FF7/Battle/Battle Animation/Animation Script

This page contains information related to the AB animation files of battle models.

Any code less than 8Eh is treated as a raw animation index to be executed.

Code	Arguments	Effect
8E
8F
90	byte (0-3 inclusive), word
91
92
93
94	word, word, byte
95
96	byte, byte
97	byte, byte
98	byte
99	byte, word, word, byte
9A	word, word
9B
9C
9D	byte (0-6 inclusive)
9E
9F
A0	byte
A1	byte, byte
A2	byte
A3	byte	Plays Midi file [byte]
A4
A5
A6
A7	byte
A8	byte, byte
A9
AA
AB	word, word
AC	byte
AD	byte, word, byte, byte
AE
AF	byte
B0
B1
B2		Duplicate of C9 (unused)
B3	byte
B4
B5	word, word, word, byte, word
B6	byte
B7
B8
B9	byte	Set camera script index to [byte]
BA	word
BB		DUMMY
BC	byte	Set idle cam index to [byte]
BD	word, word
BE	byte
BF	byte, byte
C0		DUMMY
C1		Unconditional "Jump to C9"
C2	byte
C3
C4	word, byte
C5
C6	byte
C7	word, byte
C8	word, word, byte
C9		Jump destination
CA		While Magic thread is active, jump to C9
CB	byte, word, byte, byte, byte, byte, byte
CC	byte
CD		Jump Destination (CE only)
CE	byte	If actor is enemy jump to CD
CF	word, word, word, byte, byte
D0	word, byte (0-7 inclusive)
D1	word, word, byte
D2		DUMMY
D3		DUMMY
D4	word, byte
D5	word, word, word, byte, byte
D6	byte
D7	byte, byte
D8	byte, word
D9		DUMMY
DA	byte
DB	word, byte, byte
DC	byte, word
DD	byte, byte
DE	byte, byte
DF
E0
E1
E2
E3
E4
E5		Reset actor's standing position
E6
E7	byte
E8		Choose magic thread handler?
E9	word, byte
EA		Display Action's name
EB
EC		Pause here until magic thread is complete, then load reaction
ED
EE		Run Idle Animation script
EF		DUMMY
F0
F1
F2
F3		decrement wait time until 0, then continue script
F4	byte	Set wait period [byte] (frames?)
F5	byte
F6
F7	byte
F8
F9
FA		Return actor to previous position
FB	word, word	Duplicate of 9A
FC		Effect depends on battle formation type
FD	word, word, word
FE	byte	If byte is C0h, End of script.
FF		Duplicate of EE