The SAND format appears in Metroid Prime 3. It stores various animation-related data, which is used by CHAR files. Most of the data in this format appeared in the ANCS format in Prime 1/2.
Format
| Type
|
Count
|
Name
|
Notes
|
| u16
|
1
|
Unknown
|
Always 0
|
| u32
|
1
|
Transition Count
|
Number of animation transitions.
|
| Transition
|
Transition Count
|
Transition Array
|
Array of animation transitions.
|
| u32
|
1
|
Half Transition Count
|
Number of half transitions.
|
| Half Transition
|
Half Transition Count
|
Half Transition Array
|
Array of half transitions.
|
| Meta-Transition
|
1
|
Default Transition
|
|
| u32
|
1
|
Additive Animation Count
|
Number of additive animations.
|
| Additive Animation
|
Additive Animation Count
|
Additive Animation Array
|
Array of additive animations. Although any animation can be used as additive, this array allows for customizing the fade in/out time for each animation.
|
| float
|
1
|
Default Fade-In Time
|
Fade-in time used for additive animations not listed in the above array.
|
| float
|
1
|
Default Fade-Out Time
|
Fade-out time used for additive animations not listed in the above array.
|
| u8
|
1
|
Unknown
|
Always 0
|
| u32
|
1
|
Anim Event Set Count
|
Count of anim event sets used by this character. There'll be one set per animation that uses events (unless the animation has its events in the CHAR file).
|
| Anim Event Set
|
Anim Event Set Count
|
Anim Event Set Array
|
Array of animation event sets.
|
Transition
| Offset
|
Type
|
Name
|
Notes
|
| 0x0
|
u8
|
Unknown
|
Always 0
|
| 0x1
|
Asset ID (ANIM)
|
Animation ID A
|
ID of the animation being transitioned from.
|
| 0x9
|
Asset ID (ANIM)
|
Animation ID B
|
ID of the animation being transitioned to.
|
| 0x11
|
Meta-Transition
|
Transition
|
Meta-transition data.
|
Half Transition
| Offset
|
Type
|
Name
|
Notes
|
| 0x0
|
u8
|
Unknown
|
Always 0
|
| 0x1
|
Asset ID (ANIM)
|
Animation ID
|
The animation being transitioned from.
|
| 0x9
|
Meta-Transition
|
Transition
|
Meta-transition data.
|
Additive Animation
| Offset
|
Type
|
Name
|
Notes
|
| 0x0
|
Asset ID (ANIM)
|
Animation ID
|
ID of the animation that these additive settings apply to.
|
| 0x8
|
float
|
Fade-In Time
|
Fade-in duration.
|
| 0xC
|
float
|
Fade-Out Time
|
Fade-out duration.
|
Anim Event Set
| Type
|
Count
|
Name
|
Notes
|
| Asset ID (ANIM)
|
1
|
Animation ID
|
ID of the animation that these events apply to.
|
| u32
|
1
|
Unknown
|
|
| u32
|
1
|
Effect Event Count
|
Number of effect events in this set.
|
| Effect Event
|
Effect Event Count
|
Effect Event Array
|
Array of effect events.
|
| u32
|
1
|
Sound Event Count
|
Number of sound events in this set.
|
| Sound Event
|
Sound Event Count
|
Sound Event Array
|
Array of sound events.
|
| u32
|
1
|
User Event Count
|
Number of user events in this set.
|
| User Event
|
User Event Count
|
User Event Array
|
Array of user events.
|