ZONAL.DAT - Revision history

Magic9mushroom: Bringing it into alignment with ACTS.DAT. Also gives greater clarity; hexadecimal values cannot be mistaken for decimal, while the reverse is possible.

2016-08-16T02:36:06Z

Bringing it into alignment with ACTS.DAT. Also gives greater clarity; hexadecimal values cannot be mistaken for decimal, while the reverse is possible.

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	offset zone (EU) zone (TFTD) priority		offset zone (EU) zone (TFTD) priority
	0 North America North Atlantic 18		0 North America North Atlantic 12
	1 Arctic South Atlantic 4		1 Arctic South Atlantic 04
	2 Antarctic North Pacific 4		2 Antarctic North Pacific 04
	3 South America South Pacific 10		3 South America South Pacific 0a
	4 Europe Mediterranean 16		4 Europe Mediterranean 10
	5 North Africa South China Sea 12		5 North Africa South China Sea 0c
	6 South Africa Indian Ocean 8		6 South Africa Indian Ocean 08
	7 Central Asia Sea of Japan 12		7 Central Asia Sea of Japan 0c
	8 Southeast Asia North Sea 15		8 Southeast Asia North Sea 0f
	9 Siberia Caribbean 10		9 Siberia Caribbean 0a
	0xa Australia Antarctic 10		0xa Australia Antarctic 0a
	0xb Pacific (+Rest) Arctic (+Rest) 5		0xb Pacific (+Rest) Arctic (+Rest) 05

	Once all these missions (research, harvest, abduction, infiltration, and base creation) have been performed in a particular zone, the value for that zone in this file is set to zero.		Once all these missions (research, harvest, abduction, infiltration, and base creation) have been performed in a particular zone, the value for that zone in this file is set to zero.

Magic9mushroom: spelling

2015-06-01T08:18:51Z

spelling

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	0xb Pacific (+Rest) Arctic (+Rest) 5		0xb Pacific (+Rest) Arctic (+Rest) 5

	Once all these missions (research, harvest, abduction, infiltration, and base creation) have been ~~preformed~~ in a particular zone, the value for that zone in this file is set to zero.		Once all these missions (research, harvest, abduction, infiltration, and base creation) have been performed in a particular zone, the value for that zone in this file is set to zero.

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

Hobbes: typo

2015-05-27T18:19:54Z

typo

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	7 Central Asia Sea of Japan 12		7 Central Asia Sea of Japan 12
	8 Southeast Asia North Sea 15		8 Southeast Asia North Sea 15
	9 Siberia ~~Carribean~~ 10		9 Siberia Caribbean 10
	0xa Australia Antarctic 10		0xa Australia Antarctic 10
	0xb Pacific (+Rest) Arctic (+Rest) 5		0xb Pacific (+Rest) Arctic (+Rest) 5

N21: Added TFTD zones

2015-05-27T18:07:28Z

Added TFTD zones

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	This file is a dynamic list of the chances that the aliens will conduct a mission in a particular zone. There are 12 zones. If a priority of a zone is zero, the zone will only get terror attacks.		This file is a dynamic list of the chances that the aliens will conduct a mission in a particular zone. There are 12 zones. If a priority of a zone is zero, the zone will only get terror attacks.

	offset zone priority		offset zone (EU) zone (TFTD) priority
	0 North America 18		0 North America North Atlantic 18
	1 Arctic 4		1 Arctic South Atlantic 4
	2 Antarctic 4		2 Antarctic North Pacific 4
	3 South America 10		3 South America South Pacific 10
	4 Europe 16		4 Europe Mediterranean 16
	5 North Africa 12		5 North Africa South China Sea 12
	6 South Africa 8		6 South Africa Indian Ocean 8
	7 Central Asia 12		7 Central Asia Sea of Japan 12
	8 Southeast Asia 15		8 Southeast Asia North Sea 15
	9 Siberia 10		9 Siberia Carribean 10
	0xa Australia 10		0xa Australia Antarctic 10
	0xb Pacific (+Rest) 5		0xb Pacific (+Rest) Arctic (+Rest) 5

	Once all these missions (research, harvest, abduction, infiltration, and base creation) have been preformed in a particular zone, the value for that zone in this file is set to zero.		Once all these missions (research, harvest, abduction, infiltration, and base creation) have been preformed in a particular zone, the value for that zone in this file is set to zero.

Morgan525: update information on file. Removed Mkirchner's remark about setting too many values to zero causes game over. Could not reproduce.

2014-07-08T09:48:35Z

update information on file. Removed Mkirchner's remark about setting too many values to zero causes game over. Could not reproduce.

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	zonal.dat		zonal.dat

	~~contains information which zones with which priority~~ aliens ~~are going to attack~~. There are 12 zones. If a priority of a zone is zero, the zone will only get terror attacks. ~~In editing too many zeros into the file I have often found that the game is considered lost. -[[User:Mkirchner\|Mkirchner]]~~		This file is a dynamic list of the chances that the aliens will conduct a mission in a particular zone. There are 12 zones. If a priority of a zone is zero, the zone will only get terror attacks.

	offset zone priority		offset zone priority
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	0xb Pacific (+Rest) 5		0xb Pacific (+Rest) 5

	~~It is unclear under what circumstances~~ the ~~contents of~~ this file ~~change. The monthly assignment of new missions doesn't cause changes here~~.		Once all these missions (research, harvest, abduction, infiltration, and base creation) have been preformed in a particular zone, the value for that zone in this file is set to zero.

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

Hobbes at 04:37, 23 July 2013

2013-07-23T04:37:12Z

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	* [[Saved Game Files]]		* [[Saved Game Files]]
	[[Category:Game Files]]		[[Category:Game Files]]
			[[Category:Enemy Unknown/UFO Defense]]

Zaimoni at 20:20, 17 October 2007

2007-10-17T20:20:55Z

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	0xa Australia 10		0xa Australia 10
	0xb Pacific (+Rest) 5		0xb Pacific (+Rest) 5

			It is unclear under what circumstances the contents of this file change. The monthly assignment of new missions doesn't cause changes here.

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

Pi Masta: Added category link

2007-02-07T23:41:09Z

Added category link

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	* [[WORLD.DAT]] - Contains polygonal information on terrain, countries and areas as drawn on the Geoscape		* [[WORLD.DAT]] - Contains polygonal information on terrain, countries and areas as drawn on the Geoscape
	* [[Saved Game Files]]		* [[Saved Game Files]]
			[[Category:Game Files]]

Pi Masta: attributed initial comment to Mkirchner, added see also

2007-02-06T23:15:34Z

attributed initial comment to Mkirchner, added see also

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	zonal.dat		zonal.dat

	contains information which zones with which priority aliens are going to attack. There are 12 zones. If a priority of a zone is zero, the zone will only get terror attacks. In editing too many zeros into the file I have often found that the game is considered lost.		contains information which zones with which priority aliens are going to attack. There are 12 zones. If a priority of a zone is zero, the zone will only get terror attacks. In editing too many zeros into the file I have often found that the game is considered lost. -[[User:Mkirchner\|Mkirchner]]

	offset zone priority		offset zone priority
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	0xa Australia 10		0xa Australia 10
	0xb Pacific (+Rest) 5		0xb Pacific (+Rest) 5

			==See Also==
			* [[ACTS.DAT]] - Information on actions the aliens will be or are doing
			* [[ALIEN.DAT]] - Alien scores/activity for regions used in graphs
			* [[WORLD.DAT]] - Contains polygonal information on terrain, countries and areas as drawn on the Geoscape
			* [[Saved Game Files]]

Ethereal Cereal: sp

2006-07-25T03:00:42Z

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	offset zone priority		offset zone priority
	0 ~~Northamerica~~ 18		0 North America 18
	1 Arctic 4		1 Arctic 4
	2 Antarctic 4		2 Antarctic 4
	3 ~~Southamerica~~ 10		3 South America 10
	4 Europe 16		4 Europe 16
	5 ~~Northafrika~~ 12		5 North Africa 12
	6 ~~Southafrica~~ 8		6 South Africa 8
	7 Central Asia 12		7 Central Asia 12
	8 Southeast Asia 15		8 Southeast Asia 15
	9 ~~Sibiria~~ 10		9 Siberia 10
	0xa Australia 10		0xa Australia 10
	0xb ~~Pazific~~ (+Rest) 5		0xb Pacific (+Rest) 5