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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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-
-
- RED BARON MISSION BUILDER PILOT RECORD
-
- What follows is the currently known contents of a
- pilot's record in the game of Red Baron. Each pilot's
- record occupies 124 bytes in the file ROSTER.DAT which
- is created and updated as you play the game. The first
- part of this report will cover a typical record layout
- and part two will concern itself with specific details.
-
- The file Begins with a four byte header record followed
- by up to fifteen pilot records. The first two bytes of the
- header record are always FF FF. The next two bytes are the
- number of pilot records in the file.
-
- Some fields/bytes have never been observed to change
- from the value of 00 (hex). I assume that these are unused
- and will be denoted by NU (for Not Used).
-
-
- BYTE(s) Contents/Values
- ------- -------------------------------------------------------
- 1-16 Pilot's Name
- 17 No. of this pilot's record in ROSTER.DAT (00 - 0F)
- 18 Service; 00 = German Air Service, 01 = RFC
- 19 Rank; 00 = 2nd Lt., ..., 03 = Major
- 20 Status; 00 = OK, 01 = Retired, 02 = Discharged,
- 03 = Dead
- 21 Type of personal aircraft (A/C) - normally = FF
- which indicates as assigned. See below for
- further details in section on details.
- 22 Personal A/C color, wings.
- 23 Personal A/C color, fuselage.
- 24 Current month in the war; 01 = Dec '15, ...,
- 23 = Oct.'18. If set to 00, the program will
- display Nov.'15 and you get at least one extra mission.
- 25 Day within the current month; has a value of 1 to 28
- (decimal) and is used to "spread out the missions
- over a month (in conjnction with byte 28).
- 26 Number of missions flown, Low order byte (LB)
- 27 " " " " " " " ", High order byte (HB)
- 28 Number of missions remaining in current month.
- 29-30 Hex code of next mission ( 00 00 - 03 FF)
- 31 Squadron Code (and, depending upon month, airfield
- assignment). Much more on this below.
- 32 Month in which you obtained your personal A/C.
- 33 Month in which you joined current squadron.
- 34 NU
- 35 No. of victories at time of last decoration (LB).
- 36 " " " " (HB)
- 37 No. of victories at time of last promotion (LB).
- 38 " " " " (HB)
- 39 No. of missions flown by RFC pilot with a Fr. Sqdn.
- 40 " " " " (HB)
- 41 Number of Boards of Inquiry Faced (OOPS)
- 42-50 Decorations earned. Details below.
- 51-53 NU
- 54 Real Instruments Toggle; 00 = off, 01 = on.
- 55 NU
- 56 Sun Blind Spots Toggle
- 57 NU
- 58 Real Weather Toggle.
- 59 NU
- 60 Gun Jams Toggle.
- 61 NU
- 62 Blackouts Toggle.
- 63 NU
- 64 Carburetor Freeze Toggle.
- 65 NU
- 66 Limited Ammo Toggle.
- 67 NU
- 68 Limited Fuel Toggle.
- 69 NU
- 70 Real Navigation.
- 71 NU
- 72 A/C May Be Damaged Toggle.
- 73 NU
- 74 Flight Model; 00 = Novice, ..., 02 = Expert.
- 75 NU
- 76 The infamous MID-AIRS Toggle.
- 77 NU
- 78 Combat Model; 00 = Easy, ..., 02 = Hard.
- 79 NU
- 80-81 Points earned; byte 80 is the Least Significant
- Byte, 81 the Most Significant.
- 82-83 NU
- 84 Persona∞ Kills¼ A/C (LB)
- 85 " " " , " (HB)
- 86 Personal Kills, Balloons (LB)
- 87 " " " " " " " (HB)
- 88 Personal Kills, Zepps (LB)
- 89 " " " " ", " " (HB)
- 90 Squadron Kills, A/C (this is an accumulation from
- least significant all missions you have flown
- byte regardless of squadrons flown
- with).
- 91 Same as byte 90, (HB)
- 92 Squadron Kills, Balloons (LB)
- 93 " " " " ", " " " (HB)
- 94 Squadron Kills, Zepps (LB)
- 95 " " " " ", " " (HB)
- 96 Personal Kills, Friendly A/C (OOPS again)
- 97 " " " (HB)
- 98 Total No. of friendly A/C lost flying missions with you
- 99 " " " " " (HB)
- 100 -
- 107 GAS aces killed; details below.
- 108-
- 118 RFC Aces killed; details below.
- 119-
- 121 New GAS aces killed; details below.
- 122-
- 124 New RFC aces killed; details below.
-
-
- Well, there it is thus far. The details that were mentioned
- above will now be covered in the next section.
-
-
- Details on values of various fields/bytes as mentioned
- above are as follows (all values given are HEXADECIMAL):
-
-
- BYTE 21, Type of Personal A/C currently being flown:
- the values are -
- 00 - Morane Bullet 01 - Airco DH-2 Feb '16
- 02 - Nieuport 17 Apr '16 03 - Sopwith Pup Apr '16
- 04 - Sopwith Tripe Jan '17 05 - SPAD VII Jul '16
- 06 - Se-5A May '17* 07 - Sopwith Camel Jun '17
- 08 - SPAD XIII Sep '17 09 - Sopwith Snipe Sep '18
- 10 - Fokker Eindekker 11 - Albatros DII Sep '16
- 12 - Albatros DIII Feb '17 13 - Fokker Dr I Aug '17
- 14 - Pfalz DIII Jul '17 15 - Albatros DVa Jun '17
- 16 - Fokker DVII May '18
- 1C - Nieuport 11 Nov '15 1D - Nieuport 28 (1) Jun '18
- 1E - Fokker D-VIII Sep '18 1F - Halberstadt D-II Jun '16
- 20 - SSW D-III Jun '18 (1) - American units only
-
- * You won't see an announcement in the game until May '17,
- but the Se-5a actually appears in April.
-
- If you decide to upgrade your A/C to one that is before
- its time (e.g. a Snipe in 1916) and then later decide
- to change your A/C, use a hex editor. Doing this in the
- program will set you up for a program crash.
-
-
- BYTES 22 & 23, Personal A/C colors;
- The color codes for wings and/or fuselage are:
- 00 - Blue, 01 - Red, 02 - Yellow, 03 - Olive
- 04 - Tan, 05 - Black, 06 - Grey, 07 - White
-
-
- BYTES 42-50, Decorations.
- All of these are values, but some may be thought of
- as toggles, where 00 = no award and 01 = awarded.
- When it is a value, it applies only to RFC pilots
- and is the number of BARS to that decoration, where
- the first bar is actually the second award of that
- particular gong - just like the American Oak Leaf
- Cluster. Number of victories required shown in (.) .
-
- BYTE GAS RFC
- ---- ------------------------ ---------------------
- 42 Iron Cross 2nd class (3) Military Cross (3)
- 43 " " 1st " (6) # bars, DFC
- 44 RHHO (15) DSO
- 45 Pour Le Merite (20) Victoria Cross (55)
- 46 Order of Red Eagle (70) Croix de Guerre (Fr.)
- 47 PLM mit Eichenlaub (100) Legion of Honor (Fr.)
- 48 NU # bars, MC (5)
- 49 NU DFC
- 50 NU # bars, DSO
-
- Note that there is no provision in the RFC scheme of
- things for bars to the VC or any French decoration,
- so stop straining.
-
-
- BYTE 32, month personal A/C obtained.
- When a new A/C hits the front, this byte is checked
- against byte 24. If it is at least 4 less than byte
- 24, then you will be allowed to select this latest
- aircraft.
-
-
- BYTE 33, Month you joined current squadron.
- The same restriction vis-a-vis bytes 32 and 24 apply
- to 33 and 24 also. No difference of 4, no transfer
- within the game.
-
-
- BYTES 100-118, Aces killed during this pilot's
- campaign.
- Bytes 100-107 and 119-121are GAS aces killed;
- 108-118 and 122-124 are RFC aces. If the byte
- for a particular ace is 01, then you killed him
- (if flying for the enemy - good) or he was killed
- while flying a mission with you (bad).
-
-
- BYTES 100-107, GAS aces killed during this pilot's campaign
-
- BYTE GAS Ace
- ---- ----------------------
- 100 Manfred v. Richthofen
- 101 Ernst Udet
- 102 Werner Voss
- 103 Lothar v. Richthofen
- 104 Herman Goering
- 105 Oswald Boelcke
- 106 Max Immelmann
- 107 Erich Loewenhardt
-
-
- BYTES 108-118, RFC aces killed in this pilot's campaign.
-
- BYTE RFC Ace
- ---- --------------------------
- 108 Edward "Mick" Mannock
- 109 William Bishop
- 110 James McCudden
- 111 Albert Ball
- 112 Lanoe Hawker
- 113 Rene Fonck
- 114 Georges Guynemer
- 115 Edward Rickenbacker
- 116 Frank Luke
- 117 Charles Nungesser
- 118 Raymond Collishaw
-
-
- BYTES 119-121, added GAS aces killed in this pilot's campaign.
-
- BYTE GAS Ace
- ---- -----------------------
- 119 Rudolf Berthold
- 120 Ritter von Schleich
- 121 Karl Degelow
-
-
- BYTES 122-124, added RFC aces killed in this pilot's campaign.
-
- BYTE RFC Ace
- ---- -----------------------
- 122 Donald Maclaren
- 123 William G. Barker
- 124 Roderic S. Dallas
-
-
- BYTE 31, Squadron (and Airfield) Code
- This section will, of necessity, be the longest. This is
- because there is so much info here and it is divided
- according to whether one is talking about the RFC or the
- GAS. I will present the data for the RFC first.
-
- RFC CODES
- ---------
- A. Squadron codes
- Code Squadron Activated A/F
- ---- ----------- --------- ---------------
- 00 No. 3 Nov. '15 St. Pol
- 01 No. 11 Nov. '15 Cachy
- 02 No. 40 Apr. '17 La Gorgue
- 03 No. 60 May '16 St. Omer
- 04 No. 85 May '18 La Gorgue
- 05 No. 39 HD Feb. '16 Sutton's Farm
- 06 No. 61 HD June '17 Rochford
- 07 No. 143 HD Feb. '18 Hainault Farm
- 08 No. 3 Naval Nov. '15 La Gorgue
- 09 No. 8 Naval Oct. '16 Furnes
- 0A Esc. 23 Nov. '15 Maxville
- 0B Esc. 38 Nov. '15 Fismes
- 0C 27th Aero Jun. '18 Chateau Thierry
- 0D-17 Not Used for RFC
- 18 No. 24 Feb. '16 Bertangles
- 19 No. 56 May '17 La Plessis Belleville
- 1A No. 74 Apr. '18 St. Omer
- 1B Black Flight May '17 Dunkirk
- 1C Storks Feb. '16 Souilly
- 1D 94th Aero Apr. '18 Toul
-
- Note that the airfields given above are those at which
- the squadron first appears. Airfield assignments will
- change frequently throughout the game. Also note that
- "creative" hex editing that uses either unused codes or
- codes within an invalid time frame can cause the program
- to terminate or do weird things.
-
-
- B. Airfield assignments
- (a) = activated; (t) = transfer
- Month(s) Squadron Airfield
- ------------ ---------- -----------
- Nov '15 No. 3 St. Pol
- " No. 11 Cachy
- " No. 3 Naval La Gorgue
- " Esc. 23 Maxville
- " Esc. 38 Fismes
- Dec '15 No changes
- Jan '16 No changes
- Feb '16 No. 24 (a) Bertangles
- " No. 39 HD (a) Sutton's Farm
- " Storks (a) Souilly
- Apr '16 No changes
- May '16 No. 11 (t) Vert Galant
- " No. 60 (a) St. Omer
- Jun '16 No. 3 (t) Bertincourt
- " Storks (t) Estree St. Denis
- è Jul '16 No. 60 (t) Cachy
- Aug '16 No changes
- Sep '16 No. 11 DISBANDS
- Oct '16 No. 8 Naval (a) Furnes
- Nov '16 No. 3 (t) Toul
- Dec '16 No changes
- Jan '17 " "
- Feb '17 No. 3 (t) St. Pol
- Storks (t) St. Marie Cappel
- Mar '17 No. 60 (t) Bertincourt
- No. 24 (t) Cachy
- Apr '17 No. 3 (t) Villers Cotterets
- No. 40 (a) La Gorgue
- No. 3 Naval (t) St. Marie Cappel
- Esc. 23 (t) Bar-le-Duc
- Storks (t) St. Omer
- May '17 No. 56 (a) La Plessis Belleville
- " Black Flight(a) Dunkirk
- Jun '17 No. 61 HD (a) Rochford
- " No. 56 (t) Vert Galant
- Jul '17 No changes
- Aug '17 No changes
- Sep '17 No. 40 (t) St. Pol
- " No. 56 (t) La Gorgue
- " Black Flight DISBANDS
- Oct '17 No. 3 (t) St. Marie Cappel
- No. 3 Naval (t) Ashford
- No. 60 (t) Villers-Cotterets
- No. 56 (t) Vert Galant
- Nov '17 No changes
- Dec '17 Storks (t) Toul
- Jan '18 No. 8 Naval (t) Bertangles
- Feb '18 No. 143 HD (a) Hainault Farm
- " No. 3 Naval (t) Furnes
- Mar '18 No. 3 (t) Bertincourt
- " Storks (t) Souilly
- " Esc. 38 (t) Maxville
- Apr '18 No. 24 (t) Vert Galant
- " No. 56 (t) Cachy
- " No. 74 (a) St. Omer
- " 94th Aero (a) Toul
- May '18 No. 85 (a) La Gorgue
- Jun '18 Esc. 23 (t) Souilly
- " Storks (t) Le Plessis Belleville
- " 27th Aero (a) Chateau-Thierry
- Jul '18 94th Aero (t) Chateau-Thierry
- " 27th Aero (t) Toul
- " No. 24 (t) Bertangles
- Aug '18 No. 8 Naval (t) Dunkirk
- " No. 56 (t) Vert Galant
- Sep '18 No. 60 (t) Cachy
- " Esc. 23 (t) Souilly
- " No. 24 (t) Bertangles
- " No. 56 (t) Villers-Cotterets
- " 27th Aero (t) Bar-le-Duc
- Oct '18 94th Aero (t) Toul
- Nov '18 ALL GO HOME
-
-
-
- GERMAN AIR SERVICE CODES
- ------------------------
- A. Squadron Codes
- Code Squadron Activated A/F
- ---- ---------------- --------- --------------
- 0D Flt. Abt. 62 Nov '15 Douai
- 0E KEK 2 Nov '15 Metz
- 0F KEK Habsheim Nov '15 St. Mihiel
- 10 3rd Fokker Stfl. Nov '15 Tellancourt
- 11 Jasta 5 Nov '16 Laon
- 12 Jasta 9 Sep '16 Vousiers
- 13 Jasta 14 Oct '16 Lille
- 14 Jasta 15 Oct '16 Tellancourt
- 15 Jasta 24 Nov '16 St. Quentin
- 16 Jasta 27 Feb '17 Ostend
- 17 Jasta 37 May '17 St. Marguerite
- 18 Unused
- 19 Unused
- 1A Unused
- 1B Unused
- 1C Unused
- 1D Unused
- 1E Flt. Abt. 203 Feb '16 Sivry
- 1F Jasta 2 Sep '16 Douai
- 20 Jasta 11 Jan '17 Douai
- 21 JG 1 Jul '17 Courtrai
- 00-0C Unused by German Air Service
-
-
- B. Airfield Assignments
-
- The same notation as for the RFC entries above will
- be used here and the same caution about date/place
- anomalies apply.
-
- Date Unit Airfield
- ------- ---------------- -----------
- Nov '15 Flt. Abt. No. 62 Douai
- KEK 2 Metz
- KEK Habsheim St. Mihiel
- 3rd Fokker Stfl. Tellancourt
- Dec '15 No changes
- Jan '16 No changes
- Feb '16 Fl. Abt. 203 (a) Sivry
- Mar '16 No changes
- Apr '16 No changes
- May '16 No changes
- Jun '16 No changes
- Jul '16 Flt. Abt. 203 DISBANDS
- Aug '16 No changes
- Sep '16 Fl. Abt. 62 DISBANDS
- KEK 2 DISBANDS
- Jasta 2 (a) Douai
- Jasta 9 (a) Voursiers
- Oct '16 3rd Fok. Stfl. DISBANDS
- KEK Habsheim DISBANDS
- Jasta 14 (a) Lille
- Jasta 15 (a) Tellancourt
- Nov '16 Jasta 5 (a) Laon
- Jasta 24 (a) St. Quentin
- Dec '16 No changes
- Jan '17 Jasta 2 (t) Cappy
- Jasta 11 (a) Douai
- Feb '17 Jasta 27 (a) Ostend
- Mar '17 No changes
- Apr '17 No changes
- May '17 Jasta 37 (a) St. Marguerite
- Jun '17 No changes
- Jul '17 Jasta 2 DISBANDS
- Jasta 11 DISBANDS
- JG 1 (a) Courtrai
- Aug '17 No changes
- Sep '17 No changes
- Oct '17 No changes
- Nov '17 JG 1 (t) Cambrai
- Jasta 15 (t) St. Mihiel
- Dec '17 No changes
- Jan '18 Jasta 5 (t) Cappy
- Feb '18 Jasta 27 (t) Laon
- Mar '18 No changes
- Apr '18 No changes
- May '18 Jasta 27 (t) Douai
- Jun '18 Jasta 24 (t) Laon
- JG 1 (t) St. Quentin
- Jul '18 No changes
- Aug '18 No changes
- Sep '18 JG 1 (t) Tellancourt
- Oct '18 No changes
- Nov '18 ALL GO HOME
-
-
-
- Thanks to Bill "Samurai" Ciciora for discovering the
- use of byte 98 and also for the numerous corrections
- to the Airfield/Squadron/Time section listings.
-
- And now, a very special thanks and acknowlegdement to
- Keith Heitmann. It was his analysis of the Red Baron
- ROSTER.DAT file and his subsequent posts on the PRODIGY
- BBS that got me started on this search for the elusive
- wild goose. Thanks, Keith, you done good (that's Texas
- talk for well done).
-
- J. W. Johnson
- aka Jaybird
- 74020,1734