items-parser

items-parser is a CS2/CS:GO items_game.txt file parser. The script extracts game's items, such as weapon skins, gloves, keychains, stickers and more! While this repository includes pre-generated output, you can run the script yourself if you need to parse a different version of the files or want the absolute latest data before this repository is updated.

Parsed Items

• Medals
• Agents (CT/T)
• Gloves (grouped by base type with paint kits)
• Containers (cases, sticker capsules, graffiti boxes)
• Passes
• Weapon skins (grouped by weapon type)
• Stickers
• Patches
• Keychains
• Music kits

Requirements

• Python 3.3 or newer
• Source2Viewer (a tool used for exploring Valve's VPK files)
• Python modules:
  • vdf

Usage

Important

Make sure to convert all .txt files to UTF-8 encoding!

Preparing items_game.txt File

• CS2: To get CS2's items_game.txt file, use Source2Viewer. Open "Expand" tab. Expand "Counter-Strike 2" and open game/csgo/pak01_dir.vpk. Navigate to scripts/items/ and you should be able to see items_game.txt file. Right-click it and select "Export as is". Export the file to the items/ folder within this project as (for example) cs2.txt.
• CS:GO: Right-click on CS:GO (in your Steam library), hover over "Manage" and click on "Browse local files". Navigate to csgo/scripts/items/ and you should be able to see items_game.txt. Copy the file to the items/ folder within this project as (for example) csgo.txt.

Changing the Language

• CS2: To get CS2's language file, use Source2Viewer. Open "Expand" tab. Expand "Counter-Strike 2" and open game/csgo/pak01_dir.vpk. Navigate to resource/ and you should be able to see csgo_<LANGUAGE>.txt files. Right-click the one you want to use and select "Export as is". Export the file to the lang/ folder within this project as (for example) cs2.txt.
• CS:GO: Right-click on CS:GO (in your Steam library), hover over "Manage" and click on "Browse local files". Navigate to csgo/resource/ and you should be able to see csgo_<LANGUAGE>.txt. Copy the file to the lang/ folder within this project as (for example) csgo.txt.

Getting the Output

Output gets written to the output/ folder.

1. Install Dependencies:

   pip install -r requirements.txt

2. Run the Parser:

   python main.py

To-Do

• Improve parsing gloves.
• Parse music kits.
• Save output as SQL, VDF.