asia</td></tr>		<tr><td>28 (0x1C)</td><td>China </td><td></td><td>92 (0x5C)</td><td>Central Asia</td></tr>
	<tr><td>32 (0x20)</td><td>Japan </td><td></td><td>~~100~~ (~~0x64~~)</td><td>~~Siberia~~</td></tr>		<tr><td>32 (0x20)</td><td>Japan </td><td></td><td>96 (0x60)</td><td>Southeast Asia</td></tr>
	<tr><td>36 (0x24)</td><td>India </td><td></td><td>~~104~~ (~~0x68~~)</td><td>~~Australasia~~</td></tr>		<tr><td>36 (0x24)</td><td>India </td><td></td><td>100 (0x64)</td><td>Siberia</td></tr>
	<tr><td>40 (0x28)</td><td>Brazil </td><td></td><td>~~108~~ (~~0x6C~~)</td><td>~~Pacific~~</td></tr>		<tr><td>40 (0x28)</td><td>Brazil </td><td></td><td>104 (0x68)</td><td>Australasia</td></tr>
	<tr><td>44 (0x2C)</td><td>Australia </td><td></td><td>~~112~~ (~~0x70~~)</td><td>~~North Atlantic~~</td></tr>		<tr><td>44 (0x2C)</td><td>Australia </td><td></td><td>108 (0x6C)</td><td>Pacific</td></tr>
	<tr><td>48 (0x30)</td><td>Nigeria </td><td></td><td>~~116~~ (~~0x74~~)</td><td>~~South~~ Atlantic</td></tr>		<tr><td>48 (0x30)</td><td>Nigeria </td><td></td><td>112 (0x70)</td><td>North Atlantic</td></tr>
	<tr><td>52 (0x34)</td><td>South Africa </td><td></td><td>~~120~~ (~~0x78~~)</td><td>~~Indian Ocean~~</td></tr>		<tr><td>52 (0x34)</td><td>South Africa </td><td></td><td>116 (0x74)</td><td>South Atlantic</td></tr>
	<tr><td>56 (0x38)</td><td>Egypt </td><td></td></tr>		<tr><td>56 (0x38)</td><td>Egypt </td><td></td><td>120 (0x78)</td><td>Indian Ocean</td></tr>
	<tr><td>60 (0x3C)</td><td>Canada </td><td></td></tr>		<tr><td>60 (0x3C)</td><td>Canada </td><td></td></tr>
	</table>		</table>