GTA5.xsd

This utility generates XML XSD definitions for GTA5 (and soon RDR2) so you can validate game metafiles in a modern IDE.

Features

• Fully generated definition from the RAGE game struct dumps
• Mostly correct type validation for each type
• All game metadata types are supported

Usage

Using rage-lint

I recommend using rage-lint in order to validate your RAGE metafiles, as it has improved support for Rockstar's "unique" method, includes automatic updating, and a readable output -- all bundled into one.

In Your IDE

In the XML file you would like to validate, add a <!DOCTYPE> element at the beginning with the root element. For example, with a carcols metafile, the original header would be:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<CVehicleModelInfoVarGlobal>
  <!-- stuff -->
</CVehicleModelInfoVarGlobal>

To enable validation, you will have to add the following line BELOW the <?xml, but before the root element (in this case, <CVehicleModelInfoVarGlobal>. You will also see that the root element is defined in the doctype. You will have to update this for the root element of each file you want to validate.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE CVehicleModelInfoVarGlobal SYSTEM "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/GoatG33k/gta5-xsd/master/GTA5.xsd">
<CVehicleModelInfoVarGlobal>
  <!-- stuff -->
</CVehicleModelInfoVarGlobal>

Then, any modern IDE or XML validator should allow you to download the type definitions, and your file will be type-checked against the expected game values.

Development

To generate the GTA5.xsd, download the dumps/gtav/b1234.txt and place it in dumps/gta5.txt, then run yarn build. This will output a GTA5.xsd file in the project root.

Credits

Thanks to alexguirre for providing the GTA5/RDR2 game dumps, which are available here.

License

This code is provided for free under the MIT license.