gfx?

[sandyrepope]

I've been searching the net for information on files with the extension .gfx and haven't been able to get any info.

Can anyone tell me where I can get the information? I'd like to know:

What is gfx files used for?

What is the format of a gfx file?

Thanks
Sandy

[Petr Schreiber]

Hi Sandy,

it seems GFX is quite common extension for various graphic related files.
Please find "GFX" in following list:
FileExt G* Extensions (http://filext.com/alphalist.php?extstart=%5EG)

some more
TrID G Extensions (http://mark0.net/soft-trid-deflist-g.html)


Bye,
Petr

[Michael Clease]

heres a custom one http://www.doublea.at/Files/scott/Gfx_docu.txt

People use the term gfx to refer to any Graphic File Format not one in particular

[sandyrepope]

Thanks to both of you for your replies. I think I understand now.

I downloaded a QBasic game source a while back and finally got around to checking it out. I didn't have the slightest idea what the gfx files were. From what I have read it looks like more than likely they are drawing instructions contained in binary files which are used to draw objects. This game is a pacman game so I imagine the files are the data that the drawing routines need. I'll have to read the source files to make sure.

As I understand it... the format of the gfx files is dependent on the type of program that uses it.

Since the program is written for QBasic I would guess that the graphics are rather crude compared to graphics of today.

Thanks
Sandy