jimmywfl
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The Civilization III Save Format
- Thread starter Sirp
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I'm moving some posts about the Civ III Conquests SAV file (BIC) into here from where I posted them originally (In Meet The Modders.) as this appears a more appropriate place for them. I'll leave links in the original places so no-one should get thrown by their disappearances.
These posts are not very dissimilar from some I posted earlier in this thread but they may have been updated over the years as I discovered new stuff. They'll all be in one place too which is a benefit I believe.
These posts are not very dissimilar from some I posted earlier in this thread but they may have been updated over the years as I discovered new stuff. They'll all be in one place too which is a benefit I believe.
TILE section:
Tiles are listed in Left-to-Right WITHIN Top-to-Bottom order.
IE.
0,0 0,2 0,4 ... 1,1 1,3 1,5 ... 2,0 2,2 2,4 ... until last tile of map.
NB. Certain things have moved around since earlier versions hence you'll see Improvement flags listed in Type A @ 0010 (No longer active) as well as in Type B @ 0000. Only the latter has any effect, for the BIC version at least.
Tiles are listed in Left-to-Right WITHIN Top-to-Bottom order.
IE.
0,0 0,2 0,4 ... 1,1 1,3 1,5 ... 2,0 2,2 2,4 ... until last tile of map.
Code:
Actual Tiles (TILE) type A
strSearch(08): TILE{24 00 00 00} - Length including this = 002C (44)
chrRiver: 0000: River info (extra gold)
chrInfluence: 0001: Civ whose influence runs in this tile
lngResource: 0004: Resource Index (See GOOD - Goods table)
lng?: 0008: Used if CITY
'NB. Images always centred at top corner of tile.
chrImage: 000C: Image within .Pcx file.
chrFile: 000D: Pcx files - 0=xtgc, 1=xgpc, 2=xdgc, 3=xdpc, 4=xdgp, 5=xggc, 6=wcso, 7=wsss, 8=wooo.
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Table to show basic combinations for terrain types
0 Desert 00 03 xdpc 6 Mountain 00 05 xggc
1 Plains 00 01 xpgc 7 Forest 00 05 xggc
2 Grassland 00 05 xggc 8 Jungle 00 05 xggc
3 Tundra 00 00 xtgc 9 Coast 00 06 wCSO
4 Flood Plain 00 03 xdpc A Sea 00 07 wSSS
5 Hills 00 05 xggc B Ocean 00 08 wOOO
Code:
*chrImps: 0010: Improvement flags: bit0=Road, bit1=Rail, bit2=Mine, bit3=Irrigation, bit4=Fortress, bit5=Goody hut, bit6=Pollution & bit7=Barbarian encampment.
*chrTerr; 0011: Terrain type: Index into TERR in both nibbles. Second nibble=Base *terrain, First nibble overlay (Jungle, Forest) IE. Forest on Grassland =72.
*intTBonus: 0012: Terrain Bonus: bit0=Grassland shield, ... bit3=Player start, bit4=*Snow-capped mts, bit5=Pine forest.
*chrOnTile: 0013: -1=Nothing, 4B=Barbarian camp.
*intCity: 0016: Id of City or {FF}{FF} if none.
*intContinent: 001A: id of continent.
River Basics:
Top-Right 07 0000 0111 03 0000 0011
Bottom-Right 18 0001 1000 0C 0000 1100
Bottom-Left 30 0011 0000 30 0011 0000
Top-Left C1 1100 0001 C0 1100 0000
Actual Tiles (TILE) type B
strSearch(08): TILE{0C 00 00 00} - Length including this = 0014 (20)
chrImps: 0000: Improvement flags: bit0=Road, bit1=Rail, bit2=Mine, bit3=Irrigation, bit4=Fortress, bit5=Goody hut, bit6=Pollution & bit7=Barbarian encampment.
chrTerr; 0005: Terrain type: Index into TERR in both nibbles. Second nibble=Base terrain, First nibble overlay (Jungle, Forest) IE. Forest on Grassland =72.
*intTBonus: 000A: Terrain Bonus: bit0=Grassland shield, ... bit3=Player start, bit4=Snow-capped mts, bit5=Pine forest.
Code:
*Actual Tiles (TILE) type C
*strSearch(08): TILE{04 00 00 00} - Length including this = 000C (12)
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Actual Tiles (TILE) type D
strSearch(08): TILE{80 00 00 00} - Length including this = 0088 (136)
lngVisCivs: 0000: Bits indicating which civs can see tile. Bit0 (val=1) indicates barbarians; other bits in order of turns (where AI civs come after any human players so single player is bit1 (val=2)).
lngVisUnit: 0004: This says which civs can see it currently (brighter on map) due to units.
*lngVisMap: 0008: This says which civs can see it currently (brighter on map) due to map sharing.
lngVisHome: 000C: This says which civs can see it currently (brighter on map) due to culture.
intProcess: 0014: Id of City whose citizen is processing this tile or {FF FF} if none.
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Meta Data on CITYs from within a CivIIIC BIC SAV file.
NB. Obviously this includes other class objects than just the various CITY ones as population/citizens/etc are all related to individual cities too.
Code:
Actual Cities (CITY) type A
strSearch(08): CITY{04 00 00 00} - Length including this = 000C (12)
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Actual Cities (CITY) type B
strSearch(08): CITY{88 00 00 00} - Length including this = 0090 (144)
lngID 0000: Individual City ID
intX: 0004: X Position (X + Y must be even)
intY: 0006: Y Position (X + Y must be even)
chrLeader: 0008: 00=Barbarian; 01=Player (See LEAD - Leader table)
lngMaint: 000C: Maintenance cost per go
lngFood: 0020: Food stored
lngShields: 0024: Shields accumulated
lngBuild: 002C: See table given below (lngBuildType)
lngBuildType: 0030: 01=BLDG table; 02=PRTO table (see lngBuild)
lngInfluence: 003C: Cultural influence range
lngContent: 0040: Causes of Contentment (Content Faces)
lngHappy: 0044: Causes of Happiness (Happy Faces)
Code:
Actual Cities (CITY) type C
strSearch(08): CITY{10 00 00 00} - Length including this = 0018 (24)
Code:
Actual Cities (CITY) type D
strSearch(08): CITY{24 00 00 00} - Length including this = 002C (44)
Code:
Actual Cities (CITY) type E
strSearch(08): CITY{A4 00 00 00} - Length including this = 00AC (172)
lngCultTurn: 0000: Culture contributed per turn
alngCulture: 0008: Culture accumulated to date (Array for all nations)
lngTotFood: 008C: Total food harvested
lngTotProd: 0090: Total production (before effect of factories etc)
lngTotComm: 0094: Total commerce
Code:
Actual Cities (CITY) type F
strSearch(08): CITY{94 00 00 00} - Length including this = 009C (156)
strName(18): 0000: Name of city
lngFoodUsed: 0064: Food used for current population
lngWastage: 0068: Production lost to wastage
lngCorruption: 006C: Commerce lost to corruption
lngFoodSpare: 0070: Food available for population growth
lngProdUsed: 0074: Total available production (Total - Wastage)
lngCommerce: 0078: Total available commerce (Total - corruption)
lngCommEnt: 007C: Available commerce assigned to Entertainment
lngCommSci: 0080: Available commerce assigned to Science
lngCommCur: 0084: Available commerce assigned to Currency
Code:
City Population (POPD)
strSearch(08): POPD{08 00 00 00} - Length including this = 0010 (16)
lngSpec: 0000: No of Specialists
lngPop: 0004: Total no of Citizens
Code:
Citizen (CTZN)
strSearch(08): CTZN{2C 01 00 00} - Length including this = 0134 (308)
strDesc(??): 0002: Description (modified by happiness in game)
lngPos: 0118: Position of citizen in city (First = 00)
lngLeader: 0120: Nationality 00=Barbarian; 01=Player (See LEAD - Leader table)
lngOwner: 0124: Owner Nationality (As lngLeader if foreign otherwise FFFFFFFF)
Code:
Bit Flags (BITM)
strSearch(08): BITM{28 00 00 00} - Length including this = 0028 (40)
strBldgs(0A): 0000: String of flags for buildings and improvements built in city (See BLDG - Building table)
Each bit set indicates that the building in position n of the table is built - where n is the bit number and the first byte is the LEAST significant. EG. Marketplace is the 5th building (bit 4) and Hospital the 20th (bit 19) so, to indicate these are both built the string would be 10 00 08 00 00 ...
lngStratRes 0020: Total Strategic Resources for city
lng 0024:UNIT data in the BIC SAV file.
Code:
Actual Units (UNIT)
strSearch(08): UNIT{D8 01 00 00} - Length including this = 01E0 (480)
lngID: 0000: Individual Unit ID
lngX: 0004: X Position (sum of X & Y must be even)
lngY: 0008: Y Position (sum of X & Y must be even)
lngPrevX: 000C: Previous X Position
lngPrevY: 0010: Previous Y Position
lngLeader: 0014: 00=Barbarian; 01=Player (See LEAD - Leader table)
lngRace: 0018: (See RACE table)
lng: 001C: Unknown
lngUnitCode: 0020: (See PRTO - PRoTOtype table)
lngRank: 0024: (See EXPR - EXPeRience table)
bln: 0028: 0010 0000 (20) = Leader created
lngHits: 002C: Hits taken
lngMovement: 0030: Movement points x 3 (taken already this turn)
lngJobTurns: 0034: 2 per turn if native - only 1 if foreign
lngWorkerJob: 0038: (See TFRM - Terra-Form table)
int: 003C: 0001 when not loaded but 0000 when loaded
int: 003E: Unknown
lngContained: 0040: ID of containing unit if Loaded
lngState: 0044: Fortified? 00000001 if Loaded
strName(20): 0054: New name of unit (after leader created)
lngPrincipal: 01B0: Unit ID of first contained unit
lngHolding: 01B4: Number of units contained
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LEAD data in the BIC SAV file.
Code:
Leaders (LEAD)
strSearch(08): LEAD{9C 15 00 00} - Length including this = 15A4 (5,540)
lngLEAD: 0000: The index of this LEAD entry.
lngRACE: 0004: The RACE this leader is associated with. -1 means unused.
lngPower: 000C: Power accumulated so far.
lngCapital: 0010: CITY ID of capital.
lngDIFF: 0014: Difficulty level.
lngEndGA: 0020: Golden Age end turn.
lngPlayerFlags: 0024: Flags for player.
lngGold1: 0028: With lngGold2 stores the gold accumulated.
lngGold2: 002C: See lngGold1 above.
dblScore: 0030: Score.
lngAnrchyTns: 0084: Turns of anarchy when changing government.
lngEra: 00D8: Era.
lngBeakers: 00DC: The number of beakers of TECH research so far accumulated.
lngTECH: 00E0: The TECH currently being researched.
lngTurns: 00E4: No of turns since last TECH was researched.
lngFutureTechs: 00E8: No of Future Techs discovered.
lngArmies: 016C: The number of armies.
lngUNITs: 0170: The number of UNITs.
lngCITYs: 0178: Number of CITYs.
lngCLNYs: 017C: Number of colonies (CLNY).
lngLuxury: 0188: Luxury rate (x10%).
lngScience: 018C: Science rate (x10%).
lngTax: 0190: Tax rate (x10%). Always 10 - (lngLuxury + lngScience).
lngColour: 10DC: Colour used.
strName(20): 10E0: Leader name.
strTitle(18): 1100: Leader title.
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