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Meta-animations are animations that describe how other animations play. They can be found in the [[ANCS (File Format)|ANCS]], [[CHAR (File Format)|CHAR]], and [[SAND (File Format)|SAND]] formats.

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== Format ==

=== Meta-Animation ===

Every meta-animation starts with a u32 type enum.

{| class="wikitable"
! ID
! Type
|-
| 0
| [[#Play|Play]]
|-
| 1
| [[#Blend/Phase Blend|Blend]]
|-
| 2
| [[#Blend/Phase Blend|Phase Blend]]
|-
| 3
| [[#Random|Random]]
|-
| 4
| [[#Sequence|Sequence]]
|}

==== Play ====

'''Play''' meta-animations simply play an [[ANIM (File Format)|ANIM]] animation.

{| class="wikitable"
! Type
! Name
! Notes
|-
| Asset ID ([[ANIM (File Format)|ANIM]])
| '''Animation Asset ID'''
| Animation to be played.
|-
| u32
| '''Primitive ID'''
| ID of this animation primitive.
|-
| string
| '''Primitive Name'''
| Name of this animation primitive.
|-
| float
| '''Time'''
| First part of CCharAnimTime
|-
| [[Char Anim Time]]
| {{unknown|Unknown}}
|
|}

==== Blend/Phase Blend ====

'''Blend''' and '''Phase Blend''' animations blend between two animations. The same structure is shared between both Blend and Phase Blend.

{| class="wikitable"
! Type
! Name
! Notes
|-
| [[#Meta-Animation|Meta-Animation]]
| '''Animation A'''
| First animation being blended.
|-
| [[#Meta-Animation|Meta-Animation]]
| '''Animation B'''
| Second animation being blended.
|-
| float
| {{unknown}}
| Probably blend alpha
|-
| bool
| {{unknown}}
|
|}

==== Random ====

'''Random''' animations contain a list of animations and select one to be played at random.

{| class="wikitable"
! Type
! Count
! Name
! Notes
|-
| u32
| 1
| '''Anim Count'''
|
|-
| [[#Anim Probability Pair|Anim Probability Pair]]
| ''Anim Count''
| '''Anim List'''
| List of animations that can potentially be played.
|}

===== Anim Probability Pair =====

{| class="wikitable"
! Type
! Name
! Notes
|-
| [[#Meta-Animation|Meta-Animation]]
| '''Animation'''
|
|-
| u32
| '''Probability'''
| Unknown exactly how this is used.
|}

==== Sequence ====

'''Sequence''' animations contains a list of animations and plays each of them one after the other in sequence.

{| class="wikitable"
! Type
! Count
! Name
! Notes
|-
| u32
| 1
| '''Anim Count'''
| Count of animations in the sequence
|-
| [[#Meta-Animation|Meta-Animation]]
| ''Anim Count''
| '''Anim List'''
| List of animations to play in the sequence
|}

[[Category:File Formats]]
[[Category:Metroid Prime Demo]]
[[Category:Metroid Prime]]
[[Category:Metroid Prime 2: Echoes]]
[[Category:Metroid Prime 3 Prototype]]
[[Category:Metroid Prime 3: Corruption]]

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−	Meta-animations are animations that describe how other animations play. They can be found in the [[ANCS (File Format)\|ANCS]], [[CHAR (File Format)\|CHAR]], and [[SAND (File Format)\|SAND]] formats.	+	'''Meta-animations''' are animations that describe how other animations play. They can be found in the [[ANCS (File Format)\|ANCS]], [[CHAR (File Format)\|CHAR]], and [[SAND (File Format)\|SAND]] formats.

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 | '''Primitive Name'''
 | Name of this animation primitive.
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 | [[Char Anim Time]]

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 ==== Play ====
-'''Play''' meta-animations simply play an [[ANIM (File Format)|ANIM]] animation.
+''Play'' meta-animations simply play an [[ANIM (File Format)|ANIM]] animation.
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 ==== Blend/Phase Blend ====
-'''Blend''' and '''Phase Blend''' animations blend between two animations. The same structure is shared between both Blend and Phase Blend.
+''Blend'' and ''Phase Blend'' animations blend between two animations. The same structure is shared between both Blend and Phase Blend.
 {| class="wikitable"
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 ==== Random ====
-'''Random''' animations contain a list of animations and select one to be played at random.
+''Random'' animations contain a list of animations and select one to be played at random.
 {| class="wikitable"
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 ==== Sequence ====
-'''Sequence''' animations contains a list of animations and plays each of them one after the other in sequence.
+''Sequence'' animations contains a list of animations and plays each of them one after the other in sequence.
 {| class="wikitable"