CharAnimBankFile
aka Character Animation Bank Data
No Example
Resource names	Unknown
Type ID	0x2710
Category	Unknown (decimal 10000)
Memory distribution	Main Memory only
Imports	Unknown
Imported by	Unknown
Editor available?	No

Character animation banks are used in Black 2 (2007-02-13 build). As the name suggests, they store character animations details. Though they are not imported, raw resources are used to store the animation data itself; banks only contain a list of animations.

This type is loosely related to animation collections and the raw animation data format appears to be the same or similar.

Structures

Header

Offset	Length	Type	Name	Description
0x0	0x4	uint32_t	?	Resource size
0x4	0x4			Padding
0x8	0x8	Resource ID	?	Animation table raw resource ID
0x10	0x8	Resource ID	?
0x18	0x8	Resource ID	?
0x20	0x8	Resource ID	?	LUA Code resource ID
0x28	0x4	uint32_t	?	Number of entries
0x2C	0x4	Entry*	?	Entries

Entry

Offset	Length	Type	Name	Description	Comments
0x0	0x8	uint64_t	?	Name hash?	Unknown source/algorithm
0x8	0x8	Resource ID	?	Animation data resource ID

Animation table

This raw resource is a text file rather than a data structure. It begins with the number of entries and a line break. Each entry that follows is in the format "row,name,column". Entries are separated by line breaks.

CRLF is used for line breaks in the animation table.

Animation info

It is unclear what this raw resource is for, but each entry contains a single float for each bone. Entries are named things like RightArm and Trajectory.

This resource is read sequentially. The header structure is below.

Offset	Length	Type	Name	Description	Comments
0x0	0x4	uint32_t	?	Number of bones
0x4	0x4	uint32_t	?		0x5B or 2
0x8	0x4	uint32_t	?		2 or 3

This is immediately followed by an array of indices of an amount corresponding to the number of bones.

After the array of indices is a 4-byte integer defining the number of entries, followed by the entries themselves, which are:

A 4-byte integer defining the length of the name string that follows,
The name of the entry,
An array of floats of an amount corresponding to the number of bones.

Note that entries (and their contents) are completely unaligned, which is unique among resources.

NMMORPH header

Like the animation info, this raw resource is read sequentially. The header structure is below.

Offset	Length	Type	Name	Description	Comments
0x0	0x8	char[8]	?	Magic	NMMORPH followed by null terminator
0x8	0x1	uint8_t	?	Version?	Always 1
0x9	0x3	?	?	Padding?
0xC	0x4	?*	?	Data start offset	All other pointers are relative to this value See data
0x10	0x4	?	?		Always null
0x14	0x4	?*	?	String table	See string table
0x18	0x4	uint32_t	?	Data size	Not including this header
0x1C	0x4	uint32_t	?	Number of data subsection/string entries
0x20	0x4	uint32_t	?		Always 0x1C
0x24	0x4	uint32_t	?	Data subsection size

NMMORPH data

Hmmm...

To do:
Data is convoluted and not understood, and this section needs to be cleaned up.

Data is generally sorted into a bunch of arrays with the array length prepended to each array.

First is an array of indices, then
An array of 12-byte entries, where the array length is 6 in both samples, then
Another array of 12-byte entries (seemingly the same structure as previously), where the array length is 7 in both samples.

The 12-byte structure is described below:

Offset	Length	Type	Name
0x0	0x4	uint32_t	?
0x4	0x4	uint32_t	?
0x8	0x4	uint32_t	?

This is follows by a different structure:

Offset	Length	Type	Name	Description	Comments
0x0	0x4	uint32_t	?		Always 1
0x4	0x4	uint32_t	?		Always 0x190
0x8	0x4	uint32_t	?
0xC	0x4	uint32_t	?
0x10	0x4	uint32_t	?		Always null
0x14	0x4	uint32_t	?	Data subsection size

The data subsection size always equals the size given in the header. It immediately follows the end of the primary data section.

NMMORPH data subsection

Data in this section is unclear. The number of entries is determined by the count in the header and each entry begins with its index, but beyond that it is difficult to decipher.

Like other parts of the resource, much of the entries in the subsection are comprised of arrays with their length prepended. However, determining exactly where these are can be challenging. The minimum size of an entry appears to be 24 bytes, so it is possible the presence of the arrays are determined through values within that range.

NMMORPH string table

String table info is made of indices and offsets to the string:

Starts with the end index, which is the same as the number of strings in the header, then
An array of indices of an amount corresponding to the number of strings, then
An array of offsets starting from 0, where 0 is relative to the start of the string table, then
A single offset indicating the end of the string table, relative to the start of the string table, then
The strings themselves.

Animation data

Animation data raw resources contain the actual animation. They are made up of a small header and initial entries for each bone, followed by the animations for each bone in sequence.

Animation data header

Offset	Length	Type	Name	Description	Comments
0x0	0x4	uint32_t	?	Version? Number of takes?
0x4	0xC	char[12]	?	Animation name	Always Take_001
0x10	0x4	float	?
0x14	0x4	float	?	Animation rate?
0x18	0x4	uint32_t	?	Number of bones

Initial bone data

Offset	Length	Type	Name	Description
0x0	0x8	uint64_t	?	Animation ID 1?
0x8	0x8	uint64_t	?	Animation ID 2?
0x10	0x10	uint32_t	?	Animation data?
0x20	0xC	float[3]	?	Position?

Bone animation

16 characters for the bone name immediately followed by the raw animation data.