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Warning:Only certain engine branches and BSP versions support compressed pakfiles; 
and 
do, but 
and 
do not!
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* [[PAK]], uncompressed archive format used by {{idtech2|4}} and {{ | * [[PAK]], uncompressed archive format used by {{idtech2|4}} and {{gldsrc|4}} | ||
* [[VPK (file format)|VPK]], uncompressed archive format used by {{src|4}} and {{src2|4}} | * [[VPK (file format)|VPK]], uncompressed archive format used by {{src|4}} and {{src2|4}} | ||
* [[GCF archive|GCF]], uncompressed archive format formerly used by {{steamicon|4}}, prior to the SteamPipe update. | * [[GCF archive|GCF]], uncompressed archive format formerly used by {{steamicon|4}}, prior to the SteamPipe update. | ||
Revision as of 13:21, 4 January 2024
ZIP is an archive file format with optional lossless compression. It is used in 
Source for the pakfile lump in BSP files, as well as for bonus map BMZ files. The ZIP file format supports several different compression format, although Source only supports uncompressed and, in some engine branches, 
LZMA.
Warning:Only certain engine branches and BSP versions support compressed pakfiles; and do, but and do not!Additionally, the ZIP file format is used for the PK3 and PK4 files used by 
id Tech 3 and 
id Tech 4, respectively, which use the standard Deflate compression instead.
Structs
[Todo]
Source 2013 Multiplayer and Source 2013 Singleplayer versions of 
zip_uncompressed.h, containing the structs used by Source to load ZIP files
See also
- PAK, uncompressed archive format used by
id Tech 2 and 
GoldSrc - VPK, uncompressed archive format used by Source and
Source 2 - GCF, uncompressed archive format formerly used by
Steam, prior to the SteamPipe update. - BZ2, single-file compression format used by FastDL servers (only in )
External links
- ZIP (file format) on Wikipedia