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  • How Can I Make a .PK3 File?

    To avoid conflicting PK3 files, I've unpacked many of the ones I had to extract only what I want and delete the rest. The problem is, I don't know how to pack them back into a PK3 file...

    I've tried sticking them into winzip and then renaming the file name to .PK3, but that does nothing. I may be doing it wrong, but the bottom line is that I need help. Thanks in advance.
    Steel Sentinels remake project developer since 2012.

  • #2
    i myself always use winrar to make PK3s,
    but winzip should also work fine since a pk3 is nothing more then a zip with a renamed file-extension

    in winrar i always do this:
    click 'add to archive' on the file/folder you wanna put in a pk3,
    set the 'archive format' to be zip & keep compression at normal,
    and then in 'archive name' make the extension of the file be pk3

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    one possibility you should also check if it still doesnt work:
    perhaps you didnt use the proper folder-structure and naming of the files in your pk3?
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    • #3
      Izarc has been my choice for a long time, does just about any kind of compression

      IZArc - Free Zip Files Utility

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      • #4
        make sure windows isn't hiding the .zip extension from you and thus preventing you from changing it.
        a file called foo.pk3.zip will not be recognised by the engine.
        Some Game Thing

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        • #5
          lolol@spike - my dad just had this problem. I sent him instructions on how to install/setup some stuff and he mailed me back that he couldn't find unique_file.exe all he had was unique_file. I wanted to slap him and mail him an abacus but he just got out the hospital so...
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          • #6
            He woulda threw the abacus back at you brah, bet!
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            • #7
              Originally posted by Mindf!3ldzX View Post
              He woulda threw the abacus back at you brah, bet!
              Probably not, he csn barely make it to the restroom on time. Sometimes I think my dad would be better off not wasting any of his time on a computer
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              • #8
                Ah, it works now. I wasn't able to get back to this yesterday, unfortunately, but now that I have, I've finally solved the issue. Compressed my texture folder by more than half!
                Steel Sentinels remake project developer since 2012.

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