Here I will explain, how you can tell what the player graphic GIF you are extracting from the 'Diablo Archive Viewer' is. It is very simple to understand. I will explain the notation so you do not have to slowly save and convert all the files again and again to find the GIF file you want. This is to help you get the Player GIF files you want quickly, for web pages, or for just playing about with.
Each player graphic file name has five characters and a 'cl2' suffix eg. whast.CL2 or shaas.CL2. Its path in the viewer begins with "PLRGFX"
So one such player CL2 file may look like this,
plrgfx\sorcerer\slt\sltas.cl2
we will look at the last bit "sltas.cl2"
Each asterisk represents a letter;
|1st|2nd|3rd|4th|5th|
| * | * | * | * | * | .cl2 ie. *****.cl2
The 1st letter represents what character the CL2 file is (warrior/sorcerer/rogue).
The 2nd letter represents what armour the character is wearing (heavy/light/mail).
The 3rd letter represents what item(s) the character is holding (sword/axe/mace&shield/etc.....).
The 4th and 5th two letters represent the character's action (dying/walking/attacking/etc.....).
1st letter:
Warrior w****
Sorcerer s****
Rogue r****
-this group is a bit obvious because it tells you the character anyway in the directory path. For example 'whaaw.CL2' is a warrior doing something or 'shaas.CL2' is a sorcerer CL2 file.
2nd letter:
Heavy armour *h***
Mail armour *m***
Light armour *l***
-For example 'whawl.CL2' would be a character wearing heavy armour, or 'rlbaw.CL2' would be a character wearing light armour.
3rd letter:
**a** axe
**b** bow
**d** sword and shield
**h** mace/club and shield
**m** mace only
**n** no weapon
**s** sword only
**t** staff
**u** shield only
-For example 'wlbst.CL2' would be a character holding a bow. 'rhdas.CL2' would be someone holding a sword and shield.
4th and 5th letter:
***as standing
***at attacking
***fm casting fire spell
***aw walking
***ht getting hit
***lm casting lightning spell
***qm casting magic spell
***bl blocking (only found when the weapon can block)
***dt dying (only found when there is no weapon)
***st standing in town
***wl walking in town
-For example 'rhubl.CL2' would be a character
blocking. 'shaas.CL2' would be a character standing on the spot.
Some examples;
"wmdbl.Cl2" would be a warrior in mail armour, holding a sword and shield, blocking.
"rhndt" would be a rogue in heavy armour, holding no weapon, while dying.
"sltfm" would be a sorcerer in light armour with a staff, casting a fire spell.
I hope it doesn't seem to complicated 'cause it is very simple.
I hope I helped
from Wrathy Warrior
P.S. you should only have to read through these notes once and then from then after just use the lists I have given.