Posted on 06/15/11 @ 10:59 PM
One of the most powerful elements of empires.dat unit data is the AoEd/RoRd "command" line. This controls various abilities like resource gathering, conversion, healing, transport boarding, repair, and trade. However, AoEd/RoRd dumps the "command" line as a series of bytes that do not reveal anything about their actual structure. Some of them are actually unit IDs or floating-point values, and instead appear as a garbled bunch of numbers that do not reveal their true values, which makes them difficult to edit.