pack files

**virtual** · 23-04-2009, 02:01 PM

hi all
i've finished my simple game , but i'd like to pack all the media files into one File
any one here know some usefull units or VCL's ?!

**NecroDOME** · 23-04-2009, 02:05 PM

usefull unit: zLib. Do a google and I think you can find some references.

**Wizard** · 23-04-2009, 02:15 PM

You can also have a look at this thread:
http://www.pascalgamedevelopment.com...4.msg46356#new

**paul_nicholls** · 24-04-2009, 02:39 AM

Originally Posted by virtual

hi all
i've finished my simple game , but i'd like to pack all the media files into one File
any one here know some usefull units or VCL's ?!

Hi virtual :-)

You could also try my files2pas conversion program (see http://www.pascalgamedevelopment.com...p?topic=4275.0 for details).

It takes multiple files and creates .pas 'resource' files from them so you can compile them into your exe and extract them as TMemoryStream instances

It can also compress the files if you want too...

cheers,
Paul

**ize** · 24-04-2009, 07:12 PM

Just have a little browse through this great site

and i'm sure you'll find several solutions for your project.

**virtual** · 24-04-2009, 07:21 PM

thank you very much .

and thanks paul for files2pas , thats really helpfull

**paul_nicholls** · 24-04-2009, 11:09 PM

Glad I could help

cheers,
Paul

**Christian Knudsen** · 25-05-2009, 07:14 PM

I just stumbled upon this thread and files2pas looks really cool. Might be very helpful for "hiding" the tilesets I'm using in a FreePascal SDL game I'm working on. Very nice work indeed!

**paul_nicholls** · 26-05-2009, 04:04 AM

Originally Posted by PP2005

I just stumbled upon this thread and files2pas looks really cool. Might be very helpful for "hiding" the tilesets I'm using in a FreePascal SDL game I'm working on. Very nice work indeed!

Thanks for the kind words PP2005

cheers,
Paul

**Andreaz** · 26-05-2009, 05:52 AM

Originally Posted by PP2005

I just stumbled upon this thread and files2pas looks really cool. Might be very helpful for "hiding" the tilesets I'm using in a FreePascal SDL game I'm working on. Very nice work indeed!

"Hiding" the resources are the wrong reason to to this. As long as you are displaying the images they can, easilly be ripped. If youre using OpenGL its even easier.

See http://www.opengl.org/sdk/tools/GLIntercept/

The reason to add resources to the exe or a package file should be to decrease loading times (by compressing the data) or to allow single file distribution for ease of use.