PAS Database

The Parameterized Animation State Database is an animation-related thing that appears in every Retro game. It can be found in the ANCS format in Metroid Prime 1 and 2, and the CHAR format in Metroid Prime 3, Donkey Kong Country Returns, and Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze.

Format

Type	Count	Name	Notes
FourCC	1	Magic	Always PAS4
u32	1	Anim State Count	Number of anim states
u32	1	Default Anim State	Anim state used by the character by default. If there are no anim states, this will be set to -1.
Anim State	Anim State Count	Anim State Array	Array of anim states.

Anim State

Type	Count	Name	Notes
enum	1	Anim State Type
u32	1	Parm Info Count	Number of parameters
u32	1	Anim Info Count	Number of animations
Parm Info	Parm Info Count	Parm Info Array	Describes parameters in this anim state
Anim Info	Anim Info Count	Anim Info Array	Describes animations in this anim state

Anim State Type

ID	State
0	Fall
1	Get Up
2	Lie On Ground
3	Step
4	Death
5	Locomotion
6	Knock Back
7	Melee Attack
8	Turn
9	Loop Attack
10	Loop Reaction
11	Ground Hit
12	Generate
13	Jump
14	Hurled
15	Slide
16	Taunt
17	Scripted
18	Projectile Attack
19	Cover
20	Wall Hang

Parm Info

Type	Count	Name	Notes
u32	1	Parm Type	Parameter type. This value controls the type of other values in the Parm Info and Anim Info structures.
u32	1	Weight Function	Specifies the weighting algorithm used for this parameter during selection.
float	1	Weight	Specifies how much influence this parameter has during selection.
Parm Type	1	Minimum Value	Minimum value this parameter can represent. The exact meaning depends on the context within the class implementation that uses it.
Parm Type	1	Maximum Value	Maximum value this parameter can represent. The exact meaning depends on the context within the class implementation that uses it.

Parm Type

ID	Type
0	Int32
1	Uint32
2	Real
3	Bool
4	Enum

Weight Function

ID	Type
0	Exact Match
1	Percent Error
2	Angular Percent
3	No Weight

Anim Info

Type	Count	Name	Notes
u32	1	Anim ID	This is a character-relative anim index. In Prime 1/2, this should be indexed into the character's anim list to get the animset-relative index.
Parm Type	Parm Info Count	Parm Values Array	This array contains one value per Parm Info. The type of each value is determined by the corresponding Parm Info's Parm Type value.