diff --git a/GameRes/ArcFile.cs b/GameRes/ArcFile.cs
index 8911d4f3..5cd0d1e5 100644
--- a/GameRes/ArcFile.cs
+++ b/GameRes/ArcFile.cs
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ namespace GameRes
         /// <summary>Short archive format description.</summary>
         public string Description { get { return m_interface.Description; } }
 
+        /// <summary>Tags of formats related to this archive format (could be null).</summary>
+        public IEnumerable<string> ContainedFormats { get { return m_interface.ContainedFormats; } }
+
         /// <summary>Memory-mapped view of the archive.</summary>
         public ArcView File { get { return m_arc; } }
 
diff --git a/GameRes/ArchiveFormat.cs b/GameRes/ArchiveFormat.cs
index 00a989b3..6a5ca538 100644
--- a/GameRes/ArchiveFormat.cs
+++ b/GameRes/ArchiveFormat.cs
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
 
 namespace GameRes
 {
@@ -41,8 +42,34 @@ namespace GameRes
         /// </summary>
         public abstract bool IsHierarchic { get; }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Tags of formats related to this archive format (could be null).
+        /// </summary>
+        public IEnumerable<string> ContainedFormats { get; protected set; }
+
         public abstract ArcFile TryOpen (ArcView view);
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Create GameRes.Entry corresponding to <paramref name="filename"/> extension.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <exception cref="System.ArgumentException">May be thrown if filename contains invalid
+        /// characters.</exception>
+        public EntryType Create<EntryType> (string filename) where EntryType : Entry, new()
+        {
+            EntryType entry = null;
+            var formats = FormatCatalog.Instance.LookupFileName (filename);
+            if (formats.Any())
+            {
+                if (ContainedFormats != null && ContainedFormats.Any())
+                    formats = formats.OrderByDescending (f => ContainedFormats.Contains (f.Tag));
+                entry = new EntryType { Type = formats.First().Type };
+            }
+            if (null == entry)
+                entry = new EntryType();
+            entry.Name = filename;
+            return entry;
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Extract file referenced by <paramref name="entry"/> into current directory.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/GameRes/FormatCatalog.cs b/GameRes/FormatCatalog.cs
index 7b46a4fa..1e2c520a 100644
--- a/GameRes/FormatCatalog.cs
+++ b/GameRes/FormatCatalog.cs
@@ -239,6 +239,13 @@ namespace GameRes
         {
             var ext = new Lazy<string> (() => Path.GetExtension (filename).TrimStart ('.').ToLowerInvariant(), false);
             var tried = Enumerable.Empty<ResourceType>();
+            IEnumerable<string> preferred = null;
+            if (VFS.IsVirtual)
+            {
+                var arc_fs = VFS.Top as ArchiveFileSystem;
+                if (arc_fs != null)
+                    preferred = arc_fs.Source.ContainedFormats;
+            }
             for (;;)
             {
                 var range = LookupSignature<ResourceType> (signature);
@@ -247,6 +254,8 @@ namespace GameRes
                 // check formats that match filename extension first
                 if (range.Skip (1).Any()) // if range.Count() > 1
                     range = range.OrderByDescending (f => f.Extensions.Any (e => e == ext.Value));
+                if (preferred != null && preferred.Any())
+                    range = range.OrderByDescending (f => preferred.Contains (f.Tag));
                 foreach (var impl in range)
                 {
                     yield return impl;
@@ -268,7 +277,7 @@ namespace GameRes
             EntryType entry = null;
             var formats = LookupFileName (filename);
             if (formats.Any())
-                entry = formats.First().Create<EntryType>();
+                entry = new EntryType { Type = formats.First().Type };
             if (null == entry)
                 entry = new EntryType();
             entry.Name = filename;
diff --git a/GameRes/GameRes.cs b/GameRes/GameRes.cs
index 30958893..aa0f82b2 100644
--- a/GameRes/GameRes.cs
+++ b/GameRes/GameRes.cs
@@ -109,14 +109,6 @@ namespace GameRes
         /// <summary>Resource access scheme suitable for serialization.</summary>
         public virtual ResourceScheme Scheme { get; set; }
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Create empty Entry that corresponds to implemented resource.
-        /// </summary>
-        public EntryType Create<EntryType> () where EntryType : Entry, new()
-        {
-            return new EntryType { Type = this.Type };
-        }
-
         protected IResource ()
         {
             Extensions = new string[] { GetDefaultExtension() };