ValveVMF

ValveVMF is a Python library designed to parse and edit .VMF files, which store game level data for Valve's level editor, Hammer.

Installation

ValveVMF is available on the Python Package Index. This makes installing it with pip as easy as:

pip3 install valvevmf

If you want the latest code or even feel like contributing, the code is available on GitHub.

You can easily clone the code with git:

git clone git@github.com:pySourceSDK/ValveVMF.git

and install it with:

pip3 install .

Here's a few example usage of ValveVMF

Parsing can be done by creating an instance of Vmf with a path.

>>> from valvevmf import Vmf

>>> vmf = Vmf('C:/mapsrc/yourmap.vmf')
>>> print(vmf.nodes)
>>> vmf.save()

For a detailed explanation of source distributions (sdists) and built distributions (wheels), please see the package formats documentation.

Source distribution for valvevmf 0.1.3
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