With reference to the article posted here on PAK Files [http://www.gamedev.net/reference/articles/article1991.asp]. The article was really great and I studied it (the source code too) and created a PAK compiler of my own. However, I made a few modifications to the header. Anyway ... when I compiled a folder filled with graphics and sound stuff ... it was created successfully. There were 10 files in total in the directory. When I extracted them ... I faced two problems. 1 - Sometimes lsat two were missing or the same last two files were unaccessible. 2 - Another problem was that I have an image in the folder thats like 1500x1500. Half of it was shown. So ... I tried to test it with the compiler provided by the author ... problem 2 was solved ... however problem 1 still exists. And it sometimes gives error. Something wrong with it or are there a few complications / bugs within it? Please help ... :! I would really love to know if is it me that is doing wrong or there is something I should know that is missing in the article. Thanks!

everything that was in the tutorial source code is the same. I only modified the header :(

I am using the cipher value of 82.

I didnt made a lot of changes. I increased Sibnature from 6 to 8. And I didn't store the cipher value in the file. I kept in the exe so that only I know what to use.

And overall ... the cipher value is not random from 256 ... I chose 82 and neither the ID is a random. I used one of my owns. And I changed the unique ID from char to DWORD.

Does all that makes any difference ?

Anyone ? It works fine in some cases. Like files with small size ... but file with bigger size ... thats where the compliaction starts :(

Help me, my program crashes when I run it. I click ok and it crashes. I added a few extra buttons here and there, changed some variables, and now it just doesn't work.

Please reply. Thanks.

Do any of the files you are compiling in to the PAK have long filenames? The filename value in the file table entry structure imposes a 30 character limit... if you exceed that I could see problems.

Quote:Original post by __Daedalus__
Do any of the files you are compiling in to the PAK have long filenames? The filename value in the file table entry structure imposes a 30 character limit... if you exceed that I could see problems.

No! The file names are short. I checked for that when I faced the error first time. It works perfectly with small files :( ... the files are in *.png

Thank You Daedalus ... for solving my problem.

I did make a blunder mistake in between and the owner of the PAK File article corrected it.

Thank you.

Points up for him ;)

THANKS AGAIN :)