TACTICAL.EXE

NOTE: In the Windows CE version this is combined with GEOSCAPE.EXE into one executable called UFO Defense

Weapon Stats

For WinCE, the tank and inbuilt alien weapon stats start at byte 447,868 (0x6D57C), for DOS Tactical.EXE it starts at byte 391,278 (0x5F86E). These are 8 records of 20 bytes each. They're all stored in 16-bit (2 byte) values.

• 0: Damage Type
• 1: Ammo Type
• 2: Damage
• 3: Snap Shot Acc.
• 4: Snap Shot TU's
• 5: Auto Shot Acc.
• 6: Auto Shot TU's
• 7: Aim Shot Acc.
• 8: Aim Shot TU's
• 9: Blaster Effect

Weapons are in the order listed in this table:

Unit	Damage Type	Ammo Type	Damage	Snap Acc.	Snap TU's	Auto Acc.	Auto TU's	Aim Acc.	Aim TU's	Blaster Eff?
Tank/Cannon	0	4	60	60	33	0	0	90	80	0
Tank/Rocket Launcher	2	12	85	55	45	0	0	115	75	0
Tank/Laser Cannon	3	17	110	50	33	0	0	85	75	0
Hovertank/Plasma	4	36	110	86	30	0	0	100	60	0
Hovertank/Launcher	2	40	140	0	0	0	0	120	80	1
Celatid	7	38	140	75	30	0	0	110	60	0
Cyberdisc	4	34	130	75	30	0	0	110	60	0
Sectopod	3	34	100	75	30	50	35	110	60	0

English2.dat mapping

• 0x5F910 (DOS version) - obdata index to english2.dat lookup (2 bytes each, data is the index to english2.dat (or german2.dat, etc)
  • See the discussion page for more details