Hedier Animation Studio

Compilation

Project compilation occurs to reduce the size of the project and remove unneeded detail. This occurs in several, described ways.

hedierbulk, the most common compilation method simply takes the standard of:

        % [Metadata Key]: [Metadata Value]
        [X lines for frame]
        [another X lines for frame]

There is a number of required and suggested metadata elements:

DPS, default play-speed, required - default of 14
PR_Create, creation software, suggested - depends on implementation
PR_Author, author of project, required
PR_Compile, compilation style, required - for hedierbulk, this should be 1
PR_Compiler, compiler name, required - for hedierbulk, this usually is hedierbulk/0
PR_LAdvance, beta flag

This method only allows for 20 characters by 100. It will read 20 lines, display these, wait for 1000/[DPS] milliseconds, then read the next 20 lines. It may read them all at once, it may hold the file open and read line by line.

This method uses a simple file, generally ending with chpf (compiled Hedier project file), it isn't usually encoded as to ensure it remains simple.