Extract Deadlock Hero Models, Animations and Files

This page shows where Deadlock keeps its files. To open a package and browse it, see Finding Game Files.

Where the Files Are

Deadlock installs into steamapps/common/Deadlock/, with its files in game/citadel/.

What	Where
Heroes, sounds, scripts	game/citadel/pak01_dir.vpk
Maps	game/citadel/maps/<map>.vpk, such as dl_midtown.vpk

What's Inside pak01_dir.vpk

Files	Path inside the package
Hero models	models/heroes_wip/ and models/heroes_staging/
Voice lines	sounds/vo/<hero id>/, such as sounds/vo/atlas/
Announcer	sounds/vo/announcer/
Ability sounds	sounds/abilities/<hero>/, such as sounds/abilities/forge/
Music	sounds/music/
Hero images	panorama/images/heroes/, such as archer_card_psd.vtex_c
Ability particles	particles/abilities/<hero>/, such as particles/abilities/abrams/
Hero data	scripts/heroes.vdata_c
Ability data	scripts/abilities.vdata_c

Hero Models

Hero models are in models/heroes_wip/ and models/heroes_staging/, one folder per hero. Many folders are not named after the hero:

Hero	Hero id	Model
Abrams	hero_atlas	models/heroes_wip/abrams/abrams.vmdl_c
Grey Talon	hero_orion	models/heroes_staging/archer/archer.vmdl_c
Ivy	hero_tengu	models/heroes_wip/ivy/ivy.vmdl_c
Lady Geist	hero_ghost	models/heroes_wip/geist/geist.vmdl_c
Mo & Krill	hero_krill	models/heroes_staging/digger/digger.vmdl_c
Vindicta	hero_hornet	models/heroes_staging/hornet_v3/hornet.vmdl_c

Double-click a model to preview it with its animations. To use it in Blender, see Exporting Models and Posing Characters in Blender. The export includes all of the hero's animations.

Finding a Hero's Model

For a hero not in the table:

1. Find the hero's id in game/citadel/resource/localization/citadel_gc_hero_names/citadel_gc_hero_names_english.txt in the Deadlock install folder. Drag it onto Source 2 Viewer, press Ctrl+F and search for the hero's name. The id is on its left, such as hero_atlas for Abrams.

   

2. In pak01_dir.vpk, open scripts/heroes.vdata_c and search for the id. The m_strModelName line of its entry is the model.

   

3. Type the model's folder, such as models/heroes_wip/abrams, into the box above the tree and press Enter.

   

Voice Lines and Music

Voice lines are in sounds/vo/, one folder per hero, named after the hero id without hero_, such as sounds/vo/tengu/ for Ivy. The announcer is in sounds/vo/announcer/, and music in sounds/music/.

To save sounds as WAV or MP3, see Exporting Sounds.

Hero and Ability Data

Hero and ability stats are in scripts/heroes.vdata_c and scripts/abilities.vdata_c. Double-click one to read it in its DATA tab, or Decompile & export it to a .vdata text file.

Maps

Maps are packages in game/citadel/maps/, such as dl_midtown.vpk. The map inside is maps/dl_midtown.vmap_c. See Exporting Maps.