pli.format

gistfile1.cs

// Unknown-purpose PLI format

// Overview
//	1. PLI format
//		a. Layout
//		b. Layer

// *****************************
// 1. PLI format
// 1.a. Layout
layout {
	const cstring signature = "PLI"					// Signature
	const rdata<6, 0x00> _reserved0					// Reserved space. 6 bytes of 0x00
	rstring<16, 0x00> author						// Author. Only observed value is "Author : Seraph"
	int _unk0										// TODO: Unknown purpose. Only observed value is 0
	short _unk1										// TODO: Unknown purpose. Only observed value is 1
	short _unk2										// TODO: Unknown purpose. Only observed value is 1
	byte layercount									// Number of layers
	rstring<5, 0x00> primary						// Primary name
	Layer layers[layercount]						// Layers
	const rdata<32, 0x00> _reserved1				// Reserved space. 32 bytes of 0x00. TODO: Inspect PLIs to see if this is ever different (might be an rcstring)
	short statecount								// The number of state orders. This should be the same as the PLI's set's state count.
													// The PLI state entry is defined in 0000_001.pli
	
	// Now we need to read the frame order for the layers
	operation { // Inline operation
		short framecount;
		int e, s;
		// Initialize the layers
		for (e = 0; e < layercount; ++e) {
			layers[e].order = new byte[][statecount]; // Create the state array
		}
		// Read the indices
		for (s = 0; s < statecount; ++s) {
			framecount.in(); // The number of frames in the state
			// Initialize the layers' frame-index arrays
			for (e = 0; e < layercount; ++e) {
				layers[e].order[s] = new byte[framecount]; // Create the frame array for the current state
			}
			for (int frame = 0; frame < framecount; ++frame) {
				for (e = 0; e < layercount; ++e) {
					layers[e].order[s][frame].in(); // Read the index byte
				}
			}
		}
	}
}

// 1.b. Layer
define Layer {
	rstring<5, 0x00> name					// Name of element. See pli_header.notes
	rstring<5, 0x00> index					// TODO: Unknown purpose. Usually "001", "002", "003", etc.
	noread unsigned byte order[][]			// Frame order. This is read later on in the layout. TODO: These values are probably drawing orders for animations
}