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Kiwi tea at 17:03, 17 September 2012

2012-09-17T17:03:18Z

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Specify water table elevation

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-[[Category:Modding]]
+[[Category:Sims 2 Modding]]
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 [[Category:FormatsByTGI]]

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 ;DWORD
-:Water Table height (Always 00 4C 9C 43)
+:Water Table Elevation (Always 00 4C 9C 43 = 312.5 single float)
 ;DWORD

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 ==Notes==
 The 00 00 00 00 point for the terrain hight value is effectively at the core of the Sims 2 planet.
 The water is set at a height of 43 9C 40 00.

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 Here is a sample of an actual Hood, that I made.  It was completely flat with nothing on it at all.  I used a blank default SC4 City to generate it so all values are at their defaults:
-    A4 5D CB AB 04 00 00 00     <<Always the same
+    A4 5D CB AB     <<Block ID
 00 00 00     <<Hood Grid Size. Always the same, 00 00 00 80 = 128.
 00 00 00     <<Hood Grid Size. Always the same, 00 00 00 80 = 128.
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 00 00 00     <<Length of following text
 65 6D 70 65 72 61 74 65    << The Terrain Type, spelt out, in this case  "Temperate".
-3B 94 6B 01 00 00 00   <<Always the same.
+3B 94 6B     <<Block ID
 00 00 00     <<Length of following text. Always the same.
 32 44 41 72 72 61 79       <<Always the same, spelt out, "c2DArray".
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     ...
     ...
-3B 94 6B 01 00 00 00   <<Always the same
+3B 94 6B     <<Block ID
 00 00 00     <<Length of following text:
 32 44 41 72 72 61 79      <<Always the same, spelt out, "c2DArray".

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 :Terrain type (x = length shown above, EG. Temperate, Desert)
-;8 BYTES
+;DWORD
-:Header? (Always 43 3B 94 6B 01 00 00 00)
+:Block ID (Always 43 3B 94 6B)
 ;DWORD
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 :The Array containing the height of the terrain at a given point on the grid.  Each Element of the array is made up of a DWORD and represents a point on the Hoods grid starting in the top left and going down, where the DWORD is the height of the terrain at that grid point.  There are 16641 DWORDS or 66564 BYTES in this array.
-;8 BYTES
+;DWORD
-:Header? (Always 43 3B 94 6B 01 00 00 00)
+:Block ID (Always 43 3B 94 6B)
 ;DWORD

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 ==Format==
-;8 BYTES
+;DWORD
-:Header? (Always A4 5D CB AB 04 00 00 00)
+:Block ID (Always A4 5D CB AB)
 ;DWORD:

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 }}
 I have just finished doing all I can to decode this section of  a Hood file, I'm hopeless with maths but with a lot of experimenting I have got this:
 ==Format==

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 ==Overview of format==
-Here is a sample of an actual Hood, that I made.  It was completely falt with nothing on it at all.  I used a blank default SC4 City to generate it so all values are at their defaults:
+Here is a sample of an actual Hood, that I made.  It was completely flat with nothing on it at all.  I used a blank default SC4 City to generate it so all values are at their defaults:
     A4 5D CB AB 04 00 00 00     <<Always the same

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 C0 A8 43  00 C0 A8 43  00 C0 A8 43     <<There are 129 blocks like this Each 4 bytes make up a DWORD.  In a "real"
                                                 Hood these values are all different representing the various terrain heights.
 3B 94 6B 01 00 00 00   <<Always the same
 00 00 00     <<Length of following text:
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 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 <<There are 129 blocks like this. Always the same, 00.
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