               QuakePAK v1.62 plugin for FAR
                        FREEWARE

ENGLISH text

 1. About plugin
 2. Installation
 3. Usage
 4. History

 1. About plugin

    This plugin allows you to view and change contents of
    - Quake PAK files (Quake 1, Quake 2, Half-Life)
    - SiN PAK files
    - Quake WAD2 and Half-life WAD3 files
    - Doom2.WAD (Doom, Heretic)
    - Delta Force .pff files
    - Shadow Warrior .grp (read only)
    - Mass Destruction tank.res (read only)

 2. Installation

   1. Create some folder in FAR\Plugins folder, for example
      C:\FAR\Plugins\QPak
   2. Extract all files from this archive to created folder
   3. Restart FAR

 3. Usage

   To use plugin you must press Enter or Ctrl+Page Down on
   file of one of the supported types or type in command line
   qpak:file.pak

   Plugin was tested under FAR v1.70 beta 3 and Win2000.

 4. History
   v1.62 09.03.2002
     - fixed bug in getting list of files
     * using less memory to extract BIG files
     * removed Lmp->Bmp conversion
     + MinGW makefile
     + added usage information to this readme :)
   v1.61  04.04.2001
     * sources restructured
     + makefile.vc for building with MS VC 6
   v1.6   06.09.2000
     + read only support for Mass Destruction tank.res file and
       Shadow Warrior (Duke Nukem?) .grp files
     + you can now stop loading files by pressing Esc
   v1.5   19.08.2000
     + added support for Delta Force .pff files
   v1.41  24.06.2000
     + compiled with freeware compiler - Borland C++ v5.5
       warning: if you link it without startup using ilink32, it will not work.
       solution is to set Entrypoint RVA in PE-header of qpak.dll to 0
       this may not work under Windows 9x
   v1.4   24.04.2000
     + show number of loaded files
     + faster wad loading
   v1.31b 04.04.2000
     + added example of building plugin with crtdll.dll
   v1.3b  16.03.2000
     + support of SiN pak files (big thanks to George Lugovoy)
     + support of different WAD files
     + open paks from command line 
     - reduced size
     - small fixes
   v1.2b  10.12.1999
     - fixed bug with deleting files from some paks
     - fixed bug with copying empty dirs
     - deleting empty dirs after moving files under WinNT
     - fixed bug - not adding files from root dir under W9x
     + unwad.exe included
   v1.1b  18.10.1999
     - fixed bug with not opening read-only PAK files
     + now plugin can delete files from PAK and add files to them
       thanks to all who wrote me
     + plugin can create paks, type 'qpak:pakname.pak' in command line
     + built in conversion .lmp to .bmp in view mode.
       you should associate .lmp with some graphics viewer to view it.
       it uses 'palette.lmp' from plugin directory.
     + sources included
     + if you have borland c++ dynamic rtl (cw3220.dll) you can use
       smaller version of plugin from archive qpakd.rar
   
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 1. О плагине
 2. Установка
 3. Использование

 1. О плагине

    Плагин позволяет просматривать и изменять
    - Quake PAK файлы (Quake 1, Quake 2, Half-life) 
    - PAK файлы из SiN
    - WAD файлы из Quake 1 и Half-life
    - Doom2 WAD (Doom, Heretic)
    - Delta Force .pff 
    - Shadow Warrior .grp (только чтение)
    - Mass Destruction tank.res (только чтение)

 2. Установка

   1. Создайте подкаталог в каталоге FAR\Plugins, например
      C:\FAR\Plugins\QPak
   2. Распакуйте файлы из этого архива в получившийся каталог
   3. Перезапустите FAR

 3. Использование

   Для использования плагина нужно либо нажать Enter или Ctrl+Page Down
   на файле одного из поддерживаемых плагином типов, либо в командной
   строке набрать qpak:file.pak

   Плагин тестировался под FAR v1.70 beta3 и Win2000.


   PLUGIN IS DISTRIBUTED "AS IS".  NO WARRANTY OF ANY
   KIND IS EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED.  YOU USE AT YOUR OWN RISK.

   (c) 1999-2002 Eugene Kotlyarov
   WWW  :  http://ekot.cjb.net/far
   FIDO :  2:5058/26.9
   email:  ek@oris.ru
           Eugene_Kotlyarov@p9.f26.n5058.z2.fidonet.org
           
