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Technical Documentation - File Formats - Animation Script (ANIMATE.SCR)
Sat, 2007-01-06 18:46 — Christophe Fontanel
This document explains the structure of the animate.scr file found in Chaos Strikes Back for Atari ST.
Warning: This is a preliminary and incomplete document, it may contain mistakes.
The file is made of big endian words (2 bytes). It is a sequence of instructions.
Each instruction is a word.
Each instruction has a fixed number of parameters which are also words.
Instructions
- Done: 00 01
- Animation is finished (only at the end of a file).
- Load Item: 00 03 XX XX YY YY ZZ ZZ
- XX XX: Index of item in ANIMATE.DAT
YY YY: Memory slot to put the item inside
ZZ ZZ: Item type. Image (00 00), Palette (00 01) or Sound (00 02) - Unload Item: 00 04 XX XX
- XX XX: Memory slot to unload
- Display Image: 00 05 XX XX YY YY ZZ ZZ
- XX XX: Memory slot containing the image to display
YY YY: ??? Zero for intro images, non zero for Lord Chaos animation (non full screen images) and IMG 29
ZZ ZZ: ??? Always 00 00 in the file... - Apply Palette: 00 08 XX XX 00 01
- XX XX: Memory slot containing the palette to apply
00 01: The slot contains a palette ? - Wait: 00 0A XX XX
- XX XX: Time to wait (1/20th of a second: estimation based on credits display time)
- Play Sound: 00 0C XX XX
- XX XX: Memory slot containing the sound to play
- For: 00 13 00 67 XX XX 00 10 00 67
- XX XX: Number of times to repeat
- Next: 00 11 00 67 00 12 00 67 00 67
- Set Display Coordinates of top left corner of image: 00 1E XX XX YY YY ZZ ZZ
- XX XX: Memory slot to store/associate coordinates
YY YY: X coordinate from left of screen
ZZ ZZ: Y coordinate from top of screen - Unknown: 00 0E 00 00 FF FF - Configure fade in / fade out speed... ??
- Unknown: 00 06 - Animation Lord Chaos...
- Unknown: 00 1D - Copy items to other slots? Link?
File content
This section show the entire content of the Animate.scr file found in Chaos Strikes Back for Atari ST with commands separated and commented.
Conventions: p00 = P4B1 item 0000 in ANIMATE.DAT file i30 = IMG1 item 0030 in ANIMATE.DAT file s85 = SND1 item 0085 in ANIMATE.DAT file LOAD ALL ITEMS IN MEMORY 00 03 00 00 00 05 00 01 0000 p00 (used for i30) 00 03 00 01 00 06 00 01 0001 p01 (i30) 00 03 00 08 00 0D 00 01 0008 p08 (i30) 00 03 00 12 00 17 00 01 0012 p18 (i30) 00 03 00 1E 00 23 00 00 001E i30 00 03 00 1F 00 24 00 00 001F i31 00 03 00 02 00 07 00 01 0002 p02 (i31) 00 03 00 09 00 0E 00 01 0009 p09 (i31) 00 03 00 20 00 25 00 00 0020 i32 00 03 00 03 00 08 00 01 0003 p03 (i32) 00 03 00 0A 00 0F 00 01 000A p10 (i32) 00 03 00 0B 00 10 00 01 000B p11 (i32) 00 03 00 0C 00 11 00 01 000C p12 (i32) 00 03 00 0D 00 12 00 01 000D p13 (i32) 00 03 00 21 00 26 00 00 0021 i33 00 03 00 04 00 09 00 01 0004 p04 (i33) 00 03 00 0E 00 13 00 01 000E p14 (i33) 00 03 00 0F 00 14 00 01 000F p15 (i33) 00 03 00 10 00 15 00 01 0010 p16 (i33) 00 03 00 11 00 16 00 01 0011 p17 (i33) 00 03 00 22 00 27 00 00 0022 i34 00 03 00 05 00 0A 00 01 0005 p05 (i34 i36) 00 03 00 23 00 28 00 00 0023 i35 00 03 00 24 00 29 00 00 0024 i36 00 03 00 06 00 0B 00 01 0006 p06 (i35 i36) 00 03 00 07 00 0C 00 01 0007 p07 (i36) 00 03 00 4C 00 51 00 00 004C i76 00 03 00 4D 00 52 00 00 004D i77 00 03 00 4E 00 53 00 00 004E i78 00 03 00 4F 00 54 00 00 004F i79 00 03 00 50 00 55 00 00 0050 i80 00 03 00 51 00 56 00 00 0051 i81 00 03 00 52 00 57 00 00 0052 i82 00 03 00 53 00 58 00 00 0053 i83 00 03 00 54 00 59 00 00 0054 i84 00 03 00 55 00 5A 00 02 0055 s85 00 03 00 56 00 5B 00 02 0056 s86 00 03 00 15 00 1A 00 01 0015 p21 (i75) 00 03 00 4B 00 50 00 00 004B i75 credits RELOAD some items (the first 5 items) 00 03 00 00 00 05 00 01 00 03 00 01 00 06 00 01 00 03 00 08 00 0D 00 01 00 03 00 12 00 17 00 01 00 03 00 1E 00 23 00 00 00 08 00 02 00 01 00 05 00 23 00 00 00 00 00 08 00 05 00 01 00 0A 00 12 00 13 00 67 00 04 00 10 00 67 FOR 4 times 00 08 00 17 00 01 00 0A 00 05 00 08 00 05 00 01 00 0A 00 05 00 11 00 67 00 12 00 67 00 67 NEXT 00 08 00 06 00 01 00 13 00 67 00 05 00 10 00 67 FOR 5 times 00 08 00 0D 00 01 00 0A 00 05 00 08 00 06 00 01 00 0A 00 05 00 11 00 67 00 12 00 67 00 67 NEXT UNLOAD 00 04 00 05 00 04 00 06 00 04 00 0D 00 04 00 17 00 04 00 23 RELOAD 00 03 00 1F 00 24 00 00 00 03 00 02 00 07 00 01 00 03 00 09 00 0E 00 01 00 08 00 02 00 01 00 05 00 24 00 00 00 00 00 08 00 07 00 01 00 13 00 67 00 0A 00 10 00 67 FOR 10 times 00 08 00 0E 00 01 00 0A 00 05 00 08 00 07 00 01 00 0A 00 05 00 11 00 67 00 12 00 67 00 67 NEXT UNLOAD 00 04 00 24 00 04 00 07 00 04 00 0E RELOAD 00 03 00 20 00 25 00 00 00 03 00 03 00 08 00 01 00 03 00 0A 00 0F 00 01 00 03 00 0B 00 10 00 01 00 03 00 0C 00 11 00 01 00 03 00 0D 00 12 00 01 00 08 00 02 00 01 00 05 00 25 00 00 00 00 00 08 00 08 00 01 00 13 00 67 00 04 00 10 00 67 FOR 4 times 00 0A 00 04 00 08 00 0F 00 01 00 0A 00 04 00 08 00 10 00 01 00 0A 00 01 00 08 00 11 00 01 00 0A 00 04 00 08 00 12 00 01 00 0A 00 04 00 08 00 11 00 01 00 0A 00 04 00 08 00 10 00 01 00 0A 00 04 00 08 00 0F 00 01 00 0A 00 02 00 08 00 08 00 01 00 0A 00 04 00 11 00 67 00 12 00 67 00 67 NEXT UNLOAD 00 04 00 25 00 04 00 08 00 04 00 0F 00 04 00 10 00 04 00 11 00 04 00 12 RELOAD 00 03 00 21 00 26 00 00 00 03 00 04 00 09 00 01 00 03 00 0E 00 13 00 01 00 03 00 0F 00 14 00 01 00 03 00 10 00 15 00 01 00 03 00 11 00 16 00 01 00 08 00 02 00 01 00 05 00 26 00 00 00 00 00 08 00 09 00 01 00 13 00 67 00 02 00 10 00 67 FOR 2 times 00 0A 00 04 00 08 00 13 00 01 00 0A 00 04 00 08 00 14 00 01 00 0A 00 01 00 08 00 15 00 01 00 0A 00 04 00 08 00 16 00 01 00 0A 00 04 00 08 00 15 00 01 00 0A 00 04 00 08 00 14 00 01 00 0A 00 04 00 08 00 13 00 01 00 0A 00 02 00 08 00 09 00 01 00 0A 00 04 00 11 00 67 00 12 00 67 00 67 NEXT UNLOAD 00 04 00 26 00 04 00 09 00 04 00 13 00 04 00 14 00 04 00 15 00 04 00 16 RELOAD 00 03 00 22 00 27 00 00 00 03 00 05 00 0A 00 01 00 08 00 02 00 01 00 05 00 27 00 00 00 00 00 08 00 0A 00 01 00 0A 00 8C RELOAD 00 03 00 22 00 27 00 00 00 03 00 05 00 0A 00 01 00 03 00 23 00 28 00 00 00 03 00 24 00 29 00 00 00 03 00 06 00 0B 00 01 00 03 00 07 00 0C 00 01 00 08 00 02 00 01 00 05 00 28 00 00 00 00 00 05 00 29 00 01 00 00 00 08 00 0B 00 01 00 0A 00 50 00 0E 00 01 00 0C UNLOAD 00 04 00 28 00 04 00 29 00 04 00 0B 00 04 00 0C RELOAD SOME ITEMS ?? Useless ?? 00 03 00 4C 00 51 00 00 00 03 00 4D 00 52 00 00 00 03 00 4E 00 53 00 00 00 03 00 4F 00 54 00 00 00 03 00 50 00 55 00 00 00 03 00 51 00 56 00 00 00 03 00 52 00 57 00 00 00 03 00 53 00 58 00 00 00 03 00 54 00 59 00 00 COPY ITEMS TO OTHER SLOTS? LINK? 00 1D 00 51 00 5D 00 1D 00 52 00 5E 00 1D 00 53 00 5F 00 1D 00 54 00 60 00 1D 00 55 00 61 00 1D 00 56 00 62 00 1D 00 57 00 63 00 1D 00 58 00 64 00 1D 00 59 00 65 RELOAD 00 03 00 55 00 5A 00 02 00 03 00 56 00 5B 00 02 COPY ITEMS TO OTHER SLOTS? LINK? 00 05 00 51 00 5D 00 00 00 05 00 52 00 5E 00 00 00 05 00 53 00 5F 00 00 00 05 00 54 00 60 00 00 00 05 00 55 00 61 00 00 00 05 00 56 00 62 00 00 00 05 00 57 00 63 00 00 00 05 00 58 00 64 00 00 00 05 00 59 00 65 00 00 SET DISPLAY COORDINATES OF TOP LEFT CORNER OF IMAGE 00 1E 00 5D 00 2B 00 89 X = 43, Y = 137 00 1E 00 5E 00 2A 00 89 X = 42, Y = 137 00 1E 00 5F 00 2A 00 89 00 1E 00 60 00 2A 00 89 00 1E 00 61 00 2A 00 89 00 1E 00 62 00 2A 00 89 00 1E 00 63 00 2A 00 89 00 1E 00 64 00 2A 00 89 00 1E 00 65 00 2A 00 89 00 06 00 5D 00 01 00 01 00 5D 00 0A 00 14 00 06 00 5E 00 01 00 01 00 5E 00 0A 00 14 00 06 00 5F 00 01 00 01 00 5F 00 0A 00 14 00 06 00 60 00 01 00 01 00 60 00 0A 00 14 00 06 00 61 00 01 00 01 00 61 00 0A 00 14 00 06 00 62 00 01 00 01 00 62 00 0A 00 14 00 06 00 5F 00 01 00 01 00 63 00 0A 00 14 00 06 00 5D 00 01 00 01 00 5D 00 0A 00 14 00 06 00 5E 00 01 00 01 00 5E 00 0A 00 14 00 06 00 5F 00 01 00 01 00 60 00 0A 00 14 00 06 00 60 00 01 00 01 00 60 00 0A 00 14 00 06 00 61 00 01 00 01 00 61 00 0A 00 14 00 06 00 60 00 01 00 01 00 60 00 0A 00 14 00 06 00 61 00 01 00 01 00 63 00 0A 00 14 00 0C 00 5B 00 70 Play sound 5B 00 06 00 64 00 01 00 01 00 64 00 0A 00 14 00 0C 00 5A 00 70 Play sound 5A 00 06 00 65 00 01 00 01 00 65 00 0A 00 3C 00 06 00 62 00 01 00 01 00 63 00 0A 00 14 00 06 00 61 00 01 00 01 00 63 00 0A 00 14 UNLOAD 00 04 00 5D 00 04 00 5E 00 04 00 5F 00 04 00 60 00 04 00 61 00 04 00 62 00 04 00 63 00 04 00 64 00 04 00 65 00 04 00 51 00 04 00 52 00 04 00 53 00 04 00 54 00 04 00 55 00 04 00 56 00 04 00 57 00 04 00 58 00 04 00 59 00 0A 00 C8 00 03 00 15 00 1A 00 01 00 03 00 4B 00 50 00 00 00 08 00 02 00 01 00 0E 00 00 FF FF 00 05 00 50 00 00 00 00 00 08 00 1A 00 01 00 0A 02 58 WAIT ? UNLOAD 00 04 00 5A 00 04 00 5B 00 04 00 50 00 04 00 1A 00 01
