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.

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