0xb83fd2c4 packet "attack" / "BeamFiredPacket" explored

[NoseyNick]

I've been looking at the BeamFiredPacket type 0xb83fd2c4 (JamCRC("attack")) in a bit more detail.

ID (int) - fine
Attack type (int). Type 0,1, 4, 8 have been observed in version <= 2.2.0. Type 9 is the only type I have ever seen in version 2.3.0+

Type 0, 1, 4 (seen in version <= 2.2.0) all follow the same pattern:
Damage (int) - Always seems to be "nice" base10 ints like 100, 200, 400, 1200, 2800... 4500
Port (int) - The <beam_port> number as defined in VesselData.xml for that ship (unconfirmed)
Shooter Type (int)
Target Type (int)
Shooter ID (int)
Target ID (int)
X, Y, Z (floats) Values look like approx X=-46 to 55, Y=-13 to 16, Z=-76 to 150 (might be coordinates on the hit ship?) if...
Manual (int) = 1, otherwise X=0.0, Y=0.0, Z=0.0, Manual=0

Type 8 (seen in version <= 2.2.0) looks quite different:
Unknown (int) - Look too low to be damage as far as I can tell. Small integers, 2,3,4,6?
There then follow 6 shorts. They LOOK printable ASCII-ish UTF16, with strings like "--on.^", "N_- MO", "O_RY_T", "_B MON", "_TOINT", "ne tur". I think I have to assume they're "random memory that happens to be mid-string"? Perhaps these 6 shorts (12 bytes) were perhaps supposed to be 3 undefined ints? PERHAPS correspond to the Port, Shooter Type, Target Type above?
There are then 2 ints, always value 0 as far as I can tell. They COULD be Shooter ID, Target ID if a value 0 made sense?
X, Y, Z (floats) Never 0.0, values look like approx X=16154..58291, Y=-15..139, Z=25810..58736, might be galaxy coordinates instead of ship coordinates?
Manual (int) = 0 always as far as I can tell

Type 9 (seen in version >= 2.3.0) looks different again. The packets also get 4 bytes longer:
Subtype (int), Values 0, 1, 2, 5, 8, 9 seen in the wild. Not 100% sure this is a subtype, but that's my working theory because...
Port - The <beam_port> number as defined in VesselData.xml for that ship (unconfirmed). Seems to be "small integers" (0..9, sometimes 0..15) for Subtype=0,1, or always 0 for Subtype= 2,5,8,9
Shooter Type (int). Values 5,6 for Subtype=0, Value 1 for Subtype=1 or 2, Value 15 for Subtype=5 or 8, Value 0 for Subtype=9.
Target Type (int). Values 1,5,6,7,11,15,16 for most subtypes, except Value 0 for Subtype=9
Unknown (int) seems to always be 0, except if Subtype=9, then values 2,3,4,6 seen.
Shooter ID (int)
Target ID (int)
X, Y, Z (floats) Values look like approx X=-46 to 55, Y=-13 to 16, Z=-76 to 150 if...
Manual (int) = 1, otherwise X=0.0, Y=0.0, Z=0.0, Manual=0
EXCEPT for Subtype=9, in which case X=17641..88735, Y=-107..393, Z=33353..82553 (again might be galaxy coordinates?) and Manual=0

Confused? Yeah, me too. Extensive hexdumps available on request. Any help / clarifications appreciated.

[rjwut]

I'm updating the docs with what we have so far.