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		Turns some flag on (Can only be executed once)
8F		Unsets whatever flag 8E sets
90	byte, word	Something specific for Emerald weapon's eyes.
91	byte
92		Suspend ATB (Cannot undo)
93		Fade whole screen to black (battle still continues)
94	word, word, byte	Rotate [word0 - word1] units in steps of [byte] (a unit is 360/4096 degrees)
95		Used for escaping
96	byte, byte	Barret's muzzle flash beginning in byte0 frames lasting for byte1 frames
97	byte, byte
98	byte	Displays action's name in [byte] frames
99	byte, word, word, byte	Used only by some of Yuffie's and Cid's Limit breaks?
9A	word, word	Unused, but same as FB
9B		Sets a flag that BD also sets (unknown effect)
9C		Sets min;max volume to 1;127
9D	byte (0-6 inclusive)	Something to do with Tifa's limits
9E		Pause here until all animation/damage handlers are finished.
9F		Unused to unset flag that 9B and BD set
A0	byte	Used by Carry Armor's Left Arm's 'Grab'
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	Used by Carry Armor's Right Arm's 'Grab'
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	Queue sound to be played and target reaction in [byte] frames (for multiple strike actions)
BF	byte, byte
C0		DUMMY
C1		Unconditional "Jump to C9"
C2	byte	Queue damage display in [byte] frames (does not play sound)
C3
C4	word, byte
C5
C6	byte
C7	word, byte	Force enemy in relative formation position [word] to perform their [byte] animation script
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 until active magic thread completes, then run action animation
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	Play sound effect, queue reaction, and display damage [byte] frames from this point
F8
F9
FA		Return actor to previous position
FB	word, word	Move to [word, word] position relative to target
FC		Effect depends on battle formation type
FD	word, word, word
FE	byte	If byte is C0h, End of script.
FF		Duplicate of EE