CHAR (Donkey Kong Country Returns)
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This article is for the CHAR format from the Donkey Kong Country series. See CHAR (File Format) for the other revisions of this format.
The CHAR format defines animated characters. It's the successor to the CHAR format from Prime 3.
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This file format needs a lot of research This format has not been researched/documented very well yet, but it seems different from the Prime 3 format. |
Contents
Format
Header
The header is used to point to other important files defining an animated character. Unsigned 64bit IDs name these files. It is possible that IDs are set to 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF, indicating a null value.
The strings are null-terminated ascii-character arrays.
| Size | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | u32 | Unknown; always 0x59BE000E - probably magic value |
| 19 | - | Unknown |
| - | string | Character name |
| 8 | ID | Character skeleton See CINF |
| 8 | ID | Unknown - These IDs point to CPRM files |
| 4 | u32 | Unknown |
| 13 | string | This is always "SkinnedModel" |
| 8 | ID | Character model See CMDL (Donkey Kong Country Returns) |
| 8 | ID | Character skin See CSKR |
Padding?
24 zero-bytes.
Chunks
| Size | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | u32 | Chunk Count (CC) |
| - | Chunk[CC] | Chunks |
Chunk
| Size | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| - | string | Chunk Name |
| 8 | ID | File ID Often ANIM files |
| 4 | char[4] | File Type Either "ANIM" or something else |
| 33 | - | Unknown |
