*.VP - Revision history

Daft Mugi at 23:22, 8 December 2022

2022-12-08T23:22:25Z

Daft Mugi at 21:20, 8 December 2022

2022-12-08T21:20:29Z

Goober5000: /* Viewers */ add link

2022-02-22T14:11:02Z

‎Viewers: add link

PIe: Add link to internet archive

2018-07-08T01:26:44Z

Add link to internet archive

Jr2: Added See Also section

2017-11-27T01:27:08Z

Added See Also section

Niffiwan at 22:23, 28 July 2013

2013-07-28T22:23:12Z

SpaceFreak: /* The index */ Actually it's only size and timestamp, the offset is specified.

2013-02-02T17:04:56Z

‎The index: Actually it's only size and timestamp, the offset is specified.

TopAce at 17:31, 29 December 2008

2008-12-29T17:31:25Z

Mustang19 at 19:10, 4 September 2007

2007-09-04T19:10:45Z

Mustang19: /* Editors */

2007-08-23T23:09:24Z

‎Editors

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 Each direntry may be a directory, a file, or a backdir. A directory entry signifies the start of a directory, and has the name entry set to the name of the directory; a backdir has the name of "..", and represents the end of a directory.
-Because there is no type descriptor inherent to the format, directories and backdirs are identified by the "size", and "timestamp" entries being set to 0.
+Because there is no type descriptor inherent to the format, directories are identified by the "size" being set to 0. See [https://github.com/scp-fs2open/fs2open.github.com/blob/c4cf9edd4140829583a287caef0b3ed81ec2b6eb/code/cfile/cfilesystem.cpp#L1012 cfilesystem.cpp].
 All valid VP files should start with the "data" directory as the toplevel.

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	All valid VP files should start with the "data" directory as the toplevel.		All valid VP files should start with the "data" directory as the toplevel.
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		+	VP files can contain empty directory entries. For example, "sparky_hi_fs2.vp" has an empty "data/fonts/" directory entry.

	Note that it isn't necessary at all to add backdirs at the end of a VP file.		Note that it isn't necessary at all to add backdirs at the end of a VP file.

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 ==Viewers==
-On Win32, the most popular VP viewer is VPView32. However, almost all the editors can also be used to extract files from VPs.
+On Win32, the most popular VP viewer is [[VPView32]]. However, almost all the editors can also be used to extract files from VPs.
 [[wxVPView]] is modeled on VPView32, but with cross platform support (Win/OSX/Linux)

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 == Thanks ==
-To [http://www.descent-freespace.com/ddn/specs/vp/ Descent Network], for getting file structure information before anyone else.
+To [http://www.descent-freespace.com/ddn/specs/vp/ Descent Network] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20050329054755/http://www.descent-freespace.com:80/ddn/specs/vp/ archival link)], for getting file structure information before anyone else.
 [[category: File Types]]

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	Note that it isn't necessary at all to add backdirs at the end of a VP file.		Note that it isn't necessary at all to add backdirs at the end of a VP file.
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		+	==See Also:==
		+
		+	===[[FreeSpace 2 directory structure]]===
		+	===[[FS2 Data Structure]]===

	== Thanks ==		== Thanks ==

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 On Win32, the most popular VP viewer is VPView32. However, almost all the editors can also be used to extract files from VPs.
 ==Editors==
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 The latest VP editor, with the ability to both read and edit VPs. It is possible to place a batch of files anywhere in a VP directory, in contrast to VPMage, which requires you to import either a "Data" folder or another VP.
 ==File structure==

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-VP files are a packaging file format, used to package multiple files into a single file, while maintaining directory structure. They do not use any sort of compression.
+'''VP''' ('''V'''olition '''P'''ackage) files are a packaging file format, used to package multiple files into a single file, while maintaining directory structure. They do not use any sort of compression.
-== Viewers ==
+==Viewers==
 On Win32, the most popular VP viewer is VPView32. However, almost all the editors can also be used to extract files from VPs.
-== Editors ==
+==Editors==
 As of this writing, there are a few different editors.
-=== VPCS ===
+===VPCS===
 Features an explorer-like interface, and is fairly easy to use to create or modify VPs.
-=== [[QuickVP]] ===
+===[[QuickVP]]===
 Features a Winzip-like interface, is very easy to use to create, modify, and extract files and directories to/from VPs.
-=== [[VPMage]] ===
+===[[VPMage]]===
 Somewhat more difficult to use than VPCS or QuickVP, but also adds the ability to merge VP files, update files already in a VP, and edit files already in a VP.
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 === [[Maja]] ===
-The latest VP editor, with the ability to both read and edit VPs. It is possible to place a batch of files anywhere in a VP directory, in contrast to VP Mage, which requires you to import either a "Data" folder or another VP.
+The latest VP editor, with the ability to both read and edit VPs. It is possible to place a batch of files anywhere in a VP directory, in contrast to VPMage, which requires you to import either a "Data" folder or another VP.
-== File structure ==
+==File structure==
-VP files are made up of three main components; the header, followed by the individual files, and finally the index for the entires.
+VP files are made up of three main components; the header, followed by the individual files, and finally the index for the entries.
-=== The Header ===
+===The Header===
   char header[4]; //Always "VPVP"
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 === The files ===
-Files are simply stored in the VP, one right after the other. No spacing or null termination is necessary
+Files are simply stored in the VP, one right after the other. No spacing or null termination is necessary.
 === The index ===

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	To [http://www.descent-freespace.com/ddn/specs/vp/ Descent Network], for getting file structure information before anyone else.		To [http://www.descent-freespace.com/ddn/specs/vp/ Descent Network], for getting file structure information before anyone else.
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		+	[[category: File Types]]

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	Somewhat more difficult to use than VPCS or QuickVP, but also adds the ability to merge VP files, update files already in a VP, and edit files already in a VP.		Somewhat more difficult to use than VPCS or QuickVP, but also adds the ability to merge VP files, update files already in a VP, and edit files already in a VP.
		+
		+	=== [[Maja]] ===
		+
		+	The latest VP editor, with the ability to both read and edit VPs. It is possible to place a batch of files anywhere in a VP directory, in contrast to VP Mage, which requires you to import either a "Data" folder or another VP.

	== File structure ==		== File structure ==