This is a list of common prefixes & suffixes used by Ryu Ga Gotoku Studios, for a variety of file formats and functions. These are used so files can be identified quickly in a huge folder.
Please note the true/intended meaning of abbreviations may not be clear; these are approximations.
General
| Abbreviation |
Explanation
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| arm |
Weapon
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| auth |
'Authoring Mode' -- models or assets used in game cutscenes, or heat actions
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| adv |
'Adventure' -- models or assets used in the game world
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| ci |
Cabaret Island, internal name for the cabaret club minigame in Yakuza 0, and is carried over to K2/JE
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| hact |
Heat Action
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| kara |
Karaoke
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| mng |
Minigame
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| pxd |
Internal name for all versions of the game engine from PS3 onward
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| ri |
Resort Island; the internal name for Dondoko Island in Infinite Wealth
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| tex_auto_lod_cv |
LOD textures used in DE 2.0 (properly utilised in Lost Judgment onward)
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Models / .gmd
General Prefixes & Suffixes
| Prefix/suffix |
Explanation
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| _[xx] |
Numbers with nothing else surrounding them can often be the age of the character, used in flashbacks. (example: c_cw_f_mamiya_18)
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| _agura |
Sat crosslegged
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| _aura |
Heat action aura
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| _auth |
Used specifically for a cutscene or heat action
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| _b_ |
Bottoms (skirts, pants, etc)
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| _bd[xx] |
Bloodied, injured, gunshot wounds
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| _bound / _shibari / _rope |
Tied up
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| _chd |
Child model, specific to Dragon Engine
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| _ci[xx]_ |
Cabaret club outfit/hairstyle
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| _dead |
Dead (not sleeping)
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| _f_ |
Head
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| _fat |
Fat body type for men, usually reserved for enemies
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| _h_ |
Headwear/hair
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| _hand / _arm / _darts |
Hand used for the darts minigame
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| hless |
Homeless
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| _juban |
Garment worn under a kimono
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| _kega |
Injured, usually gravely
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| _LL |
Introduced in Infinite Wealth. Used for overweight NPCs, different to _fat?
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| _mus |
Muscular body type for men, usually reserved for enemies
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| _naked |
Shirtless for male characters, typically fully nude for women
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| _nocloth |
No cloth physics, specific to OOE
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| _out |
Coats, usually worn by hostesses specifically
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| _pocket |
Adjusted models for hands in pockets
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| _sit |
Suit tails/skirts adjusted for sitting down
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| _sode |
Rolled up sleeves
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| _t_ |
Tops/torso
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| tu |
An outfit used for promotional locations such as Club SEGA/GiGO or Karaokekan
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| _x_ |
Typically an outfit combined as one model
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| a[xx]_ |
Used in a specific cutscene. The number will line up with the entry in that game's "auth" folder.
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| c[xx]_ |
Used for a specific chapter
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Armatures
Prior to Dragon Engine
Now printing!
Dragon Engine (as of Lost Judgment)
| Letter |
Explanation
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| a |
Generic. Similar to _m but has no bones for suit jacket, and doesn't seem to be used for cutscene models
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| b |
Unused (as of Lost Judgment)
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| c |
Mascot outfit, used exclusively for Kamuroppo
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| d |
Sandwich board enemies in Yakuza: Like a Dragon
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| e |
Unused (as of Lost Judgment)
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| f |
Seems to be used exclusively for Okubo's long hair in JE, otherwise it's c_am again
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| g |
Suits (closed)
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| h |
Kimono / hakama
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| i |
Only in Lost Judgment, seems to be a copy of c_ca? Not assigned to any used model
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| j |
Used for Shintani in JE
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| k |
Baby
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| l |
Jacket physics (Yagami, Suguira)
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| m |
Male/generic character, has bones for suit jackets
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| n |
Male/generic character, for suits without vents (Majima, Akiyama, Y6 Han)
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| o |
Used for big characters like Ed and some Jingweon guy in K2. Seems to be only in 6/K2
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| p |
Used only in Yakuza 6 for Yuta. Has bones for the lapels of his jacket so Kiryu can throw him through a window (no, really)
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| q |
Long coat (Ryuji)
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| r |
Kimono / hakama
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| s |
Long coat (Date / Masumi Arakawa)
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| t |
Used for Majima's towel in Kiwami 2
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| u |
Long coat (Kuriowa)
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| v |
Used for Saori (JE/LJ)'s hair
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| w |
Woman
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| x |
Used for Haruka (Y6)'s ponytail
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| y |
Schoolgirl skirt "physics" in JE drone minigame
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| z |
Used in Kiwami 2 for hostesses, has attach points for outfits & accessories
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Asset / Reactor Prefixes
Dragon Engine
Most will have a letter between its prefix & the item name - this is the codename of the game it is taken from. So for example, army400_stk_umbrella_cl_a (Nanba's default umbrella weapon in Y:LAD, or 'yazawa').
| Name |
Explanation
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| a_xx |
Cutscene models, xx being the chapter it appears in
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| arm |
Weapons
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| bik |
Bicycles
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| bs |
Debug weapon
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| car |
Vehicles being driven on a road
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| dcl |
Decals
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| dor |
Doors
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| gls |
Panes of glass / windows
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| hct |
Heat action specific assets
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| itm |
In game items, such as Staminan or Tauriner
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| kan |
Electronic signboards
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| min |
Minigame specific assets
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| nrn |
Noren -- traditional Japanese curtains for doorways & windows
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| prp |
Generic, all purpose props
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| res |
Dondoko Island props (specific to Infinite Wealth)
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| spe |
Objects specific to an area in game (i.e not generic enough to be placed anywhere)
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spte |
Speedtree generated plants
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| stg |
In world assets
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| swg |
Swaying objects like lanterns
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| tes |
Test / debug objects
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chara.par folders
Prior to Dragon Engine
| Name |
Explanation
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| accessory |
Typically physics-enabled 'accessories' such as Majima's ponytail in Yakuza 0
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| adv |
Game world models
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| auth |
Cutscene (authoring) models
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| btms |
Pants, trousers, skirts, etc, typically specifically for pedestrians & unimportant NPCs
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| face |
Heads, typically specifically for pedestrians & unimportant NPCs
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| hair |
Hair
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| tops |
Shirts, jackets, etc, typically specifically for pedestrians & unimportant NPCs
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| z_btm |
Only appears in Dead Souls. Models used for zombies' pants.
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| z_face |
Only appears in Dead Souls. Models used for zombies' heads.
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| z_upr |
Only appears in Dead Souls. Models used for zombies' torsos.
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Dragon Engine
| Name |
Explanation
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| adv |
Only appears in Yakuza 6, same as Old Engine's usage; models used in the game world
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| auth |
Only appears in Yakuza 6, same as Old Engine's usage; models used in cutscenes
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| bone |
Bone reference .gmds
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| btms |
Pants, trousers, skirts, etc
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| dds |
Textures
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| dds_hires |
As above. Appears in Lost Judgment onwards
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| dds_prg_use |
Blood splatters for faces
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| face |
Heads
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| face_blend |
Seems to be used for facial animations?
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| face_target |
Facial expressions for characters
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| hair |
Hair
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| tops |
Shirts, jackets, etc, also usually full models for characters who are one chunk
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| ubik |
Appears in Lost Judgment onwards, is used for cloth & hair physics
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Textures
Stages & Assets
Dragon Engine
| Suffix |
Explanation
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| at |
Props used in cutscenes and/or are intended to be seen upclose, like a phone screen or a photograph
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| bl |
Dirt/grime overlay layer
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| cc |
Concrete
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| cl |
Cloth
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| cm |
"Common" materials, usually colours or debug/fallback textures
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| db |
UI assets that are also counted as in game world assets (shogi pieces in Y:LAD, coffee chart in JE)
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| gd |
Dirt, sand, plantlife
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| gm |
Vehicles
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| gs |
Glass
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| lo |
Lightmap/shadow stuff
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| mt |
Metal
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| ne |
Neon signs/scrolling LED signs
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| oj |
General use assets & objects
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| ot |
Greebles (detailing added for visual interest)
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| pl |
Plastic
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| pp |
Paper/cardboard
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| pt |
Botany
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| rd |
Road surfaces, asphalt, pavement etc
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| rp |
Screens; usually smartphones, seems to also apply to computers & televisions too
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| sb |
Billboards & commercial posters
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| sn |
Stone and masonry
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| sy |
Skybox; far away objects that can be seen in the distance
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| tc |
Minigame specific assets
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| tl |
Tiles and bricks
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| tu |
Typically textures that are related to crossovers and/or promotions
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| vg |
Food
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| wd |
Wood
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Stage
- _d - Basic diffuse/albedo map. Can use alpha layer transparency.
- _n - Normal map. Blue channel often reversed.
- _m - Multi map, used for PBR shading. Red channel is glossiness, green channel is metallic, blue is a mask for colour palettes.
- _so - Light map? (Needs more research)
- _i - Glow / emissive map. Rarely used.
Assets
- _d - Basic diffuse/albedo map. Can use alpha layer transparency.
- _n - Normal map. Blue channel often reversed.
- _m - Multi map, used for PBR shading. Red channel is glossiness, green channel is metal, blue is a mask for colour palettes.
- _o - Ambient occlusion.
- _tr - Subsurface scattering map. Only really used for leaves on plants.
- _i - Glow / emissive map. Rarely used.
Characters
Dragon Engine
- _di - Basic diffuse/albedo map. Can use alpha layer transparency.
- _tn - Normal map. Blue channel often reversed.
- _ts - Wrinkle map. Blue channel often reversed. Controlled via vertex colours in engine.
- _tr - Subsurface scattering map.
- _mt - Multi map, used for PBR shading. Red channel is metallic (anisotropic rotation for hair), green channel is ambient occlusion (specular for hair), blue channel is glossiness, alpha layer is a mask for the repeating textures on the secondary UV.
- _rd - Repeating diffuse/albedo texture, used for details usually for clothing. Scale is controlled by the secondary UV of the model.
- _rt - Repeating normal map texture, used for details in general. Scale is controlled by the secondary UV of the model.
- _rm - Specularity (of sorts) for repeating textures
Motions / .gmt / Auth & Heat Actions
Movement
General
| Prefix/suffix |
Explanation
|
| act |
Typically action animations, such as using a smartphone or saying hello
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| add |
Animations added to an idle pose, such as nodding or hand gestures
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| en |
End of a looped animation
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| lp |
Looped
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| kamae |
Posed animation, usually for idling
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| st |
Start of a looped animation
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| std |
Standing
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| sit |
Sitting/crouching down
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| tlk |
Animations used in cutscenes for talking
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Battle
| Prefix/suffix |
Explanation
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| ath |
Successful strike
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| atg |
Strike that is parried or otherwise blocked
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| atm |
Strike intended to initiate a grab or throw. Usually paired with 'sze'.
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| btlst |
Used whenever a battle is initiated
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| dwn |
Used whenever the target is prone on the floor
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| grd |
Guarding
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| hok |
Hook punch
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| nge |
Grab/throw
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| ont_act |
Taunt. Specific to Y7, is basically just an idle animation here
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| pvk |
Taunt
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| [x]ren |
Multiple strikes, where x is the quantity
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| rev |
Reversal
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| skl |
RPG skill, typically only used in Y7, but has carried over to LJ for generic animations
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| swy |
Rolling out of the way of a move
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| sy0 |
A synced move, such as a throw, from the attacker's perspective
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| sy1 |
A synced move, such as a throw, from the target's perspective
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| sze |
An attempted grab
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Weapon Types
| Abbreviation/code |
Explanation
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| sud |
Barefisted (from 'sude')
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| wpa |
Lightweight 1-handed objects (Traffic cones, pipes and such)
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| wpb |
Knives (Also broken bottles and Chinese Dao Broadswords in OE)
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| wpc |
Light 2-handed objects (Beer Crates and such)
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| wpd |
Baseball bats
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| wpe |
Swords (Mainly Katanas but also Chinese Dao Broadswords in DE )
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| wpf |
Heavy 2-handed object (Bicycles, Motorcycles, signboards, etc)
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| wpg |
Longswords / Hammers
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| wpi |
Spears/Poles
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| wpj |
Shotguns
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| wpk |
Dual wielded pistols
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| wpl |
Muskets
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| wpm |
Knuckle dusters
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| wpp |
Cannons
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| wpt |
Tonfa
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| wpu |
Dual Claws
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| wpv |
Nunchucks
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| wpw |
Wild Dance (Pistol and Katana wielded simultaneously, Ishin only)
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| wpx |
Kali sticks
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| wpy |
Pistols
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| wpz |
Chainsaws
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| tue |
Nanba's 'stave' (umbrellas etc)
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| btn |
Adachi's police truncheon
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| bag |
Saeko's handbag
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| cut |
Eri's boxcutter
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Authoring / Heat Action Specific
| Abbreviation/code |
Explanation
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| A |
Auth (intro/cutscene)
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| B |
Battle start or mid-battle sequence
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| BC |
Name caption
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| C |
Chase (JE/LJ), Cam (Y6), Continue? (Y7/8)
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| D |
Poundmate delivery
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| EC |
Enemy Cam (battle start)
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| F |
Flashback
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| H |
Heat Action
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| I |
Interaction
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| M |
Minigame
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| MN |
Music video cutscenes in karaoke
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| P |
Main menu or battle action
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| S |
Sequence
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| T |
Talk, also Coliseum in Gaiden
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| X |
Interactive/Menu
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