Metadata File

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List of .meta files

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common.rpf/data/

Game	File	Description	Notes
	cargens.meta
	common.meta
	common_anim.meta
	common_cutscene.meta
	common_cutscene_fat.meta
	defaulttaskdata.meta
	deformableobjects.meta
	dispatch.meta	Dispatch times and radii, emergency vehicle/ped sets, and hidden evasion time.
	events.meta	Pedestrian responses and decision making for various events.
	garages.meta	Contains info and coordinates for garages and vehicle save locations.
	handling.meta	Contains the attributes of all vehicles in the game.	Newer version of handling.dat
	missioncreatordata.meta
	motiontaskdata.meta
	navcapabilities.meta
	networkshop.meta
	ondemandpartitions.meta
	pedalternatevariations.meta
	pedbrawlingstyle.meta
	pedcomponentcloth.meta
	pedcomponentsets.meta		Whether a ped group has speech, ragdoll, a phone, a helmet, etc.
	pedhealth.meta	Health and thresholds attributes for different AI type.
	pediksettings.meta
	pedperception.meta
	pickups.meta	Pickup data manager.	Health packs, dropped weapons.
	playerswitch.meta	Settings for different types of player switch sequences.
	playerswitchestablishingshots.meta
	shop_tattoo.meta
	shop_vehicle.meta
	shop_weapon.meta
	taskdata.meta
	tcinstbox_insts.meta
	tcinstbox_types.meta
	tunableobjects.meta
	weaponarchetypes.meta

common.rpf/data/action/

Game	File	Description	Notes
	branches.meta
	damages.meta
	definitions.meta
	facial_anim_sets.meta
	homings.meta
	impulses.meta
	interrelations.meta
	results.meta
	rumbles.meta
	stealth_kills.meta
	strike_bones.meta
	vfx.meta

common.rpf/data/ai/

Game	File	Description	Notes
	agitatedpersonalities.meta
	agitatedresponses.meta
	agitatedtriggers.meta
	ambientaudio.meta
	ambientpedmodelsets.meta
	combatbehaviour.meta
	conditionalanims.meta
	crimeinformation.meta	Witness requirements for crimes.
	crimes.meta	Crime info manager.	Unused?
	ladders.meta	General ladder attributes for different types of ladders.
	loadouts.meta	Ped inventory load out manager.
	motivations.meta
	noisetuning.meta	Player footstep's volume by distance.
	pedaccuracy.meta	AI and Player accuracy modifiers.
	propsets.meta	Prop model grouping and probability.
	scenarios.meta
	scenariotriggers.meta
	scriptedguntasks.meta
	vehicleaihandlinginfo.meta
	vehiclelayouts.meta
	vehiclemodelsets.meta
	weaponanimations.meta
	weaponcomponents.meta
	weapons.meta	Contains the attributes of all weapons in the game.
	weapontargetsequences.meta
	witnessinformation.meta	Settings for who can be a witness.

common.rpf/data/anim/pose_databases/

Game	File	Description	Notes
	nm_blend_out_sets.meta

common.rpf/data/control/

Game	File	Description	Notes
	alternate_accept_cancel.meta	Control input settings for scripted button inputs with the alternate profile.
	alternate_duck_handbrake.meta
	common.meta
	gestures.meta
	settings.meta	Control input settings.
	southpaw.meta	Control input settings for southpaw profile.
	southpaw_fps.meta
	southpaw_fps_alternate.meta
	southpaw_scripted.meta
	southpaw_tps.meta
	southpaw_trigger_swap.meta	Control input settings for southpaw trigger swap profile.
	southpaw_trigger_swap_fps.meta
	southpaw_trigger_swap_fps_alternate.meta
	southpaw_trigger_swap_scripted.meta
	southpaw_trigger_swap_tps.meta
	standard.meta	Control input settings for standard profile.
	standard_accept_cancel.meta	Control input settings for accept and cancel button with the standard profile.
	standard_duck_handbrake.meta
	standard_fps.meta
	standard_fps_alternate.meta
	standard_scripted.meta	Control input settings for scripted button inputs with the standard profile.
	standard_tps.meta
	triggerswap.meta
	triggerswap_fps.meta
	triggerswap_fps_alternate.meta
	triggerswap_scripted.meta
	triggerswap_tps.meta

common.rpf/data/effects/peds

Game	File	Description	Notes
	facial_overlays.meta
	first_person_alternates.meta
	mp_first_person.meta
	ped_skin_tones.meta
	sp_first_person.meta

common.rpf/data/levels/gta5/

Game	File	Description	Notes
	doortuning.meta	Contains the attributes of all doors in the game.
	gta5.meta
	images.meta
	sp_manifest.meta
	vehicles.meta	Contains settings of all vehicles in the game.

common.rpf/data/levels/stripped/

Game	File	Description	Notes
	images.meta
	stripped.meta

common.rpf/data/materials/

Game	File	Description	Notes
	procedural.meta	Contains the attributes of all procedurally placed models.
	rumbleprofiles.meta

common.rpf/data/streaming/

Game	File	Description	Notes
	srllist.meta

common.rpf/data/streaming/

Game	File	Description	Notes
	dialoguecharacters.meta
	mapzoomdata.meta
	pausemenueffects.meta
	uiscenes.meta

x64a.rpf/data/control/

Game	File	Description	Notes
	calibration.meta
	default.meta
	dynamic.meta
	fixed.meta
	gamepad.meta
	inverted_mouse.meta
	inverted_mouse_vehicle_fly_centered.meta
	inverted_mouse_vehicle_fly_scaled.meta
	inverted_mouse_vehicle_sub_centered.meta
	inverted_mouse_vehicle_sub_scaled.meta
	mouse_vehicle_car_centered.meta
	mouse_vehicle_car_scaled.meta
	mouse_vehicle_fly_centered.meta
	mouse_vehicle_fly_scaled.meta
	mouse_vehicle_sub_centered.meta
	mouse_vehicle_sub_scaled.meta
	settings.meta
	standard_mouse.meta

x64a.rpf/data/control/keyboard layout/

Game	File	Description	Notes
	en-gb - united kingdom.meta
	en-us - united states.meta

List of .ymt files

x64a.rpf/data/

Game	File	Description	Notes
	carcols.ymt
	carmodcols.ymt
	carvariations.ymt
	credits.ymt
	default.ymt
	levels.ymt
	mapdatacullboxes.ymt
	peds.ymt
	playerspecialabilities.ymt	Contains attributes for the character's special abilities.
	startup.ymt
	streaming.ymt

x64a.rpf/data/anim/clip_sets/

Game	File	Description	Notes
	clip_sets.ymt

x64a.rpf/data/effects/

Game	File	Description	Notes
	animpostfx.ymt
	lensartefacts.ymt
	ptfxassetinfo.ymt
	vfxfogvolumeinfo.ymt
	vfxinteriorinfo.ymt
	vfxpedinfo.ymt
	vfxregioninfo.ymt
	vfxvehicleinfo.ymt
	vfxweaponinfo.ymt

x64a.rpf/data/materials/

Game	File	Description	Notes
	procedural.ymt

x64a.rpf/data/metadata/

Game	File	Description	Notes
	cameras.ymt
	explosion.ymt
	pedpersonality.ymt
	statsmgr.ymt

x64a.rpf/data/metadata/ai

Game	File	Description	Notes
	firingpatterns.ymt

x64a.rpf/data/tune/

Game	File	Description	Notes
	combattasks.ymt
	crimetasks.ymt	Police pursuit and vehicle theft tunable.
	defaulttasks.ymt
	dispatchtuning.ymt
	generalevents.ymt
	generaltasks.ymt
	iksolvers.ymt
	minimap.ymt
	motiontasks.ymt
	movementevents.ymt
	movementtasks.ymt
	pedtargetevaluator.ymt
	physicstasks.ymt
	playerinfo.ymt	Character tunables.	Also has world limit and world extent guard settings
	playertargetting.ymt
	randomevents.ymt	Settings for when/where peds will act criminally.	Jaywalking, car thefts, police chases, etc.
	reactionevents.ymt	Distance peds hear explosions.
	relationshiptuning.ymt		Unused?
	responsetasks.ymt
	scenariotasks.ymt
	servicetasks.ymt
	shockingevents.ymt
	situationalclipsets.ymt
	soundevents.ymt
	tacticalanalysis.ymt
	vehicleaitasks.ymt
	vehicletasks.ymt
	wantedtuning.ymt
	weaponevents.ymt
	weapontasks.ymt
	wildlifemanager.ymt	Tunables for wildlife spawning and AI.

x64a.rpf/levels/generic/

Game	File	Description	Notes
	popgroups.ymt	Pedestrian model, and vehicle, grouping.	Unused?

x64a.rpf/levels/gta5/

Game	File	Description	Notes
	doortuning.ymt
	popgroups.ymt	Pedestrian model, and vehicle, grouping.
	slownesszones.ymt
	sp_manifest.ymt	This file controls SP scenarios
	startupreq.ymt
	zonebind.ymt

See also

• DAT