Coldboot.raf
Description
dev_flash\vsh\resource\coldboot.raf is the animation when PS3 boots, introduced in firmware 2.70 with raf.sprx and raf.qrc as support.
Rich Appearance Format (RAF) belongs to a group of CXML Containers that uses zlib compression and a XML file enbedded in the container structure with the "scene" information and also works as an index to lists the contained files
Coldboot animation uses settings from the RCOXML of custom render plugin (in RCOXML setion note the animation settings for: anim_coldboot and anim_coldboot2)
Coldboot.raf is the same file in all firmware versions, doesnt contains sound, but is played with sound by using either coldboot_stereo.ac3 (2 audio channels) or coldboot_multi.ac3 (6 audio channels), this audio files has been present from firmware 1.00 but have changed (and also changed the coldboot animations settings inside the RCOXML of custom_render_plugin). See: Multimedia Formats and Tools
http://rghost.net/58821375 the coldboot.raf compiled into a theme (Apply again to get the animation again)
File is deleted.
Coldboot Animation (.RAF)
| File Name | Size (bytes) |
Hash (MD5) |
Firmware | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.00~2.60 | 2.70~2.80 | 3.00~3.01 | 3.10~4.88 | ||||
| coldboot.raf | 51.446 | FBFD819D6CD834AC2BDDA02EE3D5375F | No | Yes | Not present before 2.70, same for all other firmwares | ||
To extract the files from coldboot.raf is needed to make a zlib decompression and then a CXML extraction (use "CXML decompiler" tool made by flatz, download link and source code is at bottom of CXML Containers page). The extracted files are:
| Usage | File Index | Converted File | Original File | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | MD5 | Name | MD5 | |||
| Scene | metadata | coldboot.sxml | vary with compiler/extractor version | coldboot.xml | vary with coding style | The original scene coldboot.xml is converted to coldboot.sxml and then embedded inside RAF structure as metadata |
| Model | 0 | plane.edge | AC3AA7B2AE225DD1C2BB207ADDD4C2CB | plane.dae | vary with collada settings | The 3D object, composed by a simple perimetral line that will be "filled" with the textures |
| 1 | plane.skel | 67409457645F98B0066B52317BF4CB78 | The skeleton of the 3D object, composed by a single joint point, needed by all the animations | |||
| Textures | 2 | new_logo.gtf | 6BEEA65407EE1513F08F66E17BBADF61 | new_logo.dds | A4AF73E19F8E07542C5FA3DA39C21967 | 700x350 pixels, the main logo (without the "copyright", "trademark" and "playstation3" text) |
| 3 | new_logo_footer.gtf | 5E27DFBB474A2AB5A07A91143C8C8054 | new_logo_footer.dds | ABFE60993D102E39926035D9DEA4CFEC | 700x350 pixels, the "copyright", "trademark" and "playstation3" text | |
| 4 | new_logo_blur.gtf | 49E30C3B46BE3B822324EB373EEF5A9C | new_logo_blur.dds | DE871FB0A8ACBD92CEC267816C072C14 | 700x350 pixels, a blurry copy of logo+footer together | |
| 5 | new_logo_sd.gtf | ED30E47123D3D68B846DDAC1EBDBDA65 | new_logo_sd.dds | 2B4B56CFFA2A3E3BA868DC56A7F2917C | 240x120 pixels, the main logo (without the "copyright", "trademark" and "playstation3" text) | |
| 6 | new_logo_sd_footer.gtf | 4037567A9F5ED59D6E96402FA2859ABC | new_logo_sd_footer.dds | B2718D07AB4B6714240F591D00237639 | 240x120 pixels, the "copyright", "trademark" and "playstation3" text | |
| 7 | new_logo_sd_blur.gtf | 5821260B17B0A5BDD85D0F2BEE9596D0 | new_logo_sd_blur.dds | FF32C90F34FB350C34F58800F69318DB | 240x120 pixels, a blurry copy of logo+footer together | |
| Script | 8 | coldboot.jsx | 5461466B242D81B57D872BBA95EED753 | coldboot.js | vary with coding style | Animation script, written in PlayStation JavaScript format (and extracted as a VSMX file). See Pastebin (without the header) |
- Note the extracted files are not the original files used to create the .raf. All them suffered a format conversion when the .raf was created
Scene
As explained on the CXML Containers page, RAF containers include embedded data inside their structure (like metadata, not a real file). This data is generated by the RAF compiler and works as a descriptor of the internal structure of the RAF container (this data about the RAF structure is not present in the original scene.xml), and also contains all the important info from the original scene.xml used to create the RAF
The XML files generated by "CXML decompiler" contain more info than the original scene.xml. This makes possible to reverse by hand the original scene.xml using a generic layout for the scene XML standards explained on the Rich Appearance Format (RAF) page
After the reversing this is the original scene file sony used to build coldboot.raf (could vary with coding style but the generated file after compilation is exactly like the original because the coding style is lost when compiled)
<?xml version='1.0' encoding="UTF-8"?> <raf> <model id="plane" file="plane.dae" /> <material id="mtrl_logo" effect="sce01" > <texture file="new_logo.dds" type="color_map" /> </material> <material id="mtrl_footer" effect="sce01" > <texture file="new_logo_footer.dds" type="color_map" /> </material> <material id="mtrl_blur" effect="sce01" > <texture file="new_logo_blur.dds" type="color_map" /> </material> <material id="mtrl_logo_sd" effect="sce01" > <texture file="new_logo_sd.dds" type="color_map" /> </material> <material id="mtrl_footer_sd" effect="sce01" > <texture file="new_logo_sd_footer.dds" type="color_map" /> </material> <material id="mtrl_blur_sd" effect="sce01" > <texture file="new_logo_sd_blur.dds" type="color_map" /> </material> <actor id="logo" model="plane" material="mtrl_logo" position="1.85,0.0,0.0" rotation="1.570796,0.0,0.0" scale="1.28,0.64,0.64" color="1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0" uv_scale="1.0,-1.0" uv_offset="0.0,0.0" anim_weight="1.0,0.0,0.0,0.0" anim_speed="1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0" anim_time="0.0,0.0,0.0,0.0" /> <actor id="footer" model="plane" material="mtrl_footer" position="1.85,0.0,0.0001" rotation="1.570796,0.0,0.0" scale="1.28,0.64,0.64" color="1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0" uv_scale="1.0,-1.0" uv_offset="0.0,0.0" anim_weight="1.0,0.0,0.0,0.0" anim_speed="1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0" anim_time="0.0,0.0,0.0,0.0" /> <actor id="blur" model="plane" material="mtrl_blur" position="1.85,0.0,0.001" rotation="1.570796,0.0,0.0" scale="1.28,0.64,0.64" color="1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0" uv_scale="1.0,-1.0" uv_offset="0.0,0.0" anim_weight="1.0,0.0,0.0,0.0" anim_speed="1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0" anim_time="0.0,0.0,0.0,0.0" /> <actor id="logo_sd" model="plane" material="mtrl_logo_sd" position="1.85,0.0,0.0" rotation="1.570796,0.0,0.0" scale="1.28,0.64,0.64" color="1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0" uv_scale="1.0,-1.0" uv_offset="0.0,0.0" anim_weight="1.0,0.0,0.0,0.0" anim_speed="1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0" anim_time="0.0,0.0,0.0,0.0" /> <actor id="footer_sd" model="plane" material="mtrl_footer_sd" position="1.85,0.0,0.0001" rotation="1.570796,0.0,0.0" scale="1.28,0.64,0.64" color="1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0" uv_scale="1.0,-1.0" uv_offset="0.0,0.0" anim_weight="1.0,0.0,0.0,0.0" anim_speed="1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0" anim_time="0.0,0.0,0.0,0.0" /> <actor id="blur_sd" model="plane" material="mtrl_blur_sd" position="1.85,0.0,0.001" rotation="1.570796,0.0,0.0" scale="1.28,0.64,0.64" color="1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0" uv_scale="1.0,-1.0" uv_offset="0.0,0.0" anim_weight="1.0,0.0,0.0,0.0" anim_speed="1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0" anim_time="0.0,0.0,0.0,0.0" /> <camera id="camera" type="perspective" yfov="0.927292" ymag="0.0" znear="0.01" zfar="1000.0" position="0.0,0.0,4.0" direction="0.0,0.0,-2.0" up="0.0,1.0,0.0" /> <light id="pointlight" type="point" color="1.0,1.0,1.0" position="0.0,1.0,0.0" attenuation="0.0,1.0,4.0" /> <light id="ambientlight" type="ambient" color="0.0,0.0,0.0" /> <script file="coldboot.js" /> </raf>
- Note: By looking at the XML file generated by "CXML decompiler" (not the one above), the original coldboot.raf has been built using raf compiler v1.0 (version="1.0"), this specific version of the compiler doesn't sorts the actors (zsort="" is not supported or is ignored by raf compiler v1.0). See Discussion page for a sample of the file extracted with "CXML decompiler"
Model
The model files extracted by "CXML decompiler" from coldboot.raf (plane.edge and plane.skel) are the coverted files that was generated by the raf compiler from the original model plane.dae
There is no known way to rebuild the original plane.dae via the generated plane.edge and plane.skel file(s). If there is a way it is probably very complex because there is a lot of information omitted from the original .dae when processed by the raf compiler)
For coldboot.raf the plane model seems to be a rectangle that covers the entire screen. A possible way to get the original plane.dae used to create coldboot.raf is by taking a background.dae from one of the unofficial dynamic themes published... then process it with raf compiler and extract with "CXML decompiler", if the extracted files plane.edge and plane.skel from the unofficial theme and coldboot.raf match then you have found the original plane.dae used to create coldboot.raf (if found please post it here, the .dae files are xml based)
Textures
The GTF textures extracted by "CXML decompiler" was originally .DDS images (see: Multimedia Formats and Tools page)
The DDS original format is L8 (8 bits luminance) and can be created with nvidia command line tool (nvdxt.exe) by using this command:
Individual files:
nvdxt.exe -file input.png -L8 -output output.dds
Batch conversion:
nvdxt.exe -file c:\textures_in_png\*.png -L8 -outdir c:\textures_out_dds
- Notes:
- nvidia tool allows a lot of other image formats as input (instead of .png you can use other image formats).
- All original colboot images are composed of black/red colors only. Red colors are treated as luminance levels (works like a "light mask") and black colors are transparent.
Script
The extracted coldboot.jsx (from coldboot.raf) by "CXML decompiler" is the file generated by the raf compiler with the original coldboot.js
It is now possible to manually decompile the coldboot.jsx. The process to decompile coldboot.jsx is explained at the bottom of the VSMX page.
The code below is the original coldboot.js (in PlayStation JavaScript format)... after compiling to coldboot.jsx (in VSMX format) the file should have MD5: 5461466B242D81B57D872BBA95EED753
var logo_hd = new Actor("logo"); // HD logo texture (animated attributes initial values from the xml... color="1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0" position="1.85,0.0,0.0" scale="1.28,0.64,0.64") var blur_hd = new Actor("blur"); // HD blur texture (animated attributes initial values from the xml... color="1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0" position="1.85,0.0,0.001" scale="1.28,0.64,0.64") var footer_hd = new Actor("footer"); // HD footer texture (animated attributes initial values from the xml... color="1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0" position="1.85,0.0,0.0001" scale="1.28,0.64,0.64") var logo_sd = new Actor("logo_sd"); // SD logo texture (animated attributes initial values from the xml... color="1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0" position="1.85,0.0,0.0" scale="1.28,0.64,0.64") var blur_sd = new Actor("blur_sd"); // SD blur texture (animated attributes initial values from the xml... color="1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0" position="1.85,0.0,0.001" scale="1.28,0.64,0.64") var footer_sd = new Actor("footer_sd"); // SD footer texture (animated attributes initial values from the xml... color="1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0" position="1.85,0.0,0.0001" scale="1.28,0.64,0.64") var camera = new Camera("camera"); // Camera var light = new Light("pointlight"); // Light (animated attributes initial values from the xml... color="1.0,1.0,1.0" position="0.0,1.0,0.0" attenuation="0.0,1.0,4.0") var first_wait = 1.5; // timer[0] wait gap (used to calculate timer[0] delay) var appear_duration = 1.3; // timer[0] function duration var appear_wait = -0.25; // timer[1] wait gap (used to calculate timer[1] delay) var blur_duration = 0.5; // timer[1] function duration var blur_wait = 0.25; // timer[2] wait gap (used to calculate timer[2] delay) var whole_duration = 0.5; // timer[2] function duration var whole_wait = 0.5; // timer[3] wait gap (used to calculate timer[3] delay) var fade_duration = 1.2; // timer[3] function duration var appear_start_time = first_wait; // timer[0] delay = 1.5 var blur_start_time = appear_start_time + appear_duration + appear_wait; // timer[1] delay = 1.5 + 1.3 - 0.25 = 2.55 var whole_start_time = blur_start_time + blur_duration + blur_wait; // timer[2] delay = 2.55 + 0.5 + 0.25 = 3.3 var fade_start_time = whole_start_time + whole_duration + whole_wait; // timer[3] delay = 3.3 + 0.5 + 0.5 = 4.3 var logo = logo_hd; // HD logo is the default logo var blur = blur_hd; // HD blur is the default blur var footer = footer_hd; // HD footer is the default footer var logo_hide = logo_sd; // SD logo will be hidden var blur_hide = blur_sd; // SD blur will be hidden var footer_hide = footer_sd; // SD footer will be hidden var br = 1.0; // Brightness (used for textures color adjustments in r,g,b channels) if (System.resolution->0 == 720) // If system resolution width=720 (NTSC 720x480 or PAL 720x576 ???) reduce brightness, use SD textures, HD textures will be hidden { br = 0.8; // Textures brightness reduction for SD video modes logo = logo_sd; // SD logo is the default logo blur = blur_sd; // SD blur is the default blur footer = footer_sd; // SD footer is the default footer logo_hide = logo_hd; // HD logo will be hidden blur_hide = blur_hd; // HD blur will be hidden footer_hide = footer_hd; // HD footer will be hidden if (camera.aspect == 4.0 / 3.0) // If camera aspect ratio is 4/3 displace and scale SD textures { var sd_offset_x = 1.25; // local variable used for texture displacements in x axis for SD 4/3 video mode logo.position->0 = sd_offset_x; // logo position x=1.25 blur.position->0 = sd_offset_x; // blur position x=1.25 footer.position->0 = sd_offset_x; // footer position x=1.25 var sd_scale = <1.0, 0.5, 0.5>; // local variable used for textures scale in x,y,z axis logo.scale = sd_scale; // logo scale x=1.0 y=0.5 z=0.5 blur.scale = sd_scale; // blur scale x=1.0 y=0.5 z=0.5 footer.scale = sd_scale; // footer scale x=1.0 y=0.5 z=0.5 } else { // Else camera aspect ratio is 16/9 displace and scale SD textures var sd_offset_x = 2.0; // local variable used for texture displacements in x axis for SD 16/9 video mode logo.position->0 = sd_offset_x; // logo position x=2.0 blur.position->0 = sd_offset_x; // blur position x=2.0 footer.position->0 = sd_offset_x; // footer position x=2.0 var sd_scale = <1.0, 0.5, 0.5>; // local variable used for textures scale in x,y,z axis logo.scale = sd_scale; // logo scale x=1.0 y=0.5 z=0.5 blur.scale = sd_scale; // blur scale x=1.0 y=0.5 z=0.5 footer.scale = sd_scale; // footer scale x=1.0 y=0.5 z=0.5 } } logo_hide.color = <0,0,0,0>; // hide unselected logo (not used anymore) blur_hide.color = <0,0,0,0>; // hide unselected blur (not used anymore) footer_hide.color = <0,0,0,0>; // hide unselected footer (not used anymore) logo.color = <br, br, br, 0>; // logo color alpha=0 (transparent, initial state) logo.setColor (<br, br, br, 1>, appear_start_time); // change logo color alpha=1 over 1.5 seconds (logo fade-in animation) blur.color = <br, br, br, 0>; // blur color alpha=0 (transparent, initial state) footer.color = <br, br, br, 0>; // footer color alpha=0 (transparent, initial state) light.position = logo.position + <-3, 0.5, 0>; // light position at the left-top of logo position (initial state) light.color = <0, 0, 0>; // light color to black (darkness, initial state) System.timer[0] = new OneShotTimer(appear_start_time, function() // delay 1.5 seconds { light.setPosition ((logo.position + <0.0, 0.5, 0>), appear_duration); // change light position to top of logo position over 1.3 seconds light.setAttenuation (<0.1, 0.1, 0.1>, appear_duration); // change light attenuation to minimal over 1.3 seconds light.setColor (<1, 1, 1>, appear_duration); // change light color to white over 1.3 seconds (light-in animation) }); System.timer[1] = new OneShotTimer(blur_start_time, function() // delay 2.55 seconds { blur.setColor (<br, br, br, 1>, blur_duration, INTERPOLATION_BEZIER, <0.1, 0.0, 0.1, 1.0>); // change blur color alpha=1 over 0.5 seconds (blur fade-in animation) }); System.timer[2] = new OneShotTimer(whole_start_time, function() // delay 3.3 seconds { blur.setColor (<br, br, br, 0>, whole_duration, INTERPOLATION_BEZIER, <0.1, 0.0, 0.1, 1.0>); // change blur color alpha=0 over 0.5 seconds (blur fade-out animation) footer.setColor (<br, br, br, 1>, whole_duration); // change footer color alpha=1 over 0.5 seconds (footer fade-in animation) }); System.timer[3] = new OneShotTimer(fade_start_time, function() // delay 4.3 seconds { var Unamed_Variable = <0.8, 0.0, 0.8, 1.0>; // local variable (used for interpolation curve settings) footer.setColor (<br, br, br, 0>, fade_duration, INTERPOLATION_BEZIER, Unamed_Variable); // change footer color alpha=0 over 1.2 seconds (footer fade-out animation) logo.setColor (<br, br, br, 0>, fade_duration, INTERPOLATION_BEZIER, Unamed_Variable); // change logo color alpha=0 over 1.2 seconds (logo fade-out animation) light.setPosition (light.position + <1.5 * 1.5, 1 * 1.5, 0>, fade_duration, INTERPOLATION_BEZIER, Unamed_Variable); // change light position to (weird position???) over 1.2 seconds light.setColor (<0, 0, 0>, fade_duration, INTERPOLATION_BEZIER, Unamed_Variable); // change light color to black over 1.2 seconds (light-out animation) light.setAttenuation (<0, 1, 4>, fade_duration, INTERPOLATION_BEZIER, Unamed_Variable); // change light attenuation to initial values over 1.2 seconds });
Coldboot animation timeline
| Total time | 1.50"  |
2.55" |
2.80" |
3.05" |
3.30" |
3.80" |
4.30" |
5.50" |
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| Parallel execution threads |
appear_start_time = 1.5 logo.setColor |
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| appear_start_time = 1.5 System.timer[0] |
appear_duration = 1.3 light.setPosition light.setAttenuation light.setColor |
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| blur_start_time = 2.55 System.timer[1] |
blur_duration = 0.5 blur.setColor |
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| whole_start_time = 3.3 System.timer[2] |
whole_duration = 0.5 blur.setColor footer.setColor |
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| fade_start_time = 4.3 System.timer[3] |
fade_duration = 1.2 footer.setColor logo.setColor light.setPosition light.setColor light.setAttenuation | ||||||||
| Time frames |  1.50" |
1.05" |
0.25" |
0.25" |
0.25" |
0.50" |
0.50" |
1.20"
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Coldboot Sounds (.AC3)
| File Name | Size (bytes) |
Hash (MD5) |
Firmware | Notes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.90~?.?? | 1.00~2.60 | 2.70~2.80 | 3.00~3.01 | 3.10~4.88 | ||||
| coldboot_stereo.ac3 | 647.680 | 22AFD3B8D9C2EFD6A1B70ACBA23B14BD | Yes | No | No | No | No | Pre-retail firmwares |
| coldboot_stereo.ac3 | 721.920 | 5EB0E4ECE6F221ED07D3128D416ADB44 | No | Yes | No | Old coldboot sound files | ||
| coldboot_multi.ac3 | 721.920 | 931D05254C198ED5D202ECAE9A0BC6E2 | ||||||
| coldboot2_stereo.ac3 | 801.280 | 83D2B05CC85F65A1392614989F71ECFA | No | No | Yes | No | New coldboot2 sound files (Using new names) | |
| coldboot2_multi.ac3 | 801.280 | D837AA7B7AEC6C1A090CBA51CCA9434E | ||||||
| coldboot_stereo.ac3 | 801.280 | 83D2B05CC85F65A1392614989F71ECFA | No | No | Yes | New coldboot sound files (Using old names) | ||
| coldboot_multi.ac3 | 801.280 | D837AA7B7AEC6C1A090CBA51CCA9434E | ||||||
- coldboot2 sounds overlap notes:
| Audio files | Channels | Mode Extension | File Size | Duration | Format | Bit Rate | Sampling Rate | Bit depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| old stereo | 2 Front: L R | CM (complete main) | 721.920 bytes | 9s 24ms | AC-3 (Audio Coding 3) | 640 Kbps Constant | 48.0 KHz | 16 bits |
| old multi | 6 Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE | CM (complete main) | ||||||
| new stereo | 2 Front: L R | ME (music and effects) | 801.280 bytes | 10s 16ms | ||||
| new multi | 6 Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE | CM (complete main) | ||||||
| File Name | Size (bytes) |
Hash (MD5) |
Firmware | Notes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.90~?.?? | 1.00~2.60 | 2.70~2.80 | 3.00~3.01 | 3.10~4.88 | ||||
| gameboot_stereo.ac3 | 353.280 | DA2AAB16B66F9877C2BC9049CB51A811 | Yes | No | No | No | No | Pre-retail firmwares |
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