VScript

VScript, introduced since Left 4 Dead 2 and later backported to Team Fortress 2 (and other games on its branch), is a virtual machine for scripting that acts as an abstract binding layer between the Source and Source 2 engine and external scripts. According to the Alien Swarm - SDK, the following scripting languages are supported or could be in the near future:

• Squirrel
• Lua
• Gamemonkey
• Python

Implementations

Squirrel SDK Base 2013 - MP (2025) ( ) All of these games runs on same branch as . Any non-game specific functionality is inherited, but no additional game-specific functionality is added. Script Examples Team Fortress 2 List of Script Functions Script Examples Game Events Counter-Strike: Source Script Examples Game Events Day of Defeat: Source Game Events Half-Life 2: Deathmatch Game Events Left 4 Dead 2 Scripting Director Scripts Script Examples List of Script Functions Alien Swarm Portal 2 List of Script Functions Portal 2: Community Edition Vscript documentation is covered on its wiki: Vscript API Reference Source Filmmaker Only exists on the SFM build of TF2. No TF2 or SFM-specific API. Unused. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive List of Script Functions Listening to game events VScript Examples Contagion List of Script Functions Nuclear Dawn List of Script Functions Titanfall Alien Swarm: Reactive Drop List of Script Functions Mapbase (Custom implementation) Scripting Script Functions Jabroni Brawl: Episode 3 List of Script Functions

Lua Portal 2 (Client/UI only) VGUI Category Dota 2 Scripting Scripting API SteamVR Home Scripting Scripting API Scripted Tool Creation Scripted Flashlight Tool Tutorial Half-Life: Alyx Scripting Scripting API General Source 2 Source 2 Animation System VScript API Jabroni Brawl: Episode 3 List of Script Functions

Python Team Fortress 2 Source Filmmaker Scripting/Rigging

See also

• VScript Fundamentals
• List of Script Libraries
• Entity Scripts
• logic_script (entity)
• script, script_execute (console command)