OBD talk:TRAM

HEX area

more detailed explanations

Hello all ONI fans, This is not guide how to edit TRAM, it is only TRAM explained in more detail in order to help those who would like to modify it. I see it all the time that you discover already discovered and it is MY FAULT because I didn't share my knowledge X_X. Shame on me. --Loser 19:50, 20 August 2008 (CEST)

P.S.: And I am comguy (smart@$$ and coward), not striker ^_^

GENERAL:

• We need hexeditor or OUP and some decimal to hex (Windows calculator) and decimal to float (see HERE) converters.
• normal number are written as usual, when I want to write HEx number, I use prefix 0x. so 0x10 means 16.
• Next here comes explanation of storage types (that is "type" column in table). Storage type is how this value is saved and how can be read by Oni. Types in TRAM which interests us are:

• Offset: tells us that value points to the exact location in raw file where is something stored. Offset is a bit tricky. It is written in Little endian. So when in offset field is written A0|B4|80|00 , then something starts in raw at position 00|80|B4|A0 . See? Order of bytes is reversed. Keep this in mind. This can be helpful if we need to add some part to the TRAM which is originally not present for this TRAM (usually particles). You add this part (in correct form of course!) to the end of raw file, extending it (HEXeditor needed! Cannot do this with OUP!) and then you note where it begins (offset is usually written on the side) and write it into correct offset field in correct form for Oni(reverse bytes). A few examples of tricky offsets:

• C5|A6|70|00 means 00|70|A6|C5, so something in raw starts at line 00|70|A6|C0 on the byte 05 (so it is 6th byte from the right, 0 is counted as well!!!).
• 40|89|14|01 means 01|14|89|40, so something in raw starts at that line. Tricky part is the LAST byte when it is YOU who tries to reverse bytes in order to write them into TRAM ^_~.

• Link: it tells us (and engine) that we should find some other file to use for something. Link contains internal number of the file we should search for,its res_ID. Usually first 4 bytes of file are this number.
• Bitset: this is field of some optional possibilites. Each one has its own (hardcoded) number. Numbers are powers of 2 : 0,1,2,4,8,16 (0x10 in hex),32 (0x20 in hex),64 (0x40 in hex),128 (0x80 in hex)
• Int: integer, it is some value written in hex (not generally, just for this purpose. Generally integer is defined as numeric value which can contain only whole numbers). Beware, again little endian. So if you want to change some "short" field, then type value you want into calculator, convert to hexadecimal. Then fill it in in reverse order (Little endian).
• Float: field which can contain real number value. Beware, again Little endian. In order to decipher float, use some "float to decimal" converter (maybe the one I have suggested above? ^_^)
• Char: some word, usually it is name of something. Howgh

Offset	Type	Raw Hex	Value	Description
0x000	res_id	01 49 07 00	1532	01865-KONCOMpunch_heavy.TRAM
0x004	lev_id	01 00 00 00	0	level 0
0x008	int32	00 00 00 00	0	unknown; always zero
0x00C	offset	A0 B4 80 00	00 80 B4 A0	at this position starts the "Y-positions of the pelvis" in the raw file.It looks like this: Offset Type Raw Hex Value Description First element (black outline) 0x00 float 67 64 9B 40 4.856006 y-position of the pelvis in 0th frame of TRAM This part contains Y-axis position (height) of pelvis in EACH frame of animation. If we need to "lower" or "elevate" character (we adopted some TRAM from other character and while performing, our char is "sinking" or "floating") this is place where we go. Beware: wrong values cause Oni to hang.
0x010	offset	E0 B5 80 00	00 80 B5 E0	at this position starts the "X/Z - velocities of the pelvis" in the raw file. It looks like this: Offset Type Raw Hex Value Description First element (black outline) 0x00 float EE D0 10 BE -0.141422 x-velocity of the pelvis 0x04 float 00 96 8F 3D 0.070110 z-velocity of the pelvis Z+ is forward, Z- is back, X+ is left, X- is right
0x014	offset	60 B8 80 00	00 80 B8 60	at this position starts attack part in the raw file: Offset Type Raw Hex Value Description First element (black outline) 0x00 bitset32 00 60 06 00 0, 96, 6, 0 damage-dealing bones; these are "dangerous ones";the following bits are possible: 0x01000000 - pelvis 0x02000000 - left thigh 0x04000000 - left calf 0x08000000 - left foot 0x10000000 - right thigh 0x20000000 - right calf 0x40000000 - right foot 0x80000000 - mid 0x00010000 - chest 0x00020000 - neck 0x00040000 - head 0x00080000 - left shoulder 0x00100000 - left arm 0x00200000 - left wrist 0x00400000 - left fist 0x00800000 - right shoulder 0x00000100 - right arm 0x00000200 - right wrist 0x00000400 - right fist 0x04 float 00 00 00 41 8.000000 knockback aka "how much is enemy pushed back by attack", only works if attack sucesfully damaged enemy 0x08 bitset32 08 00 00 00 8, 0, 0, 0 raw attack part bitset; the following bits are possible: 0 - nothing special, attack can be blocked by any stance of defender (crouch, stand) and deals no damage when blocked 1 - attack is unblockable 2 - attack is high; can be blocked only if defender plays an animation which have "BlockHigh" bit (see 0x3C TRAM bitset), otherwise hits 4 - attack is low; can be blocked only if defender plays an animation which have "BlockLow" bit (see 0x3C TRAM bitset), otherwise hits 8 - attack deals 1/2 damage when blocked + while blocking, it does not use blue "blocked" impact effect but hit impact effect 0x0C int16 14 00 20 hit points; how much it steals from enemy's HP if sucessfully hits 0x0E int16 05 00 5 start frame of attack part; 0 is start of TRAM 0x10 int16 0F 00 15 stop frame of attack part 0 is start of TRAM 0x12 int16 50 00 80 anim_type ID for opponent's animation if attack is sucessful (80 = hit_foot), see THIS file for Anim types, beware, you have to subtract 1 as list starts with 1 but should start with 0 0x14 int16 0A 00 10 number of frames for how long should victim remain in hit anim when he gets hit, if value exceeds about 25 frames, it automatically makes victim play stagger animation instead of its proper one written above 0x16 int16 0A 00 10 number in frames for how long should defender remain in "block" animation, if you set it a bit higher (about 0x10), then AI2 considers that technique with this move causes "blockstun" 0x18 int16 00 00 0 number of frames for how long should defender play stagger animation if defender blocked sucessfully; when set, then AI2 considers that technique with this move causes "block stagger" 0x1A int16 00 00 0 apparently garbage 0x1C int32 00 00 00 00 0 apparently garbage
0x018	offset	00 00 00 00	unused	at this position starts the damage part in the raw file; only tgt (target) animations use it, BEWARE, without ThrowTarget bit (see 0x3C TRAM) it causes Loser's bug No.1 (Oni crashes). Raw: Offset Type Raw Hex Value Description First element (black outline) 0x00 int16 14 00 20 damage taken by character 0x02 int16 29 00 41 frame of the animation, when damage is dealt
0x1C	offset	A0 B8 80 00	00 80 B8 A0	at this position starts the motion blur in the raw file, nothing intersting here for us, it is just eye candy
0x20	offset	C0 B8 80 00	00 80 B8 C0	at this position starts the shortcut part in the raw file: Offset Type Raw Hex Value Description First element (black outline) 0x00 int16 2F 00 47 from state; (see Molten's PDF for anim states) this tells us from which anim states can this animation be called and vice versa 0x02 int16 06 00 6 shortcut length in frames 0x04 int32 00 00 00 00 0 replace an atomic animation (0 - no, 1 - yes), see TRAM flags at 0x3C This is important part. thanks to this we can perform specials as well as other movements (run, sprint). If you are messing around with TRAM and it does NOT want to be performed while all other things see OK, try to think if it has correct shortcut or if another animation related to this one has correct shortcut.
0x24	offset	00 00 00 00	unused	at this position starts throw part in the raw file: Offset Type Raw Hex Value Description First element (black outline) 0x00 float 8A 39 2C BF -0.672752 X axis adjustment; when throw is sucessful, used to move "teleport" victim left/right in order to set some distance between participants so throw looks good. If victim cannot move, throw is performed "as is". X+ is left, X- is right 0x04 float 10 39 B4 3F 0.793839 Y axis adjustment; when throw is sucessful, victim is moved "teleported" up/down by this in order to set some distance between participants so throw looks good. Curious is that if you "lift" enemy (you set it high Y+) enemy is lifted as if je jumped, bounding box is lifted! Usually when executing TRAMs, Y+ just stretches bounding box of character, that is why you cannot throw them over fences. But this one lifts character completely. Weird, isn't it? Y+ is up, Y- is down 0x08 float 44 2D 1C 41 9.761051 Z axis adjustment; same as X axis, only it is forward/backward Z+ is forward, Z- is backward 0x0C float DB 0F 49 40 3.141592 angle adjustment; when throw is sucessful, victim is turned around his axis for this angle in order to make throw look good. (3.141 = pi) P.S.: If you mess it, you can get that victim is performing correct thrown animation, but he turns around and is facing wrong way. Looks goofy :) 0x10 float 00 00 40 41 12.000000 throw distance, beware, if TRAM belong to TRAC which is inheriting some moves from parent TRAC, throw distance MUST be same or longer than throw distance of the same throw in parent TRAC. Otherwise, you will see Loser's bug No.2 ^_^. 0x14 int16 60 00 96 type / aming type; that's the ID (Anim type, se Molten's PDF) for the animation of the target, if you mess this, Oni will play wrong animation or crash. Loser's bug No.2: Wrong throw animation is ocasionally performed. That is caused by fact that parent throw is IN distance for throw but our TRAC's throw is not. So engine iniciates throw and plays parent's TRAC throw animation and our TRAC thrown animation. Mess ^_^
0x28	offset	E0 B8 80 00	00 80 B8 E0	at this position starts the footstep part in the raw file. Nothing to add.
0x2C	offset	00 B9 80 00	00 80 B9 00	at this position starts the particle part in the raw file: Offset Type Raw Hex Value Description First element (black outline) 0x00 int16 00 00 0 start frame of this particle 0x02 int16 30 00 48 stop frame of this particle 0x04 int32 0D 00 00 00 13 bodypart number; the particle is fixed to this bodypart; look to the TRIA file for a bodypart number 0x08 char[16] contrail ONCP particle name; the first 00 is the stop-byte; reference to 01017-.ONCP, otherwise it plays nothing and put up warning into dev console Beware of the fact that ONCP particle name is NOT general name of the particle. "Kontrail" is ONCP particle name. "h2h_strtrail_e01" is general name of the particle.
0x30	offset	60 B9 80 00	00 80 B9 60	at this position starts the position part in the raw file. Don't mess with it.
0x34	offset	00 BD 80 00	00 80 BD 00	at this position starts the bodyparts animation part in the raw file. Read its section if you want. Until we can export/import animations and edit them in some program, I encourage you to leave this part alone. I know that sometnig CAN be done by hand work, but it is too time consuming.
0x38	offset	00 00 00 00	unused	at this position starts the sound part in the raw file. Howgh
0x3C	bitset32	90 00 08 00	144, 0, 8, 0	TRAM bitset collection; the following bits are possible /values in hex): 0x01000000 - private1 (this bit is not animation related, it is used at runtime to mark that the animation was loaded) 0x02000000 - invulnerable, while playing this animation user is invulnerable to melee damage AND cannot be thrown, PAR3/height still hurts him 0x04000000 - blockHigh, if set then while playing this animation user can block high or undefined attacks within some arc which is before him, so if you set this to some animation where user spins, then he can still be legaly kicked to the @$$ and he can be thrown 0x08000000 - blockLow, same as before only it can block low or undefined attacks 0x10000000 - attack, animations with attack part have it, unknown what it does, IMO it turns on soft lock (characters turns with animation a bit in order to hit nearby enemy), but didn't checked 0x20000000 - dropWeapon, if user is armed, he drops weapon when he plays this animation 0x40000000 - inAir, something with jumps, didn't checked 0x80000000 - atomic, whole animation must be played, user cannot interrupt it once it starts 0x00010000 - noTurn, cannot turn by mouse while performing this animation 0x00020000 - attackForward,unknown, looks like this is rough info for AI2 about where attack aims from user's point of view 0x00040000 - attackLeft, same as above 0x00080000 - attackRight, same as above 0x00100000 - attackBackward, same as above 0x00200000 - overlay, these are not standalone animatios, they just overwrite part of already playing one, for example holstering weapon is such an animation 0x00400000 - dontInterpolateVelocity, unknown, but maybe it has something to do with X,Y,Z velocities and fact that for example directional jumps take info about direction vector from X-Z velocity part of TRAM (Y vector is in ONCC) 0x00800000 - throwSource, unknown, throws use it 0x00000100 - throwTarget, if set, then animation can hurt anybody, with its attack part, including teammates. User of TRAM can even hurt himself with "damage part" (user cannot hurt himself with own attack parts). It also allows two (try more, get crash ^_^) attack parts to be executed instead of only one (maybe bug?). -If you set first attack part to be able to deal damage from 1st to 100th frame of TRAM, and second attack part to deal damage within that limit (e.g. from 25th to 41st frame, it can be again from 1 to 100), than first attack part an hurt from 1st to 100th (as usual), but even if it hits, that second one attack part (25th to 41st) can hurt enemy as well during "its lifetime". So two attack parts are allowed to execute. Note that second attack part MUST be executed while first attack part has active "window", otherwise it won't work. 0x00000200 - realWorld, something with Y-velocities part 0x00000400 - doAim, forces aim animation (PIS/RIF) if user has weapon 0x00000800 - dontAim, forces not to aim 0x00001000 - canPickup, can pickup items in this animations, not like it plays pickup one, but like it "takes" the item if you have this animation on and you collide with item. 0x00002000 - aim360, dunno 0x00004000 - disableShield, if user had active supershield (chr_super "name" 1), this forces him to disable it (chr_super "name" 0) 0x00008000 - noAIPickup, AI2 are not permitted to pick up items with this animations
0x040	link	00 00 00 00	unused	direct animation 0 (link to another TRAM file)
0x044	link	00 00 00 00	unused	direct animation 1 (link to another TRAM file), these two do NOT ensure that this animation can link, they only allow you to write two animations which can follow immediately, without applying soft pause, see below for more.
0x048	bitset32	00 00 00 00	0	used parts; Aiming screen TRAMs "use" several bones here. Other overlay TRAMs use only "chest". Non-overlay TRAMs use none. So we can ignore this part.
0x04C	bitset32	00 00 00 00	0	replaced parts; same legend as above; only overlay TRAMs other than aiming-screen ones "replace" parts.
0x050	float	00 00 00 00	0.000000	final rotation in radians (for anims that make you turn), note that if you are hurt and this animation stopped, you are immediately forced back into your original direction. So if you make Konoko's running punch throw that thrown victim can be hurt and then you punch him, he reverses back to original rotation, "slides on his spin". Looks awful.
0x054	int16	01 00	1	move direction; the following directions are possible: 0 - nothing 1 - forward 2 - backward 3 - left 4 - right I don't know why it is here, but it is good idea to set it correctly
0x056	int16	06 00	6	attack sound ("Rising fury!"); the number belongs to the sound slot in the ONCC file
0x058	float	8D 87 CF 41	25.941187	max horizontal extent of the attack -extents are for AI2s. Thanks to these AI2 knows reach of technique (general and then in represented ranges around body) and can attack with it or guard it correctly. You can adjust it a bit if you feel it really needs to, but I don't recommend it as you cannot directly see what changed and if it is for good or for bad.
0x05C	float	DE E9 1A 40	2.420524	min Y of the attack
0x060	float	95 34 D3 41	26.400675	max Y of the attack
0x064	float	8D 87 CF 41	25.941187	max horizontal extent at 0° (front)
...	...	...	...	...
0x088	float	DF 37 87 40	4.225570	max horizontal extent at 90° (left)
...	...	...	...	...
0x0AC	float	5A D8 6D 40	3.716330	max horizontal extent at 180° (back)
...	...	...	...	...
0x0D0	float	98 95 E3 40	7.112011	max horizontal extent at 270° (right)
...	...	...	...	...
0x0F0	float	8D 87 CF 41	25.941187	max horizontal extent at 350°
0x0F4	int16	05 00	5	unknown; indicator for the seven floats below; always -1 if the attack part doesn't exist
0x0F6	int8	00	0	unknown; always zero
0x0F7	int8	00	0	unknown; always zero
0x0F8	float	00 00 00 BF	-0.500000	unknown; always zero if the indicator is -1
0x0FC	float	1E 85 6B BF	-0.920000	unknown; always zero if the indicator is -1
0x100	float	19 47 0C 41	8.767358	unknown; always zero if the indicator is -1
0x104	float	EB 51 F0 40	7.510000	unknown; always zero if the indicator is -1
0x108	float	D7 A3 14 41	9.290000	unknown; always zero if the indicator is -1
0x10C	float	0A D7 3B 41	11.740000	unknown; always zero if the indicator is -1
0x110	float	5E 93 BF 40	5.986739	unknown; always zero if the indicator is -1
0x114	int16	2F 00	47	unknown; indicator for the two bytes and seven floats below; always -1 if the attack part doesn't exist or the attack part exists and it's a tgt animation (tgt = target)
0x116	int8	01	1	unknown
0x117	int8	16	22	unknown
0x118	float	85 EB 51 BF	-1.850000	unknown; always zero if the indicator is -1
0x11C	float	E1 7A 7C C1	-3.900000	unknown; always zero if the indicator is -1
0x120	float	69 61 BF 40	16.874636	unknown; always zero if the indicator is -1
0x124	float	70 3D 22 41	10.510000	unknown; always zero if the indicator is -1
0x128	float	47 E1 3A 40	8.860000	unknown; always zero if the indicator is -1
0x12C	float	33 33 DB 40	18.460000	unknown; always zero if the indicator is -1
0x130	float	F7 C0 2E 3E	0.055320	unknown; always zero if the indicator is -1
0x134	int32	00 00 00 00	0	unknown; always zero
0x138	int32	18 00 00 00	24	amount of elements of the extent part; only used if the attack part exists
0x13C	offset	E0 BB 80 00	00 80 BB E0	at this position starts the extent part in the raw file; only used if the attack part exists. -Extent part stores the finest description of attack's path. Thus when you do an attack, AI2 can for example read that it starts going up, goes left a bit, then goes right and down again. How it is stored is still mystery for me.
0x140	char[16]	konflash1		impact particle name (reference to 01018-.ONIA, which is called up in the ONCC file)
0x150	int16	00 00	0	hard pause in 1/60 seconds
0x152	int16	12 00	18	soft pause in 1/60 seconds, this pause is forced after animation ends. You simply stand, cannot do a thing. Only if this animaton links to some other one (links means it has correct ID Anim Type so it CAN be followed) this pause is ignored
0x154	int32	00 00 00 00	0	amount of packages of the sound part
0x158	int32	00 00 00 00	0	runtime: pointer to the sound for this animation (initialised from SABD)
0x15C	int16	00 00	0	runtime: sound start frame (initialised from SABD)
0x15E	int16	3C 00	60	frames per second
0x160	int16	06 00	6	compression size
0x162	int16	16 00	22	animation type from anim_types. See Molten's PDF. This number determines which keypress combination is required to call this animation, if animation can link to other one and many more
0x164	int16	16 00	6	aiming animation type from anim_types.StNA
0x166	int16	00 00	0	from state, this tells engine from which state this animation can be called. Thanks to this you can perform kick, getup kick and crouch kick. All done by same action, only animation state differs.
0x168	int16	07 00	7	to state, this is state in which animation ends. Should correspond so next animation transits smoothly. ^_^
0x16A	int16	13 00	19	bodyparts
0x16C	int16	50 00	80	frames, you cannot extend frames (Oni will hang) but you can shorten animation if you need. Only be aware that there are some parts of TRAM which can be harmed by shorting TRAM below their end frame.
0x16E	int16	50 00	80	duration in in 1/60 seconds, the same as above
0x170	bitset16	00 02	0, 2	varient, the following bits are possible: 0x0001 - SPRint animation 0x0002 - COMbat animation 0x0008 - PIStol animation 0x0010 - NINja PIStol animation (left-handed) 0x0020 - RIFle animation 0x0040 - NINja RIFle animation (left-handed) 0x0080 - PANic or SCRamble animation Beware, looks like PAN/SCR varient is somewhat messed up. Crashes happen sometimes.
0x172	char[2]	AD DE	dead	varient end; unused
0x174	int16	00 00	0	atomic start, you can set only part of the TRAM to be atomic (cannot be affected by user)
0x176	int16	FF FF	-1	atomic end, same
0x178	int16	00 00	0	end interpolation, in frames, beware, too big interpolation looks bad.
0x17A	int16	FF FF	-1	maximal interpolation
0x17C	int16	FF FF	-1	action frame, frame where action happens. Action is weapon theft in disarm animations, action is when Mukade actually teleports(changes place), and many other things
0x17E	int16	0A 00	10	first level
0x180	uint8	01	1	first "invulnerable" frame, you can set only part of the TRAM to be invulnerable
0x181	uint8	1C	28	last "invulnerable" frame, same
0x182	uint8	02	2	amount of elements in the attack part
0x183	uint8	00	0	amount of elements in the take damage part
0x184	uint8	01	1	amount of elements in the motion blur part
0x185	uint8	01	1	amount of elements in the shortcut part
0x186	uint8	02	2	amount of elements in the footstep part
0x187	uint8	04	4	amount of elements in the particle part
0x188	char[24]	AD DE	dead	unused

Beware, setting wrong values in those "amount of elements" fields may make Oni crash/hang.

--Loser 19:50, 20 August 2008 (CEST)

XML area

how convert dae to xml / oni ...

... using batch files

Download this modding environment so you know that the following lines are about.

Before you can run those files you need to put your source files into the "input_folder".

"dae + xml(not 41) to oni.bat" will generate files with QKeys.

"dae to xml(41).bat" will generate files with EKeys.

... using the Windows address bar

The batch file code and the code used for the address bar are identical.

Look at this image it you will understand.

If you use the windows address bar you should have onisplit alway alongside your essential modding folders to have short commands like

onisplit41 -create:tram output_folder input_folder/*.dae

We want to type as less as necessary, don't we? =)

... using onisplit GUI

Keep in mind that the GUI is only a mask for onisplit. New onisplit versions - v0.52.9.0 or newer don't have the command -create:tram.

normal animations

You can convert such animation by choosing one of the two methods. (normal = no overlay anims)

- To create QKeyed-animation you need a helper xml file to be placed alongside the dae animation file.

- EKeyed-animations don't need a helper xml file but edits afterwards the creation.

In any case the amount of needed hand work is quite the same for both methods.

QKeyed-animation refuse to become edited. There's somehow a bug like Samer pointed out on the forums. (Is this still the case? - 5th Dec 2011) But that's not so tragic. You can edit the dae or the xml helper file and then merge them into an oni file again.

Like EdT said an advantage of the xml helper method is that you can breakdown a single dae file into smaller pieces. It's a comfortable way to create multiple animations from one source. E.g. you make combo animations in one dae - let's say punch (p), kick (pk), punch (pkp) - then you make 3 xml helpers. First file goes from frame 0 to 40, second file from 41 to 86, and third file from 77 to 140. The dae file has 120 frames but not the 3 oni files that will be created.

Some lines for the hypothetical second combo animation:

   	<DaeImport>
           <Path>TRAM######combo.dae</Path>
           <Start>41</Start>
           <End>78</End>
       </DaeImport>
       <Lookup>
           <Type>PK</Type>
           <AimingType>PK</AimingType>
           <FromState>Standing</FromState>
           <ToState>Standing</ToState>
           <Varient>Combat</Varient>
           <FirstLevel>0</FirstLevel>
           <Shortcuts />
       </Lookup>
       <Flags>Attack</Flags>

Don't forget to add types, variants, particle etc. to your xml file before you convert it to the oni format.

testing the created files

Either put them into an AE package or create a plugin.

There's a batch file available that create level0 plugins. Put the created plugin files in your GameDataFolder and run the game.

tags with flags

RuntimeLoaded

(this bit is not animation related, it is used at runtime to mark that the animation was loaded)

Invulnerable

while playing this animation user is invulnerable to melee damage AND cannot be thrown, PAR3/height still hurts him

BlockHigh

if set then while playing this animation user can block high or undefined attacks within some arc which is before him, so if you set this to some animation where user spins, then he can still be legaly kicked to the @$$ and he can be thrown

BlockLow

same as before only it can block low or undefined attacks

Attack

animations with attack part have it, unknown what it does, IMO it turns on soft lock (characters turns with animation a bit in order to hit nearby enemy), but didn't checked

DropWeapon

if user is armed, he drops weapon when he plays this animation

InAir

something with jumps, didn't checked

Atomic

whole animation must be played, user cannot interrupt it once it starts

NoTurn

cannot turn by mouse while performing this animation

AttackForward

unknown, looks like this is rough info for AI2 about where attack aims from user's point of view -Loser

AttackLeft

same as above

AttackRight

same as above

AttackBackward

Overlay

these are not standalone animatios, they just overwrite part of already playing one, for example holstering weapon is such an animation

DontInterpolateVelocity

unknown, but maybe it has something to do with X,Y,Z velocities and fact that for example directional jumps take info about direction vector from X-Z velocity part of TRAM (Y vector is in ONCC)

ThrowSource

unknown, throws use it

ThrowTarget

if set, then animation can hurt anybody, with its attack part, including teammates. User of TRAM can even hurt himself with "damage part" (user cannot hurt himself with own attack parts). It also allows two (try more, get crash ^_^) attack parts to be executed instead of only one (maybe bug?).

-If you set first attack part to be able to deal damage from 1st to 100th frame of TRAM, and second attack part to deal damage within that limit (e.g. from 25th to 41st frame, it can be again from 1 to 100), than first attack part an hurt from 1st to 100th (as usual), but even if it hits, that second one attack part (25th to 41st) can hurt enemy as well during "its lifetime". So two attack parts are allowed to execute. Note that second attack part MUST be executed while first attack part has active "window", otherwise it won't work.

RealWorld

something with Y-velocities part -Loser

DoAim

forces aim animation (PIS/RIF) if user has weapon

(used PIS/RIF animation and prone)

DontAim

forces not to aim

CanPickup

can pickup items in this animations, not like it plays pickup one, but like it "takes" the item if you have this animation on and you collide with item.

Aim360

unknown

DisableShield

if user had active supershield (chr_super "name" 1), this forces him to disable it (chr_super "name" 0) -Loser

NoAIPickup

AI2 are not permitted to pick up items with this animations

<Type>

<AimingType>

<FromState>

Somtimes FromState is set to None. In another scenarios one FromState possibility is not enough.

In those cases Shortcuts are used. They extent the number from what state the animation can be played and under what conditions (replace atomic yes/no).

<ToState>

<Varient>

Combat

LeftPistol

LeftRifle

Panic

RightPistol

RightRifle

Sprint

An animation with no variant is "<Varient />".

<UsedBones>
<ReplacedBones>

Pelvis

LeftThigh

LeftCalf

LeftFoot

RightThigh

RightCalf

RightFoot

Mid

Chest

Neck

Head

LeftShoulder

LeftArm

LeftWrist

LeftFist

RightShoulder

RightArm

RightFist

<Direction>

None

Forward

Backward

Left

Right

<TargetType>

• "fw" = face to face throw
• "bk" = thrower is facing victim's back
• "throw" inside TRAM names are sometimes shortened with "thr"
• "p" can also be missing.

(static throws)

###COMthrow_fw_p_tgt = Thrown1

###COMthrow_fw_k_tgt = Thrown2

###COMthrow_bk_p_tgt = Thrown3

###COMthrow_bk_k_tgt = Thrown4

(running throws)

###COMrun_throw_fw_p_tgt = Thrown5

###COMrun_throw_fw_p_tgt = Thrown6

###COMrun_throw_bk_k_tgt = Thrown7

###COMrun_throw_bk_k_tgt = Thrown8 (not tested)

(tackle throw = catching)

###COMrun_tkl_fw_p_tgt = Thrown9 (not tested)

###COMrun_tkl_bk_p_tgt = Thrown10

(pistol disarms)

###PISthrow_fw_p_tgt = Thrown11

###PISthrow_fw_k_tgt = Thrown12

###PISthrow_bk_p_tgt = Thrown13

(rifle disarm)

###PISthrow_bk_k_tgt = Thrown14 (not tested)

###RIFthrow_fw_p_tgt = Thrown15

###RIFthrow_bk_p_tgt = Thrown16

###RIF? = Thrown17 (not tested)

<flags>
(under <Attack>)

Unblockable

Low

High

HalfDamage

extents and XML

Ever wondered how comes Artificial Intelligence can recognize incoming attack and block or dodge? Extents ( found out by Geyser and fully uncovered by Neo ) are the key.

There are two types of extents -

• <Extents>, its packages store this info:

<Angle> at which is this extent radiated from character. 0° is in front of character, 180° is in the back

<Length> of this extent,

<MinY> minimal height of this extent

<MaxY> maximal height of this extent

Length, MinY and MaxY serve for creating invisible area in space which is "dangerous to be in". If AI collides and notices it (refer to notice field in MELE), it will attempt to block or dodge according to its modifiers in given MELE profile. Again, see fields in MELE.

Number of <Extent> is equal to attack frames: <End> minus <Start> plus one (because start frame counts too).

(e.g. TRAMKONCOMkick_low1: <End>30</End> minus <Start>22</Start> plus one = nine <Extent>.)

These extents are pretty impossible to guess, so leave them until Neo comes up with extent computation ( probably from attack bones and bonetrack rotations ).

BUT

Always add at least one package, because its Length, MinY and MaxY will be taken as the longest extent, the most maximal Y and the most minimal Y vales. Those are needed, otherwise character won't react to this attack.

• <HorizontalExtents>, its packages store this info:

36 fields (exactly 36, no more, no less, otherwise it won't compile back into .oni file), which correspond to areas in 10° intervals around character ( so overall 360°, full horizontal circle around character).

Imagine character. Look at it from above. Make a circle with this character being center of this circle. Now divide this circle with lines after each 10°; and those are horizontal extent lines used by packages ^_^.

Once more 0° is in front of the character, 180° is behind character. Intervals go clockwise. So first package is horizontal extent for 0° line, second package is for horizontal line which is 10° clockwise and so on.

These extents can be guessed up to some degree. Use common sense, look at Your custom attack and tip which lines are probably intersected by attacking limbs of Your move.

Watch out - if attack is frontal ( direct kick forward ), you should worry not only about 0° (directly front), but also about 10°, 20° (a bit to the right) and also about 340°, 350° (a bit to the left).

Next guess the length (you will get used to the sense of distance soon), write it in, test it with some AI which blocks a lot. If you did it right, Your attack will be often blocked.

Don't overdo it with horizontal extent length - too long will cause AIs to react too far from you, does not look pretty.

Have extended fun, --Loser 19:12, 13 July 2010 (UTC)

adding colorful trails

Open the xml formated TRAM and search for the "Particles" tag and insert your code.

First example: TRAMSTRCOMcomb_p_p.xml

       <Particles>
           <Particle>
               <StartFrame>0</StartFrame>
               <EndFrame>12</EndFrame>
               <Bone>LeftFist</Bone>
               <Name>contrail</Name>
           </Particle>
       </Particles>

"contrail" is looked up by the used character class (ONCC) which lunch the actual particle, here it is "h2h_strtrail_e01".

Second example is about two different contrails in one TRAM at same time. The animation is "TRAMSTRCOMpunch_heavy.xml".

       <Particles>
           <Particle>
               <Start>0</Start>
               <End>54</End>
               <Bone>RightWrist</Bone>
               <Name>contrail</Name>
           </Particle>
           <Particle>
               <Start>0</Start>
               <End>54</End>
               <Bone>LeftWrist</Bone>
               <Name>contrail_2</Name>
           </Particle>
       </Particles>

Note that you need to register the second contrail in the used ONCC as well. Using your own contrail particle is also possible, just insert it's name between the <Type> tags.

           <ONCPParticle>
               <Name>contrail</Name>
               <Type>h2h_strtrail_e01</Type>
               <BodyPart>-1</BodyPart>
           </ONCPParticle>
           <ONCPParticle>
               <Name>contrail_2</Name>
               <Type>h2h_murtrail_e01</Type>
               <BodyPart>-1</BodyPart>
           </ONCPParticle>

fw throws

Situation: you load two chars into Mod Tools and rotate (+/-180°) the throw target char because you want them to stand face to face. When you are done animating, the target animation would need to be reversed again: multiplying the velocities with -1, also the rotation needs a tweak. So far it looks like you need *(-1) for the x rotation and -/+180° (depending on your initial change) for the y rotation.

Excel macro to tweak fw throws

• put your files into the "input_and_output" folder
• disable macro security if you don't want to click every time on the macro option button
• close other worksheets first before you run the macro
• if you are not afraid of VBA code you can enter the developer environment by hitting [alt]+[F11], e.g. for extending the attack library with more screenshots and settings
  • in that case search for: "LibraryThrows", " LibraryAttack", "Picture", "CBAttackHelp.AddItem"

• the macro (for all TRAM except overlay-TRAM), demo vid

a look on run move complex

Example on Striker's moves, meant as illustration for "what would be needed for new run trams".

Run cancel:

• STRIKEidle1 / another idle animation
• STRIKErun1stepa
• STRIKErun1stepb
• STRIKEidle1 / another idle animation

Run - a minimal cycle:

• STRIKEidle1 / another idle animation
• STRIKErun1stepa
• STRIKErunstart
• STRIKErun_rt
• (STRIKErun_lt)
• STRIKErunstop
• STRIKEidle1 / another idle animation

free-to-use TRAMs

Following files are available in DAE (and maybe ONI format).

charA and charB performing stun animations

• Fury double flip (.dae)
  • note: -
• Konoko enters prone mode (.dae + .oni)
  • note: prone mode artefact
• Konoko leaves prone mode (.dae)
  • note: prone mode artefact
• female stun (throw pair) (.dae)
  • note: needs to be slowed down (-> more frames)