Object Data

When editing the object data in dat files each object has a Type and Model. All numbers are stored in big-endian format.

All Objects Start with:

UByte 01 : Model 
UByte 02 : Type
SByte 03 : Owner (Tribe)
SWord 04 : Position-X
SWord 06 : Position-Y

The X and Y coordinates are even numbers from 0-254. This differs from the land coordinates which are 0-127. To convert to the land coordinates, divide by 2 and add 0.5 to get the object in the center of the square.

See Dat Format for more information.

Types

01 - Followers
02 - Buildings
03 - Creature
04 - Vehicle
05 - Scenery
06 - General
07 - Effect
08 - Shot
09 - Shape
10 - Internal
11 - Spell

Models

01 Followers

01 - Wildman
02 - Brave
03 - Warrior
04 - Preacher
05 - Spy
06 - Firewarrior
07 - Shaman
08 - Angel of Death

02 Buildings

01 - Small Hut
02 - Medium Hut
03 - Large Hut
04 - Guard Tower
05 - Temple
06 - Spy Training Hut
07 - Warrior Training Hut
08 - Firewarrior Training Hut
09 - Reconversion (unused)
10 - Wall Piece (unused)
11 - Gate (unused)
12 - Curr OE Slot (unused)
13 - Boat Hut
14 - Boat Hut 2
15 - Balloon Hut
16 - Balloon Hut 2
17 - Guard Post
18 - Vault of Knowledge
19 - Prison

03 Creature

All will show as Eagle.  Singleplayer only.

01 - Bear
02 - Buffalo
03 - Wolf
04 - Eagle
05 - Rabbit
06 - Beaver
07 - Fish

04 Vehicle

01 - Boat
02 - Boat 2
03 - Balloon
04 - Balloon 2

05 Scenery

01 - Tree 1
02 - Tree 2
03 - Tree 3
04 - Tree 4
05 - Tree 5
06 - Tree 6
07 - Plant 1
08 - Plant 2
09 - Stone Head
10 - Fire
11 - Wood Pile
12 - Reincarnation Site Pillar
13 - Rock
14 - Portal
15 - Island
16 - Bridge
17 - Dormant Tree
18 - Top Level Scenery
19 - Sub Level Scenery

06 General

01 - Light
02 - Discovery
03 - Debug Static
04 - Debug Flying
05 - Debug Flag
06 - Trigger
07 - Vehicle Construction
08 - Mapwho Thing
09 - Building Add On
10 - Discovery Marker

07 Effect

01 - Simple Blast
02 - Sprite Circles
03 - Smoke
04 - Lightning Elem
05 - Burn Cell Obstacles
06 - Flatten Land
07 - Move Rs Pillar
08 - Prepare Rs Land
09 - Sphere Explode
10 - Fireball
11 - Firecloud
12 - Ghost Army
13 - Invisibility
14 - Explode Bldg Partial
15 - Volcano
16 - Hypnotism
17 - Lightning Bolt
18 - Swamp
19 - Angel of Death
20 - Tornado
21 - Swarm
22 - Firestorm
23 - Erosion
24 - Landbridge (Requires additional parameters)
25 - Wrath of God
26 - Earthquake
27 - Fly Thingummy
28 - Sphere Explode And Fire
29 - Big Fire
30 - Lightning
31 - Flatten
32 - General
33 - Shape Sparkle
34 - Lava Flow
35 - Volcano Explosions
36 - Purify Land
37 - Unpurify Land
38 - Explosion 1
39 - Explosion 2
40 - Lava Square
41 - Ww Element
42 - Lightning Strand
43 - Ww Dust
44 - Raise Land
45 - Lower Land
46 - Hill
47 - Valley
48 - Place Tree
49 - Rise
50 - Dip
51 - Rein Rock Debris
52 - Clear Mapwho
53 - Place Shaman
54 - Place Wild
55 - Bldg Smoke
56 - Much Simpler Blast
57 - Tumbling Branch
58 - Conversion Flash
59 - Hypnosis Flash
60 - Sparkle
61 - Small Sparkle
62 - Explosion 3
63 - Rock Explosion
64 - Lava Gloop
65 - Splash 6
66 - Smoke Cloud
67 - Smoke Cloud Constant
68 - Fireball 2
69 - Ground Shockwave
70 - Orbiter
71 - Big Sparkle
72 - Meteor
73 - Convert Wild
74 - Bldg Smoke 2 Full
75 - Bldg Smoke 2 Partial
76 - Bldg Damaged Smoke
77 - Delete Rs Pillars
78 - Spell Blast
79 - Firestorm Smoke
80 - Player Dead
81 - Reveal Fog Area
82 - Shield
83 - Boat Hut Repair
84 - Reedy Grass
85 - Swamp Mist
86 - Armageddon
87 - Bloodlust
88 - Teleport
89 - Atlantis Set
90 - Atlantis Invoke
91 - Statue To AoD
92 - Fill One Shot
93 - Fire Roll Elem

08 Shot

01 - Standard
02 - Standard 2
03 - Standard 3
04 - Fireball
05 - Lightning
06 - FireWarrior
07 - Volcano Fireball 1
08 - Volcano Fireball 2

09 Shape

01 - General

10 Internal

01 - Formation
02 - Beacon
03 - Thing Info Display
04 - Soul Convert
05 - Soul Man
06 - Preacher Attract
07 - Object Face
08 - Fight
09 - Pre-Fight
10 - Guard Control
11 - Bridge Control
12 - Soul Convert 2
13 - DT Beacon
14 - Player Raise
15 - Player Lower
16 - Guard Post Display
17 - Player Smooth
18 - Wood Distribute
19 - Sinking Building

11 Spell Cast

01 - Burn
02 - Blast
03 - Lightning
04 - Tornado
05 - Swarm
06 - Invisibility
07 - Hypnotise
08 - Firestorm
09 - Ghost Army
10 - Erode
11 - Swamp
12 - Landbridge
13 - Angel of Death
14 - Earthquake
15 - Flatten
16 - Volcano
17 - Convert
18 - Armageddon
19 - Magical Shield
20 - Bloodlust
21 - Teleport

Buildings and Worship Items

SLong 08 : Angle of Building

All buildings contain one number indicating the angle of the structure.

Worship items must be neutral to work

Scenery

SWord 11 : Angle of Scenery
UByte 16 : Level Scenery Num

The scenery types 18 - Top Level Scenery and 19 - Sub Level Scenery make use of an extra byte field for the Scenery number. These show various rocks and pillars (Identified as "Special" in the Populous World Editor).

The possible values for top level scenery are:

39 - Double stacked pillars
40 - Single tall pillar
41 - Single short pillar
42 - Triple tall rock cluster
43 - Single tall rock
44 - Double tall rock cluster

Effect: Landbridge

SWord 8 : End point X
SWord 12 : End point Y

Effect: Lightning & Lightning Bolt

The position bytes for these effect specify the point in sky. Damage occurs at and near the strike point.

SWord 8 : Strike point X
SWord 12 : Strike point Y

Triggers

Every worship item uses a trigger. Triggers give the properties of a worship item and what happens when it is worshipped. Triggers are placed on the same position as the worship item.

Trigger Types

00 - Proximity (Stone Head or Totem Pole)
01 - Timed  (Usually reoccurring automatic things)
02 - Player Death (Occurring after a certain tribe dies)
03 - Shaman Proximity (Obelisk)
04 - Library (Vault of Knowledge)
05 - Shaman AOD (Gargoyle)

Trigger Data:

UByte 01 - 6   : Model: Trigger
UByte 02 - 6   : Type: General
SByte 03 - 0   : Owner
SWord 04 - 0   : Position-X
SWord 06 - 0   : Position-Y
-
UByte 08 - 0   : Trigger Type: Types listed above
UByte 09 - 1   : Cell Radius 
UByte 10 - 1   : Random Value
SByte 11 - 1   : Number of Occurrences (0 for infinite, -1 for retrigger)
UWord 12 - 6   : Trigger Count: Number of followers to worship it (1 if it is an obelisk or gargoyle) or timed trigger time
UWord 14 -     : 10 Thing idx
...
UWord 34 - 180 : Pray Time in quarter-seconds
UByte 36 - 0   : Start Inactive
UByte 37 - 0   : Create Player Owned
SWord 38 - 1   : Inactive Time

These are all the settings a trigger has. From the 14th byte to 33 are 10 words containing the effects or discoveries linked to it. A trigger can hold up to 10 effects, the word contains the idx of the effect.

The idx is the initial object count in the dat file. For example you might have 40 objects in the dat file and the 7th object was the effect, the idx would be 7. Then the effect occurs only when the worship object has been worshipped.

Timed Triggers

Timed triggers use the Trigger Count attribute for the time until the trigger will activate. Unlike the pray time for normal triggers, timed triggers use Game Turns rather than quarter-seconds. Timed triggers also make use of the Number of Occurrences being set to -1 meaning they need to be triggered by another trigger to activate again. This can be used to link multiple triggers together to get more than 10 effects from a single trigger action.

Discoveries

Availability Types

0 - Not Available
1 - Permanent (Needed for Vault of Knowledge)
2 - Level
3 - Once 
4 - Discovery

Triggers can be linked to almost anything from discoveries to followers. A discovery is a spell or building that is obtained.

UByte 01 -   2 Model: Discovery
UByte 02 -   6 Type: General
SByte 03 - 255 (Owned by nobody)
SWord 05 -     Position-X (should be the same as worship item)
SWord 07 -     Position-Y
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Byte  08 -  11 Discovery Type
Byte  09 -   4 Discovery Model
Byte  10 -   3 Availability Type 
Byte  11 -   1 Trigger Type
Long  12 -     Mana Amount

Effects can also be used, see a list of effects above. If no discovery is linked to a Stone Head it will appear as a Totem Pole in the game.

Rising Stone Heads

On some levels Stone Heads can rise when another Stone Head is worshipped. This is done by making another Stone Head with a trigger etc. and then linking the Worship Object and the Trigger to the Trigger that will making it rise.