Animation Events (File Format): Difference between revisions

'''Animation events''' control functional events synchronized to rigged animations for things like sound effects, visual effects, character messages, and playback control. The events can be found in different places in each game; in Prime 1, they are stored in their own file format, the '''EVNT format'''. In Echoes, the format is the same as Prime 1, but was merged in to the [[ANCS (File Format)|ANCS format]] instead of getting its own file. In Prime 3 and the Donkey Kong Country series, events can be found in the [[CHAR (File Format)|CHAR format]], as well as Prime 3's [[SAND (File Format)|SAND format]].

 

 

! Type

! Count

! Name

! Notes

| u32

| 1

| '''Version'''

| Either 1 or 2. Both can appear in Prime 1, while Echoes uses version 2 (the version number wasn't updated in Echoes despite format changes).

| u32

| 1

| '''Bool Event Count'''

|  

| [[#Bool Event|Bool Event]]

| ''Bool Event Count''

| '''Bool Events'''

|  

| u32

| 1

| '''Int32 Event Count'''

|  

| [[#Int32 Event|Int32 Event]]

| ''Int32 Event Count''

| '''Int32 Events'''

|  

| u32

| 1

| '''Particle Event Count'''

|  

| [[#Particle Event|Particle Event]]

| ''Particle Event Count''

| '''Particle Events'''

|  

| u32

| 1

| '''Sound Event Count'''

| Not present in version 1

| [[#Sound Event|Sound Event]]

| ''Sound Event Count''

| '''Sound Events'''

| Not present in version 1

! Type

! Name

! Notes

! MP1/2

! MP3

| bool

| 1

| '''Unique'''

|  

| {{check}}

| float

| 1

| '''Weight'''

| The likelihood of this event being selected

| {{check}}

| s32

| 1

| '''Character Index'''

| Character index that this event should trigger for. If -1, this event triggers for all characters.

| {{check}}

| u32

| 1

| '''Flags'''

|  

| {{check}}

| {{check}}

| u32

| 1

| {{unknown}}

|  

| {{nocheck}}

| u32

| 1

| {{unknown}}

|  

| {{nocheck}}

| u32

| 1

| {{unknown}}

|  

| {{nocheck}}

| float

| {{unknown}}

|  

| {{nocheck}}

| {{check}}

| float

|  

| {{nocheck}}

| {{check}}

|}

 

 

| [[#Event Base|Event Base]]

| 1

| '''Event Base'''

|  

==== Metroid Prime 1/2 ====

! Type

! Count

! Name

! Notes

| s32

| 1

| '''Value'''

| Numeric value for the event

| string

| 1

| '''Bone Name'''

| Name of the [[CINF (File Format)|CINF]] bone to attach this event to (for applicable events)

==== Metroid Prime 3 ====

! Type

! Count

! Name

! Notes

| [[#Event Base|Event Base]]

| 1

|  

| u8

| 1

| {{unknown}}

|  

| u16

|-

| u16

| 1

| {{unknown}}

|  

=== Particle Event ===

! Type

! Notes

! MP1

! MP2

! MP3

| [[#Event Base|Event Base]]

| 1

| {{check}}

| u32

| 1

| '''Frame Count'''

| Number of frames to run the effect emitter for

| {{FourCC}}

| 1

| '''Effect Type'''

| FourCC of effect's type; either [[PART (File Format)|PART]], [[SWHC (File Format)|SWHC]], or [[ELSC (File Format)|ELSC]]

| Asset ID

| 1

| '''Effect ID'''

| Asset ID of the effect resource

| string

| 1

| '''Bone Name'''

| Name of the [[CINF (File Format)|CINF]] bone to attach this effect to

| u32

| 1

| '''Bone ID'''

| ID of the [[CINF (File Format)|CINF]] bone to attach this effect to

| float

| 1

| '''Effect Scale'''

| Uniform scale of the particle effect

| Enumerated transform-mode relating effect to actor's bone:

<li>Emitter transformed to bone for initial frame, then retained</li>

<li>Emitter continuously transformed to bone</li>

<li>Entire effect (including particle instances) continuously transformed to bone</li>

! Type

! Name

! Notes

! MP1

! MP2

| float

| 1

| '''Reference Distance'''

| Reference distance for audio attenuation

| {{check}}

| {{check}}

| u32

| 1

| {{unknown|Unknown}}

|  

| {{nocheck}}

| {{check}}

| u16

| 1

|  

| {{nocheck}}

| {{check}}

| u16

| 1

| float

| 1

| {{check}}