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-'''WAD''' (short for '''Where's All the Data''')  is the file extension for [[Half-Life]] texture packages. WAD files first originated in id Software's Doom as a general purpose file archive to help facilitate [[Modification|game mods]].  A format of the same name was later used in id Software's {{quake|1}} engine as a texture package, then consequentially adapted by Half-Life 1's {{goldsrc|1}} engine, which was based off the heavily modified version of Quake engine. GoldSrc specifically uses version 3 of the format, referred to in its header as WAD3. WAD files typically contain standard texture sets, custom texture sets for individual levels, and sprays. HUD elements typically use [[SPR]], and fonts typically use [[Wikipedia:TrueType fonts|TTF]].
+#REDIRECT [[WAD]]
-== Technical specifications ==
-WAD3 can store 3 types of data (the WAD format itself allows up to 256 types, but GoldSrc uses only 3).
-{{note|[[Qlumpy]] supports other types as well. Despite it being possible to add these types, you should not use them.}}
-The following types are supported:
-;miptex (0x43)
-:Multiple-of-16-sized world textures with 4 mipmaps.
-;qpic (0x42)
-:Simple image with any size.
- typedef struct
- {
-     int width, height;
-     char data[height][width]; //Image is stored as 8-bit numbers of colors in palette
-     short colors_used; //Number of colors in palette (can't be more than 256)
-     char lbmpalette[numcolors][3]; //8-bit RGB palette data
- } qpic_t;
-;font (0x45)
-:Fixed-height font. Contains an image and font data (row, X offset and width of a character) for 256 ASCII characters.
- typedef struct
- {
-     short startoffset; //Offset to the character in data
-     short charwidth;
- } charinfo;
- typedef struct
- {
-     int width, height; //Width is always 256 pixels
-     int rowcount; //Number of fixed-height character rows
-     int rowheight; //Height of a row
-     charinfo fontinfo[256]; //Info about each character
-     char data[height][width]; //Same as in qpic_t
-     short colors_used; //Same as in qpic_t
-     char lbmpalette[numcolors][3]; //Same as in qpic_t
- }
-All numbers in WAD files are unsigned and little-endian.
-== Links ==
-;[https://web.archive.org/web/20140819033858/http://www.cstrike-planet.com/wads CStrike Planet]: A collection of official and custom [[Counter-Strike]] WAD files.
-;[https://web.archive.org/web/20081019053702/http://wadfather.planethalflife.gamespy.com/index-new.htm The Wadfather]: A large collection of WAD files.
-== Utilities ==
-;{{gcfscape|4}}: Views and extracts WAD files as BMP files.
-;[https://github.com/yuraj11/HL-Texture-Tools Half-Life Texture Tools]: Modern GUI tool for creating, viewing and extracting WAD files and sprites.
-:[https://github.com/yuraj11/HL-Texture-Tools/releases/latest Download]
-;[[HLExtract]] from [[HLLib]]
-:command-line utility written in C that can browse, extract, validate and defragment all supported packages...
-;[[Qlumpy]]: Half-Life SDK tool for compiling WAD files.
-;{{vtfedit|4}}: 3rd party tool for converting WAD files to Source materials.
-;[https://github.com/pwitvoet/wadmaker WadMaker and SpriteMaker]: Modern CLI tool for creating, updating and extracting WAD files and sprites.
-:[https://github.com/pwitvoet/wadmaker/releases/latest Download]
-;[https://web.archive.org/web/20080624180351/http://www.atomicgamer.com/wally/ Wally]: The de facto WAD editing suite (supports only miptex).
-:[https://gamebanana.com/tools/4774 Download]
-;[[Xwad]]: Source SDK tool for converting WAD files to Source [[material]]s.
-;{{Xblahmt|4}}: Can view, edit and create WAD files.
-==See also==
-*[[Convert WAD to VMT...|WAD to VMT conversion in Hammer]]
-*[[User:SirYodaJedi/GoldSrc WAD Lists]] for some games...
-[[Category:File formats|wad]]

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