Engine categories

Values for the category field in engine_data. Each short name maps to a wire e_game_engine_category index and to the string-table symbol engine_category_<name> used for the localized label in the gametype browser.

Used by engine_data category.

Values match e_game_engine_category in @blamnetwork/blf.

Values

Write the short name in source (category slayer). Do not write the engine_category_ prefix — that prefix is only for the string-table symbol.

Source name	String symbol	Index	Typical label
ctf	engine_category_ctf	0	Capture the Flag
slayer	engine_category_slayer	1	Slayer
oddball	engine_category_oddball	2	Oddball
koth	engine_category_koth	3	King of the Hill
juggernaut	engine_category_juggernaut	4	Juggernaut
territories	engine_category_territories	5	Territories
assault	engine_category_assault	6	Assault
infection	engine_category_infection	7	Infection
vip	engine_category_vip	8	VIP
invasion	engine_category_invasion	9	Invasion
stockpile	engine_category_stockpile	10	Stockpile
action_sack	engine_category_action_sack	11	Action Sack
race	engine_category_race	12	Race
headhunter	engine_category_headhunter	13	Headhunter
wip	engine_category_wip	14	WIP
dogfight	engine_category_dogfight	15	Dogfight
insane	engine_category_insane	16	Insane
bungie	engine_category_bungie	17	Bungie
ms343	engine_category_ms343	18	343 Industries
heroic	engine_category_heroic	19	Heroic
legendary	engine_category_legendary	20	Legendary
mythic	engine_category_mythic	21	Mythic
mantis	engine_category_mantis	22	mantis
shishka	engine_category_shishka	23	Shishka
huevos	engine_category_huevos	24	Huevos
jonnyo	engine_category_jonnyo	25	JonnyOThan
dangerboy	engine_category_dangerboy	26	Danger Boy
holiday	engine_category_holiday	27	Holiday
community	engine_category_community	28	Community
matchmaking	engine_category_matchmaking	29	Matchmaking
pre_game_warm_up	engine_category_pre_game_warm_up	30	Pre-Game

Notes

category is unusual: the parser looks up the prefixed string symbol (engine_category_ + the token you wrote), then lowers that short name to the enum index above. Labels are usually defined in a shared include such as strings/engine_category_strings.txt.

string_table english
	engine_category_slayer "Slayer"
	engine_category_vip "VIP"
end

engine_data
	name slayer_title
	description slayer_description
	icon k_engine_icon_slayer
	category slayer
end

See also

• engine_data
• string_table