diff --git a/openVulkanoCpp/IO/Archive/ArchiveReader.cpp b/openVulkanoCpp/IO/Archive/ArchiveReader.cpp
index 546fc5c..9e550e2 100644
--- a/openVulkanoCpp/IO/Archive/ArchiveReader.cpp
+++ b/openVulkanoCpp/IO/Archive/ArchiveReader.cpp
@@ -206,6 +206,19 @@ namespace openVulkanoCpp
 		return std::nullopt;
 	}
 
+	std::optional<std::pair<FileDescription, std::vector<char>>> ArchiveReader::GetNextFileAsVector()
+	{
+		if (SkipTill(std::filesystem::file_type::regular))
+		{
+			std::pair<FileDescription, std::vector<char>> file = { GetNextDescription(), std::vector<char>() };
+			file.second.resize(file.first.size);
+			ChkErr(archive_read_data(m_archive, file.second.data(), file.second.size()));
+			ReadNextHeader();
+			return file;
+		}
+		return std::nullopt;
+	}
+
 	bool ArchiveReader::GetNextFileAsStream(const std::function<void(const FileDescription&, std::istream&)>& streamReader)
 	{
 		if (SkipTill(std::filesystem::file_type::regular))
diff --git a/openVulkanoCpp/IO/Archive/ArchiveReader.hpp b/openVulkanoCpp/IO/Archive/ArchiveReader.hpp
index 9f634af..13e7204 100644
--- a/openVulkanoCpp/IO/Archive/ArchiveReader.hpp
+++ b/openVulkanoCpp/IO/Archive/ArchiveReader.hpp
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ namespace openVulkanoCpp
 
 		std::optional<std::pair<FileDescription, Array<char>>> GetNextFile();
 
+		std::optional<std::pair<FileDescription, std::vector<char>>> GetNextFileAsVector();
+
 		std::optional<FileDescription> StreamNextFile(std::ostream& stream);
 
 		bool GetNextFileAsStream(const std::function<void(const FileDescription&, std::istream&)>& streamReader);