Packing files

Soy1Bonus · Post by **Soy1Bonus** » Tue Apr 05, 2005 10:20 am

Hi everybody!

I'm using Irrlicht in a game and I want to pack my files (texture, sounds,...) into a single file. I know irrlicht can read zip files, but I want my modules to be independent, so I don't want to use that to pack my sounds, for example.

Do you know any library that can do this?

AutoDMC · Post by **AutoDMC** » Tue Apr 05, 2005 5:58 pm

I think I'm trying to set up a library for just that... I call it IrrPack because I have no ability to come up with any great ideas for names. Basically I gotta figure out how to read XML files, then I'll post here to let everyone know about it.

What you want is a library that'll let you pack all your files like a zip, but maybe compress the separate stuff separatly? (Use ZIP compression on lossless textures, JPEG on lossy, MP3 for long sounds, Speechx for voice, etc?). Maybe I didn't understand your problem

mohaps · Post by **mohaps** » Tue Apr 05, 2005 6:24 pm

create your own archive structure... and use gzip to compress each individual file...

standard format:

File Header
-------------
File Directory
--------------
File1
--------------
File2
----------------

now implement IReadFile and IWriteFile for this...

Soy1Bonus · Post by **Soy1Bonus** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 11:02 am

I just want what can be achieve with Irrlicht but outside irrlicht

Because I want, for example, to pack my config files, and I don't want the reader/writer to be Irrlicht dependant, that's all.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 1:07 pm

So basically you're ok with using zip format then?
How about just using zlib on its own then?
If I understand correctly, that's what Irrlicht uses for its zip support anyway.