Cheat sheet: Rigs and animations

Where rigs and animations are stored

Summary

Last documented update: January 6 2024 by manavortex

This page lists file paths and properties for various rigs and animations. Use the Table of Contents or your browser's search (Hotkey: Ctrl+F) to quickly find what you're looking for.

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.anims

For general documentation on how animations work, see Animations

Anims description	Path in game files
Player female inventory animation	base\animations\ui\female\ui_female.anims
Player male inventory animation	base\animations\ui\male\ui_male.anims

.rigs

First person

First person animations are used solely on the player character (V). There's one rig per body gender:

name of rig	Path in game files
player_male	base\characters\entities\player\deformations_rigs_ma\player_man_fpp_deformations.rig (pulled from player_ma_fpp.ent)
player_female	base\characters\entities\player\deformations_rigs_wa\player_woman_base_deformations.rig (pulled from player_wa_fpp.ent)

Third person

While most rigs are called man_xxx, they're also used by NPCs of the female body gender.

Name of rig	Used by	Path in game files
woman_base	female body gender, default body shape	base\characters\base_entities\woman_base\woman_base.rig
man_base	male body gender, default body shape	base\characters\base_entities\man_base\man_base.rig
man_child	children of any body gender	base\characters\base_entities\man_child\man_child.rig
woman_child	-	base\characters\base_entities\woman_child\woman_child.rig
man_big	any body gender: big folks, e.g. Jackie, River, Rhino…	base\characters\base_entities\man_big\man_big.rig
woman_big	-	base\characters\base_entities\woman_big\woman_big.rig
man_fat	any body gender: fat folks, e.g. Dexter	base\characters\base_entities\man_fat\man_fat.rig
woman_fat	-	base\characters\base_entities\woman_fat\woman_fat.rig
man_massive	Smasher	base\characters\base_entities\man_massive\man_massive.rig

Face

The facial animations are linked in the .ent files under base\characters\base_entities\xxx\xxx.ent. They are otherwise referenced from an entAnimationSetupExtensionComponent inside the .app file.

Deforms

Deforms can be found under base\characters\base_entities\*\deformations_rigs.