UNITPOS.DAT - Revision history

Hobbes at 04:38, 23 July 2013

2013-07-23T04:38:39Z

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	* [[Battlescape Map Generation]]		* [[Battlescape Map Generation]]
	[[Category:Game Files]]		[[Category:Game Files]]
			[[Category:Enemy Unknown/UFO Defense]]

Morgan525: /* Structure */

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Structure

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	( 32) 6: Only seems to flag for certain tank parts. Could be where tank will fire from?		( 32) 6: Only seems to flag for certain tank parts. Could be where tank will fire from?
	( 64) 7: 0 = Normal, 1 = under mind control.		( 64) 7: 0 = Normal, 1 = under mind control.
	(128) 8: ~~Unused?~~		(128) 8: 1 = when unit has been hit by anything that would damage it { byte referred to during Alien AI phase.}

	Ignore bits 4 and 5 if bit 3 is unflagged.		Ignore bits 4 and 5 if bit 3 is unflagged.

Morgan525: /* Structure */

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Structure

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	1: Alien		1: Alien
	2: Civilian		2: Civilian
	3: X-Com that was left ~~in X-Com ship on the end of 1-st leve, when you are~~ on the ~~2-nd level~~ of ~~two~~-~~level~~ mission.		3: X-Com unit that was left behind on the previous stage of a multiple-stage mission.
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Ragnarokky: /* Structure */

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Structure

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			3: X-Com that was left in X-Com ship on the end of 1-st leve, when you are on the 2-nd level of two-level mission.
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Grilse at 12:12, 20 August 2011

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 *<b>UNITPOS.DAT (MissDat version)</b><br>
 Appears in the [[Saved_Game_Files#Missdat_Files|MISSDAT]] folder at the end of combat (convention dictates that it should really be called UNIPOS2.DAT). Used to determine which troopers/tanks survived.<br><br>
 == Structure ==

Bomb Bloke: Table

2011-03-03T13:04:53Z

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Bomb Bloke: Fleshed out the "unit has been spotted" indicator

2010-06-23T08:20:50Z

Fleshed out the "unit has been spotted" indicator

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	<b>4-7/04-07</b> - A four byte value pointing to the memory location of the corresponding [[UNITREF.DAT]] record. Probably somewhat redundant when stored to disk (as it'd need to be re-written as soon as you load the game anyway).		<b>4-7/04-07</b> - A four byte value pointing to the memory location of the corresponding [[UNITREF.DAT]] record. Probably somewhat redundant when stored to disk (as it'd need to be re-written as soon as you load the game anyway).

	<b>8/08</b> - ~~???~~		<b>8/08</b> - Keeps track of the number of turns since this unit was last spotted by the enemy side. Increments by 1 at the start of the unit's turn, to a maximum of 255 (which is the starting value for your troopers at the beginning of combat). If seen, it resets to 0. A unit is counted as "seen" if an enemy "looks at" the unit during the enemy's turn, or the unit scores a non-[[Psionics\|psionic]] attack (damaging or otherwise) on an enemy that fails to kill it outright.

	~~<i>At the beginning of combat all X-Com controlled units are set~~ to ~~255, and aliens to 1. When a unit~~ is ~~spotted, or even hits (I believe even with AoE) the units involved will have this counter set to 0. Every turn~~ the unit is ~~''not'' seen~~ by the ~~other~~ side ~~this counter increments by 1 (and I assume maxes at 255)~~. ~~See the [[Talk:UNITPOS.DAT\|discussion page]] for more~~.		The other way to be seen is if the unit is successfully mind-controlled by the enemy side. Unsuccessful psionic attacks, or successful panic attacks, do not count.

	- [[~~User~~:~~Pi Masta~~\|~~Pi Masta~~]]~~</i>~~		For example, if agent Bob walks in front of an alien during X-COM's turn, he won't be "seen", ''even if'' the alien fires a reaction shot at him. If Bob shoots at the alien but misses completely, he still won't be spotted. If he uses an autoshot, which hits the alien three times before killing it, then he ''will'' be counted as spotted - even if he shot the alien in the back from over half way across the map.

			So long as this value is less or equal to the intelligence stat of any given alien (offset 73 of the alien's [[UNITREF.DAT]] record), that alien will "know" where that particular unit is, and may launch [[Psionics\|psi attacks]] against him (assuming it has any psi skill).

			'''Note:''' After turn twenty, this value will reset to 0 at the start of every alien turn, hence allowing them to use psionic attacks against whichever X-COM troopers they wish to target. It appears that later in the game (or against certain races), this may happen after the ''first'' turn (observed in a TFTD passenger ship terror mission, 1st Apr 2040, Tasoth race). Full knowledge of how aliens react to this value is unknown (in terms of movement patterns etc), though the [[Exercising_The_AI#Tactical_Debug_Mode\|Tactical Debug Mode]] is available for UFO CE if anyone wishes to research the matter. Conjecture indicates that most aliens will head towards spotted X-COM units, as many "come out of hiding" after the twentieth turn.

	<b>9/09</b> - Owner flag. Possible values:		<b>9/09</b> - Owner flag. Possible values:

Bomb Bloke: Hooray for Seb76

2008-02-10T04:14:23Z

Hooray for Seb76

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	<b>3/03</b> - ???		<b>3/03</b> - ???

	<b>4/04~~</b>~~ - ~~???~~		<b>4-7/04-07</b> - A four byte value pointing to the memory location of the corresponding [[UNITREF.DAT]] record. Probably somewhat redundant when stored to disk (as it'd need to be re-written as soon as you load the game anyway).

	~~<b>5/05~~</b> - ~~???~~

	~~<b>6/06</b> - Seems~~ to be the ~~same number for all records, but does vary between saves~~.

	~~<b>7/07</b> - Always 0?~~

	<b>8/08</b> - ???		<b>8/08</b> - ???

	~~BB's notes:~~		<i>At the beginning of combat all X-Com controlled units are set to 255, and aliens to 1. When a unit is spotted, or even hits (I believe even with AoE) the units involved will have this counter set to 0. Every turn the unit is ''not'' seen by the other side this counter increments by 1 (and I assume maxes at 255). See the [[Talk:UNITPOS.DAT\|discussion page]] for more.

	~~Always seems to be 255 for~~ X-Com controlled ~~(as opposed~~ to ~~owned) units.~~

	~~This is NOT race specific~~, ~~but has something~~ to ~~do with whether~~ a unit ~~has been seen~~ or ~~not.~~ I~~'ve observed~~ this ~~value changing~~ to 0 ~~as soon as an alien~~ is ~~spotted~~ by ~~a player controlled unit, even if~~ the ~~alien didn't see~~ the ~~other unit approach~~.

	[[User:Pi Masta\|Pi Masta]] ~~Notes:~~		- [[User:Pi Masta\|Pi Masta]]</i>
	At the beginning of combat all X-Com controlled units are set to 255, and aliens to 1. When a unit is spotted, or even hits (I believe even with AoE) the units involved will have this counter set to 0. Every turn the unit is ''not'' seen by the other side this counter increments by 1 (and I assume maxes at 255). See the [[Talk:UNITPOS.DAT\|discussion page]] for more.

	<b>9/09</b> - Owner flag. Possible values:		<b>9/09</b> - Owner flag. Possible values:
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	Ignore bits 4 and 5 if bit 3 is unflagged.		Ignore bits 4 and 5 if bit 3 is unflagged.

	<b>11/0B</b> - ???		<b>11/0B</b> - ??? Unknown, never seen it flag.

	<b>12/0C</b> - ???		<b>12/0C</b> - ??? Unknown, never seen it flag.

	<b>13/0D</b> - ???		<b>13/0D</b> - ??? Unknown, never seen it flag.

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

Pi Masta: added my notes on offset 8

2007-02-15T04:09:09Z

added my notes on offset 8

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	This is NOT race specific, but has something to do with whether a unit has been seen or not. I've observed this value changing to 0 as soon as an alien is spotted by a player controlled unit, even if the alien didn't see the other unit approach.		This is NOT race specific, but has something to do with whether a unit has been seen or not. I've observed this value changing to 0 as soon as an alien is spotted by a player controlled unit, even if the alien didn't see the other unit approach.

			[[User:Pi Masta\|Pi Masta]] Notes:
			At the beginning of combat all X-Com controlled units are set to 255, and aliens to 1. When a unit is spotted, or even hits (I believe even with AoE) the units involved will have this counter set to 0. Every turn the unit is ''not'' seen by the other side this counter increments by 1 (and I assume maxes at 255). See the [[Talk:UNITPOS.DAT\|discussion page]] for more.

	<b>9/09</b> - Owner flag. Possible values:		<b>9/09</b> - Owner flag. Possible values:

Pi Masta: /* See Also */ added category

2007-02-07T23:45:43Z

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	* [[Saved_Game_Files#Battlescape_Files\|Battlescape Files]]		* [[Saved_Game_Files#Battlescape_Files\|Battlescape Files]]
	* [[Saved_Game_Files#Missdat_Files\|Missdat Files]]		* [[Saved_Game_Files#Missdat_Files\|Missdat Files]]
			[[Category:Game Files]]