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https://github.com/craftablescience/vpkedit

A CLI/GUI tool to create, read, and write several pack file formats.
https://github.com/craftablescience/vpkedit

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A CLI/GUI tool to create, read, and write several pack file formats.

Host: GitHub
URL: https://github.com/craftablescience/vpkedit
Owner: craftablescience
License: mit
Created: 2022-07-30T03:10:11.000Z (over 2 years ago)
Default Branch: main
Last Pushed: 2024-10-30T04:53:08.000Z (3 months ago)
Last Synced: 2024-10-30T04:57:05.501Z (3 months ago)
Topics: cpp, source, source-engine, source2, source2-engine, vpk, vpk-editor
Language: C++
Homepage: https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/VPKEdit
Size: 4.51 MB
Stars: 231
Watchers: 7
Forks: 18
Open Issues: 18
Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Funding: .github/FUNDING.yml
- License: LICENSE
- Code of conduct: CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md

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  VPKEdit



VPKEdit is an open source MIT-licensed tool that can create, extract from, preview the contents of and write to several pack file formats.



  

  

  

  





  

  





  

  



## Installing

Please read [this file](https://github.com/craftablescience/VPKEdit/blob/main/INSTALL.md) for step-by-step installation instructions.

## Features

- Supported file formats:

  | Format | Description                                 | Create | Read | Write |

  |--------|---------------------------------------------|:------:|:----:|:-----:|

  | BMZ    | Bonus Map Zip (Source Engine)               |   ✅    |  ✅   |   ✅   |

  | BSP    | Source 1 Map                                |  N/A   |  ✅   |   ✅   |

  | FPX    | VPK modification (Tactical Intervention)    |   ✅    |  ✅   |   ✅   |

  | GCF    | Game Cache File (Pre-SteamPipe Steam games) |   ❌    |  ✅   |   ❌   |

  | GMA    | Garry's Mod Addon                           |   ❌    |  ✅   |   ✅   |

  | PAK    | PAcK file (Quake, original Half-Life, etc.) |   ✅    |  ✅   |   ✅   |

  | PCK    | Godot PaCK file (Standalone or embedded)    |   ✅    |  ✅   |   ✅   |

  | VPK    | Vampire PacK file (V:TMB)                   | 〰️[^1] |  ✅   |   ✅   |

  | VPK    | Valve PacK file (Source Engine)             |   ✅    |  ✅   |   ✅   |

  | WAD    | Where's All the Data (GoldSrc Engine)       |   ✅    |  ✅   |   ✅   |

  | ZIP    | ZIP file                                    |   ✅    |  ✅   |   ✅   |

  [^1]: Only supported in the CLI interface.

- Preview files contained within the pack file without extracting them:

  - Audio

  - Text files (any encoding)

  - KeyValues files (text files with syntax highlighting)

  - Images

  - Source 1 Textures

  - Source 1 Models

  - Source 1 DMX files (particles, SFM sessions, etc.)

  - Source 1 Prop Lightmaps (`PPL` files)

- Create pack files of any version from scratch or an existing folder

- Add and remove files and folders from writable pack files

- Extract files and folders from readable pack files

- Switch version of existing VPKs

- Native Linux compatibility

- User interface translated to the following languages ([support the translation effort here](https://poeditor.com/join/project/yxR9MLc9X2)):

  - Bosnian

  - Chinese (simplified)

  - Dutch

  - Italian

  - Japanese

  - Polish

  - Russian

  - Spanish

  - Swedish

Please read [this file](https://github.com/craftablescience/VPKEdit/blob/main/CONTROLS.md) to see all keyboard shortcuts.

A separate application with no external dependencies (`vpkeditcli`) provides a command-line interface.

## Planned Features

See [the open issues on this repository marked as an enhancement](https://github.com/craftablescience/VPKEdit/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3Aenhancement).

## Contributing

This project accepts a wide range of contributions, mostly code and translations. Code contributions are done through this GitHub repository.

Translations are open to everyone, only requiring a free POEditor account, and are hosted at https://poeditor.com/join/project/yxR9MLc9X2.

Any contributors will be added to the credits in the form of a text file shipped with the CLI application and a popup in the GUI application.

## Backend

This tool is powered by a collection of open-source C++20 Source engine parsers called [sourcepp](https://github.com/craftablescience/sourcepp).