Argonaut Strategy Language

Argonaut Strategy Language (ASL) is the In-game scripting language used by Bionicle The Game and many other titles created by Argonaut. The language gets compiled into a proprietary Bytecode. It is currently not exactly known what ASL looked before compilation.

Virtual Machine

This is currently being investigated.

Opcodes

A collection of the currently known opcodes for the ASL Virtual Machine.

Instruction Structure

op |v1|v2|v3|

op |v1|v2|li|

Linker

The last 16-bit short in each logical function pointer indicates how many instructions are before the next function pointer.

This is how the linker skips over ASL instructions and translates each logical pointer into physical pointers.

Known Opcodes

Opcode	Description
0x00	Add v3(lowest byte) to v2 and store the result in v1.
0x01	Subtract v3(lowest byte) from v2 and store the result in v1.
0x02	Multiply v3(lowest byte) by v2 and store the result in v1.
0x03	Divide v2 by v3(lowest byte) and store the result in v1.
0x04	Subtract v2 from v3(lowest byte) and store the result in v1.
0x05	Divide v3(lowest byte) by v2 and store the result in v1.
0x06	Bitwise AND v3(lowest byte) with v2 and store the result in v1.
0x07	Bitwise OR v3(lowest byte) with v2 and store the result in v1.
0x08	Bitwise XOR v3(lowest byte) with v2 and store the result in v1.
0x09	Logical OR v2 with v3(lowest byte). If true, set v1 to 1. If false set v1 to 0.
0x0A	Move v3(lowest byte) into v1.
0x0B	Float add v2 to v3(lowest byte) and store the result in v1.
0x0C	Float subtract v3(lowest byte) from v2 and store the result in v1.
0x0D	Float multiply v2 by v3 and store the result in v1.
0x0E	Float divide v2 by v3 and store the result in v1.
0x0F	Float subtract v2 from v3 and store the result in v1.
0x10	Float divide v3 by v2 and store the result in v1.
0x12	Shift bits of v2 left by v3 and store the result in v1.
0x13, 0x14	Shift bits of v2 right by v3 and store the result in v1.
0x20	Logical OR not v2 with not v3 (NAND). If true, set v1 to 0, else set v1 to 1.
0x23	Modulus v2 by v3 and store the result in v1.
0x24	Modulus v3 by v2 and store the result in v1.
0x25	Float (fmod) modulus v2 by v3 and store the result in v1.
0x26	Float modulus (fmod) v3 by v2 and store the result in v1.
0x28	Add v2 to the literal (lowest byte) and store the result in v1.
0x29	Subtract the literal (lowest byte) from v2 and store the result in v1.
0x2A	Multiply v2 by the literal (lowest byte) and store the result in v1.
0x2B	Divide v2 by the literal (lowest byte) and store the result in v1.
0x2C	Subtract v2 from the literal and store the result in v1.
0x2D	Divide the literal (lowest byte) by v2 and store the result in v1.
0x2E	Bitwise AND v2 with the literal (lowest byte) and store the result in v1.
0x2F	Bitwise OR v2 with the literal (lowest byte) and store the result in v1.
0x30	Bitwise XOR v2 with the literal (lowest byte) and store the result in v1.
0x31	Logical OR v2 with the literal (lowest byte). If true, set v1 to 1. If false set v1 to 0.
0x32	Set v1 to the literal in the instruction (lowest byte).
0x33	Multiply the literal (lowest byte) by 0.125, float add it to v2, and store the result in v1 as float.
0x34	Multiply the literal (lowest byte) by 0.125, float subtract it from v2, and store the result in v1 as float.
0x35	Multiply the literal (lowest byte) by 0.125, float multiply it by v2, and store the result in v1 as float.
0x36	Multiply the literal (lowest byte) by 0.125, float divide v2 by it, and store the result in v1 as float.
0x37	Multiply the literal (lowest byte) by 0.125, float subtract v2 from it, and store the result in v1 as float.
0x38	Multiply the literal (lowest byte) by 0.125, float divide it by v2, and store the result in v1 as float.
0x39	Multiply the literal (lowest byte) by 0.125 and store the result in v1 as a float.
0x3A	Shift bits of v2 left by literal (lowest byte) and store the result in v1.
0x3B, 0x3C	Shift bits of v2 right by literal (lowest byte) and store the result in v1.
0x42	(SPECIAL)
0x43	(SPECIAL)
0x48	Logical OR not v2 with not literal (lowest byte) (NAND). If true, set v1 to 0, else set v1 to 1.
0x50	Add v2 to the following 32-bit number and store the result in v1.
0x51	Subtract the following 32-bit number from v2 and store the result in v1.
0x52	Multiply v2 by the following 32-bit number and store the result in v1.
0x53	Divide v2 by the following 32-bit number and store the result in v1.
0x54	Subtract v2 from the following 32-bit number and store the result in v1.
0x55	Divide the following 32-bit number by v2 and store the result in v1.
0x56	Bitwise AND v2 with the following 32-bit number and store the result in v1.
0x57	Bitwise OR v2 with the following 32-bit number and store the result in v1.
0x58	Bitwise XOR v2 with the following 32-bit number and store the result in v1.
0x59	Logical OR v2 with the following 32-bit number. If true, set v1 to 1. Else set v1 to 0.
0x5A	Set v1 to the following 32-bit number.
0x63	Shift the bits of the literal (lowest byte) left by v2 and store the result in v1.
0x64	Shift the bits of the literal (lowest byte) right by v2 and store the result in v1.
0x70	Logical OR not v2 with not the following 32-bit integer (NAND). If true, set v1 to 0. Else set v1 to 1.
0x73	Modulus v2 by the following 32-bit integer and store the result in v1.
0x74	Modulus the following 32-bit integer by v2 and store the result in v1.
0x78	Skip number of instructions indicated by lower word. Note this lower word is signed, so it can go backwards!
0x79	If v1, Skip number of instructions indicated by lower word. Note this lower word is signed, so it can go backwards!
0x7A	If not v1, Skip number of instructions indicated by lower word. Note this lower word is signed, so it can go backwards!
0x80	Exe Function call. Get function pointer next to instruction and call it with v2 as an arg.
0x81	Exe Function call. Get function pointer next to instruction and call it with v1 and v2 as args.
0x85	Set v1 to 0.
0x86	Set v1 to 0. Set v2 to 0.
0x8B	Increment v1 by 1.
0x8C	Decrement v1 by 1.
0x8D	Float increment v1 by 1.
0x8E	Float decrement v1 by 1.
0x8F	Set v1 to the boolean result of v3 equals (==) 0.
0x91	Set v1 to the float value of v3 (typecast?).
0x96	Set v1 to the boolean result of v3 equals (==) v2.
0x97	Set v1 to the boolean result of v2 not equals (!=) v3.
0x98	Set v1 to the boolean result of v2 greater than or equal to (>=) v3.
0x99	Set v1 to the boolean result of v2 less than or equal to (<=) v3.
0x9A	Set v1 to the boolean result of v2 greater than (>) v3.
0x9B	Set v1 to the boolean result of v2 less than (<) v3.
0x9C	Set v1 to the boolean result of v2 equals (==) the literal (lowest byte).
0x9D	Set v1 to the boolean result of v2 not equals (!=) the literal (lowest byte).
0x9E	Set v1 to the boolean result of v2 greater than or equal to (>=) the literal (lowest byte).
0x9F	Set v1 to the boolean result of v2 less than or equal to (<=) the literal (lowest byte).
0xA0	Set v1 to the boolean result of v2 greater than (>) the literal (lowest byte).
0xA1	Set v1 to the boolean result of v2 less than (<) the literal (lowest byte).
0xA2	Set v1 to the boolean result of the following 32-bit number equals (==) v2.
0xA3	Set v1 to the boolean result of v2 not equals (!=) the following 32-bit number.
0xA4	Set v1 to the boolean result of v2 greater than or equal to (>=) the following 32-bit number.
0xA5	Set v1 to the boolean result of v2 less than or equal to (<=) the following 32-bit number.
0xA6	Set v1 to the boolean result of v2 greater than (>) the following 32-bit number.
0xA7	Set v1 to the boolean result of v2 less than (<) the following 32-bit number.