Empire Earth

Empire Earth
Developer: Stainless Steel Studios Publisher: Sierra Entertainment Platforms: Windows Released in US: November 21, 2001 Released in EU: November 23, 2001 This game has a hidden developer message. This game has hidden development-related text. This game has unused text. This game has a prerelease article

Empire Earth is an RTS game like Age of Empires. The game is full of references to unused items.

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Prerelease Info

Graphics

A placeholder texture, called unknownunit.sst which says no graphic for unit.

Source Code Comments

In the stationary target tracking.tai file, there is a bug, both in EE & AOC:

//	Stationary Target Tracking AI file
//
//	Behaviors:
//
//		If idle, look periodically for enemy units to target.
//		Track enemy units and attack while in weapon range.
//		Continue tracking while in LOS.
//		When target leaves LOS, return to idle.
//
//	Notes:
//
//		This behavior is mainly used for stationary units like guard towers.
//
//	Common modifications:
//
//	Known Problems:
//
//		Units will track an enemy unit outside weapon range even if there
//			are other enemy units *within* weapon range.  MUST FIX THIS!

Unused Items

Graphics

GfxEffect[200] = z NOT IN USE BattleCry Spell (unit)
GfxEffect[240] = NOT IN USE HoolaHoop

Calamaties

Both dbcalamaties.dat and language.dll reference unused ones:

• IceAge or Ice Age
• Flood
• Asteroid
• Global Warming
• Slave Revolt
• Rebellion
• Leprosy

Language.dll also references further unused ones:

• 9155, "Poison Grain"
• 9156, "Nuclear Meltdown"
• 9170, "Nano TC Tech Y"
• 9171, "Democracy (+Range)"
• 9175, "Info TC Tech X"
• 9176, "Info TC tech Y"
• 9178, "Nano TC Tech X"
• 9179, "Movies (+Morale)"
• 9180, "Nano TC Tech Z"
• 9506, "Prophet Durer's Rebellion"
• 9513, "Pope's Rebellion"
• 9520, "Homer's Rebellion"
• 9527, "Statue's Rebellion"

From game setup options, Citizens were originally called Slaves.

• 20516, "Build List"
• 20526, "Life Exp"
• 20527, "Slaves"

Wonders

Most likely Stadium is a placeholder for the Coliseum.

• 1075, "Ark of the Covenant"
• 1076, "Assyrian Winged Lion"
• 1087, "Stadium"

Other Buildings

Government Center is likely an old name for the Capitol building, and maybe runway was a separate building.

• 1043, "Government Center"
• 1055, "Runway"

Lord of the Rings

Strangely, language.dll contains many references to Lord of the Rings names, despite no fantasy scenarios existing in the game.

• 1039, "Hearth"
• 2092, "Dragon"
• 2093, "Orc"
• 2094, "Ogre"
• 2095, "Dwarven Warrior"
• 2096, "Elven Bowman"
• 2097, "Elven Noble"
• 2098, "Elvish Ram"
• 2099, "Orcish Catapult"
• 2100, "Orcish Fortress"
• 2101, "Wight"

dbgraphics.dat also references it.

• Dragon
• Dragon Red
• Elvin Archer
• Elvin Archer Green
• Orc Javelin
• Orc Swordsman
• Siege Ram - ME
• Wraith

Other Unused Units

Cyber Frogger is likely a temporary name for one of the future cyber units. B1b may refer to the Rockwell B-1 Lancer bomber.

• 1226, "Cyber Frogger"
• 1263, "Test Swordsman for Epoch 5"
• 1304, "B1b"
• 2110, "Test Unit"
• 4072, "Icarus"
• 4078, "Shakespeare"
• 4080, "Diplomat 12"
• 4081, "Lincoln"
• 4082, "Inventor 6"
• 4083, "Archimedes"
• 4084, "Einstein"
• 4085, "Isaac Newton"
• 4086, "Leonardo da Vinci"
• 4087, "Lucy"
• 4088, "Ptolemy"
• 4089, "Inventor 11"
• 4090, "Prophet 2"
• 4091, "Gandhi"
• 4093, "Martin Luther"
• 4094, "St. Paul the Apostle"
• 4095, "Prophet 11"

Alternate Epoch Names

By looking at default.dll, the following Epoch's an alternate names:

• Digital or Nano Age = Information Epoch
• Preshistoric Age = Paleo Epoch
• Iron Age = Steel

Other

EERandomMap contains the message "SHAWN WAS HERE" which was likely left by Shawn Shoemaker, a programmer that worked on the game.

Leftover Source Code Paths

Various files show the names of C++ code files.

Language.dll

• C:\SSSI Development\Empire Earth\Language\Demo\Language.pdb
• C:\SSSI Development\Empire Earth\Random Map\Random Map Generators\Default\Demo\Default.pdb

DX7HRDisplay.dll

• C:\SSSI Development\Low-Level Engine\Graphics Engine\DX7 Display Plug-ins\DX7HRDisplay\Demo\DX7HRDisplay.pdb

DX7HRTnLDisplay.dll

• C:\SSSI Development\Low-Level Engine\Graphics Engine\DX7 Display Plug-ins\DX7HRTnLDisplay\Demo\DX7HRTnLDisplay.pdb

Empire Earth.exe

TitanRoutingServerG2 TitanServers/Firewall TitanServers/DBProxy TitanSevers/Auth

• C:\SSSI Development\Empire Earth\AI Thread\EEAIFunctionObjects.h
• C:\SSSI Development\Empire Earth\Calamities\EECalamityManager.cpp
• C:\SSSI Development\Empire Earth\Calamities\EECCAEExtraDamage.cpp
• C:\SSSI Development\Empire Earth\Calamities\EECCAreaEffect.cpp
• C:\SSSI Development\Empire Earth\Calamities\EECCFire.cpp
• C:\SSSI Development\Empire Earth\Calamities\EECCLeprosy.cpp
• C:\SSSI Development\Empire Earth\Communications\EEClient.cpp
• C:\SSSI Development\Empire Earth\Communications\EEMessage.cpp
• C:\SSSI Development\Empire Earth\Communications\EEServer.cpp
• C:\SSSI Development\Empire Earth\Communications\EEWonNet.cpp
• C:\SSSI Development\Empire Earth\Data Pre-Loading Thread\EEDataPreLoading.cpp
• C:\SSSI Development\Empire Earth\Database\EEDatabase.h
• C:\SSSI Development\Empire Earth\Database\EETerrainColorTable.cpp
• C:\SSSI Development\Empire Earth\Graphics Thread\EEE3DVolcano.cpp
• C:\SSSI Development\Empire Earth\Graphics Thread\EEGraphics.cpp
• C:\SSSI Development\Empire Earth\Graphics Thread\EEROTerrain.cpp
• C:\SSSI Development\Empire Earth\Graphics Thread\EEROUnits.cpp
• C:\SSSI Development\Empire Earth\Graphics Thread\EEUnitPicker.cpp
• C:\SSSI Development\RTS Engine\Graphics\RTSGraphics.cpp
• C:\SSSI Development\RTS Engine\Graphics\RTSMouse.cpp
• C:\SSSI Development\RTS Engine\Graphics\RTSMousePointer.cpp
• C:\SSSI Development\RTS Engine\Map\RTSMap.cpp
• C:\SSSI Development\RTS Engine\Map\RTSMiniMap.cpp
• C:\SSSI Development\Empire Earth\Empire Earth\EEGameState.cpp
• C:\SSSI Development\Empire Earth\Empire Earth\EEMusicManager.cpp
• C:\SSSI Development\Empire Earth\Empire Earth\Empire Earth.cpp
• C:\SSSI Development\RTS Engine\RTS Engine\RTSWorld.cpp
• C:\SSSI Development\Empire Earth\Persistent\EEPCalamityHelper.cpp
• C:\SSSI Development\Empire Earth\Persistent\EEPPlayerHelper.cpp
• C:\SSSI Development\Empire Earth\Persistent\EESaveLoad.cpp
• C:\SSSI Development\Empire Earth\Physics Thread\EEPhysics.cpp
• C:\SSSI Development\RTS Engine\Physics\RTSPhysics.cpp
• C:\SSSI Development\Empire Earth\Player\EEPlayer.cpp
• C:\SSSI Development\Empire Earth\Scenario Editor\EESELoadThread.cpp
• C:\SSSI Development\Empire Earth\Scenario Manager\EESMMediaStrings.cpp
• C:\SSSI Development\Empire Earth\Tech Tree\EETechTree.cpp
• C:\SSSI Development\Empire Earth\UI Events\EEUIEFormationChange.cpp
• C:\SSSI Development\Empire Earth\UI Events\EEUIEPostGameSummaryEvents.cpp
• C:\SSSI Development\Empire Earth\Units\EEUCBuilding.cpp
• C:\SSSI Development\Empire Earth\Units\EEUGAttackUnit.cpp
• C:\SSSI Development\Empire Earth\UI Events\EEUIEMainGameEvents.cpp
• C:\SSSI Development\Empire Earth\User Interface Thread\EEUIFError.cpp
• C:\SSSI Development\Empire Earth\User Interface Thread\EEUIFMainGame.cpp
• C:\SSSI Development\Empire Earth\User Interface Thread\EEUIFMGMainGroup.cpp
• C:\SSSI Development\Empire Earth\User Interface Thread\EEUIFMGStatusBar.cpp
• C:\SSSI Development\Empire Earth\User Interface Thread\EEUIFMGStatusBox.cpp
• C:\SSSI Development\Empire Earth\User Interface Thread\EEUIFMGStatusButton.cpp
• C:\SSSI Development\Empire Earth\User Interface Thread\EEUserInterface.cpp
• C:\SSSI Development\Empire Earth\Civilization Builder\EECBUIListBox.cpp
• C:\SSSI Development\Empire Earth\Random Map\EERandomMap.cpp
• C:\SSSI Development\Empire Earth\Empire Earth\Demo\Empire Earth.pdb
• C:\SSSI Development\Low-Level Engine\User Interface\UIManager.cpp
• C:\SSSI Development\Low-Level Engine\Main\Demo\Low-Level Engine.pdb

Low-Level Engine.dll

• C:\SSSI Development\Low-Level Engine\Error System\Error System.cpp
• C:\SSSI Development\Low-Level Engine\File System\FSArchive.cpp
• C:\SSSI Development\Low-Level Engine\Graphics Engine\GEFontBitmap.cpp
• C:\SSSI Development\Low-Level Engine\Graphics Engine\GERasterizer.cpp
• C:\SSSI Development\Low-Level Engine\Graphics Engine\GEVector.cpp
• C:\SSSI Development\Low-Level Engine\Graphics Engine\GEWindow.
• C:\SSSI Development\Low-Level Engine\Network Engine\NELagLossSimulator.cpp
• C:\SSSI Development\Low-Level Engine\Network Engine\NEMessage.cpp
• C:\SSSI Development\Low-Level Engine\Network Engine\NEMessageManager.cpp
• C:\SSSI Development\Low-Level Engine\Network Engine\NERecordPlayback.cpp
• C:\SSSI Development\Low-Level Engine\Network Engine\NESynchronousCommunications.cpp
• C:\SSSI Development\Low-Level Engine\Network Engine\NETimestampedMessage.cpp
• C:\SSSI Development\Low-Level Engine\Sound Engine\SEConductor.cpp
• C:\SSSI Development\Low-Level Engine\Utilities\UDataCompression.cpp
• C:\SSSI Development\Low-Level Engine\User Interface\UIForm.cpp
• C:\SSSI Development\Low-Level Engine\User Interface\UIManager.cpp
• C:\SSSI Development\Low-Level Engine\Main\Demo\Low-Level Engine.pdb

Miles Sound System Mixer.dll

• C:\SSSI Development\Low-Level Engine\Sound Engine\Miles Sound System Mixer\Demo\Miles Sound System Mixer.pdb

TCP Protocol.dll

• C:\SSSI Development\Low-Level Engine\Network Engine\TCP Protocol\TCP Protocol.cpp
• C:\SSSI Development\Low-Level Engine\Network Engine\TCP Protocol\Demo\TCP Protocol.pdb