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//==\\ /|==|\ /\ /\
││ ││ ││ ││ ││ ││ v1.2
││\\││ ││==|/ ││ ││ ────
││ \\│ ││ ││ ││ │ by Richard
\\==\\─\/─────\\──//──│ Nichols
(c)1996
QPU v1.2 Documentation
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Written by Richard Nichols. Intended for DOS viewing.
New since previous version:
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Nothing much. Most notably, the program only needs registering
once. Before you have to register every time (not so cool).
Start/End screens to cause guilt complex =). I also rewrote my
programming library so it will be much more stable now.
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:
■ 286 or better
■ 640k of base RAM (350k Free)
■ VGA display
■ A Sound Blaster is required for Sound.
■ Quake (SW version will crash if you try to edit it)
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.
5. If you're wondering why the Title screen still reads QPU v1.0 its
because I can't be bothered changing it.
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, register from these contacts:
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
TMLI : Ph +61-(0)79-276200
IntraNet : mail: richarn1@tmli.rccnet.au