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This file is included in the RB DATA package courtesy of
it's creator, James "Jaybird" Johnson CIS [74020,1734]
Without his assistance the creation of these editors
would not have been possible. Thanks Jaybird!
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FILE LAYOUT FOR ACE.DAT - RB MISSION BUILDER
Each Ace's record is 93 bytes (5Dh) long. The first 14 bytes
form a header containing descriptive info for that ace. At
this time the function of only 2 bytes in the header remain
unknown. Following the header there are 36 sets of 2 bytes
which repesent the 36 months covered by the game. Each set
of 2 bytes contain, in order, the unit code and the A/C code
for the month represented. Lastly there is a trailer of 7
bytes. This trailer record contols if and when the ace will
issue a challenge, the conditions for a challenge and the
default setting for the DOGFIGHT A FAMOUS ACE mission in the
FLY A SINGLE MISSION SECTION.
Offset Contents
------ --------
00 FE - acts as a signal to indicate the
start of an ace's data record
01 Alliance: 00 = Germany 01 = Allies
02 Nationality: 00 = German 01 = English
02 = French 03 = Belgian (?)
04 = Canadian 05 = American
03 Career Kills for this ace
04 Offset byte for text describing this ace.
05 " " " " " " " " " " " " "
06 Currently Unknown (CU)
07 CU
08 Month of promotion to 1st Lt./Oberleutnant
09 Year " " " " " " " /" " "
0A Month " " " " " Capt./Rittmeister
0B Year " " " " " " " /" " "
0C Month " " " " " Major/Hauptman
0D Year " " " " " " /" "
0E-0F Unit code and A/C code for Nov. 1915 (1)
10-11 Unit code and A/C code for Dec. 1915 FF = absent
12-13 Unit code and A/C code for Jan. 1916 from game
...
54-55 Unit code and A/C code for Oct. 1918
56 Ace challenge toggle; FF = no, # = hex value
of month of challenge (00 = Jan...0B = Dec)
57 Ace challenge toggle; FF = no, # = hex value
of year of challenge (0F = 1915...12 = 1918)
Bytes 57 and 58 give the EARLIEST date that this
ace will challenge.
58 Minimum number of victories required of the
player before the ace will challenge
59 Wingmen toggle (01 - ace will bring wingmen)
5A DOGFIGHT AN ACE - Month; see 57 above
5B DOGFIGHT AN ACE - Year; see 58 above
The month and year determine the Ace's A/C
according to the data field in the area 0E - 56.
5C Default A/C code for your A/C in the
DOGFIGHT AN ACE section (see Table 2).
(1) See Tables 1 and 2 below for Unit and A/C codes
Offsets for the various aces within the file are given
below:
Offset Ace
------ ------------------------------
0000 Manfred von Richthofen
005D Ernst Udet
00BA Werner Voss
0117 Lothar von Richthofen
0174 Herman Goering
01D1 Oswald Boelcke
022E Max Immelmann
028B Erich Loewenhardt
02E8 Rudolf Berthold
0345 Eduard, Ritter von Schleich
03A2 Karl Degelow
03FF Edward "Mick" Mannock
045C William Bishop
04B9 James McCudden
0516 Albert Ball
0573 Lanoe Hawker
05D0 Rene Fonck
062D Georges Guynemer
068A Eddie Rickenbacker
06E7 Frank Luke
0744 Charles Nungesser
07A1 Raymond Collishaw
07FE Donald Maclaren
085B William Barker
08B8 Roderic Dallas
TABLE 1 - Unit Codes
Code Unit
---- ----------------------------------------
00 No. 3 Squadron (Sqdn.)
01 No. 11 Sqdn.
02 No. 40 Sqdn.
03 N0. 60 Sqdn.
04 No. 85 Sqdn.
05 No. 39 HD Sqdn.
06 No. 61 HD Sqdn.
07 No. 143 HD Sqdn.
08 No. 3 Naval Sqdn.
09 No. 8 Naval Sqdn.
0A Escadrille 23
0B Escadrille 38
0C 27th Aero Sqdn.
0D Flt. Abt. 62
0E KEK 2
0F KEK Habsheim
10 3rd Fokker Staffel
11 Jasta 5
12 Jasta 9
13 Jasta 14
14 Jasta 15
15 Jasta 24
16 Jasta 27
17 Jasta 37
* 18 No. 24 Sqdn.
* 19 No. 56 Sqdn.
* 1A No. 74 Sqdn.
* 1B No. 10 Naval Sqdn. - The Black Flight
* 1C The Storks
* 1D 94th Aero Sqdn.
* 1E Flt. Abt. 203
* 1F Jasta 2
* 20 Jasta 11
* 21 JG1
* = Elite Unit
TABLE 2 - Aircraft codes
Code Aircraft
---- -----------------------
00 Morane-Saulnier Type N, Bullet
01 Dehaviland DH-2
02 Nieuport 17
03 Sopwith Pup
04 Sopwith Triplane
05 SPAD VII
06 Se-5A
07 Sopwith Camel
08 SPAD XIII
09 Sopwith Snipe
0A Nieuport 11
0B Nieuport 28
* 0C R.E. 8
* 0D Fe-2b
* 0E B.E. 2c
* 0F Bristol F.2B, Brisfit
* 10 Dehaviland DH-4
* 11 Handley-Paige 0/400
12 Fokker E-III, Eindekker
13 Albatros D-II
14 Albatros D-III
15 Fokker Dr-I
16 Pfalz D-III
17 Albatros D-Va
18 Fokker D-VII
19 Fokker D-VIII
1A Halberstadt D-II
1B Siemens-Schuckert Werks (SSW) D-III
* 1C Aviatik C-I
* 1D Roland C-II
* 1E Rumpler C-IV
* 1F Gotha Go-IV
* 20 Junkers Ju-1
* - Not available to the player for flying
These A/C codes are the same as those used in the
following files:
ELITE.DAT
ORDINARY.DAT
GENERICF.DAT
GENERICR.DAT
These codes are NOT the ones used in ROSTER.DAT or
<file_name>.TAP
Many thanks to Bill "Samurai" Ciciora for confirming this
data and for the discovery of many of the missing pieces.
J.W. Johnson
"Jaybird"