AIBO Action CFG/EXT/AMS File Format

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1. Introduction

AIBO Action Config files (ACTION.CFG, ACTION.EXT, ACTION.AMS) exist to give readable names to the MWCID reference numbers from MWC files. For example, in RCode you can type "PLAY:ACTION:beethoven5" instead of "PLAY:MWCID:24015".

The config files are simple text (editable with Notepad), and consist of four columns:

Action Name
MWCID number
Special Action Code (see below)
Comment

2. Action Codes

The third column tells AIBO about special functions, for certain builtin skits. These support walking, ball searching etc... All skits created by Skitter have code 0 (normal skit).

0 = Normal Skit
1 = Walking & Leg Movement
2 = Turn
3 = Head Movement
4 = Ball Search & Tracking

3. Example

SIT          270     0    Sit
STAND        271     0    Stand
LIE          272     0    Lie down
WALK         622     1    Walk
TURN         632     2    Turn around
MOVE_HEAD    1008    3    Look in the specified direction
TRACK_HEAD   1000    4    Track an object
SEARCH       1001    4    Search for an object
beethoven5   24015   0    beethoven5
drum_roll    24054   0    drum_roll
headstand    24069   0    headstand
Minuet1b     24100   0    Minuet1b