char[18] Host Run Time (Timestamp) word Turn Number word Player Number (1..11) byte PHost Version: Major (e.g. 4) byte PHost Version: Minor (e.g. 0) long HULLSPEC.DAT Digest long ENGSPEC.DAT Digest long BEAMSPEC.DAT Digest long TORPSPEC.DAT Digest long TRUEHULL.DAT Digest long XYPLAN.DAT Digest long Configuration Digest long RACE.NM Digest char[32] Game Name --- PHost 2.11h: --- byte PHost Version: Release (e.g. 'a')
Sent when: This record always is the first record in every util.dat file. It identifies the file, and associates it with a RST file.
The Host Run Time is the same time-stamp also found in RST files. A program can confirm that a util.dat file indeed corresponds to a RST file by comparing this file, and the Turn Number and Player Number fields.
The three PHost Version fields indicate the PHost version used to generate the file. For example, PHost version 3.4c would report Major=3, Minor=4, and Release='c'. The Release file may be blank (i.e. space).
The eight 32-bit digests are intended to allow player-side utilities to verify that the player-side ship list files are the same as the ones used on the host side. Details are available on request.
The Game Name field contains the value of the GameName config option, for informational purposes.
