DCA files, also known as (unsure) Demo Cutscene Animations, are the keyframed animation format of Pikmin 1.
They can only be found within the BUN file format.
File Structure
DCA Header
| Offset |
Size |
Purpose
|
| 0x00 |
4 |
Amount of Joints the file will animate.
|
| 0x04 |
4 |
Amount of frames in the animation.
|
Scaling
| Offset |
Size |
Purpose
|
| 0x08 |
4 |
Amount of scaling values
|
| 0x0C |
0x08 value |
Scaling value
|
Rotation
| Offset |
Size |
Purpose
|
| 0x0? |
4 |
Amount of rotation values
|
| 0x0? |
0x0? value |
Rotation value
|
Translation
| Offset |
Size |
Purpose
|
| 0x0? |
4 |
Amount of translation values
|
| 0x0? |
0x0? value |
Translation value
|
DCA Joint
| Offset |
Size |
Purpose
|
| 0x00 |
4 |
Index of the joint
|
| 0x04 |
4 |
Parent of the joint
|
| 0x08 |
24 |
Internally named 'sx_param' and 'sy_param', a table of 2 ints read 3 times
|
| 0x20 |
24 |
Internally named 'rx_param' and 'ry_param', a table of 2 ints read 3 times
|
| 0x56 |
24 |
Internally named 'tx_param' and 'ty_param', a table of 2 ints read 3 times
|
Credits: Ambrosia, Minty_Meeo
