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title: "BG(2):EE 2DA Files : extanim.2da"
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    <div class="title_main"> extanim.2da</div>
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This file can be used to define various properties of new creature animations. It was used until the EEs moved to <a href="../../../file_formats/ie_formats/ini_anim.htm">PST-style ini files</a>.<br />
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<li>1 - ARMOR_MAX_CODE = [0,1,2,3,4] max armor level. 4 = plate. It's basically set to 4 for all the characters except for the monk who has it set to 1</li>
<li>2 - CAN_LIE_DOWN = [0, 1] Do we have frames where we are on the ground? Death animation checks this.</li>
<li>3 - DETECTED_BY_INFRAVISION = [0,1] Are we detected by infravision</li>
<li>4 - DOUBLE_BLIT = [0,1] Should probably always be set to 0, but the DEMB animation has this set to true.</li>
<li>5 - EQUIP_HELMET = [0,1] Can they equip a helmet</li>
<li>6 - SPLIT_BAMS = [0,1] Are the bams split</li>
<li>7 - COLOR_BLOOD = [0-255] color palette lookup. Seems like 47 is pretty common</li>
<li>8 - COLOR_CHUNKS = [0-255] used in EFFECT_EXPLODINGDEATH(8), seems to be either 0 or 255</li>
<li>9 - FALSE_COLOR = [0,1] Tell it to use the character colors</li>
<li>10 - HEIGHT_CODE = string - "WQM", "WQL", "WQS", etc. The prefix to the weapon animations. Will be set to "NONE" for most monsters.</li>
<li>11 - HEIGHT_CODE_HELMET = string - same as above, but for the helmet animation</li>
<li>12 - HEIGHT_CODE_SHIELD = string - see above</li>
<li>13 - SND_FREQ = [0-255] Sound frequency. Lots of animations are set in under 10, then a few are quite high(150+, MGCP, MGCL, MDOG, etc)</li>
<li>14 - PERSONAL_SPACE = [0-255] most are 3, dragons are 13</li>
<li>15 - RESREF = string - animation resref. MDOG, ARAB, etc.</li>
<li>16 - RESREF_PAPERDOLL = "CHMB", etc</li>
<li>17 - RESREF_ARMORBASE = single char, 'T' thief, 'W' wizard. This is the 4th character in CHM?</li>
<li>18 - RESREF_ARMORSPECIFIC = single char, see above. Use when their armor code is equal to ARMOR_MAX_CODE</li>
<li>19 - RESREF_SHADOW = "CSHD", etc.</li>
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In BG2EE we have:<br />

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2DA V1.0
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          ARMOR_MAX_CODE CAN_LIE_DOWN DETECTED_BY_INFRAVISION DOUBLE_BLIT EQUIP_HELMET SPLIT_BAMS COLOR_BLOOD COLOR_CHUNKS FALSE_COLOR HEIGHT_CODE HEIGHT_CODE_HELMET HEIGHT_CODE_SHIELD SND_FREQ PERSONAL_SPACE RESREF RESREF_PAPERDOLL RESREF_ARMORBASE RESREF_ARMORSPECIFIC RESREF_SHADOW
32578     0              1            1                       0           0            1          47          0            0           NONE        NONE               NONE               6        3              NRWZ   NONE             0                0                    NONE
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