Dmxconvert

DMXconvert is a command-line SDK tool which converts DMX files. It can be found in all Source 2013 games, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Authoring Tools , Left 4 Dead 2 Authoring Tools , Source Filmmaker , as well as in various Source 2 Workshop Tools.

An example usage is: converting regular DMX files using "encoding binary 3 format model 15" into others, such as plain text "encoding keyvalues2 1 format dmx 15".
This new Keyvalues 2 DMX 15 version could then be used in Blender Source Tools advanced Flex properties tab to copy the face flex rules from.

Usage

 dmxconvert -i <in file> [-ie <in encoding hint>] [-o <out file>] [-oe <out encoding>] [-of <out format>]

If no output file is specified, dmx to dmx conversion will overwrite the input
: -r argument does a recursive search if the in file specifies wildcards
: -upconvert will auto-check out the files. If -i is not specified, it will operate on all DMX files}}

Supported DMX file encodings:

• keyvalues
• keyvalues2
• keyvalues2_flat
• keyvalues2_noids
• binary
• binary_seqids
• actbusy
• commentary
• entitylayer (not in , )
• vmt
• vmf (not in )
• mks (in all games since )
• tex_source1 (in all games since )

Supported DMX file formats:

• dmx
• movieobjects
• sfm
• sfm_settings (in all games since )
• sfm_session
• sfm_trackgroup
• pcf
• gui
• schema
• preset
• facial_animation
• model
• ved
• vmks (in all games since )
• mp_preprocess
• mp_root
• mp_model
• mp_anim
• mp_physics
• mp_hitbox
• mp_materialgroup
• mp_keyvalues
• mp_eyes
• mp_bonemask
• tex (in all games since ) (not in )
• vtex
• world (in all games since )
• worldnode (in all games since )
• virtualvolumetexture
• vmap
• vanim
• animflags

Simple Drag and Drop bat file

As is the case with many Command-Line only tools, usage might be confusing. So here is a simple Drag and Drop .bat file script which automatically converts whatever DMX you drop into the bat into a Keyvalues 2 DMX 15 version, creating a new DMX file with the _Keyvalues2 suffix.

::Game location that has the DMXconvert you want to use. Just main game folder.
SET Game_path=d:\programme\steam\steamapps\common\left 4 dead 2
::Don't change anything below here
"%Game_path%\bin\dmxconvert.exe" -i %1 -of dmx -oe keyvalues2 -o "%~dpn1_Keyvalues2.dmx"