Naming Conventions

This document intends to explain the naming convention used in this art pack, it can be useful to reference this document when trying to find specific files within the project.

Terminology

These are naming conventions that are specific for this art pack.

Prefix	Full Name Explanation	Description
TP_	Third Person View	This prefix is used for animations that are made to be seen from a third person perspective.
FP_	First Person View	This prefix is used for animations that are made to be seen from a first person perspective.
PCH_	Player Character	This prefix is used for animations that are meant to be played on the controllable player character.
CH_	Character	This prefix is used for animations that are meant to be played on non player characters, such as AI enemies for example.
WEP_	Weapon	This prefix is used for animations that are made specifically for the custom gun skeletons, such as fire and reloads.
_ATT	Attachment	This term is used for weapon attachment meshes such as grips, scopes, and lasers.
_LPAMG	Low Poly Animated Modern Guns	This term is used to quickly identify assets that are associated with the Low Poly Animated Modern Guns art pack (useful to quickly locate asset files in bigger projects with many other files).
_AN	Animation Notify	This term is used to quickly identify blueprint assets that are used as animation notifies.

Asset Naming Conventions

Animations

Asset Type	Prefix	Suffix	Example	Description
Animation	A_		A_FP_WEP_X13_Holster	This prefix is used to quickly identify animation files.
Animation Montage	AM_		AM_LPAMG_FP_WEP_X13_Holster	This prefix is used to quickly identify animation montage files.
Blend Space	BS_		BS_LPAMG_FP_PCH_Walking	This prefix is used to quickly identify blend space files.

Meshes

Asset Type	Prefix	Suffix	Example	Descriptio
Skeletal Mesh	SK_		SK_LPAMG_Arms_Base	This prefix is used for all skeletal meshes (meshes that are skinned to a skeleton, for example the character).
Skeleton	SKEL_		SKEL_LPAMG_Character	This prefix is used for all skeleton assets, this is the file that contains the bone hierarchy of the skeletal mesh.
Physics Asset	PA_		PA_LPAMG_Arms_Base	Used for all physics assets, this is the file that contains the physics/collision setup for skeletal meshes.
Static Mesh	SM_		SM_LPAMG_Bullet_9mm	Used to quickly identify static mesh files, these files may have custom naming conventions from time to time, for example the weapon attachments use "ATT" in order to easily identify them.

Textures

Asset Type	Prefix	Suffix	Example	Description
Texture (Diffuse)	T_	_D	T_LPAMG_WEP_Camo_Desert_D	The prefix is used to identify texture files, the suffix determines what type of texture it is.
Texure (Roughness)	T_	_R	T_LPAMG_WEP_Camo_Desert_R	The prefix is used to identify texture files, the suffix determines what type of texture it is.
Texture (Normal)	T_	_N	T_LPAMG_WEP_Camo_Desert_N	The prefix is used to identify texture files, the suffix determines what type of texture it is.
Texture Icon (HUD)	T_LPAMG_HUD_		T_LPAMG_HUD_X13_Body	This prefix is used for UI/HUD icon textures.

Materials

Asset Type	Prefix	Suffix	Example	Description
Material	M_		M_LPAMG_Weapon	This prefix is used to identify base material files.
Material Instance	MI_		MI_LPAMG_WEP_Camo_Desert	This prefix is used to identify material instance files.
Physics Material	PM_		PM_Metal	This prefix is used to identify physics material files.

Particle Effects

Asset Type	Prefix	Suffix	Example	Description
Particle System	PS_		PS_Explosion_01	This prefix is used to identify particle system files.

Audio

Asset Type	Prefix	Suffix	Example	Description
Sound Cue	SC_		SC_FP_WEP_X13_Reload	This prefix is used to identify sound cue files, is usually combined with other prefixes such as "FP" or "WEP" in order to further specify how it is used.
Sound Wave	S_		S_FP_WEP_X13_Reload	This prefix is used to identify sound wave files, is usually combined with other prefixes such as "FP" or "WEP" in order to further specify how it is used.
Reverb Effect	RE_		RE_LPAMG_Reverb	This prefix is used to identify reverb effect files.

Levels/Maps

Asset Type	Prefix	Suffix	Example	Description
Level	L_		L_LPAMG_Showcase_Animations	This prefix is used to identify level files, is usually combined with other prefixes such as "LPAMG" or "Demo" in order to further specify how it is used.

Blueprints

Asset Type	Prefix	Suffix	Example	Description
Blueprint	BP_		BP_LPAMG_PCH	This prefix is used to identify blueprint files, is usually combined with other prefixes such as "LPAMG" or "PCH" in order to further specify how it is used.
Blueprint Interface	BPI_		BPI_LPAMG_WEP	This prefix is used to identify blueprint interface files, is usually combined with other prefixes such as "LPAMG" or "PCH" in order to further specify how it is used.
Widget Blueprint	WBP_		WBP_LPAMG_Interface	This prefix is used to identify widget blueprint files, these files are usually used for the user interface.
Animation Blueprint	ABP_		ABP_LPAMG_FP_PCH	This prefix is used to identify animation blueprint files, these files are used to control and play animations on the player character and wepon skeletons.
Structure	S_		S_LPAMG_WEP_Sounds	This prefix is used to identify structure files. These files contain data.

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