Talk:AKNOW.DAT
So this file is 495 bytes in length and supposedly contains info about the aliens knowing the location of your bases. The number of bases is capped at 8 though and a simple division yields 61.875 records per base. Obviously this can't be right so it has to be one of the following scenarios:
| Records | Bytes |
|---|---|
| 495 | 1 |
| 165 | 3 |
| 99 | 5 |
| 55 | 9 |
| 45 | 11 |
| 33 | 15 |
| 15 | 33 |
| 11 | 45 |
| 9 | 55 |
| 5 | 99 |
| 3 | 165 |
| 1 | 495 |
Now, it wouldn't make much sense to have a file where there are 495 bytes to record if a base is known, so we can cross that one off as well as basically everything up the list to 55 records. After that, I'm not to sure. My guess is that this file uses a structure of 495 records × 1 byte/record. This would mean that you can have 495 base attacks per game and then no more attacks. (Hope my logic is sound here). Anybody have more info about this? --Zombie 22:04, 21 July 2009 (EDT)