question: is it possible to open WAD files in a game?

[kraminator]

I was wondering if it was possible to open doom/doom2 style WAD files with the archive object, or if a method of doing so exists. if so, anyone willing to provide an example? it does not even need a MAP01 lump, just a proof of concept (aka the app reads the wad structure and uses data from some sort of lump) is needed.

[Looki]

No. You could implement the file format yourself by reading it byte for byte with an extension like Binary Object, but I guess you're not familiar with that.

[kraminator]

Actually I am, but I was seeing if such an extension to automatically do it existed. I guess I will have to use the binary object (or binary quickload object) since the format is well known and posted on the doom wiki and is thus straight forward, maybe I can even write an extension to directly read WADs since they are not a bad way to store information.

[LB]

You have another option to read it into/out of MMF2. I'm developing an extension that lets you define and use formats to save and load data: http://community.clickteam.com/showthread.php?t=69767

[kraminator]

http://doom.wikia.com/wiki/WAD <-- the WAD format itself (DOOM wiki).
http://zdoom.org/wiki/WAD <-- the WAD format itself (ZDOOM wiki).