CRAFT.DAT

This file contains information specific to the crafts in the game. Both XCom and Alien crafts (including hidden ones) are in this file, though the values for the alien craft are still shrouded in mystery.

UFO Structure

There are 50 records each having 104 bytes long for a maximum file size of 5,200 bytes. All offsets and values are in decimal.

0 (1 Byte) - Craft Type, Possible Values are the same as GEODATA.DAT:

    *HUMAN*          *ALIEN*         
0 - Skyranger     5 - Small Scout      255 - Entry Not Used
1 - Lightning     6 - Medium Scout
2 - Avenger       7 - Large Scout
3 - Interceptor   8 - Harvester
4 - Firestorm     9 - Abductor
                 10 - Terror Ship
                 11 - Battleship
                 12 - Supply Ship

Offsets 1 and 5 refer to the weapon placed in the left and right slots respectively. (The Lightning does not have a center weapon type, only a left). Their possible values are listed here:

0 - Stingray
1 - Avalanche
2 - Cannon
3 - Fusion Ball
4 - Laser Cannon
5 - Plasma Cannon
255 - No Weapon

1 (1 Byte) - Left Weapon Type
2-3 (2 Bytes) - Left Ammo*
4 (1 Byte) - Indicates what a craft is doing.

0 - At base
1 - Airborne
2 - UFO's normally get this value, have no idea what it represents.

5 (1 Byte) - Right Weapon Type
6-7 (2 Bytes) - Right Ammo*

(*NOTE: Ammo values normally do not exceed 100, but since the variable is stored as 2 bytes you can crank the total up to 32,767).

8-9 (2 Bytes) - Unknown, probably 2 bytes.
10-11 (2 Bytes) - Damage, that is the amount it currently has taken. This value divided by the crafts damage capacity gives the percentage shown in-game.
12-13 (2 Bytes) - Altitude of craft. Is a index within ENGLISH.DAT for string.

0 = GROUND *
1 = VERY LOW
2 = LOW
3 = HIGH
4 = VERY HIGH
5 = Detected
6 = SIZE
etc

(*NOTE: If craft is airborne and you change it to this value the altitude will remain the same. Speed must be edited to 0 for the change to hold.)

14-15 (2 Bytes) - Speed of craft.
16-17 (2 Bytes) - Unknown, but when an intercept screen is minimized, this changes to a value of 6.
18-19 (2 Bytes) - Unknown
20-21 (2 Bytes) - Unknown
22-23 (2 Bytes) - Unknown
24-25 (2 Bytes) - Fuel, amount remaining. This value divided by the crafts total fuel capacity gives the percentage shown in-game.
26 (1 Byte?) - Base Reference as an index to LOC.DAT
27 (1 Byte?) - Probably the high bit for the LOC.DAT index
28-29 (2 Bytes) - Mission type craft is on. Is an index within ENGLISH.DAT for string.

0 = Alien Research
1 = Alien Harvest
2 = Alien Abduction
3 = Alien Infiltration
4 = Alien Base
5 = Alien Terror
6 = Alien Retaliation
7 = Alien Supply
8 = Pistol
etc

30-31 (2 Bytes) - Zone where mission is being carried out. Is an index within ENGLISH.DAT for string.

0 = North America
1 = Arctic
2 = Antarctica
3 = South America
4 = Europe
5 = North Africa
6 = Southern Africa
7 = Central Asia
8 = South East Asia
9 = Siberia
10 = Australasia
11 = Pacific
12 = North Atlantic
13 = South Atlantic *
14 = Indian Ocean *

(*NOTE: Unused zones.)

32-33 (2 Bytes) - Unknown - Related to UFO's only.
34-35 (2 Bytes) - Unknown - Related to UFO's only.
36-37 (2 Bytes) - Alien Race found on craft. Is index within ENGLISH.DAT for string.

0 = Sectoid
1 = Snakeman
2 = Ethereal
3 = Muton
4 = Floater
5 = Celatid¹
6 = Silacoid²
7 = Chryssalid
8 = Reaper
9 = Sectopod
10 = Cyberdisc

¹ Editing Celatids as a main race works and sometimes a Silacoid shows up as well.
² Values 6 or greater produce unpredictable results. Usually the mission crashes (probably due to rank problems) but when it doesn't there are strange issues.

38-39 (2 Bytes) - Unknown
40-41 (2 Bytes) - Unknown
42-43 (2 Bytes) - Craft status. Is an index within ENGLISH.DAT for string.

0 - Ready
1 - Out
2 - Repairs
3 - Refueling
4 - Re-arming

The rest of the known values detail the items on board of the craft. 49-98 refer to offsets 0-49 in OBDATA.DAT.

44 (1 Byte) - Tank/Cannon
45 (1 Byte) - Tank/Rocket Launcher
46 (1 Byte) - Tank/Laser Cannon
47 (1 Byte) - Hover Tank/Plasma
48 (1 Byte) - Hover Tank/Launcher
49 (1 Byte) - PISTOL
50 (1 Byte) - PISTOL CLIP
51 (1 Byte) - RIFLE
52 (1 Byte) - RIFLE CLIP
53 (1 Byte) - HEAVY CANNON
54 (1 Byte) - CANNON AP-AMMO
55 (1 Byte) - CANNON HE-AMMO
56 (1 Byte) - CANNON I-AMMO
57 (1 Byte) - AUTO-CANNON
58 (1 Byte) - AUTO-CANNON AP-AMMO
59 (1 Byte) - AUTO-CANNON HE-AMMO
60 (1 Byte) - AUTO-CANNON I-AMMO
61 (1 Byte) - ROCKET LAUNCHER
62 (1 Byte) - SMALL ROCKET
63 (1 Byte) - LARGE ROCKET
64 (1 Byte) - INCENDIARY ROCKET
65 (1 Byte) - LASER PISTOL
66 (1 Byte) - LASER GUN
67 (1 Byte) - HEAVY LASER
68 (1 Byte) - GRENADE
69 (1 Byte) - SMOKE GRENADE
70 (1 Byte) - PROXIMITY GRENADE
71 (1 Byte) - HIGH EXPLOSIVE
72 (1 Byte) - MOTION SCANNER
73 (1 Byte) - MEDI-KIT
74 (1 Byte) - PSI-AMP
75 (1 Byte) - STUN ROD
76 (1 Byte) - Flare
77 (1 Byte) - empty
78 (1 Byte) - empty
79 (1 Byte) - empty
80 (1 Byte) - CORPSE
81 (1 Byte) - CORPSE & ARMOUR
82 (1 Byte) - CORPSE & POWER SUIT
83 (1 Byte) - Heavy Plasma
84 (1 Byte) - Heavy Plasma Clip
85 (1 Byte) - Plasma Rifle
86 (1 Byte) - Plasma Rifle Clip
87 (1 Byte) - Plasma Pistol
88 (1 Byte) - Plasma Pistol Clip
89 (1 Byte) - BLASTER LAUNCHER
90 (1 Byte) - BLASTER BOMB
91 (1 Byte) - SMALL LAUNCHER
92 (1 Byte) - STUN MISSILE
93 (1 Byte) - ALIEN GRENADE
94 (1 Byte) - ELERIUM-115
95 (1 Byte) - MIND PROBE
96 (1 Byte) - >>UNDEFINED <<
97 (1 Byte) - >> empty <<
98 (1 Byte) - >> empty <<
Offsets 99-103 are unknown

TFTD Structure

There are 50 records each having 110 bytes long for a file size of 5,500 bytes. Unless otherwise noted, all values and offsets are in Hex; 2-byte values are signed little-endian integers.

0 - Craft Type, Possible Values are the same as GEODATA.DAT:

Human	Alien
0 - Triton	5 - Survey Ship
1 - Hammerhead	6 - Escort
2 - Leviathan	7 - Cruiser
3 - Barracuda	8 - Heavy Cruiser
4 - Manta	9 - Hunter
	A - Battleship
	B - Dreadnought
	C - Fleet Supply Cruiser
FF - Entry Not Used

Offsets 1 and 5 refer to the weapon placed in the left and right slots respectively. (The Hammerhead does not have a center weapon type, only a left). Their possible values are listed here:

 0 - Ajax Launcher
 1 - D.U.P. Head Launcher
 2 - Craft Gas Cannon
 3 - P.W.T. Cannon
 4 - Gauss Cannon
 5 - Sonic Wave
FF - No Weapon

1 - Left Weapon Type
2-3 - Left Ammo Quantity (NOTE: Ammo values normally do not exceed 100, but since the variable is stored as 2 bytes you can crank the total up to 32,767).
4 - Indicates what a craft is doing.

0 - At base
1 - Airborne
2 - USOs normally get this value, have no idea what it represents.

5 - Right Weapon Type
6-3C - Items on sub.

 6 - Coelacanth/G. Cannon
 7 - Coelacanth/Aqua Jet
 8 - Coelacanth/Gauss
 9 - Displacer /Sonic
 A - Displacer /P.W.T.
 B - Dart Gun
 C -  Dart Clip
 D - Jet Harpoon
 E -  Harpoon Clip
 F - Gas Cannon
10 -  GC-AP Bolts
11 -  GC-HE Bolts
12 -  GC-Phosphorous Bolts
13 - Hydro-Jet Cannon
14 -  HJ-AP Ammo
15 -  HJ-HE Ammo
16 -  HJ-P Ammo
17 - Torpedo Launcher
18 -  Small Torpedo
19 -  Large Torpedo
1A -  Phosphor Torpedo
1B - Gauss Pistol
1C - Gauss Rifle
1D - Heavy Gauss
1E - Magna-Blast Grenade
1F - Dye Grenade
20 - Particle Disturbance Grenade
21 - Magna-Pack Explosive
22 - Particle Disturbance Sensor
23 - Medi-Kit
24 - M.C. Disruptor
25 - Thermal Tazer
26 - Chemical Flare
27 - Vibro Blade
28 - Thermic Lance
29 - Heavy Thermic Lance
2A - (Unused)
2B - (Unused)
2C - (Unused)
2D - Sonic Cannon
2E -  Cannon Power Clip
2F - Sonic-Blasta Rifle
30 -  Blasta Power Clip
31 - Sonic Pistol
32 -  Pistol Power Clip
33 - Disruptor Pulse Launcher
34 -  Disruptor Ammo
35 - Thermal Shok Launcher
36 -  Thermal Shok Bomb
37 - Sonic Pulser
38 - (Unused)
39 - M.C. Reader
3A -  Gauss Pistol Clip
3B -  Gauss Rifle Clip
3C -  Heavy Gauss Clip

3D - Unknown.
3E-3F - Right Ammo Quantity (NOTE: Ammo values normally do not exceed 100, but since the variable is stored as 2 bytes you can crank the total up to 32,767).
40-41 - Unknown.
42-43 - Damage, that is the amount it currently has taken. This value divided by the craft's damage capacity gives the percentage shown in-game.
44-45 - Depth of craft.

0 - Touched Down *
1 - Shallow
2 - Normal
3 - Deep
4 - Very Deep
(*NOTE: If craft is moving and you change it to this value the depth will correct itself automatically. Speed must also be edited to 0 for the change in depth to hold.)

46-47 - Speed of craft.
48-49 - Unknown - activity type?
4A-4B - Unknown - goes to 0 when tracking a target but not attacking.
4C-4D - Destination coordinates, horizontal.
4E-4F - Destination coordinates, vertical.
50-51 - Fuel, amount remaining. This value divided by the crafts total fuel capacity gives the percentage shown in-game.
52-53 - Base Reference as an index to LOC.DAT
54-55 - Mission type craft is on.

0 - Alien Probe Mission
1 - Alien Interdiction
2 - Alien Resource Raid
3 - Alien Infiltration
4 - Alien Colony Expansion
5 - Alien Surface Attacks
6 - Floating Base Attack
7 - Colony Supply Missions

56-57 - Zone where mission is being carried out.

0 - North Atlantic
1 - South Atlantic
2 - North Pacific
3 - South Pacific
4 - Mediterranean
5 - South China Sea
6 - Indian Ocean
7 - Sea of Japan
8 - North Sea
9 - Caribbean
A - Antarctic
B - Arctic
C - Eurasia
D - North America
E - Africa

58-59 - Unknown.
5A-5B - Unknown.
5C-5D - Primary Alien Race found on craft.

0  - Aquatoid
1  - Gill Man
2  - Lobster Man
3  - Tasoth
4+ - Mixed

5E-5F - Unknown.
60-61 - Unknown.
62-63 - Craft status.

0 - Ready
1 - Out
2 - Repairs
3 - Refueling
4 - Re-arming

64 - Bit Flags.

40 - Show full Transmission Resolver data

65-67 - Unknown - possibly 64 is actually a 4-byte value.
68-69 - Touchdown depth (see entry at 44-45 for possible values).
6A-6D - Unknown.

CRAFT.DAT

UFO Structure

TFTD Structure

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