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wal (version 0.2.1)

Read and Write 'wal' Bitmap Image Files and Other 'Quake' Assets

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Read 'Quake' assets including bitmap images and textures in 'wal' file format. This package also provides support for extracting these assets from 'WAD' and 'PAK' file archives. It can also read models in 'MDL' and 'MD2' formats.

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install.packages('wal')

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0.2.1

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Tim Schc3<a4>fer

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August 22nd, 2026

Functions in wal (0.2.1)

read.wal

Read bitmap file in WAL format.
qarchive.type.from.filename

Determine archive type from file name extension.
wad.contents

List WAD file contents.
wad.texname.clean

Replace special chars in texture names to turn it into a valid filename.
wad.extract

Extract WAD contents into existing directory.
print.wad

S3 print function for WAD
qarchive.extract

Extract any of the supported Quake archives.
pak.extract

Extract PAK contents into existing directory.
pal_q1

Get Q1 palette.
read.quake1miptex

Read a Quake mipmap texture from a WAD2 file.
unpack.vertex.coords

Unpack vertex coords from Q1 0-255 representation.
wad_dir.fileext.mapping

Get file extensions for WAD dir entry type strings.
save.filepart

Read part of binary file and save as new file.
quakemodel.to.fs.surface

Convert Quake Model to 'fs.surface' instance.
read.wad

Read Quake WAD file.
img.to.wal

Convert image to WAL instance.
read.pak

Read Quake PAK archive.
read.quake.mdl

Read Quake model in MDL format.
read.lmp

Read binary lump, or 'lmp' files.
read.quake.md2

Read Quake II model in MD2 format.
predefined.md2.normals

Predefined MD2 normals from Quake 2.
predefined.mdl.normals

Return list of pre-defined Quake I normals.
readWAL

Read bitmap image in WAL format, returning image data only.
wad_dir.types.string

Get strings describing WAD dir entry types.
wal.template

Generate a WAL structure template.
wad_dir.types.int

Get integers representing WAD dir entry types.
writeWAL

Write WAL instance to bitmap file in WAL format.
wal.export.to.png

Export wal instance to PNG format image file.
wal.export.to.jpeg

Export wal instance to JPEG format image file.
expand.rawdata.to.mipmaps

Given the pixel data for the largest image, generate the full data for all mipmaps.
closest.color.from.palette

Find closest color from palette for each RGB color.
is.quakemodel

Check whether object is a Quake 1 or 2 alias model.
pal_q2

Get Q2 palette.
is.quakemodel_mdl

Check whether object is Quake 1 MDL model
is.quakemodel_md2

Check whether object is Quake 2 MD2 model
check.palette

Check palette, stop on invalid data.
apply.palette.to.rawdata

Apply a palette to index data to create a 2D image.
get.mipmap.data.lengths

Compute length of mipmaps in bytes from width and height of largest image (mipmap0).
half.image

Reduce image size by 2 along both axes by dropping pixels.
get.wal.mipmap.heights

Compute widths of the 4 mipimap levels from base width.
get.wal.mipmap.widths

Compute widths of the 4 mipimap levels from base width.
lookup.q1.normals

Lookup Quake I normals by index.
get.mipmap.data.offsets

Get mipmap offsets for WAL header, based on mipmap sizes and start offset.
get.wadentry.type.strings

Translate wad directory entry types from the integer to the string representation.
get.wal.mipmap.data

Retrieve raw data for given mipmap level from WAL instance.
plot.wal

S3 plot function for wal image.
plotwal.rawdata

Plot raw pixel index data as image.
plotwal.mipmap

Plot a mipmap level from a WAL image.