wifisafe_anim_splicer

A CLI for splicing together a 100% wifi-safe SSBU anim from a reference anim and modified anim in Rust.

"wifi safe"

• "wifi-safe" is the community term for a modified file which will not cause issues when connecting to other online peers without the file.
• A modified animation is "wifi safe" as long as every bone with a hitbox attached has it's animation data unmodified.

99.9999% "wifi-safe" vs 100% "wifi-safe"

The SSBU .nuanmb file format uses lossy compression, as such importing a .nuanmb into a program and exporting it even without modifications will result in an animation that is 99.9999% close to the original, but not quite 100% and while such an animation is practicaly "wifi safe" it is not guaranteed to be and users will be hesitant in trusting it.

Common Usecases

1. Modifying just the Visibility or Material data of a .nuanmb while keeping the Transfom data 100% intact.

2. Adding new bones to an existing animation while keeping the existing bones unmodified.

   ( e.g. an animation that addresses the lack of translation for bones in mods made using the 'Exo Skel' method.)

Usage

• Grab the .exe from the 'Releases' page
• Run it from the command line (don't double click the .exe)
• Use -h or --help to see the parameters needed to run it properly.

Example usage

• wifisafe_anim_splicer.exe -r vanilla_palu_ftillt.nuanmb -m modified_palu_ftilt.nuanmb -o output.nuanmb

Example usage (Batch Mode)

• If the folders are layed out like this-

• 

• Then the command looks like this

• wifisafe_anim_splicer.exe --reference_folder "vanilla_anims" --modified_folder "modded_anims" --output_folder "output_folder"

• Verify the resulting .nuanmb is wifi-safe by grabbing ssbh_data_json and comparing the new .nuanmb's JSON vs the reference's JSON.

• If its wifi-safe, there should be no difference in the Transform data for the vanilla bones.

Supported Anims

• Only supports V20 and V21 .nuanmb files.
• Not tested with .nuanmb files from any game besides SSBU.

validator

• Does the "validate the resulting anim with ssbh_data" step for a whole folder of anims for you
• If you are submitting a mod with hundreds of exported anims, this is a good way to check without manually opening all 300+ anims.

Usage

• Grab the .exe from the 'Releases' page
• Run it from the command line (don't double click the .exe)
• Use -h or --help to see the parameters needed to run it properly.

Example

Example Use

• If the folders are layed out like this-
• 
• Then the command looks like this
• validator.exe -r vanilla_anims -m modded_anims

Example Output

UNSAFE: Anim="a02dash.nuanmb", reason=`The modified anim has different values than the vanilla for bone `ArmR`!`
UNSAFE: Anim="f01damageflyrollend.nuanmb", reason=`The modifed anim has a final_frame_index of `48`, while the matching vanilla anim has a final_frame_index of `25``
SKIPPED: Skipping j02lose.nuanmb, since it's name starts with `j02` and is a victory screen animation.
SKIPPED: Skipping j02win1.nuanmb, since it's name starts with `j02` and is a victory screen animation.
SKIPPED: Skipping j02win1wait.nuanmb, since it's name starts with `j02` and is a victory screen animation.
SKIPPED: Skipping j02win2.nuanmb, since it's name starts with `j02` and is a victory screen animation.
SKIPPED: Skipping j02win2wait.nuanmb, since it's name starts with `j02` and is a victory screen animation.
SKIPPED: Skipping j02win3.nuanmb, since it's name starts with `j02` and is a victory screen animation.
SKIPPED: Skipping j02win3wait.nuanmb, since it's name starts with `j02` and is a victory screen animation.
Total Modified Anims: 310
Unsafe Count: 2
Warning Count: 0
Skip Count: 7

• In this case, i now know the anims a02dash.nuanmb and f01damageflyrollend.nuanmb must be spliced and checked again.
• Most of the time, this won't be an issue.