File Formats

Golaem representation of a Maya character. It can be generated with the Character Maker.
The Golaem Character is composed of two parts:

• The character skeleton: it comprises the joint hierarchy, relationship between joints (roll bones...), blend shapes list,  physics properties (colliders, joint limits, mass...)...
• The character geometry: it comprises the list of the meshes, shader names, shader attributes and asset repartition which will be used to generate the final aspect of characters at render time.

This file is mandatory to run and render a simulation

Golaem representation of a Character Geometry. It can be generated with the Character Maker.
The Golaem Geometry File stores all the information relative to skinning, topology, uvs, normals... and is referenced in a Golaem Character File. A Character File can reference multiple Geometry Files to define LODs, geometry caches, context based geometries (Geometry Tag)... More information can be found here.

This file is mandatory to run and render a simulation

Nvidia PhysX representation of a simulated Cloth Geometry. It can be generated with the NVidia PhysX plugin.
The NVidia Physx Cloth Definition File stores all the information relative to cloth simulation such a cloth material properties, per vertex max displacement, rigid body colliders... The documentation of this file can be found in the NVidia PhyX plugin documentation.

This file is only required to run a simulation with an ApexCloth Behavior.

Golaem representation of a motion clip. Only important information of postures is stored and those postures can be automatically retargeted on any morphology. Golaem Motion files can be generated with the Character Maker.

This file is only required to animate Entities skeleton during a simulation

Allows to map a given Golaem Character File to a motion originating from any morphology. Golaem Motion Mapping files can be generated with the Character Maker.

This file is only required to override the automatic motion mapping of a simulation for a Character File.

Stores a simplified representation of the terrain, a roadmap and all the obstacles. It can be generated with the NavMesh Creator.

This file is only required to take obstacles into account while placing Entities or running a simulation.

Golaem Simulation Cache containing the result of a simulation (positions, orientations, scales & postures). It can be generated with the Simulation Exporter. More information can be found here.

Those files are mandatory to render a simulation.

Contains the edition operations applied to Simulation Cache (translate of a character, edition of his posture, kill list...). It can be generated with the Simulation Cache Layout Tool.

This file is only required to edit a Simulation Cache at render time.

Golaem representation of a Terrain Geometry. It can be generated from the Simulation Cache Proxy node.
The Golaem Terrain Geometry File stores all the information relative to terrain topology. It relies on the same file format than the Golaem Character Geometry.

This file is only required to override the Simulation Terrain at render time.

VRScene (.vrscene)

glmCrowd.log. Its filepath can be changed with the Crowd Settings Dialog.