Supporting alternative appeals

[hozuki]

Some animations have special appeal (e.g. gf0000, 1 available appeal), and some of these have a second another appeal (e.g. kururi, 2 available appeals). These animations are played when the player completes a full combo before the large note. dan files usually contain apa and apg, but some even have a companion _ap file. (#11) cam files usually contain apa and apg but none of them has _ap file.

Questions:

1. What do apa and apg stand for, i.e. which one is which?
2. If those two correspond to the alternative appeals, what role does _ap file play?

[hozuki]

kururi should be an interesting sample:

• it has a companion _ap file;
• there are 2 animations in the intro, but only 1 dance animation;
• such signature is not found in other songs with _ap.

There is no apa or apg located in the main dance animation file. Instead, in the _ap file there are:

• 01_apa (and 01_apa.opt as some kind of control?)
• 01_apg
• 02_apa (+02_apa.opt)
• 03_apa
• 04_apg
• 05_apg

There are two endings: special appeal (with Chizuru & Shiho), and another appeal (with Kaori & Elena). Positions: [4] Chizuru | [2] Elena | [1] Akane | [3] Kaori | [5] Shiho So we can somewhat deduce what apa and apg are...

[11-59pm]

It seems like "apa" is another appeal and "apg" is special appeal. I tried to rip motions by simply changing the name of the file to "dan" inside the package - using UABE - and it worked

[hozuki]

Yep and it's time to design file selection and replacing the animations at the right time.

[hozuki]

Dance and camera animations should be correctly converted by now.