seant    posted 06-13-2000 11:29 AM			[at the Ambrosia web-boards]  

[Offsets added by Marko Klockner]


Ok. I'm not going to post the source to the progam I was talking about, because I discovered it's on the EV add-ons page (http://www.ambrosiasw.com/cgi-bin/vftp/dl-redirect.pl?path=ev/utilities&file=EVDeEncryptor10d1.sit.hqx).
If you want this program to work with EVO files, go in the code and change all the occurances of MpïL to OpïL. Alternately, I know you can do the same thing in ResEdit. If I remember correctly, look under the "code" resource and make the same changes. I could be wrong; it's been a while.
What I will do is pass along the pilot file specs I received from Ambrosia. The spec are for EV pilot files, but I don't think the structure has changed (If anyone from Ambrosia is reading this, can you pass along a newer version of the pilot file specs, if this one is out of date?).

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		    /*
		    Escape Velocity Player File Specification
		    by Matt Burch
		    Revision 1 - 4/5/97
		    Valid for pilot files created by EV 1.0.4 or later
		    See EV Bible for additional information

		    Note: EV pilot files are encrypted with Andrew Welch's SimpleCrypt
		    algorithm, available
		    at http://www.ambrosiasw.com/XXXXXXXXXXX. The code key used to
		    decrypt EV 'MpïL'
		    resources is 0xABCD1234. (pretty imaginative eh?)
		    */




	resource 128
	

Start-	    struct PlayerFileDataStruct // 'MpïL' resource 128 in the pilot
Offset $:	    file
		    {
00-01	    short lastStellar; // last stellar object to be visited (0-1499)
		    short shipClass; // player's ship class (0-63)
		    short cargo[6]; // current quantity of each of the six types of basic cargo
		    short unused; // unused
12-13	    short fuel; // current fuel quantity, 100 units per jump
14-19	    short month, day, year; // current date
001A-07EB   short exploration[1000]; // current state of each system's
			    exploration: <= 0 means unexplored, 1 means player has visited, 
			    2 means player has visited and landed within this system
07EA	    short itemCount[128]; // how many of each type of outfit item owned
08EA	    short legalStatus[1000]; // legal status in each system (0 = neutral)
1066 	    short weapCount[64]; // how many of each type of weapon the player's ship has
10E6 (?)    short ammo[64]; // how much ammo each weapon has (see EV Bible for restrictions 
				and variations on ammo usage)
11BA-11BD   long cash; // how many credits player has
11BE	    MissionObjectives missionObj[8]; // data on currently-running missions' objectives
  [200?]    MissionData missionData[8]; // data on currently-running missions' parameters
  1E3E		Boolean missionBit[256]; // the state of each of the mission bits
  1962 (?)  Boolean stelDominated[1500]; // whether or not each of
  1F3E		    the stellar objects is dominated
251A	    short escortClass[36]; // stores the player's current
			    escorts: for each one: -1 means not an escort data item, 0-63 means a
			    captured escort (the number is the escort's ship class), 1000-1063 means a
			    hired escort. (don't make EV crash by abusing the ability to have more than
			    the normal number of escorts!)
2562	    short fighterClass[36]; // stores the player's current
			    deployed fighters: for each one: -1 means not a fighter data item, 0-63
			    means a fighter of a certain class
25AA-25AD   long rating; // player's combat rating
		    };






	resource 129 (universe-settings and missions)
	

		    struct AltPlayerFileDataStruct // 'MpïL' resource 129 in the pilot
		    file - the name of this resource is the name of the player's ship
		    {
		    short versionInfo; // used internally
		    short strictPlayFlag; // 0 = strict play off
		    short stelShipCount[1500]; // number of defense ships
		    remaining at each planet
		    short personActive[512]; // flag to set each 'pers' active
		    or not
		    short personGrudge[512]; // flag to give a 'pers' a grudge
		    against the player
		    short unused[64]; // ignored
		    short stelAnnoyance[1500]; // keeps track of planets'
		    propensity to overthrow your rule
		    Boolean seenIntroScreen; // the player has seen the game
		    intro screen
		    short disasterTime[128]; // time left on active disasters
		    (<0 = inactive)
		    short disasterStellar[128]; // where each disaster is currently
		    active
		    short junkQty[128]; // how much of each type of
		    'junk' the player has aboard
		    short priceFlux[2][2]; // global price fluctuations
		    };

		    struct MissionObjectives
		    {
		    Boolean active; // mission is active
		    Boolean travelObjComplete; // player has visited assigned
		    destination
		    Boolean shipObjComplete; // player has completed
		    special-ship assignment
		    Boolean missionFailed; // mission was failed
		    DateTimeRec missionDeadline; // mission completion deadline (see
		    Inside Mac)
		    };

		    struct MissionData
		    {
		    short destStellar; // destination stellar
		    object (0-1499)
		    short destSystem; // destination system (0-999)
		    short returnStellar; // return stellar object (0-1499)
		    short specialShipCount; // number of remaining special ships
		    short specialShipDude; // special ship 'dude' type
		    short specialShipGoal; // special ship goal
		    short specialShipBehavior; // special ship behavior
		    short specialShipSyst; // special ship system
		    short cargoType, cargoQty; // mission cargo type and quantity
		    short pickupMode, dropoffMode; // mission cargo pickup/dropoff mode
		    short scanGovt; // which govt tries to scan the player for
		    this mission (0-127, or -1 if none)
		    short compBitSet[2]; // which bits to set on completion
		    short compGovt, compReward; // successful-mission
		    government and reward
		    short failBitSet; // which bit to set on failure
		    long pay; // how many credits to give player upon successful
		    completion
		    short specialShipsKilled, specialShipsBoarded; // how many special
		    ships have been killed or boarded
		    short specialShipsDisabled; // how many special ships
		    have been disabled
		    short specialShipsJumpedIn, specialShipsJumpedOut; // how many
		    special ships have jumped in or out
		    short initialShipCount; // how many special ships there
		    were at the start of the mission
		    Boolean failIfScanned; // fail the mission if the player is scanned
		    Boolean canAbort; // player can abort this mission
		    Boolean cargoLoaded; // mission cargo is aboard
		    short briefText, quickBriefText, loadCargoText, dropOffCargoText,
		    compText, failText; // 'dësc' ID's for various text messages
		    short timeLeft; // number of days remaining
		    short specialShipNameResID; // ID of 'STR#' resource
		    used to name the special ships
		    short specialShipNameIndex; // index of the string
		    within the above 'STR#' resource
		    short unused; // ignored
		    short specialShipDelay; //
		    short unused2; // ignored
		    unsigned short flags; // mission flags (see EV Bible)
		    short auxShipCount, auxShipDude, auxShipSyst, auxShipsJumpedIn,
		    auxShipDelay, auxShipsLeft; // similar to above values, but for
		    auxShips
		    char specialShipName[32]; // the name of the special ship(s)
		    Str255 missionName; // the name of the mission
		    };

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