Meta-Animation

Meta-animations are animations that describe how other animations play. They can be found in the ANCS, CHAR, and SAND formats.

Format

Meta-Animation

Every meta-animation starts with a u32 type enum.

ID	Type
0	Play
1	Blend
2	Phase Blend
3	Random
4	Sequence

Play

Play meta-animations simply play an ANIM animation.

Type	Name	Notes
Asset ID (ANIM)	Animation Asset ID	Animation to be played.
u32	Primitive ID	ID of this animation primitive.
string	Primitive Name	Name of this animation primitive.
float	Time	First part of CCharAnimTime
Char Anim Time	Unknown

Blend/Phase Blend

Blend and Phase Blend animations blend between two animations. The same structure is shared between both Blend and Phase Blend.

Type	Name	Notes
Meta-Animation	Animation A	First animation being blended.
Meta-Animation	Animation B	Second animation being blended.
float	Unknown	Probably blend alpha
bool	Unknown

Random

Random animations contain a list of animations and select one to be played at random.

Type	Count	Name	Notes
u32	1	Anim Count
Anim Probability Pair	Anim Count	Anim List	List of animations that can potentially be played.

Anim Probability Pair

Type	Name	Notes
Meta-Animation	Animation
u32	Probability	Unknown exactly how this is used.

Sequence

Sequence animations contains a list of animations and plays each of them one after the other in sequence.

Type	Count	Name	Notes
u32	1	Anim Count	Count of animations in the sequence
Meta-Animation	Anim Count	Anim List	List of animations to play in the sequence