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- ││ \\│ ││ ││ ││ │ by Richard
- \\==\\─\/─────\\──//──│ Nichols
- (c)1996
- QPU v1.1 Documentation
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-
- Written by Richard Nichols. Intended for DOS viewing.
-
- Contents
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-
- [I] - Copyright info.
- [II] - License info.
- [III] - About Me.
-
- [IV] - What is QPU?
- [V] - Features and requirements of QPU.
- [VI] - Index of features
- ■ Basic use
- ■ F1 - Extract
- ■ F2 - Extract all
- ■ F3 - Remove
- ■ F4 - Insert
- ■ F5 - View/Play
- ■ F6 - Pack Info
- ■ F7 - Rebuild
- ■ F8 - Rename
-
- [VII] - Hints/Tips/Tricks/Notes
- [VIII] - Planned for future versions
- [IX] - Contact Info
-
- I. Copyright Information.
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- THIS PIECE OF SOFTWARE IS FREEWARE YOU MUST DISTRIBUTE IT FREE OF CHARGE.
- I AM NOT AFFILIATED WITH ID SOFTWARE IN ANY WAY, DO NOT MAIL OR ANNOY
- ID ABOUT THIS PROGRAM. CONSEQUENTLY THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL QUAKE ADDON.
- QUAKE IS THE PROPERTY OF ID SOFTWARE DO NOT INFRINGE THEIR COPYRIGHT.
-
- I TAKE NO RESPONSIBLITY WHATSOEVER FOR THE ACTIONS OF THIS PROGRAM IN
- RELATION TO YOUR COMPUTER SOFTWARE OR HARDWARE OR YOU. IF THIS PROGRAM
- CAUSES DETRIMENT IN ANY WAY THE RESPONSIBITY IS NOT MINE.
-
- BY USING THE PROGRAM (QPU) YOU AGREE TO THE ABOVE TERMS AND CONDITIONS.
-
-
- II. License Information.
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-
- You are permitted to use this piece of software free of charge under the
- provision that you send me mail of some sort and tell me what you think
- of this program and any possible improvements. Contact Info is at the end
- of this document.
-
- You may distribute this program so long as you do so FREE OF CHARGE! If
- you are a magazine cover CD/disk collator then mail me before including
- this please. If you are selling this for a profit you do so totally
- illegally and without consent.
-
- ( The above restrictions are waved concerning Walnut Creek CDROM )
-
- III. About me.
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-
- Well I'm 16, in grade 11 and live Australia. In my spare time I play
- games, do homework and a large amount of programming. I'm an avid DOOM
- fanatic and I embrace QUAKE with gayous abandon!
-
- I like music also and my favourite bands are Rage Against the Machine,
- Insurge, Metallica and Red Hot Chilli Peppers. My favourite song at the
- moment is Metallica's "Until it Sleeps".
-
- I want to go to uni study comp sci and become a professional programmer
- for a major software house. You can help by sending me a mail telling me
- how great this software is!
-
-
- IV. What is QPU?
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-
- QPU is a utility for viewing and editing the pack file format which
- id Software's great game QUAKE uses. With it you can rip out files,
- insert your own or just browse what's there.
-
-
- V. Features and requirements of QPU.
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- QPU requires:
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- ■ 286 or better
- ■ 640k of base RAM (350k Free)
- ■ VGA display
- ■ A Sound Blaster is required for Sound.
-
- ■ A pack to edit is also helpful =)
-
- QPU can:
-
- ■ Play sounds & view graphics from the pack
- ■ Insert and remove files from the pack
- ■ Rename a file in the pack
- ■ Extract one or all of the files from the pack w/ or w/o paths.
- ■ Rebuild the whole pack and optimise
- ■ Give detailed pack info
-
- VI. Index of features.
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- ■ Basic use
-
- - The index window can be controlled with the up and down arrow keys.
- Page up and page down go up and down a page. Home goes to the top
- of the file, and end goes to the bottom.
- LEFT and RIGHT move the hotspot (red line) up and down. This indicates
- the currently selected entry in the pack. ESC quits. F1-F7 selects
- actions (see below).
-
- ■ F1-Extract
-
- - This is pretty simple. Just press F1 to have the currently high-
- lighted file extracted to the current directory with the name of
- the file in the make. It does not keep directory tree structure.
-
- ■ F2-Extract All
-
- - This is the function performed by most other pack programs. Use this
- to extract ALL the files from the pack. You have the option of keep-
- ing the directory tree from the pack or just dumping the whole lot
- to the current path. The tree is created off of the current path.
- This can take about 10-15 minutes on slower HDs.
-
- ■ F3-Remove
-
- - This deletes the currently selected file from the pack. It does not
- come back so choose wisely. This does not free the space taken by the
- file. You must rebuild to free it (see notes).
-
- ■ F4-Insert
-
- - Inserts a file of your choosing into the pack as the last entry. This
- will ONLY work if the pack's directory is at the end of the file. If
- your's isn't then choose REBUILD from the main menu.
-
- ■ F5-View/Play
-
- - Plays or views the currently highlighted file. Applicable files are:
-
- * WAV sounds. Autodetection of Sound Blaster occurs at start.
- * LMP graphics. On VGA displays =)
- * BIN text images. (endscreen)
-
- More types will be added in later versions.
-
- ■ F6-Info
-
- - This just gives a listing of all the pack stats. Pretty self-
- explanitory.
-
- ■ F7-Rebuild
-
- - This will rebuild the ENTIRE pack file to another name. This removes
- any loose space along the way and will structure the pack such that
- the directory is at the end. This can take about 10 minutes on some
- machines.
-
- ■ F8-Rename
-
- - This will rename the highlighted file to your choosing. This will
- be written to the pack IMMEDIATELY so don't screw up k?
-
- VII. Hints/Tips/Tricks/Notes.
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- 1. QPU is a very disk dependant piece of software.
- Rebuild and extract all particularly give your HD a fair whacking so
- it is best to load SMARTDRV before doing something big. I benchmarked
- SMARTDRV to give about a 500% increase in performance on a few
- different machines. Use it!
-
- 2. Some of the features are very powerful. If you have a already modified
- pack file then it would be a good idea to MAKE A BACKUP. Remember its
- not my fault or responsibilty if QPU screws up you pak or machine.
-
- 3. The remove function does NOT delete the space taken by the file removed.
- So if you delete 5 .bsp files then you'll still have about 7 meg of
- spare space in the pack file. To recover the space you have to REBUILD
- the pack. To find out exactly how much space can be freed press F6.
-
- 4. If things go all screwy on your monitor then its because you are either
- running under windows or more likely you have a weird video card. This
- is because QPU uses direct screen writes and also modifies the DOS text
- font. To get over this you must mail me and I'll compile you a version
- without these features.
-
- VIII. Planned for future versions.
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-
- The point is this: Is a pack editor particularly useful? You may only
- need it once and it will only really be useful for people developing
- editors etc. Therefore development of QPU has ceased. I may make a
- Quake 3D editor, but then again I may not. We will see. Just lately I
- have been REALLY busy so I really wouldn't have a clue.
-
- IX. Contact Info.
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- Report bugs, thank me (register) from these places.
-
- You can contact me in a variety of ways:
-
- E-Mail: tiberius@mailhost.net
- WWW : www.bip.concept.se/user/rich/index.htm
- Phone : +61-(0)79-286832
-
- Snail : 354 Philp Ave
- mail : Nth Rockhampton
- : Q 4701
- : AUSTRALIA
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