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Version - The version of the file; Brawl uses version 4.
Framecount - Tells you how many frames there are in the animation(s) in the SCN0. 1 frame = no animation.
All animations in a SCN0 follow the framecount in the header.
SpecularLightCount - The number of specular lights that are used in the SCN0.
Loop - if set to true, animation plays over when it ends.

LightSets are what connects lights, ambience and models.
What models the LightSet affects depends on the RealIndex; if it matches the LightSet ID in Materials in the MDL0s, the lights will affect those models. Technically, you can make the light only affect certain Materials in the MDL0, as each material has its own LightSet ID.

As for characters, they all use LightSet ID 20.

LightSet entries are easy to edit, and can have at least up to 8 light entries, and 1 ambience entry per LightSet.
LightSets can also share multiple lights, and even ambience entries.

Ambience is what sets the definite color and light for the models it affects.
What models it affects comes down to which LightSet(s) the entry is tied to.

Flags:
HasColor and HasAlpha

Lights are what affects models in a different way from ambience.
Instead of lighting up a whole model with one color, you can make it get another light on a certain direction of the model.

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Header

LightType - There's three types of lights:
   Directional - a light without any real source, it lights up everything from a certain direction. (StartPoint sets the direction.)
   Point - a light where it has a certain distance for the light, it uses the entries in the SourceLight section.
   Spotlight - Similar to Point, but it also uses the entries in the SpotLight section; it limits the direction where it lights up.

UsageFlags:
   Enabled - tells you if the light is On or Off.
   HasSpecular - It uses the entries in the Specular Color section. (I still need to figure out how it works.)
   HasColor -
   HasAlpha -

LightEnabled - It's an animation type where the light can be turned off for specified frames (it works just like VIS0).

LightColor - This is the main color that the light emits.

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End Points/Start Points

These values sets where the lights starts from, and where it ends.
If the LightType is set to Directional, StartPoints will only set the direction (works like rotation).

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SourceLight

If the LightType is set to Point or Spotlight, SourceLight is used.

DistanceFunction - I believe this is how the light diminishes when the endpoint has been reached.
It uses three different values: Gentle, Medium and Steep.

RefDistance - This is how far a light emits light.

RefBrightness - The brightness of the light; it usually uses a value between 0-1.

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Specular Color

More info coming soon.

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Spotlight

This is only used if the LightType is set to Spotlight.

SpotFunction - Not sure how it works yet.

CutOff - This is the value which limits the directions the light can emit.

Fogs reduce the visibility of certain models where the fog is set.
It covers an area between the two Z points, and affects the whole X/Y-axis between those two points.

Just like LightSets, Fogs' RealIndex is connected to the MDL0s' Materials' FogSet ID.
All characters use FogSet ID 4, except for Pokémon Trainer, who uses ID 5.

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Type - Sets the type of fog, I'm not sure how the different types work.
StartZ - Sets the point from where the fog starts.
EndZ - Sets the point from where the fog ends.
Color - Color of the fog.

I will not support cameras much in this tutorial, but I'll give some necessary information for stage/menumakers.

In camera Settings, there're some important values:

AspectRatio - Screenwidth.
NearZ - How close things can be to the screen before seeing through.
FarZ - How far away something can be before disappearing into black.