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| # VDFS | ||
| # VDFS virtual file system | ||
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| VDFS is the virtual file system used by ZenGin to distribute and store many, but not all, game assets. | ||
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| !!! Example "Learn more" | ||
| If you want a more technical documentation of the VDFS format, you can find it on [ZenKit site](https://zk.gothickit.dev/engine/formats/vdf/). | ||
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| ## Loading | ||
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| ### VDF | ||
| `.vdf` files can usually be found in the `Data/` directory of Gothic installations and the game loads them automatically. | ||
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| Volumes are loaded based on the [timestamp](../tools/vdfs_tools/gothic_vdfs.md#viewer) specified inside the `.vdf` file. The volumes with the latest timestamp are loaded first. | ||
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| ### MOD | ||
| `.mod` files are stored in the `Data/ModVDF/` directory and loaded when they are specified in the current game `.ini`. | ||
| ```ini title="MyMod.ini" | ||
| // [...] | ||
| [FILES] | ||
| VDF=MyMod.mod MyMod_Textures.mod | ||
| // [...] | ||
| ``` | ||
| !!! Warning | ||
| Notice that two spaces are used as a separator between the `.mod` files. | ||
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| ## Tools | ||
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| The community created variety of different modding tools for work with VDFS volumes over the times, such as: | ||
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| [**GothicVDFS**](../tools/vdfs_tools/gothic_vdfs.md) | ||
| ### [GothicVDFS](../tools/vdfs_tools/gothic_vdfs.md) | ||
| Most popular tool for working with VDFS volumes. Allows viewing, extracting and building `.vdf` and `.mod` archives, and has CLI interface. | ||
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| ### [VDFS Tool](../tools/vdfs_tools/vdfs_tool.md) | ||
| New tool for working with VDFS volumes, created to support features introduced by [Union](../union/index.md). Apart from viewing, extracting and building `.vdf` and `.mod` archives, it also supports optimizing and compressing them. | ||
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| - Viewing | ||
| - Extracting | ||
| - Building `.mod` and `.vdf` archives | ||
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| [**VDFS Tool**](../tools/vdfs_tools/vdfs_tool.md) | ||
| ### Comparison | ||
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| - Viewing | ||
| - Extracting | ||
| - Building | ||
| - Optimizing | ||
| - Compressing `.mod` and `.vdf` archives | ||
| | Features | GothicVDFS | VDFS Tool | | ||
| |----------|------------|-----------| | ||
| | Viewing | ✔️ | ✔️ | | ||
| | Extracting | ✔️ | ✔️ | | ||
| | Building | ✔️ | ✔️ | | ||
| | Compression | ❌ | ✔️ | | ||
| | CLI | ✔️ | ❌ | |