Map prefixes
From Valve Developer Community
Common traditional naming conventions for maps for some Half-Life and Source games use a small prefix (often two or three letters) followed by an underscore at the beginning of the map name. For example "de_dust", where "de_" is the prefix and "dust" is the map name.
Official prefixes are as follows.
Contents
- 1 Official games
- 1.1 Counter-Strike, Source & Condition Zero
- 1.2 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
- 1.3 Day of Defeat & Day of Defeat: Source
- 1.4 Deathmatch Classic
- 1.5 Half-Life
- 1.6 Half-Life Blue Shift
- 1.7 Half-Life Opposing Force
- 1.8 Half-Life Decay
- 1.9 Half-Life 2, Half-Life 2: Episode 1, Half-Life 2: Episode 2 & Half-Life 2: Episode 3
- 1.10 Half-Life 2: Deathmatch
- 1.11 Left 4 Dead, Left 4 Dead 2
- 1.12 Portal
- 1.13 Portal 2
- 1.14 Ricochet
- 1.15 SiN Episodes: Emergence
- 1.16 Team Fortress 2
- 2 Third-party mods
- 2.1 Brain Bread
- 2.2 D.I.P.R.I.P.
- 2.3 Dystopia
- 2.4 Empires
- 2.5 Eternal Silence
- 2.6 Fortress Forever
- 2.7 Garry's Mod
- 2.8 Gunman Chronicles
- 2.9 Half-Life 2: Capture The Flag
- 2.10 Hidden: Source
- 2.11 Insurgency
- 2.12 Iron Grip: The Oppression
- 2.13 Jailbreak
- 2.14 Natural Selection
- 2.15 Obsidian Conflict
- 2.16 Project Valkyrie
- 2.17 Sourceforts
- 2.18 Specialists, The
- 2.19 Sven Co-op
- 2.20 Synergy
- 2.21 Zombie Master
- 2.22 Zombie Panic, Zombie Panic! Source
- 3 Unofficial prefixes
Official games
Counter-Strike, Source & Condition Zero
| Prefix | Map Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| AS | Assasination | Counter-Strike and VIP Mod only |
| CS | Hostage Rescue | |
| DE | Bomb Defusal | |
| ES | Terrorist Escape | Now defunct, originally official |
| TR | Training Maps | Only official appearance in Counter-Strike 1.5 retail. |
Note:Condition Zero uses enhanced versions of the original Counter-Strike maps denoted with a "_cz" suffix.
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
| Prefix | Map Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| AR | Arsenal: Arms Race | |
| CS | Hostage Rescue | |
| DE | Bomb Defusal & Arsenal: Demolition |
Day of Defeat & Day of Defeat: Source
| Prefix | Map Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DOD | Default Prefix | |
| PARA | Para Maptype | Last seen in Day of Defeat beta 3.1 |
Deathmatch Classic
| Prefix | Map Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DMC | Default Prefix |
Half-Life
| Prefix | Map Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| c0 | Chapter 0 | Train Ride |
| c1 | Chapter 1 | Black Mesa Sectors |
| c2 | Chapter 2 | Black Mesa Trainride |
| c3 | Chapter 3 | Black Mesa Outside |
| c4 | Chapter 4 | Xen |
| c5 | Chapter 5 | Ending |
| t0 | Training | Training Maps |
| hldemo | Demo Maps | Originally found in Half-Life: Uplink |
Half-Life Blue Shift
| Prefix | Map Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| BA | Default Prefix |
Half-Life Opposing Force
| Prefix | Map Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| OF | Default Prefix | |
| OP4CP | ||
| OP4CTF | Capture The Flag |
Half-Life Decay
| Prefix | Map Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HT | Default Prefix | |
| DY | Default Prefix | Prefix for maps on the PC ported version. |
Half-Life 2, Half-Life 2: Episode 1, Half-Life 2: Episode 2 & Half-Life 2: Episode 3
| Prefix | Map Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| D1 | Day One | Day One of the story |
| D2 | Day Two | Day Two of the story |
| D3 | Day Three | Day Three of the story |
| EP1 | Episode 1 | |
| EP2 | Episode 2 | |
| EP3 | Episode 3 |
Half-Life 2: Deathmatch
| Prefix | Map Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DM | Deathmatch | Default Prefix |
Left 4 Dead, Left 4 Dead 2
| Prefix | Map Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| L4D | Co-op | Storyline based gameplay |
| L4D_SV | Survival | |
| L4D_VS | Versus | |
| C#M# | Campaign #, Mission # |
Portal
| Prefix | Map Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| testchmb | Test Chambers | Early levels (Test chambers 1-19) |
| escape | Facility Escape |
Portal 2
| Prefix | Map Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| sp_a1 | Single Player Maps (Act 1) | |
| sp_a2 | Single Player Maps (Act 2) | |
| sp_a3 | Single Player Maps (Act 3) | |
| sp_a4 | Single Player Maps (Act 4) | |
| mp_coop | Coop Maps |
Note:The player will spawn with a portal gun dependent on the map prefix - for example, starting with sp_a1 will start you with a single portal gun.Ricochet
| Prefix | Map Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| RC | Default Prefix |
SiN Episodes: Emergence
| Prefix | Map Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| ARENA | Arena Maps | |
| SE1 | Default Prefix |
Team Fortress 2
| Prefix | Map Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| ARENA | Arena Maps | Added with the August 19, 2008 update. |
| CP | Control Point | Original Shipping Map Type |
| CTF | Capture the Flag | Original Shipping Map Type |
| TC | Territorial Control | Original Shipping Map Type |
| PL | Payload | Added with the April 29, 2008 update. |
| PLR | Payload Race | Added with the May 21, 2009 update. |
| KOTH | King of the Hill | Added with the August 13, 2009 update. |
| TR | Training | |
| SD | Special Delivery | Added with the pyromania update |
| MVM | Mann vs Machine | Added with the MVM update |
Third-party mods
Brain Bread
- bb
D.I.P.R.I.P.
- diprip
Dystopia
- dys
- pb
Empires
- emp
Eternal Silence
- es
Fortress Forever
- ff - All gametypes
Garry's Mod
-- Official --
- gm
- gmdm - Garry's Mod Deathmatch
- mr - Melon Racer
- ifn - Infection (unreleased test gamemode)
-- Unofficial --
- rp - Roleplay
- sb - SpaceBuild
- gms - Stranded
- zs - Zombie Survival
- fw - Fort Wars
Gunman Chronicles
- demo - Gunman Chronicles demo
- cinematic - cutscene
- city
- mayan
- rust
- west
- rebar
Half-Life 2: Capture The Flag
- ctf - Capture the Flag
- dom - Domination
Hidden: Source
- hdn - Hidden
- ovr - Overrun
Insurgency
- ins
Iron Grip: The Oppression
- ig
Jailbreak
- jb
Natural Selection
- co - Combat
- ns - Natural Selection (original)
Obsidian Conflict
- oc
- oc_vs - PvP
Project Valkyrie
- 3mm - 3-Month Mod
Sourceforts
- sf
Specialists, The
- ts
Sven Co-op
Older Sven Co-op maps tend not to have prefixes, but, to stop confusion with third-party single player levels and original Half-Life multiplayer add-ons, the "sc" prefix has come into use.
- sc
Synergy
- syn
Zombie Master
- zm
Zombie Panic, Zombie Panic! Source
- zps - Survival
- zpo - Objective Mode
- zph - Hardcore
- zpa - Arena
Unofficial prefixes
In addition, some custom maps will be marked with unofficial prefixes, either to denote its nature or to brand it.
Unclassified
- jp
- kz - Climbing/jumping
- nrp
- proto - Prototype map
- rwp
- sa - Snipers Alley
- sp - Single player
- sdk - SourceSDK example map
- test - Test map
- zoo - Object gallery
Counter-Strike, Source, Condition Zero & Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
- aim - Aim Arena has teams that are restricted to one class of weapon and have no objectives except to eliminate the opposing team. Emphasis is placed on player's aim.
- awp - AWP Arena restricts players to AWPs only
- dm - Deathmatch Arena-styled maps used by deathmatch mods for CS and CS:S. These maps are usually small and simple like "fy" maps but adapted in order to have multiple spawn points.
- dr - Dead Run/Race mod (unofficial gamemode)
- fy - Frag Yard is a map with an assortment of weapons spawning on the ground versus player inventory.
- fun - Fun Map is a map with some strange objectives, contraptions or other mysterious things.
- mg - Same as Fun Maps, mostly obstacle courses and games with unbalanced teams (i.e. attack and defend with more attackers than defenders).
- gg - Gun game. The only objective on this map is to kill the other team. You can level up to get better guns.
- he - HE Grenade Arena restricts players to Heavy Explosive grenades.
- hg - Hunger Games. Usually big maps with weapons scattered around the arena. Last man standing wins the round.
- nade - Same as HE Grenade Arena.
- ka - Knife Arena restricts players to knives only.
- pa - Prepared Assault
- surf - Surf Maps (unofficial gamemode)
- texture - Secondary prefix. Denotes a map that only uses dev textures.
- ze - Zombie mod escape maps (unofficial gamemode)
- zm - Zombie mod barricade maps (unofficial gamemode)
Half-Life 2: Deathmatch
- js - coop
Team Fortress Classic
- conc - "Conc" maps, using concussion grenades to do a climb/jump sort of map.
Team Fortress 2
- ccp - Cyclic Capture Point
- db - Dodgeball
- dm or duel - Death Match or Duel
- dom - Domination
- es - Escort
- jump - Jump maps (rocket or sticky jumping)
- melee - Melee only map
- sniper - Sniper only/preferred map
- toy or rats - Players are small compared to the level scale
- rc - A Capture Point match where the points are randomly assigned
- vip - Hunted map, to be used with the Hunted Mod
Thematic
- killbox - Killbox (DM) is a map consisting of at least one box-shaped arena.
