f22.dat vs f22_ur.dat

Both files are executables. They can be renamed to exe and run. Anyone knows what is that f22_ur.dat for?

Here are some string findings regarding palettes used in the game:
offset, character#, name of the palette, file (possibly)

2285728 Char 43 f22_pal.c: Couldn't find grey palette file.

2285772 Char 19 \mp_col\att_pat.col
2285792 Char 46 f22_pal.c: Couldn't find att_pat palette file.

2285840 Char 19 \mp_col\hei_pal.col
2285860 Char 46 f22_pal.c: Couldn't find hei_pal palette file.

2285908 Char 17 \cgdat\tawmap.pcx

2285928 Char 17 \mp_col\acmi2.col
2285948 Char 43 f22_pal.c: Couldn't find acmi palette file.

2285992 Char 16 \mp_col\tree.col
2286012 Char 43 f22_pal.c: Couldn't find tree palette file.

2286056 Char 20 \mp_col\wep_load.col
2286080 Char 46 f22_pal.c: Couldn't find weapons palette file.

2286128 Char 19 \mp_col\fuzzpal.col
2286148 Char 50 f22_pal.c: Couldn't find awacs fuzzy palette file.

2286200 Char 15 \mp_col\atc.col
2286216 Char 42 f22_pal.c: Couldn't find atc palette file.

2286260 Char 22 \iff\256\gui\cross.pcx

2286284 Char 19 \mp_col\1400pal.col

2286304 Char 50 f22_pal.c: Couldn't find 1400pal.col palette file.

2286356 Char 25 \pcx\multipla\gridpic.pcx

2286384 Char 51 f22_pal.c: Couldn't find multipla.pcx palette file.

2286436 Char 19 \pcx\misc\panel.pcx
2286456 Char 48 f22_pal.c: Couldn't find panel.pcx palette file.

2286508 Char 22 \pcx\misc\killloss.pcx
2286532 Char 51 f22_pal.c: Couldn't find killloss.pcx palette file.

2286584 Char 19 \cgdat\awacicon.pcx

Finding and making some changes to the palette may make visual changes at the cheapest time and effort expense.

Here are some strings possibly (99% possibly) from game.cfg. Please compare to what we have already in game.cfg and see if there are any new attributes, which if and when added to the file might trigger possibly some surprises:

2324116 Char 11 UPDATE_MFDS
2324240 Char 10 CAMOUFLAGE
2324252 Char 10 DUSTTRAILS
2324264 Char 11 COCKREFLECT
2324316 Char 10 MISSTRAILS
2324328 Char 16 BUILDING_SHADOWS
2324348 Char 11 EXPL_DETAIL
2324360 Char 13 BUILD_TEXTURE
2324376 Char 12 FLASH_CLOUDS
2324396 Char 11 F22_SHADOWS
2324408 Char 16 AIRCRAFT_SHADOWS
2324452 Char 12 URBAN_DETAIL
2324468 Char 10 DIFFICULTY
2324480 Char 16 WIDE_ANGLE_VIEWS
2324532 Char 11 JOY_X_VALUE
2324544 Char 11 JOY_Y_VALUE
2324556 Char 10 RUDDER_MID
2324588 Char 15 START_ON_RUNWAY
2324604 Char 13 REARM_WINGMEN
2324620 Char 16 LAND_AT_ANY_BASE
2324640 Char 20 OTHER_FLIGHTS_IN_AIR
2324664 Char 19 MORE_CANNON_ON_HARD
2324684 Char 22 NO_COLLISION_ON_GROUND
2324716 Char 11 %hd %hd %hd
2324728 Char 14 SPEECH QUALITY
2324752 Char 14 %hd %hd %hd %d
2324768 Char 20 %d %d %d %d
2324796 Char 18 TRANSPARENT CLOUDS
2324816 Char 11 DUST TRAILS
2324828 Char 19 COCKPIT REFLECTIONS
2324848 Char 12 SHOW WEAPONS
2324864 Char 10 SHIP WAKES
2324876 Char 14 MISSILE TRAILS
2324892 Char 16 BUILDING SHADOWS
2324912 Char 17 EXPLOSIONS DETAIL
2324932 Char 16 BUILDING TEXTURE
2324952 Char 12 FLASH CLOUDS
2324968 Char 21 LIGHT SOURCED SHADING
2324992 Char 11 F22 SHADOWS
2325004 Char 16 AIRCRAFT SHADOWS
2325036 Char 12 URBAN DETAIL
2325052 Char 11 UPDATE MFDS
2325064 Char 44 %d %d %d %d %d %d %d %d %d %d %d %d %d %d %d
2325112 Char 14 UPDATE_MFDS=%d
2325144 Char 10 TCLOUDS=%d
2325184 Char 11 QUICKMFD=%d
2325200 Char 15 SPEECH=%d %d %d
2325220 Char 11 BETTY=%d %d
2325236 Char 10 CONTROL=%d
2325252 Char 19 SOUNDFX=%d %d %d %d
2325276 Char 11 MUSIC=%d %d
2325299 Char 29 ?REALISM=%d %d %d %d
2325332 Char 13 CAMOUFLAGE=%d
2325348 Char 13 DUSTTRAILS=%d
2325364 Char 14 COCKREFLECT=%d
2325384 Char 12 CONTRAILS=%d
2325400 Char 10 WEAPONS=%d
2325428 Char 12 SHIPWAKES=%d
2325444 Char 13 MISSTRAILS=%d
2325460 Char 19 BUILDING_SHADOWS=%d
2325484 Char 14 EXPL_DETAIL=%d
2325504 Char 16 BUILD_TEXTURE=%d
2325524 Char 12 WIPE_FADE=%d
2325540 Char 13 LENS_FLARE=%d
2325556 Char 14 ENHANCED_NV=%d
2325576 Char 15 FLASH_CLOUDS=%d
2325596 Char 12 SMOOTHING=%d
2325612 Char 16 WATER_EFFECTS=%d
2325632 Char 15 ANTIALIASING=%d
2325664 Char 14 F22_SHADOWS=%d
2325684 Char 19 AIRCRAFT_SHADOWS=%d
2325708 Char 12 G_EFFECTS=%d
2325736 Char 11 HUDCOLIX=%d
2325752 Char 14 JOY_X_VALUE=%d
2325772 Char 14 JOY_Y_VALUE=%d
2325792 Char 13 RUDDER_MID=%d
2325816 Char 19 WIDE_ANGLE_VIEWS=%s
2325840 Char 11 RECORDER=%d
2325856 Char 11 CD_AUDIO=%d
2325872 Char 11 HELPPATH=%s
2325888 Char 15 URBAN_DETAIL=%d
2325908 Char 13 DIFFICULTY=%d
2325940 Char 10 LENS_FLARE
2325952 Char 11 ENHANCED_NV
2325964 Char 13 WATER_EFFECTS
2325980 Char 12 ANTIALIASING

List of things (may come handy(?) sorry long list:

AIRCRAFTS:
F-14 Tomcat
F-15 Eagle
F-16 Falcon
F-18 Hornet
Harrier GR6
Sea Harrier
Su-27 Flanker B
Su-33 Flanker D
Su-35 Super Flanker
MiG-21 Fishbed
MiG-27 Flogger D
MiG-29 Fulcrum
MiG-31 Foxhound
F-117A Nighthawk
F-111 Raven
Tu-16 Badger
Tu-26 Backfire
Su-34 Platipus
A-10 Thunderbolt
Su-25 Frogfoot
C-17 Galaxy
An-225 Antonov
Il-76 Mainstay
CH-47 Chinook
Mi-26 Halo
Mi-24 Hind
R-767 Refueler
Il-78M Refueler
J-767 JSTARS
E-767 AWACS
A-50 AWACS
Tier II plus
Comanche RAH66
AH-64 Apache
CH-53E Stallion
Mi-28 Havoc
V22 Osprey
Antonov 70
Civilian 747
Civilian 767
Global Hawk
Decoy Drone
Black Hawk
Space Triangle
Flying Saucer
HARRIER_GR6
SEA_HARRIER
CRUISE_MISSILE
CHALLENGER
FUELTANKER
Unidentified Flying Object
Cruise Missile


SHIPS:
HMS Invincible aircraft carrier
USS Nimitz aircraft carrier
Charles de Gaulle
Neutrashimy
Oliver H Perry
Anglo French Frigate
La Fayette
Ivan Rogov
SES Patrol Craft
Avenger Patrol Craft
Oil Tanker
Supply Ship
Hospital Ship
Spy Trawler
Container Ship
OIL TANKER
CONTAINER SHIP
MK20 PREDICTOR
RBK500 PREDICTOR
SHIP KH59M


OBJECTS:
Comms Base
Desalination Plant
Industrial Complex
Naval Base
Commercial Port
Oil Refinery
Secret Base
Supply Dump
Tanker Terminal
Abu Simbel
Abydos Temple
Amada Temple
Luxor Temple Of Amun
Beit El Wali Temple
Dara Pyramid
Elephantine Island Temples
El Kula Pyramid
El Sibu Temple
Temple Of Hatshepsut
Temple Of Horus
Kalabsha Temple
Valley Of The Kings
Temple Of Kom Ombo
Philae Temple
Tombs Of The Queens
Tukh Pyramid
Zawyet El Maiyitin Pyramid
Al Mubarraz
Aden Airport
Asyut Airport
At Taif Airport
King Abdul Aziz Int Airport
Djibouti Airport
Barin Airbase
Jeddah Old
Khamis Mushayt Airbase
Khartoum Airbase
Luxor Airport
King Khalid Int Airport
Riyadh Military
Crossing Point
Air Defense HQ
Air force HQ
Command bunker
Communication antenna
Communication building
Dome comms building
Communication HQ
Cooling tower
Oil Cracker
Desalination building
Desalination pipe
Dockside crane
EWR control building
Industrial building
Industrial tank
Religious Buliding
Multistory office
Munitions building
Oil derrick
Oil donkey
Oil pipeline
Oil refinery station
Power line
Power station
Residential block
Residential building
Storage building
Underground bunker
Dispersal point
Control tower
Hardened hanger
Fire Station
Radar Building
Train Station
Aswan High Dam Hydro Plant
Amada Temple
Flat Sided Pyramid
Kalabasha Temple
Mastaba Tombs
Ram Statues
Rows of Pillars
Ruined Pyramid at Dara
Seated Figure
Seated Figures in Hillside
Simple Pyramid
Standing Figures in Hillside
Step Pyramid
Stone Gateway
Stone Pillars
Temple Complex
Temple of Habo
Temple of Horus
Temple of Karnak
Temple Ruin
Ship point
Ground based
Hand held SAM

AIRBASES:
RIYADH MILITARY
DJIBOUTI INTERNATIONAL
WEST TADJOURAH
ABU SIMBEL
WADI ABU SHIHAT
BIR ABU RAHAL
MINA BARANIS
MERSA GULBUB
ASH SHARMA
YANBU AL BAHR
KING ABDUL AZIZ INTERNATIONAL
OLD JEDDAH
AL MADINAH
KHAMIS MUSHAYT
RIYADH KING KHALID INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
ABDUL AZIZ
240 RIYADH
320 RIYADH
KING KHALID MILITARY CITY
ASH SHARAWRAH
UMM DURMAN
WAD MADANI
ED DAMAZIN
WADI HALFA
AL HUDAYDAH
MADINAT ASH SHAB
BAYHAN AL QISAB
HISN AL ABR
AL ITTIHAD


ARMOUR:
Bedford Truck
Chalenger Tank
Transport Truck
M163 Vulcan Anti-aircraft gun
Multi-Launch-Rocket-System
Mobile bridging vehicle
Patriot Air defense System
Rapier Air defense System
Roland Air defense System
MARCONI S373
MARCONI S723
SA 6 Air defense System
SA 11 Air defense System
ZSU23 Shilka Anti-aircraft gun
Wild Weasel
Escort ECM
SEAD strike
Base Capture
FAB 250 Hardened
RBK 500 Cluster
Centre Fuel
Patriot SAM
Rapier SAM

Excellent work Polak.
I see that you are using AXE. What other tools are you using?

That is good question, because good tools are the 50% of sucess in file snooping:

Besides Hex Editor I like TextScan which looks for strings, then FileMon to monitor the action I lately heard about WinDASM, which I am about to look for and test.

I must admit that I found Hex Editing amazingly intersting and not at all too difficult, or geekky. Knowing how those files are written give you perfect understanding how the game works and what else can be done about it now. But I am really a noob.

Are you into it too? Because I am looking for someone on this forum to share some discussion – that what is forum about and for, right?