Overview

Below are some of the most common asset file types that you will encounter inside of the Engine:

Geometry

1. .cgf (Crytek Geometry Format): .cgf files are created in a 3D application and contain geometry data (grouped triangles, vertex attributes such as tangent space or vertex color, optional physics data, and optional spherical harmonics data).
2. .chr (Character) – .chr files are created in a 3D application and contain skeleton data and physics proxies, which are used for hit detection and ragdoll simulation driven by animations.
3. .skin (Skinned Render Mesh) – .skin files are created in a 3D application and contain skinned character data. They can be any asset that is animated with bone-weighted vertices such as humans, aliens, ropes, lamps, heads and parachutes. A .skin file includes the mesh, vertex weighting, vertex colors and morph targets.