Material surface properties

This is the list of physical surface types that Source recognises, as defined by the files referenced in \scripts\surfaceproperties_manifest.txt.

Surface types define the physical properties of an object including friction and density, collision/footstep sounds, the effect of bullet impacts and, if the object is destructible, health and gib type.

Both materials and models define their surfaces with the $surfaceprop command.

See also

• Creating a Material
• $surfaceprop
• Material Types
• Creating custom gibs

Types

Special

• default
• default_silent
• floatingstandable
• item
• ladder
• no_decal
• player
• player_control_clip

Concrete / Rock

• baserock (missing?)
• boulder (Will cause material glitches if used in models)
• brick
• concrete
• concrete_block
• gravel
• rock

Metal

• canister
• chain
• chainlink
• combine_metal
• crowbar
• floating_metal_barrel
• grenade
• gunship
• metal
• metal_barrel
• metal_bouncy
• Metal_Box
• metal_seafloorcar
• metalgrate
• metalpanel
• metalvent
• metalvehicle
• paintcan
• popcan
• roller
• slipperymetal
• solidmetal
• strider
• weapon

Wood

• Wood
• Wood_Box
• Wood_Crate (Doesn´t work in EP2) Works in L4D, L4D2, CS:GO, Portal 2.
• Wood_Furniture
• Wood_LowDensity (Doesn´t work in EP2) Works in L4D, L4D2, CSGO, Portal 2.
• Wood_Plank
• Wood_Panel
• Wood_Solid

Terrain

• dirt
• grass
• gravel
• mud
• quicksand
• sand
• slipperyslime
• antlionsand

Liquid

• slime
• water
• wade

Frozen

• ice
• snow

Organic

• alienflesh
• antlion
• armorflesh
• bloodyflesh
• flesh
• foliage
• watermelon
• zombieflesh

Manufactured

• asphalt (missing?)
• glass
• glassbottle
• combine_glass
• tile
• paper
• papercup
• cardboard
• plaster
• plastic_barrel
• plastic_barrel_buoyant
• Plastic_Box
• plastic
• rubber
• rubbertire
• slidingrubbertire
• slidingrubbertire_front
• slidingrubbertire_rear
• jeeptire
• brakingrubbertire

Miscellaneous

• carpet
• ceiling_tile
• computer
• pottery