items-parser

items-parser is a CS2/CS:GO items_game.txt file parser. The script extracts game's information, such as weapon skins, gloves, keychains, or stickers to a JSON file. 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.

Prerequisites

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

Usage

Preparing items_game.txt File

• CS2: To get CS2's items_game.txt file, use Source2Viewer. Expand "[730] 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" to the items/ folder within this project. Rename the exported file to cs2_items.txt.
• CS:GO: Install the csgo_legacy beta on Steam. Then, browse CS:GO's local files and copy csgo/scripts/items/items_game.txt to the items/ folder within this project. Rename the copied file to csgo_items.txt.

Changing the Language

• CS2: To get CS2's language file, use Source2Viewer. Expand "[730] 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" to the lang/ folder within this project. Rename the exported file to cs2_lang.txt.
• CS:GO: Install the csgo_legacy beta on Steam. Then, browse CS:GO's local files and copy csgo/resource/csgo_<LANGUAGE>.txt to the lang/ folder within this project. Rename the copied file to csgo_lang.txt.

Getting the Output

Output gets written to the output/ folder.

1. Install Dependencies:

   pip install vdf==3.4
   
   # Or, if you are in the project's root folder
   pip install -r requirements.txt

2. Run the Parser:

   # Make sure you are in the project's root folder
   python main.py