a little help with pk3 please

(=A=wawa) #1

ok, i have read sooooo many topics on how to make .pk3 files and dont understand exactlly anything of what to do…=( and i dont even know how to make a proper .gsc file or what other files are needed… so im wondering if any of you could either tell me step by step how to make all the files needed, or ill send my .bsp and you could nicly compile it :cool: really agonizing these past few days trying to get it together thou :???:

(MrLego) #2

This forum post is a good place to start.

http://www.splashdamage.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2513

(=A=wawa) #3

sadly i read that and dont get it because i dont know how/where to get a .arena file or a .gsc file… or how to structure the images still heh any help on those would be greatly appreciated :smiley:

(Drakir) #4

Dunno how much of it you understand, but its much simpler than most think.


This is how the structure of the .zip file is done. Looking at it from windows-explorer view.

All folders u see above are created by hand, rightclick anywhere and select “new folder” and naming it like above.

Bests way to get the hang of how files are done is to open an existing pk3 file and look inside it.

If you dont have winzip installed i suggest you go get that, http://www.winzip.com.

After installing winzip open up “windows explorer” shortcut “windows button+e” or normally found under accessories.

Inside that go to “Tools” then “Folder Options”.
Under the option “File Types” click “new” in the popup window that folows enter “pk3” without the “”. Click “OK”.

Now u have the file extension pk3 selected, click “change”, select “Winzip” from the programs in the list and click ok. Click “Apply” and close the window.

Now u can open any .pk3 file with winzip.

So just copy an exististing file to your desktop or any other location of your wishing.

Righclikc on the file and select “Winzip”…“Exctact to Folder …/pk3name”

After that u have a new folder with all the folders in it and the files.

The .arena files and the .objdata files can be opened with notepad. Open Notepad and browse for the files u want to open, look inside that files and then u will understand how the files work. If not…use the “Search” button in this forum.

(Gringo Starr) #5

Very nice Drakir. I’ve only put together pk3’s for RTCW, but what I do is use a blank hard drive partition for staging all the required folders. This way, I can just click the button “save full path info” in WinZip.

(Fenris) #6

I used that method too when creating campaign-pk3’s, now I’ve gone lazy and just open the files in WinXP’s Explorer and add new files/folders directly from there :slight_smile:

(Ifurita) #7

My long explanation

http://planetwolfenstein.com/4newbies/pakscape.htm

Hope this helps

(niko) #8

if you are running windows xp you can just create your folder structure then rightclick and choose send to compressed folder

it is a zip file and you can then change the extension to pk3

(Oxygen - o2) #9

to create a .areana file do it in notepad, and save as “crappymap.ARENA” and you MUST keep it in the speech marks otherwise it will just save a a .txt file!