ANIM

anim is a section in the item definition file in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and Grand Theft Auto IV. It is used to define standard map objects linked to an animation. Its format is almost exactly like standard map objects but with one additional parameter for the animation file. GTA IV added a section tanm that supports time controlled objects linked to animations.

Format

GTA San Andreas

anim
Id, ModelName, TxdName, AnimationName, DrawDistance, Flags
end

	Identifier	Type	Description
A	Id	integer	Unique object ID.
B	ModelName	string	Name of the `.dff` model file without extension.
C	TxdName	string	Name of the `.txd` texture dictionary without extension.
D	AnimationName	string	Name of the `.ifp` animation file without extension.
E	DrawDistance	float	Draw distance in units.
F	Flags	integer	Object flags.

Note that animated models still have static collisions. This means that the collision do not animate with the model since it does not contain bone information for the animation. If you want to move objects, you can do this using the script.

GTA IV

anim
ModelName, TxdName, AnimationName, DrawDistance, Flag, unknown, MinX, MinY, MinZ, MaxX, MaxY, MaxZ, SphereX, SphereY, SphereZ, Radius, LODModel
end

	Identifier	Type	Description
A	ModelName	string	Name of the `.wdr` model file without extension.
B	TxdName	string	Name of the `.wtd` texture dictionary without extension.
C	AnimationName	string	Name of the `.wad` animation file without extension.
D	DrawDistance	float	Draw distance in units.
E	Flag	integer	Object flag.
F	unknown	float	Unknown integer (0 by default).
G,H,I	MinX, MinY, MinZ	float[3]	Lower left corner of the bounding box for the object.
J,K,L	MaxX, MaxY, MaxZ	float[3]	Upper right corner of the bounding box for the object.
M,N,O	SphereX, SphereY, SphereZ	float[3]	Center of the bounding sphere for the object.
P	Radius	float	Radius of the bounding sphere into all dimensions.
Q	LODModel	string	Name of the `.wdd` file that contains the lod model for the defined modelname.

Statistics

Total number of anim entries in:

GTA San Andreas: 54

GTA IV: 158