diff --git a/config/SZBE69/symbols.txt b/config/SZBE69/symbols.txt
index 98c7cf61b..cdefaf267 100644
--- a/config/SZBE69/symbols.txt
+++ b/config/SZBE69/symbols.txt
@@ -39031,7 +39031,7 @@ __ct__16CharBonesSamplesFv = .text:0x804B1B20; // type:function size:0x64
 __dt__16CharBonesSamplesFv = .text:0x804B1B84; // type:function size:0x7C
 Set__16CharBonesSamplesFRCQ211stlpmtx_std77vector<Q29CharBones4Bone,Us,Q211stlpmtx_std31StlNodeAlloc<Q29CharBones4Bone>>iQ29CharBones15CompressionType = .text:0x804B1C00; // type:function size:0x80
 Clone__16CharBonesSamplesFRC16CharBonesSamples = .text:0x804B1C80; // type:function size:0x68
-fn_804B1CE8 = .text:0x804B1CE8; // type:function size:0x14
+SetStartFromRawData__16CharBonesSamplesFi = .text:0x804B1CE8; // type:function size:0x14
 NumSamples__16CharBonesSamplesCFv = .text:0x804B1CFC; // type:function size:0x8
 AllocateSize__16CharBonesSamplesFv = .text:0x804B1D04; // type:function size:0x10
 FracToSample__16CharBonesSamplesCFPf = .text:0x804B1D14; // type:function size:0x160
diff --git a/src/system/char/CharBones.cpp b/src/system/char/CharBones.cpp
index a453693a1..f28b8dd29 100644
--- a/src/system/char/CharBones.cpp
+++ b/src/system/char/CharBones.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 #include "char/CharBones.h"
 #include "char/CharClip.h"
+#include "decomp.h"
+#include "math/Mtx.h"
+#include "math/Rot.h"
+#include "math/Vec.h"
+#include "utl/MakeString.h"
 #include "utl/Symbols.h"
 
 void TestDstComplain(Symbol s) {
@@ -16,7 +21,7 @@ CharBones::CharBones() : mCompression(kCompressNone), mStart(0), mTotalSize(0) {
 }
 
 CharBones::Type CharBones::TypeOf(Symbol s) {
-    for (const char *p = s.Str(); p != 0; p++) {
+    for (const char *p = s.Str(); *p != 0; p++) {
         if (*p == '.') {
             switch (p[1]) {
             case 'p':
@@ -26,9 +31,10 @@ CharBones::Type CharBones::TypeOf(Symbol s) {
             case 'q':
                 return TYPE_QUAT;
             case 'r': {
+                // check if rot is x, y, or z
                 unsigned char next = p[3];
-                if (next + 0x88U <= 2)
-                    return (Type)(next - 0x75);
+                if ((unsigned char)(next - 'x') <= 2)
+                    return (Type)((char)next - 'u');
             }
             default:
                 break;
@@ -100,32 +106,20 @@ void CharBones::ListBones(std::list<Bone> &bones) const {
 
 void CharBones::Zero() { memset(mStart, 0, mTotalSize); }
 
-// enum CompressionType {
-//     kCompressNone,
-//     kCompressRots,
-//     kCompressVects,
-//     kCompressQuats,
-//     kCompressAll
-// };
-
 int CharBones::TypeSize(int i) const {
-    if (i < 2) {
-        if (mCompression < kCompressVects)
-            return 0xC;
-        else
-            return 6;
-    }
-    if (i != 2) {
-        if (mCompression == kCompressNone)
-            return 4;
-        else
-            return 2;
+    if(i > 1U){
+        if(i != 2){
+            if(mCompression != kCompressNone) return 2;
+            else return 4;
+        }
+        else {
+            if(mCompression >= kCompressQuats) return 4;
+            else if(mCompression != kCompressNone) return 8;
+            else return 16;
+        }
     }
-    if (mCompression > kCompressVects)
-        return 4;
-    if (mCompression == kCompressNone)
-        return 0x10;
-    return 8;
+    else if(mCompression >= kCompressVects) return 6;
+    else return 12;
 }
 
 int CharBones::FindOffset(Symbol s) const {
@@ -173,12 +167,64 @@ void CharBones::SetCompression(CompressionType ty) {
     }
 }
 
+DECOMP_FORCEACTIVE(CharBones, "!mCompression && !bones.mCompression")
+
+const char* CharBones::StringVal(Symbol s){
+    void* ptr = FindPtr(s);
+    CharBones::Type t = TypeOf(s);
+    if(t < 2){
+        if(mCompression >= 2){
+            Vector3 vshort((short*)ptr);
+            return MakeString("%g %g %g", vshort.x, vshort.y, vshort.z);
+        }
+        else {
+            Vector3* vptr = (Vector3*)vptr;
+            return MakeString("%g %g %g", vptr->x, vptr->y, vptr->z);
+        }
+    }
+    else if(t == 2){
+        Hmx::Quat q;
+        Hmx::Quat* qPtr = (Hmx::Quat*)ptr;
+        if(mCompression >= 3){
+            ByteQuat* bqPtr = (ByteQuat*)qPtr;
+            bqPtr->ToQuat(q);
+        }
+        else if(mCompression != kCompressNone){
+            ShortQuat* sqPtr = (ShortQuat*)qPtr;
+            sqPtr->ToQuat(q);
+        }
+        else q = *qPtr;
+        Vector3 v40;
+        MakeEuler(q, v40);
+        v40 *= RAD2DEG;
+        return MakeString("quat(%g %g %g %g) euler(%g %g %g)", q.x, q.y, q.z, q.w, v40.x, v40.y, v40.z);
+    }
+    else {
+        float floatVal;
+        if(mCompression != kCompressNone){
+            floatVal = *((short*)ptr) * 0.00061035156f;
+        }
+        else {
+            floatVal = *((float*)ptr);
+        }
+        floatVal *= RAD2DEG;
+        if(mCompression != kCompressNone){
+            return MakeString("deg %g raw %d", floatVal, *((short*)ptr));
+        }
+        else {
+            return MakeString("deg %g rad %g", floatVal, *((float*)ptr));
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 void CharBones::Print() {
     for (std::vector<Bone>::iterator it = mBones.begin(); it != mBones.end(); ++it) {
-        MILO_LOG("%s %.2f: %s\n", (*it).name, (*it).weight, StringVal((*it).name));
+        MILO_LOG("%s %.2f: %s\n", it->name, it->weight, StringVal(it->name));
     }
 }
 
+DECOMP_FORCEACTIVE(CharBones, "!mCompression", "false", "newSize == 4", "oldSize == 2", "end >= start")
+
 void CharBones::ScaleAdd(CharClip *clip, float f1, float f2, float f3) {
     clip->ScaleAdd(*this, f1, f2, f3);
 }
diff --git a/src/system/char/CharBones.h b/src/system/char/CharBones.h
index 4fc84b0fa..d58d31eeb 100644
--- a/src/system/char/CharBones.h
+++ b/src/system/char/CharBones.h
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ class CharBones {
     char *RotYOffset() const { return mStart + mRotYOffset; }
     char *RotZOffset() const { return mStart + mRotZOffset; }
     char *EndOffset() const { return mStart + mEndOffset; }
+    char* SetStart(char* ptr){ mStart = ptr; }
 
     static Type TypeOf(Symbol);
     static const char *SuffixOf(Type);
diff --git a/src/system/char/CharBonesSamples.cpp b/src/system/char/CharBonesSamples.cpp
index e41c1d470..b2c0df614 100644
--- a/src/system/char/CharBonesSamples.cpp
+++ b/src/system/char/CharBonesSamples.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 #include "char/CharBonesSamples.h"
+#include "char/CharBones.h"
 #include "decomp.h"
+#include "math/Mtx.h"
+#include "os/Debug.h"
+#include "utl/BinStream.h"
+#include "utl/MemMgr.h"
 #include "utl/Symbols.h"
 
 int gVer;
@@ -12,6 +17,11 @@ DECOMP_FORCEACTIVE(
     "CharBonesSamples are already compressed, can't remove bones."
 )
 
+DECOMP_FORCEACTIVE(CharBonesSamples,
+    "FracToSample: sample is %d, clip only has %d samples, frac was %g, is %g",
+    "FracToSample: frac is %g, outside of 0 and 1"
+)
+
 CharBonesSamples::CharBonesSamples() : mNumSamples(0), mPreviewSample(0), mRawData(0) {}
 
 CharBonesSamples::~CharBonesSamples() { _MemFree(mRawData); }
@@ -34,10 +44,9 @@ void CharBonesSamples::Clone(const CharBonesSamples &samp) {
     mFrames = samp.mFrames;
 }
 
-#pragma push
-#pragma force_active on
-inline int CharBonesSamples::AllocateSize() { return mTotalSize * mNumSamples; }
-#pragma pop
+FORCE_LOCAL_INLINE
+int CharBonesSamples::AllocateSize() { return mTotalSize * mNumSamples; }
+END_FORCE_LOCAL_INLINE
 
 void CharBonesSamples::RotateBy(CharBones &bones, int i) {
     mStart = &mRawData[mTotalSize * i];
@@ -63,7 +72,7 @@ void CharBonesSamples::ScaleAddSample(CharBones &bones, float f1, int i, float f
 }
 
 void CharBonesSamples::Print() {
-    MILO_LOG(
+    TheDebug << MakeString(
         "samples: %d size: %d address: %x compression %d\n",
         mNumSamples,
         AllocateSize(),
@@ -107,11 +116,159 @@ void CharBonesSamples::Load(BinStream &bs) {
     LoadData(bs);
 }
 
+void CharBonesSamples::ReadCounts(BinStream& bs, int i2){
+    int i = 0;
+    int numTypesToRead = Min(7, i2);
+    for(; i < numTypesToRead; i++){
+        bs >> mCounts[i];
+    }
+    for(int numTypesRead = i; numTypesRead < i2; numTypesRead++){
+        int tmp;
+        bs >> tmp;
+        MILO_ASSERT((tmp - mCounts[NUM_TYPES - 1]) == 0, 0x2B2);
+    }
+    for(; i < 7; i++){
+        mCounts[i] = 0;
+    }
+}
+
+void CharBonesSamples::LoadHeader(BinStream& bs){
+    _MemFree(mRawData);
+    int numBones; bs >> numBones;
+    mBones.resize(numBones);
+    if(gVer > 0xA){
+        for(int i = 0; i < numBones; i++){
+            bs >> mBones[i];
+        }
+    }
+    else {
+        for(int i = 0; i < numBones; i++){
+            bs >> mBones[i].name;
+        }
+    }
+
+    if(gVer > 9){
+        ReadCounts(bs, gVer > 0xF ? 7 : 10);
+        bs >> (int&)mCompression;
+        int numSamples;
+        bs >> numSamples;
+        MILO_ASSERT(numSamples < 32767, 0x2D7);
+        mNumSamples = numSamples;
+    }
+    else {
+        int i;
+        if (gVer > 5) {
+            int count;
+            if (gVer > 7) {
+                count = 9;
+            } else {
+                count = 10;
+                if (gVer > 6)
+                    count = 6;
+            }
+            for(i = 0; i < count; i++){
+                int sp14;
+                bs >> sp14;
+            }
+            bs >> (int&)mCompression;
+            int numSamples;
+            bs >> numSamples;
+            MILO_ASSERT(numSamples < 32767, 0x2F1);
+            mNumSamples = numSamples;
+        }
+        else {
+            int numSamples;
+            bs >> numSamples;
+            MILO_ASSERT(numSamples < 32767, 0x2FC);
+            mNumSamples = numSamples;
+            if(gVer > 3){
+                bs >> (int&)mCompression;
+            }
+        }
+        for(i = 0; i < 7; i++){
+            mCounts[i] = 0;
+        }
+        for(i = 0; i < mBones.size(); i++){
+            mCounts[CharBones::TypeOf(mBones[i].name) + 1]++;
+        }
+        for(i = 1; i < 7; i++){
+            mCounts[i] += mCounts[i-1];
+        }
+    }
+
+    if(gVer > 0xB){
+        bs >> mFrames;
+    }
+    else mFrames.clear();
+    RecomputeSizes();
+    mRawData = (char*)_MemAlloc(AllocateSize(), 0);    
+}
+
+void CharBonesSamples::LoadData(BinStream& bs){
+    if(gVer == 0xE){
+        bool x; bs >> x;
+    }
+    for(int i = 0; i < mNumSamples; i++){
+        SetStartFromRawData(Min(i, mNumSamples - 1));
+
+        if(mCompression >= kCompressVects){
+            short* offset = (short*)QuatOffset();
+            for(short* p = (short*)Start(); p < offset; p += 3){
+                bs >> p[0] >> p[1] >> p[2];
+            }
+        }
+        else {
+            Vector3* offset = (Vector3*)QuatOffset();
+            for(Vector3* p = (Vector3*)Start(); p < offset; p++){
+                bs >> *p;
+            }
+        }
+
+        if(mCompression >= kCompressQuats){
+            char* offset = RotXOffset();
+            for(char* p = QuatOffset(); p < offset; p += 4){
+                bs >> p[0] >> p[1] >> p[2] >> p[3];
+            }
+        }
+        else if(mCompression != kCompressNone){
+            short* offset = (short*)RotXOffset();
+            for(short* p = (short*)QuatOffset(); p < offset; p += 4){
+                bs >> p[0] >> p[1] >> p[2] >> p[3];
+            }
+        }
+        else {
+            Hmx::Quat* offset = (Hmx::Quat*)RotXOffset();
+            for(Hmx::Quat* p = (Hmx::Quat*)QuatOffset(); p < offset; p++){
+                bs >> *p;
+            }
+        }
+
+        if(mCompression != kCompressNone){
+            short* offset = (short*)EndOffset();
+            for(short* p = (short*)RotXOffset(); p < offset; p++){
+                bs >> *p;
+            }
+        }
+        else {
+            float* offset = (float*)EndOffset();
+            for(float* p = (float*)RotXOffset(); p < offset; p++){
+                bs >> *p;
+            }
+        }
+
+        if((i & 0x7F) == 0x7F){
+            while(bs.Eof() == TempEof){
+                Timer::Sleep(0);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 void CharBonesSamples::SetPreview(int i) {
     int tmp = Clamp(0, mNumSamples - 1, i);
     MILO_ASSERT(mPreviewSample < 32767, 0x38B);
     mPreviewSample = tmp;
-    mStart = &mRawData[mTotalSize * tmp];
+    mStart = &mRawData[mTotalSize * mPreviewSample];
 }
 
 BEGIN_PROPSYNCS(CharBonesSamples)
diff --git a/src/system/char/CharBonesSamples.h b/src/system/char/CharBonesSamples.h
index ff791f089..1d2284c66 100644
--- a/src/system/char/CharBonesSamples.h
+++ b/src/system/char/CharBonesSamples.h
@@ -26,6 +26,18 @@ class CharBonesSamples : public CharBones {
     static void SetVer(int);
     int NumSamples() const { return mNumSamples; }
 
+    void SetStartFromRawData(int idx){
+        SetStart(&mRawData[mTotalSize * idx]);
+    }
+    // set mStart to mRawData[mTotalSize * 2];
+
+//     void fn_804B1CE8(int param_1,int param_2)
+
+// {
+//   fn_8034D25C(param_1,*(param_1 + 0x54) + *(param_1 + 0x4c) * param_2);
+//   return;
+// }
+
     short mNumSamples; // 0x50
     short mPreviewSample; // 0x52
     char *mRawData; // 0x54
diff --git a/src/system/math/Mtx.h b/src/system/math/Mtx.h
index ae0fa42f1..eca6bbee5 100644
--- a/src/system/math/Mtx.h
+++ b/src/system/math/Mtx.h
@@ -238,6 +238,17 @@ class ShortQuat {
         x = y = z = 0;
         w = 32767;
     }
+    void ToQuat(Hmx::Quat& q) const {
+        q.Set(x * 0.000030518509f, y * 0.000030518509f, z * 0.000030518509f, w * 0.000030518509f);
+    }
+};
+
+class ByteQuat {
+public:
+    char x, y, z, w;
+    void ToQuat(Hmx::Quat& q) const {
+        q.Set(x * 0.0078740157f, y * 0.0078740157f, z * 0.0078740157f, w * 0.0078740157f);
+    }
 };
 
 class TransformNoScale {
diff --git a/src/system/math/Rot.h b/src/system/math/Rot.h
index 24ce48da4..cd9fbbf9b 100644
--- a/src/system/math/Rot.h
+++ b/src/system/math/Rot.h
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ void MakeRotQuatUnitX(const Vector3 &, Hmx::Quat &);
 float GetXAngle(const Hmx::Matrix3 &);
 float GetYAngle(const Hmx::Matrix3 &);
 float GetZAngle(const Hmx::Matrix3 &);
+void MakeEuler(const Hmx::Quat&, Vector3&);
 
 TextStream &operator<<(TextStream &ts, const Hmx::Quat &v);
 TextStream &operator<<(TextStream &ts, const Vector3 &v);
diff --git a/src/system/math/Vec.h b/src/system/math/Vec.h
index 162b7a65f..af6ec73b0 100644
--- a/src/system/math/Vec.h
+++ b/src/system/math/Vec.h
@@ -74,6 +74,14 @@ class Vector3 {
     Vector3() {}
     Vector3(float f1, float f2, float f3) : x(f1), y(f2), z(f3) {}
     // Vector3(const Vector3& v) : x(v.x), y(v.y), z(v.z) {}
+
+    // used during decompression of CharBones vectors
+    Vector3(short* s){
+        x = s[0] * 0.000030518509f * 1300.0f;
+        y = s[1] * 0.000030518509f * 1300.0f;
+        z = s[2] * 0.000030518509f * 1300.0f;
+    }
+
     void Set(float f1, float f2, float f3) {
         x = f1;
         y = f2;