Assets Naming Convention

Overview

This article contains ideas for assets naming convention and content folders structure.

1. All names in English .
2. All asset dependencies should be in its folder (instead of some shared assets).

(maps)

Content\Maps	parent maps folder
............ Maps\Episode(_Number)	game episodes, where (_Number) is 01, 02, 03, etc
............ Maps\TestMaps	test maps, maps prototypes and other levels not for production

(assets)

Content\Base	basic materials, material functions and other “foundation” assets
Content\Characters	folder for characters
............ Characters\NPC	NPCs
............ Characters\Player	player character(s)
Content\Dev	development assets, like objects icons, special meshes and textures, etc
Content\Effects	various shared effects
Content\Environment	environment assets
............ Environment\Background	backgrounds
............ Environment\Buildings	buildings (simple or procedural)
............ Environment\Foliage	foliage
............ Environment\Props	various props
............ Environment\Sky	skies
............ Environment\Landscape	terrains assets
............ Environment\Water	water meshes and materials
Content\Gameplay	assets for various gameplay purposes
Content\PostProcess	post process chains and it’s assets
Content\Sound	sounds and sound cues
Content\UI	UI assets
Content\Vehicles	vehicles with effects
Content\Weapons	weapons with effects

Blueprints	blueprints
Meshes	static and skeletal meshes, physical assets
Materials	materials and instances
Textures	textures
Animations	animations
Particles	particle systems
LensFlares	flares
Sounds	sounds + cues
Morphs	morphs
FaceFX	FaceFX assets

Form:
(Prefix_)AssetName(_Number)(_Suffix)

Example:
T_Rock_01_D

Prefixes: (optional because of filters in content browser)

(by usage)

(by type)

BP_	Blueprint

SK_	Skeletal Mesh
SM_	Static Mesh

AD_	Apex Destructible Asset
AC_	Apex Cloth Asset

MT_	Morph Target

ST_	Speed Tree

PS_	Particle System

LF_	Lens Flare

VF_	Vector Field

S_	Sound
SC_	Sound Cue

M_	Material
MI_	Material Instance
MITV_	Material Instance Time Varying
MF_	Material Function
MPC_	Material Parameter Collection

T_	Texture
SP_	Sprite
SS_	Sprite Sheet
TC_	Texture Cube
RT_	Render Target

PM_	Physical Material

Suffixes:

(textures)

(meshes)

_Physics	physics assets (generated name)
_FaceFX	FaceFx assets

(animations)

_BlendSpace	blend space (generated name)
_AnimBlueprint	animation blueprint (generated name)

RGB Mask for characters:

RGB Mask for character's Hair:

RGB Mask for environment: