ANIM

ANIM (IDE section)

Supported games:
Brief description:	Used to define animated map objects
IDE Sections: 2DFX • AMAT • ANIM • CARS • HIER • HAND • MLO • OBJS PATH • PEDS • TANM • TOBJ • TREE • TXDP • WEAP

ANIM is a section in the item definition file in San Andreas and GTA IV. It is used to define standard map objects linked to an animation. Its format is almost exactly like standard map objects but with one additional parameter for the animation file. GTA IV added a section (TANM) that supports time controlled objects linked to animations.

Format

San Andreas

anim
Id, ModelName, TxdName, AnimationName, DrawDistance, Flags
end

	Identifier	Type	Description
A	Id	integer	Unique object ID.
B	ModelName	string	Name of the .dff model file without extension.
C	TxdName	string	Name of the .txd texture dictionary without extension.
D	AnimationName	string	Name of the .ifp animation file without extension.
E	DrawDistance	float	Draw distance in units.
F	Flags	integer	Object flags

Note that animated models still have static collisions. This means that the collision do not animate with the model since it does not contain bone information for the animation. If you want to move objects, you can do this using the script. ^[1]

GTA IV

anim
ModelName, TxdName, AnimationName, DrawDistance, Flag, unknown, MinX, MinY, MinZ, MaxX, MaxY, MaxZ, SphereX, SphereY, SphereZ, Radius, LODModel
end

	Identifier	Type	Description
A	ModelName	string	Name of the .wdr model file without extension.
B	TxdName	string	Name of the .wtd texture dictionary without extension.
C	AnimationName	string	Name of the .wad animation file without extension.
D	DrawDistance	float	Draw distance in units.
E	Flag	integer	Object flag
F	unknown	float	Unknown integer (0 by default).
G,H,I	MinX, MinY, MinZ	float[3]	Lower left corner of the bounding box for the object.
J,K,L	MaxX, MaxY, MaxZ	float[3]	Upper right corner of the bounding box for the object.
M,N,O	SphereX, SphereY, SphereZ	float[3]	Center of the bounding sphere for the object.
P	Radius	float	Radius of the bounding sphere into all dimensions.
Q	LODModel	string	Name of the .wdd file that contains the lod model for the defined modelname.

Statistics

Total number of ANIM entries in:

San Andreas: 54

GTA IV: 158

References

• ^ Move an object

See also

• Item definition
• OBJS
• TANM