AnimationTitles

The animation name consist of series of prefixes describing the contents of the move.
If the animation is a translation from one pose to another, the name contains both, the source and the destination moves, separated by an underscore.

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Not all games contain all prefixed fields.

Animation naming

An animation name can look like this: AmovPercMrunSlowWrflDf
The "APMSWD" prefixes stand for: Action - General action (e.g move, cargo, weapon operation) Pose - Unit stance (e.g erect, prone) Movement - Movement style/speed (e.g stop, walk, run) Stance - Weapon position (e.g raised, lowered) Weapon - Weapon in use (e.g rifle, pistol) Direction - Where the character moves (e.g front, left)	Therefore, AmovPercMrunSlowWrflDf stands for: Action movement Posture erect Movement run Stance (of weapon) low Weapon rifle Direction forward.

Prefixes

Action

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A prefix

Short name	Full name	Description
mov	move	stand, walk, run, with or without weapon. Firing itself not included here.
idl	idle	when character stands for a while on a place with no action – looking around
crg	cargo	cargo animations in a vehicle including mount/dismount - deprecated as it is stored at each car's folder for now
inj	injury	injury of a character - the injured one from a pair
cin	carry injured	injury of a character - the healthy holding injured
dth	death	death of a character
inv	inventory	inventory actions, baggage
cts	cutscenes	special for cutscenes
swm	swim	swimming
sig	signals	signaling - hand signals, saluting, military parade poses
wop	operate a weapon	moves dedicated to firing + reloading various weapons, eg. moves for launcher etc. - includes binuculars
adj	adjust	adjustment animations - slighlty lower/hier, left/right shoulder, etc (Arma 3)
bdv	bottom dive	swimming under water with diving equipment (Arma 3)
bsw	bottom swim	swimming under water (Arma 3)
dve	dive	(Arma 3)
fds	firing drills	(Arma 3)
ovr	over obstacle	movements over obstacles like fences or low walls (Arma 3)
pan	panic	walking/running in panic, eg. run with hands over head (Arma 3)
sdv	surface dive	swimming at surface level with diving equipment (Arma 3)
ssw	surface swim	swimming at surface level (Arma 3)
fal	falling	(Arma 3)
par	parachute	(Arma 3)

Pose

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P prefix

Short name	Full name	Description
erc	erect	erect, standing.
knl	kneel	crouched down, when stopped, so kneeling.
pne	prone	prone on a ground
sit	sit	sitting – e.g for cutscenes etc. Can't fire from heavy weapons (rifle+), must lay first.
fal	fall	free falling from a obstacle, wall.. body pose with hands probably above a head.
crh	crouched	crouched unit (Arma 3)
inc	incapacitated	incapacitated animation from Revive (Arma 3)

Movement

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M prefix

Short name	Full name	Description
stp	stop	man not moving, standing in place.
wlk	walk	common relaxed move, a walk. N/A in prone!
run	run	run, still possible to shoot with aimed weapon. Note - prone is either stop, run or sprint.
spr	sprint	very intense sprint, impossible to shoot
eva	evasive	evasive moves - e.g from lowered walk suddenly jump away and raise the gun - reaction under unexpected fire.
tac	tactical	tactical pace - e.g looking down the sights while moving (Arma 3)
lmp	limping	limping animation - when legs are hurt (Arma 3)

Stance

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S prefix

Animation prefix	Short name	Full name	Description
Amov	ras	raised	aimed weapon ready for fire in horizontal position
	low	lowered	weapon in ready state, not aimed
	opt	optics	looking through optics / sight or binoculars
	sur	surrender	character surrenders
	non	no weapon	SnonWnon for empty hands
Awop	gth	grenade throw	grenade throw, over the shoulder

Weapon

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W prefix

Animation prefix	Short name	Full name	Description
Acts	una	unarmed	nothing in hands
	mag	machinegun	heavy gun impossible to put to aimed stance, firing from lower position
Amov	pst	pistol	one hand weapon, probably empty hands will suffice.
	rfl	rifle	two hand rifle
	lnr	launcher	laucher
	non	no weapon	SnonWnon for empty hands
Awop	bin	binocular	binocular moves

Direction

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D prefix

Short name	Full name	Description
non	none	direction not specified
f	forward	N/A
fl	forward-left
fr	forward-right
l	left
r	right
b	back
bl	back-left
br	back-right
up	up	ladder, climbing, parachute
dn	down	ladder, climbing, parachute
mul	multiple	for FBX only, not for RTM – more takes in one file