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From: Tom Wheeley


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Subject: XPAK v0.4.1 released


Date: 2 Oct 1996 11:53:25 +0100


Organization: Adventures and Diving


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Yes! Still the most versatile PAK utility, the bug in the wildcard matching


in XPAK has now been tracked down fixed. Also, by popular demand, XPAK will


now match by filenames only as well: eg `player.mdl' with `progs/player.mdl'


(etc.)



XPAK automatically cleans the .PAK file when it updates or removes a lump.



XPAK has overridable safety checks to stop you modifying your PAK0 or PAK1.



The New version is v0.4.1, dated 96/09/31 (to confuse). The version dated


96/09/30 is broken -- check the date in xpak041.txt at the ftp site. (This


may also be dated 96/07/31 -- that *is* correct).



XPAK is available from:



ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/idgames2/utils/bsp_pak_util/


ftp://ftp.stomped.com


http://www.stomped.com (maybe)


http://www.tsys.demon.co.uk/download/



Here's the blurb:



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# XPak v0.4.1; 96/07/31. (c) Tom Wheeley; , tomw@tsys.demon.co.uk;



XPAK is a Quake PAK file modification/extraction/creation tool. It comprises:



List Lists contents of the .PAK file directory


Extract Extracts specified lumps to the directory tree


Add Adds/Updates a lump to a PAK file


Remove Removes a lump from a PAK file


Rename Rename lump in PAK file



New since version 0.4.0:



. Bugs fixed. (and *full* source is now included!)



. Xpak will now match using just filenames, as well as full pathnames.



XPAK was written by myself to help enable real editor authors to write map,


thing and sprite editors, rather than mess about with the PAK files :)



XPAK is freeware, but don't mess without giving credit TW. 96/09/31



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.splitbung (pwei barmy army, essex paragraph) http://www.tsys.demon.co.uk


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