> Jeroen makes a good point though -- it would be good if the 
> engine could
> perhaps first look for FileName.EXT (i.e. using whatever case 
> is specified
> by the caller) and then if that fails look for filename.ext, 
> when loading
> resources. Regardless of the exploding pak files issue, this 
> would save a
> lot of hassles with map makers creating maps that work under 
> Win32 but cause
> errors under Linux because they haven't been consistent with 
> their filename
> case.

If anything, I'd prefer if the engine just had wrappers for the necessary
file I/O so the necessary calls are always case insensitive, so all
platforms behave the same regardless of other factors.  Lowest common
denominator, etc.

I don't know if anything like this will ever be done with the HL engine,
though.  She's an old lady and people are familiar with her ways.  She might
not want to change. :)
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