VRF / Valve Resource Format

Valve's Source 2 resource file format parser, decompiler, and exporter. Source 2 files usually files end with _c, for example .vmdl_c.

This repository is split into three components:

• CLI Decompiler - File data viewer, decompiler and a playground for testing new formats and features.
• GUI Viewer - A vpk archive viewer and extractor. Also supports viewing resources such as sounds, textures, models, maps, and much more.
• Library - Provides public API to parse resource files and some helpers.

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What's supported?

• Model viewer
• Map viewer
• Sound player
• VPK viewer which supports opening and exporting files
• Read only VPK API
• Binary KeyValues3 parser
• NTRO support

Why does VRF suck?

This tool is based entirely on a reverse engineered effort because Valve does not provide any documentation or Source 2 code (SDK or engine code), while the Source 1 SDK and leaked engine code are helpful, a lot of systems and formats have changed.

The code contained in this repository is based on countless hours of reverse engineering Source 2 games and not all intricate details have been figured out.

If you are interested in helping, take a look at the open issues.

Not all formats are 100% supported, some parameters are still unknown and not fully understood.

Supported resource types

Ext	Name	Support
vanim	Animation	👍
vagrp	Animation Group	👍
vanmgrph	Animation Graph	No
vseq	Sequence Group	No
vpcf	Particle System	👍
vmat	Material	👍
vmks	Sheet	No
vmesh	Mesh	👍
vtex	Compiled Texture	👍
vmdl	Model	👍
vphys	Physics Collision Mesh	👍
vsnd	Sound	👍
vmorf	MorphSet	No
vrman	ResourceManifest	👍
vwrld	World	👍
vwnod	WorldNode	👍
vvis	WorldVisibility	No
vents	EntityLump	👍
vsurf	Surface Properties	No
vsndevts	Sound Event Script	👍
vsndstck	Sound Stack Script	👍
vpost	Postprocessing Settings	👍
vrmap	Resource Remap Table	No
vcss	Panorama Style	👍
vxml	Panorama Layout	👍
vpdi	Panorama Dynamic Images	No
vjs	Panorama Script	👍
vsvg	Panorama Vector Graphic	👍
vsnap	Particle Snapshot	👍
vpsf	Particle Snapshot	No
vmap	Map	👍
vrr	Response rules	👍
vpk	Pak (package)	👍 Handled by ValvePak
vcs	Compiled Shader	👍 Partially supported by CompiledShader
vfont	Bitmap Font	👍 Decrypts VFONT1, supported in Source 1 and Source 2.
dat	Closed Captions	👍 Handled by ClosedCaptions
bin	Tools Asset Info	👍 Partially handled by ToolsAssetInfo
vdpn	Dota Patch Notes	👍
vdacdefs	DAC Game Defs Data	No
vfe	Face poser	No
vcd	VCD	No
vcdlist	VCD list	No

List of supported magics

Magic	Description
0x03564B56	VKV\x03 - First binary keyvalues 3 encoding with custom block compression
0x4B563301	KV3\x01 - Binary keyvalues 3 (version 1)
0x4B563302	KV3\x02 - Binary keyvalues 3 (version 2)
0x4B563303	KV3\x03 - Binary keyvalues 3 (version 3)
0x4B563304	KV3\x04 - Binary keyvalues 3 (version 4)
0x564B4256	VBKV - binary keyvalues 1 (handled by ValveKeyvalue)
0x55AA1234	VPK - valve package (handled by ValvePak)
0x44434356	VCCD - closed captions
0xC4CCACE8	tools asset info
0xC4CCACE9	tools asset info (newer version)
0x32736376	vcs2 - compiled shader
0x31415926	murmurhash2 seed used in various places (like entity keys)
VFONT1	"encrypted" font file

License

Contents of this repository are available under MIT license, except for Tests/Files folder contains files which have likely come from Valve's games.