Packet 41 wire layout
The first byte is the application packet ID. The rows after it appear in decode order. Sizes exclude ENet headers, the outer wrapper prefix, LZF chunk framing, and compression effects.
| # | Field | Encoding | Bytes | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | packet_id | u8 | 1 | Always 41 (0x29). |
| 1 | entity_id | i16 LE | 2 | Scene-local entity identifier. |
| 2 | key | u8 | 1 | Visibility/team key. |
| 3 | color | BGR888 | 3 | Three colour channels written blue, green, then red. |
| 4 | position | 3 × fixed16 LE | 6 | X, Y, and Z components at 1/64-unit precision. |
| 5 | icon_name | NUL-terminated UTF-8 string | N + 1 | Retail minimap icon asset name. |
| 6 | tracking | boolean u8 | 1 | Whether the marker follows its associated entity. |
Protocol convention
How to read this layout
LEmeans least-significant byte first.fixed16is two-byte sign-magnitude at 1/64 precision.orientation16uses the measured 1/8192 orientation mapping.- NUL strings consume their encoded byte length plus one
00terminator. - Counted arrays repeat immediately in the order shown.