List of file types

Many different file types are generated by the Dragon Age Toolset or are generated by third party applications for use with either the toolset or the game. These file types can be categorised as:

• BioWare File Types, or
• Third Party File Types

Files can be Art Resources, exported Designer Resources or external resources.

BioWare File Types

The following file types are in formats created by BioWare specifically for use with their tools and games:

.4PC	Custom 16-bit RGBA texture format
.ANB	Animation blend
.ANI	Animation sequence: holds single animation sequence
.APL	Artist Placeable file
.ARE	Area information: holds designer data about an area
.ARL	Area Layout file
.BIC	Creature file
.BIF	BIFF file
.BTC	BioWare Template for Creatures
.BTD	BioWare Template for Doors
.BTE	BioWare Template for Encounters
.BTG	BioWare Template for Random Item Generator
.BTM	BioWare Template for Market/Merchants (Stores)
.BTP	BioWare Template for Placeable Objects
.BTS	BioWare Template for Sounds
.BTT	BioWare Template for Triggers
.CCS	Conditional Compiled Script
.CIF	Campaign Information File
.CNS	Client scripting source
.CSS	Conditional Source Script
.CUB	Cutscene blend tree
.CUT	Cutscene
.DADBDATA	Dragon Age Database Data file: used to deliver content to builders, created by the Builder to builder process
.DAS	Dragon Age Save game file
.DAT	Internal manifest data file
.DAZIP	Dragon Age Zip file: used to deliver content to players, created by the by the Builder to player process
.DFT	Default values file
.DLB	Dialog blend tree
.DLG	Dialog file
.DWK	Door walkable mesh
.ERF	Encapsulated Resource File: used for packaging resources
.EVT	Animation event file
.FAC	Faction file
.FFX	Frame buffer effect
.FNT	Font file
.FSM	Finite State Machine file
.GAD	GOB Animation Data
.GDA	Game Data Array: compiled dimensional array data file
.GFF	Generic File Format: used for almost all data, has become much faster for binary data storage, but has lost flexibility of earlier implementations.
.GIC	Game Instance Comments
.GIT	Game Instance file
.GUI	Graphical User Interface file
.HAK	HAK file
.IFO	Module Info File
.INI	Standard Windows options file
.ITP	Item Template Palette
.ITX	Internal texture
.JRL	Journal file
.KEY	Key file
.LDF	Language definition file: Used by the scripting engines
.LST	Area list
.LTR	Letter combo probability info for name generation
.LVL	Level art source file
.MAL	Material Library file, stores a grouping of material object files
.MAO	Material Object file, stores which textures are passed to a material
.MAT	Material file, stores properties of a material
.MDL	Aurora Model
.MET	Meta information: extra information about the associated resource
.META	Meta information: extra information about the associated resource
.MMH	Model Mesh Hierarchy
.MOR	Head Morph File (compiled)
.MRH	Head Morph File (source)
.MSH	Mesh file: Contains all vertex, polygon and normal data
.MVE
.NCC	Compiled Client Script
.NCS	Compiled Server Script
.NCS	Neverwinter Compiled Script
.NDB	Server Script Debug Information
.NDB	NWScript Debug Format Files
.NDC	Client Script Debug Information
.NSC	Client Side Script
.NSS	Server Side Script
.NSS	Neverwinter Source Script
.PHY	Physics file, contains Novodex collision info
.PLO	Plot Information File
.PLT	Packed Layered Texture
.PTM	Plot Manager file
.PTT	Plot Template file
.PWK	Pathfinding Walkable, Pathfinding data file
.PWK	Placeable object walkable mesh
.RES	Generic type
.RIM	Resource In Memory file: used by engine at runtime for fast data retrieval in native memory format
.RML	Room Layout File
.SAV	Neverwinter save game file
.SSF	Sound Set File
.STA	Animation State File
.STG	Cutscene Stage File
.SUB	Graphics Submission
.TEX	Aurora Texture
.TLK	Dialog Tlk File
.TNT	Tint file
.TOC	Table of Contents: used to generate RIM files
.TXI	Extra Texture Info
.UTC	User Template for Creatures
.UTD	User Template for Doors
.UTE	User Template for Encounters
.UTG	User Template for Random Item Generator
.UTI	User Template for Items
.UTM	User Template for Market/Merchants (Stores)
.UTP	User Template for Placeable Objects
.UTS	User Template for Sounds
.UTT	User Template for Triggers
.UTW	User Template for Waypoint
.WFX	Wave extra info
.WOK	Walk Mesh

Third-party file Types

The following file types are in formats created by third parties that may see some usage:

.AS	Action Script: used by the ScaleForm GUI package
.BIK	BINK movie files
.BMP	Bitmap file
.CHM	Windows Help File: used for toolset help, primarily scripting help
.CUR	Windows Cursor File
.DDS	Direct Draw Surface file: a DirectX graphics file format, it can be compressed, hold mipmaps and Alpha
.DLL	Windows dynamic link library
.EXE	Windows Executable
.FDP	FMOD project file
.FEV	FMOD file created by sound design tool
.FEV.SEQ	FMOD file created by sound design tool
.FLA	Flash file
.FSB	FMOD Sound Bank file
.FSB.CACHE	FMOD Sound Bank file
.FSB.SEQ	FMOD Sound Bank file
.FXA	FaceFX Actor file (eg. "Human.fxa") containing bone definitions. Created using a Max plug-in. Used by the game.
.FXR	Metadata associated with FXA. Not used by the game.
.FXS	Metadata associated with FXA. Not used by the game.
.FXE	Facial animation file (eg. "46634_m.fxe"). Used by the game.
.FXM	Metadata associated with the FXE for use in Studio (audio, phoneme info). Not used by the game.
.FXO	Pre-Compiled Shader file, can include support for fallback rendering modes
.GFX	Exported ScaleForm Movie: used for animated UI
.HLSL	High Level Shader Language Source file
.INI	Windows settings file
.JPG	Image file: used mostly for thumbnails for models. Not used in game.
.JSFL	ScaleForm file
.MP3	Sound file
.MPG	MPG Video File
.SPT	SpeedTree File
.SWF	Flash File
.TGA	Primary game source texture file
.TTF	TrueType Font
.TXT	Text file: primarily used for voice over
.WAV	Wave File, generic windows sound file
.XDS	Compressed DirectX images file format
.XLS	Excel file