List of Source 2 asset types

The following is a list of default Source 2 asset types which are declared in sdkassettypes.txt.

Note: altnames here refer to entries in m_AdditionalExtensions

Todo: Check what all of these are for, expand their descriptions, and place them in the correct categorites

Special

These asset types are automatically defined when their counterparts are defined.

Todo: Are any of the other types like this?

Asset Type	Description
texture	Same as vtex
material	Same as vmat
model	Same as vmdl
map	Same as vmap
vpk	Same as vmap
particle	Same as vpcf
snapshot	Same as vsnap
postprocessing	Same as vpost
collisionmesh [confirm]	Same as vphzc
sky [confirm]	Same as vsky

Material types

Texture and material

Asset Type	Description
vmat	Material
vtex	Compiled Texture
vtx (removed since )	Legacy Texture
vsky	Sky
matgrp	Matrgoup
vcompmat (in all games since )	Composite Material Kit

Image and video

Asset Type	Description
jpg (only in ) AltNames: png tga exr tiff psd pfm ies webp	Image
jpg (not in )	JPG File
png	PNG File
tif	TIF File
tiff	TIFF File
pfm	PFM File
exr (in all games since )	EXR File
psd	Photoshop File
vsvg AltNames:svg	Vector Graphic
webm (in all games since )	Panorama Movie (webm)

Model types

Model and mesh data

Asset Type	Description
vmdl	Model
vmesh	Mesh
vmodel_template (in all games since )	ModelDoc Template
vmdl_prefab (in all games since )	ModelDoc Prefab
mdl (removed since )	Legacy Model
smd	SMD File
fbx	FBX File
obj	OBJ File
qc	QC File
vmorf	MorphSet
meshgrp	Meshgroup
lodgrp	Lodgroup
vsmart (in all games since )	Smart Prop

Third party 3D

Asset Type	Description
ma	Maya ASCII
mb	Maya Binary
lxo	Modo
blend (in all games since )	Blender
max (in all games since ) (also in )	3DS Max
stsdk (in all games since )	Speedtree file

Physics

Asset Type	Description
vphzc [confirm]	Collision Mesh
vphys	Physics Collision Mesh
collision (removed since )	Collision
hitboxes (removed since )	Hitbox
cloth (removed since )	Physics Cloth Information
phy (removed since )	Legacy Physics
brkgrp	Breakgroup
propdata	Prop Data
vsurf (not in )	Surface Properties

Animation

Asset Type	Description
vanim	Animation
vanmgrph (in all games since )	Animation Graph
vsubgrph (in all games since ) (also in )	Animation Sub-Graph
vagrp	Animation Group
ani (removed since )	Legacy Animation
attach (removed since )	Attachment
boneflags (removed since )	BoneFlags
bindpose (removed since )	BindPose
skeleton (removed since )	Skeleton Retarget
vseq	Sequence Group
vmks (removed since )	Sheet
mks	Sheetfile
actlist (only in )	Activity List File

Sound

Asset Type	Description
vsnd AltNames: mp3 wav ogg flac	Sound
vmix
vsndevts	Sound Event Script
vsndstck	Sound Stack Script
vcdlist	Choreo Data List
vcd	Choreo Data

Map/World data

Asset Type	Description
vmap	Map
vwrld	World
vvis	World Visibility
vwnod	World Node
vents	Entity Lump
vltre (only in )	Light Tree

Script and text data

Asset Type	Description
txt AltNames: vdf eventdef (Dota 2 Event Definition) eventactions (Dota 2 Event Actions)	TXT File
vxml AltNames:xml	Panorama Dynamic Layout
vcss AltNames:css	Panorama Style
vpdi	Panorama Dynamic Images
vjs AltNames:js	Panorama Script
lua	Lua Script
rect (in all games since )	Sub-Rectangle Definition for hotspot texturing
vrman	Resource Manifest
vrmap	Resource Remap Table
kv	KV File
dmx	DMX File
vdata (in all games since ) (also in )	VData
vdata_inc (in all games since )	VData Include
vqlayout (only in )	Tools UI Layout
meta (only in )	Metadata

Effects

Asset Type	Description
vpcf (not in )	Particle System
vsnap (in all games since )	Particle Snapshot
vpsf (removed since )	Particle Snapshot
vpost (in all games since )	Postprocessing Settings
shader (only in )	Shader
shdrgrph (only in )	Shader Graph
shdrfunc (only in )	Shader Function

Other

Todo: Some of these should probably be in other categories

Asset Type	Description
vdpn [confirm]
item [confirm]
vdacdefs [confirm]	DAC Game Defs Data
vfont (removed since )	Bitmap Font
econitem (only in )	CS2 Economy Item
rts (in all games since )	Speech Graphics RTS