Re: PakFiles

[Eelke Klein <klein600@tem.nhl.nl>]

> >>1) The current PakFile format contains some redundant information, e.g.
> >>file names are stored both in the directory structure and in the
> >>corresponding file structure. I thought this would be useful for data
> >>recovery, but now I think data recovery actually isn't needed here (mainly
> >>because we can't, without serious overhead in file size, provide recovery
> >>features for the contained files). Is it ok to remove that redundancy?
> >>
> >Hmm, I would have been more woried about the complexities of variable
> >sized data like filenames, but for whatever reason, I see no reason for
> >the redundancy.

We are not implementing a mission critical database so data 
recovery is a bit overkill. Instead I would optimize the 
data structure for speed, which may require some redundant 
data. 

> >PS.  Does anyone know about the PAK files Quake uses?  I got the impression
> >that it was not an Id proprietry format.
I remember to have seen a document about the format but 
where????
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Eelke Klein
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