Game Engine Typemap (WIP) Engine-agnostic typemap that will work with UE, Unity, Godot, etc.

p4 universal game dev typemap

# Perforce File Type Mapping Specifications.
#
#  TypeMap:    a list of filetype mappings; one per line.
#        Each line has two elements:
#
#          Filetype: The filetype to use on 'p4 add'.
#
#          Path:     File pattern which will use this filetype.
#
# See 'p4 help typemap' for more information.

TypeMap:
    # Text files. These lines are probably unnecessary as P4 will auto-detect the type.
    text        //....asmdef
    text        //....asmref
    text        //....cginc
    text        //....cm
    text        //....compute
    text        //....cs
    text        //....csv
    text        //....editorconfig
    text        //....gitignore
    text        //....hlsl
    text        //....js
    text        //....json
    text        //....md
    text        //....package
    text        //....proc
    text        //....proc
    text        //....rsp
    text        //....shader
    text        //....template
    text        //....txt
    text        //....uss
    text        //....xml
    text        //....yaml

    # Text files that should be locked. (These are Unity3D files)
    text+l      //....md5anim
    text+l      //....md5mesh
    text+l      //....meta

    # Text files that should remain writable (often automatically updated)
    # Be EXTRA SURE to reconcile offline work to make sure they are submitted properly.
    text+w      //....config
    text+w      //....DotSettings
    text+w      //....ini
    text+w      //....log
    text+w      //....modules
    text+w      //....pdm
    text+w      //....target
    text+w      //....uatbuildrecord
    text+w      //....uproject
    text+w      //....version

    # Binary files to lock and to store uncompressed (because they are likely already compressed)
    binary+Fl   //....avi
    binary+Fl   //....bz2
    binary+Fl   //....gif
    binary+Fl   //....gz
    binary+Fl   //....jar
    binary+Fl   //....jpeg
    binary+Fl   //....jpg
    binary+Fl   //....mov
    binary+Fl   //....mpg
    binary+Fl   //....rar
    binary+Fl   //....tif
    binary+Fl   //....tiff
    binary+Fl   //....zip

    # Most binary files should be locked to avoid merge conflicts.
    # Feel free to add more file endings as needed.
    # Also, if you want to take advantage of Delta Transfer in P4
    # you could add +F to all binaries to get faster sync/submit
    # at the cost of using more storage space on the server.
    binary+l    //....a
    binary+l    //....aac
    binary+l    //....aar
    binary+l    //....aas
    binary+l    //....ae
    binary+l    //....ai
    binary+l    //....aiff
    binary+l    //....anim
    binary+l    //....apk
    binary+l    //....asset
    binary+l    //....bik
    binary+l    //....bin
    binary+l    //....blend
    binary+l    //....bmp
    binary+l    //....bnk
    binary+l    //....btr
    binary+l    //....celtx
    binary+l    //....cfm
    binary+l    //....class
    binary+l    //....clip
    binary+l    //....controller
    binary+l    //....cubemap
    binary+l    //....dae
    binary+l    //....data
    binary+l    //....dds
    binary+l    //....demo
    binary+l    //....doc
    binary+l    //....docx
    binary+l    //....dot
    binary+l    //....ear
    binary+l    //....fbx
    binary+l    //....flac
    binary+l    //....fnt
    binary+l    //....ibl
    binary+l    //....ico
    binary+l    //....ip
    binary+l    //....light
    binary+l    //....lighting
    binary+l    //....lwo
    binary+l    //....m4a
    binary+l    //....ma
    binary+l    //....mask
    binary+l    //....mat
    binary+l    //....mb
    binary+l    //....mp3
    binary+l    //....mp4
    binary+l    //....navmesh
    binary+l    //....obj
    binary+l    //....odg
    binary+l    //....odp
    binary+l    //....ods
    binary+l    //....odt
    binary+l    //....ogg
    binary+l    //....otf
    binary+l    //....otg
    binary+l    //....ots
    binary+l    //....ott
    binary+l    //....overrideController
    binary+l    //....pac
    binary+l    //....pdf
    binary+l    //....physicMaterial
    binary+l    //....png
    binary+l    //....ppt
    binary+l    //....pptx
    binary+l    //....prefab
    binary+l    //....prefab.unity
    binary+l    //....psb
    binary+l    //....psd
    binary+l    //....raw
    binary+l    //....renderTexture
    binary+l    //....res
    binary+l    //....response
    binary+l    //....roq
    binary+l    //....rpt
    binary+l    //....shadow
    binary+l    //....skp
    binary+l    //....so
    binary+l    //....sxw
    binary+l    //....tar
    binary+l    //....terrain
    binary+l    //....tga
    binary+l    //....tres
    binary+l    //....ttf
    binary+l    //....u
    binary+l    //....uasset
    binary+l    //....udk
    binary+l    //....umap
    binary+l    //....unity
    binary+l    //....unitypackage
    binary+l    //....upk
    binary+l    //....war
    binary+l    //....wav
    binary+l    //....webm
    binary+l    //....wma
    binary+l    //....wmv
    binary+l    //....xls
    binary+l    //....xlsx

    # Binary files that should stay writable because they will be updated automatically,
    # such as when building without requiring checkout first.
    # Be EXTRA SURE to reconcile offline work to make sure they are submitted properly.
    binary+w    //....app
    binary+w    //....dll
    binary+w    //....dylib
    binary+w    //....exe
    binary+w    //....exp
    binary+w    //....ipa
    binary+w    //....lib
    binary+w    //....pdb
    binary+w    //....rc
    binary+w    //....stub
    binary+w    //....ubulk
    binary+w    //....uexp

    # The Sn flag means the server will only keep the latest n versions of the file.
    # This is useful for large files that we want to store but can be regenerated if needed.
    binary+wS2  //..._BuildData.uasset

Hello. This is a helpful typemap. I believe there's one error:
.exp files are set to be binary. I believe they need to be writeable in the workspace. At least in my case, trying to compile Unreal Engine 5.

I have a related question. Should the .exp and .lib files just be ignored in P4Ignore?

Cheers.

@michaelwbell
I just checked my gist for p4ignore here https://gist.github.com/jase-perf/b15b57d72fa8095c732fdbc4ca948903
which is based on Epic's recommendations and there is this line:

**/Engine/Binaries/**/*.exp

So it does seem like at least those ones should be ignored. I wonder if all of them should, though.

Thanks. I've also added .flac in my version.

Since information is limited, I am sharing my typemap with a more specific focus on Unity Engine that could complement this list:

Thanks for that @CitizenZultron ! I finally took the time to incorporate your changes and update the typemap. I made a few changes like removing +S from a couple file types, since I try to avoid recommending that without caveats since it could result in someone losing a version they needed and that can't be regenerated from the other files. Let me know if you think that was incorrect, though!