Frequently Asked Questions


I. Graphics aren't being displayed correctly!
    AdQuedit must be run in a video mode with more than 256 colors
    or the palette will not be happy. If that isn't your problem make sure
    you are using the correct palette..

II. How do I insert one of my edited files into the pak file?
    There isn't any reason to use the pak files outside of
    distribution. Quake can read the files in the pak from
    the proper directories if the pak files do not exist.
    I suggest that you do your editing with unpacked files.
    You can pack a directory by using the create pack option
    in the menu.

    A major reason not to use the pak files for editing purposes
    is their size, whenever a change would be made to the pak
    file, the pak file would have to be rebuilt. Shuffling around
    18 or 33 megs isn't exactly fax or anything.
II B. What about Quakeworld?
    For some reason Quakeworld only reads the files
    if they are in the pak files. I'm hoping this requirement
    is just a bug and will be fixed. However, if that is not the
    case, I'll be putting some enhanced pak features into
    AdQuedit sometime.

III. I added my files to a pak, and now Quake won't see them!
    Files in the pak format are read by Quake as case-sensitive,
    lower and upper case make a difference. The file names in
    the progs.dat must match those in the pak. Note that both
    the Explorer and AdQuedit both display a file name with one
    capital letter if all the letters in the file name are capitalized.
    As of version 1.25 of AdQuedit, pak entry names are by default
    converted to lower case. You can change this in the default
    options dialog box.

IV. What the hell does the name 'AdQuedit' stand for?
    I had originally intended to call my program the Adequate
    Quake Editor, but when I checked with Id Software about
    whether or not I could release a shareware editor, one of
    the restrictions was that I couldn't monopolize on the name
    'Quake'. It couldn't be in the title, but could be in the subtitle.
    Hence: ADequate QUake EDITor
    AdQuedit: The Quake Editing Workstation

V. When did AdQuedit first come out?
    It was developed in July '96 and the last beta version
    was released that August. Version 1.0 came out the
    following December.
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