Anim Browser

Anim Browser

Browse Studio's animation catalog, apply animations, reorganize categories, and control playback. Available for HS2, KKS, and KK.

Game	DLL	Preview
HS2	HS2Sandbox.AnimBrowser.dll	Hover preview (embedded rig)
KKS	KKSSandbox.AnimBrowser.dll	No preview
KK	KKSandbox.AnimBrowser.dll	No preview

Open from the anim icon on the Studio left toolbar.

Screenshot/GIF assets: images/SCREENSHOTS.md — placeholders below mark missing files until uploaded to the wiki repo.

Screenshot (ab-01-toolbar-icon.png): Studio left sidebar with the anim icon visible. Crop on the toolbar; highlight the anim icon if annotating.

Table of contents

Read this guide in order, or jump to a topic:

1. Overview (this page)
2. Getting started
3. Browsing & search
4. Applying animations
5. Playback controls
6. Grouping animations
7. Merging categories & groups
8. Review panel
9. Characters & options

What it does

• Category tree: groups → sub-categories → animations
• Grid and list views with search
• One-click apply to selected Studio characters
• Playback controls (speed, pause, scrub, loop, restart)
• Non-destructive reorganization: rename, group animations into cards, merge categories/groups
• Character priority for multi-character apply
• Optional auto-translate (XUnity)
• Persists organization in JSON under BepInEx config

All reorganization is a display layer over the real Studio catalog. The catalog is never modified; merges and groups can be undone.

Layout overview

Area	Role
Top bar	Grid/List, Controls, Options, Help, search, character summary
Category tree	Groups and sub-categories; ↻ refresh; merge action bar
Main panel	Grid or list; content action bar (Group/Ungroup/Rename)
Controls pane	Playback — docked or floating
Characters pane	Priority list
Review pane	Confirm merges/groups before applying

Screenshot (ab-02-full-layout.png): Main window with category tree (one group expanded), animation grid, top bar (Grid/List, Controls, search, character summary). Optional: Controls pane docked on the right.

HS2 hover preview

On HS2 only, hovering animation cards can show a 3D preview via AnimPreviewStage (embedded rig + GL renderer). Not available on KKS/KK builds.

GIF (ab-03-hover-preview.gif, HS2 only, ~4 s, loop): Grid view; move cursor over an animation card without clicking. Show the embedded rig preview appearing/updating on hover, then moving to another card. Capture at readable UI scale.

Keyboard shortcuts

• HotkeyToggleUndockedControls — floating controls (assign in Configuration Manager)
• Escape — deselect in grouping UI

See Keyboard shortcuts.

Quick start

1. Select character(s) in Studio
2. Open Anim Browser
3. Click a sub-category on the left
4. Click an animation to apply

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