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This page pertains to the format of the '''Region View''' file within [[Savegame]] files. The [[TGI]] for this file is ''0xCA027EDB, 0xCA027EE1, 0x00000000''.

The Region View file has three possible versions:
*v1.9 - Pre-release
*v1.10 - Release version
*v1.13 - [[Rush Hour]]

==Specification==
The Region View file has the following specification, written out for version 1.13 type files.

<pre>                 
WORD	Version Major
WORD	Version Minor
DWORD	Tile X Location
DWORD	Tile Y Location
DWORD	City Size X
DWORD	City Size Y
DWORD	Residential Population
DWORD	Commercial Population
DWORD	Industrial Population
FLOAT	Unknown1 (Not Present in version 1.9 or earlier)
BYTE 	Mayor Rating (Bars/12 bars max) (not in version 1.10 or earlier)
BYTE	Star Count (As seen when looking at a city in region view) (0=1,1=2,2=3)
BYTE	Tutorial Flag (If 1, map is a tutorial)
DWORD   City GUID (Present in Mayor View also at offset 20)
        (Getting Started tutorial has "EXIT".. inside joke?)
DWORD	Unknown5 (Only seen 0's)
DWORD	Unknown6 (Only seen 0's)
DWORD	Unknown7 (Only seen 0's)
DWORD	Unknown8 (Only seen 0's)
DWORD	Unknown9 (Only seen 0's)
BYTE	Mode Flag (1 = Mayor Mode, 0 = God Mode)				
DWORD	City Name Length
PRIOR	City Name (String)
DWORD	Former Name Length
PRIOR	City Former Name (Non-existent in Region View, Mayor View has "New City")
DWORD	Mayor Name Length
PRIOR	Mayor Name (String)
DWORD	Internal Description Length (Only differs in Mayor View for tutorials)
PRIOR	Internal Description (String - non-existent in region, name of city/tut in mayor view)
DWORD   Length
PRIOR 	"Jonas Sparks" (Default mayor?)(Unused)

-More Zeroes-
DWORD	Unknown
DWORD	Unknown
DWORD	Unknown
DWORD	Unknown
DWORD	Unknown
DWORD	Unknown	 (Should be 0xFFFFFFFF)

(Occupant Group Information)
(There are three sets in all, item listing below.)

DWORD	Occupant Group 1 count (Current Info)
LOOP
	DWORD	Occupant Group
	DWORD	Population
ENDLOOP

DWORD	Occupant Group 2 count (Max Info)
LOOP
	DWORD	Occupant Group
	DWORD	Population
ENDLOOP

DWORD	Occupant Group 3 count (Limits)
LOOP
	DWORD	Occupant Group
	DWORD	Population
ENDLOOP

DWORD	Count (Always 12)
LOOP
	FLOAT	Unknown	 (Values are normally the same. Half integer range between 7 and 9.5)
ENDLOOP

DWORD	Neighbor Connection Count

LOOP	Neighbor Connection Count
	Begin Neighbor Connection Data

	WORD	Version
	DWORD	Network Type
	DWORD	Connection X
	DWORD	Connection Y
	DWORD	Destination Tile X  (FFFF (-1) for places off the region top and left)
	DWORD	Destination Tile Y  (Same as above)
	WORD	Unknown             (Usually 512)
	BYTE	Unknown
	DWORD	Exemplar Count      (If this is zero, information for the next connection starts.)

	LOOP	Exemplar Count
		
		DWORD	Parent Cohort Type
		DWORD	Parent Cohort Group
		DWORD	Parent Cohort Instance
		;I bet Maxis reads the next 4 bytes as a DWORD and picks it apart...
		;Known data types are:
		;	0x02	WORD
		;	0x03	DWORD
		;	0x09	FLOAT
		BYTE	Data Type	
		WORD	Repeat1
		BYTE	Repeat2
		IF (Repeat1) 
			count = Repeat1
		ELSEIF (Repeat2)
			count = Repeat2	(Untested, didn't come across this in the connections)
		ELSE
			count = 1	(No repeats, only one item of data)
		LOOP count
			if Data Type == 0x02
				WORD	Data
			if Data Type == 0x03
				DWORD	Data
			if Data Type == 0x09
				FLOAT	Data
		ENDLOOP	(Count)
	ENDLOOP	(Exemplar count)
ENDLOOP	(Network connection count)

DWORD           Unknown count
  DWORD         Unknown
  DWORD         Unknown
  5 BYTES	

DWORD		Unknown
FLOAT		Unknown
DWORD		Unknown
FLOAT		Unknown

DWORD		Unknown count
  DWORD 	Unknown	(Incremental 1-3)
  (following has 5 repeats)
    DWORD       Unknown
    FLOAT       Unknown

DWORD 	        Unknown count (76 byte sections)
  WORD          Unknown (5)
  FLOAT         Unknown
  DWORD         Unknown (set1)
  DWORD         Unknown (set1)
  DWORD        	Unknown (set1)
  DWORD        	Unknown (set1)
  DWORD        	Unknown
  DWORD        	Unknown
  DWORD        	Unknown (set1.5)
  DWORD        	Unknown (set1.5)
  DWORD        	Unknown (set2)
  DWORD	        Unknown (set2)
  DWORD        	Unknown (set2)
  DWORD        	Unknown (set2)
  DWORD	        Unknown (set3)
  DWORD	        Unknown (set3)
  DWORD        	Unknown (set3)
  WORD	        Unknown (2)
  DWORD        	Unknown
  DWORD        	Unknown

DWORD 	        Unknown count (76 byte sections)
  WORD	        Unknown (5)
  FLOAT	        Unknown
  DWORD	        Unknown (set1)
  DWORD	        Unknown (set1)
  DWORD        	Unknown (set1)
  DWORD        	Unknown (set1)
  DWORD	        Unknown
  DWORD	        Unknown
  DWORD	        Unknown (set1.5)
  DWORD	        Unknown (set1.5)
  DWORD	        Unknown (set2)
  DWORD	        Unknown (set2)
  DWORD        	Unknown (set2)
  DWORD	        Unknown (set2)
  DWORD	        Unknown (set3)
  DWORD        	Unknown (set3)
  DWORD        	Unknown (set3)
  WORD	        Unknown (2)
  DWORD	        Unknown
  DWORD        	Unknown

DWORD           Item Count (Typically 0 in unused cities, 2 in used (Version 1.10 and up))
  DWORD         Unknown    (Incremental Value)
  DWORD         Set Count  (Only seen in active cities)
    FLOAT       Unknown
    FLOAT       Unknown
    FLOAT       Unknown
</pre>

==Occupant Group List==
<pre>
Max Res Pop
R$ Max Pop
R$ Cur Pop
R$$ Max Pop
R$$ Cur Pop
R$$$ Max Pop
R$$$ Cur Pop
R$ Jobs
R$$ Jobs
R$$$ Jobs
R$ Workforce EQ1
R$ Workforce EQ2
R$ Workforce EQ3
R$ Workforce EQ4
R$$ Workforce EQ1
R$$ Workforce EQ2
R$$ Workforce EQ3
R$$ Workforce EQ4
R$$$ Workforce EQ1
R$$$ Workforce EQ2
R$$$ Workforce EQ3
R$$$ Workforce EQ4
CS$ Max Jobs
CS$ Cur Jobs
CS$$ Max Jobs
CS$$ Cur Jobs
CS$$$ Max Jobs
CS$$$ Cur Jobs
CO$$ Max Jobs
CO$$ Cur Jobs
CO$$$ Max Jobs
CO$$$ Cur Jobs
IA Max Jobs
IA Cur Jobs
ID Max Jobs
ID Cur Jobs
IM Max Jobs
IM Cur Jobs
IH Max Jobs
IH Cur Jobs
</pre>


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