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'''VMAT''' (short for '''Valve Material'''), is a content-side file format used to designate [[material]]s in {{Source 2|4.1}}, and that Source 2 tools can compile to make a game-ready file format (''VMAT_C''), which is read by the game to simulate a surface visually, aurally, and physically.
'''VMAT''' (short for '''Valve Material'''), is a file format used to designate [[material]]s in {{Source 2|4.1}}. The VMAT format includes a {{mono|.vmat}} source file that describes how to compile the material, and the actual compiled {{mono|.vmat_c}} file used by the game proper.

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VMAT (short for Valve Material), is a file format used to designate materials in Source 2 Source 2. The VMAT format includes a .vmat source file that describes how to compile the material, and the actual compiled .vmat_c file used by the game proper.