Opening PK3 Files

Karate Chris · Post by **Karate Chris** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 8:02 am

How do I open PK3 Files?

Cutmanmike · Post by **Cutmanmike** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 8:05 am

Pretty much any compression tool can. Winzip, winrar, 7zip etc etc etc

john_mayson · Post by **john_mayson** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 11:17 am

you can use xwe i think

Cutmanmike · Post by **Cutmanmike** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 12:54 pm

SLumpED works too

Post by **MasterOFDeath** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 2:23 pm

Google PakScape. Its a great program made specifically for handling Quake PAK files and PK3 files.

Post by **TheDarkArchon** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 2:26 pm

PK3 files are just zips. Even Windows can handle them, though you'd need to rename said PK3 first.

Post by **Graf Zahl** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 3:27 pm

MasterOFDeath wrote:Google PakScape. Its a great program made specifically for handling Quake PAK files and PK3 files.

Worst thing imaginable for handling PK3s. Any Zip tool is better.

Mr. Tee · Post by **Mr. Tee** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 5:07 pm

Don't you just love new file formats that are, in fact, identical to old formats, just with a different extension

/me cries for people with the "Hide Extension for Known File Types" option enabled

Post by **Graf Zahl** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 5:54 pm

The most useless thing Windows has to offer. One has to be out of one's mind to leave that nonsense on.

Post by **MasterOFDeath** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 6:33 pm

Graf Zahl wrote:
MasterOFDeath wrote:Google PakScape. Its a great program made specifically for handling Quake PAK files and PK3 files.

Worst thing imaginable for handling PK3s. Any Zip tool is better.

What exactly is wrong with it? I mostly use it to extract stuff from PAKs and it works just fine for that. I actually don't use it that often for PK3 files.

Post by **Graf Zahl** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 2:28 am

For PAKs it's the only thing I know. But for PK3s any real Zip manager is certainly better.