Syndicate (1x DVD5) *INNO+Precomp+Srep+FreeArc(LZMA)*

[peterf1999]

Syndicate (1x DVD5) *INNO+Precomp+Srep+FreeArc(LZMA)*

1) Extract 'Syndicate_1xDVD5.7z.001...Syndicate_1xDVD5.7z.004 ' contents

2) Move/Copy from game's installation folder 'Videos' to Syndicate_DVD5\Disk\Videos' folder:

All *.ogg files (Don't overwrite the contents)

3) Launch Compress.bat & wait...

4) Burn or mount iso in 'Syndicate_DVD5' folder

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[pakrat2k2]

just to tease everyone... LOL ---> 03/01/2012

EDIT:

looks good thanks for attachments

[sulfurum1989]

delete __Installer folder?

[pakrat2k2]

if you look at the compress.bat file it doesnt even touch that folder.

[JacksMafia]

ok i did like you say but the final iso size is 4.807 it wouldn't fit on dvd5
http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/6014/89121269.jpg
copied all contents of video folder to the one inside disk folder and didn't overwrite
what i did wrong?

thanks

[Onizuka87k]

Here we are! :)
Really nice job peterf1999, thanks but.. i've a problem!
I have an overload of 175MB in my final iso so what is the final size of your iso? (I also deleted all languages except italian)

http://img833.imageshack.us/img833/9486/immaginexvj.png

Meanwhile, I'll do the conversion again!

[peterf1999]

ok i did like you say but the final iso size is 4.807 it wouldn't fit on dvd5
copied all contents of video folder to the one inside disk folder and didn't overwrite
what i did wrong?

Thanks

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@Onizuka87k

Check your videos folder contents, take a look at image above ;)

[JacksMafia]

thank you peterf1999 it's done now and fits dvd5
but deleting these videos means that there will be no intro for the game right?
and there is no way around that right ?

[pakrat2k2]

you dont delete the videos he has highlighted in the screenshot, those have been recoded ( from originals, as those 4 are much smaller then the originals ). When you copied the Videos folder from game folder into the Syndicate_DVD5 folder you needed to say no to overwrite when copying. Also go into the video folder & delete the WMV files(4) as they are useless.

[JacksMafia]

that's what i say i deleted 4 WMV files not the 4 that have been highlighted in the screenshot
what i'm asking about is those 4 WMV contains the intro and another things which means that when deleted the game will have no intro
right?

[pakrat2k2]

no those 4 wmv files DONT show the intro, just the intro.ogg, logo.ogg are played during startup of game.
they dont play at all, as far as i remember, renamed them to see if it caused issue at start of game, but the intros still played fine.

[dani_ell]

I dont work... my error is warning: no files, erasing empty archyve...sory my bad enghish

[pakrat2k2]

the first line when you run the batch file asks where your installed game is... enter that properly & it works fine.

[JacksMafia]

ok it's working now fine but when the setup start there is no video playback only audio i can hear
why is that?
i'm on sp3 and i can play the ogg files in video folder without sound -i guess it's normal to not have sound-
any ideas?
http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/595/70410795.jpg

[EmperadorCAD]

Hi, when I run the virtual unit does not start the autorun.exe
This is the code that contains:

[autorun]
Open=Autorun.exe
Icon=Autorun.exe,0
Label=Syndicate

Any idea? Thx, and sorry for my bad english :D

[Onizuka87k]

Check your videos folder contents, take a look at image above ;)
I'm sorry peterf1999 but i missed the wmv part! :rolleyes:
Now it's all ok with W7x64, final iso: 4,15GB

...and holy crap, awesome conversion and amazing setup! :cool:

ps: i didn't know we could use srep/precomp expressing it directly from the command line as parameters for arc! :p

[pakrat2k2]

both srep & precomp are newest versions which have some additional commands, that werent there in previous versions, that alow for even more compression capabilities.

[pakrat2k2]

ok it's working now fine but when the setup start there is no video playback only audio i can hear
why is that?
i'm on sp3 and i can play the ogg files in video folder without sound -i guess it's normal to not have sound-
any ideas?
http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/595/70410795.jpg

you missing codecs d/l & install k-lite codec pack

Peterf' Nice job incorporating the video into the installer. I too had issues with final DVD5 being too large, so I just use the recoded OGG
from another post, ( reduced the OGG from ~600MB down to 254MB then had enough room. )

[THADEADMAN2011]

works awesome on windows 7 sp1 64 bit
i like the video playing while installing i forgot i had the sound pretty high
scared the crap outta me lol
thanx again for this 1 setup great work

[leo95]

The game worked perfectly but I skip an error when uninstalling.

thanks.

http://img837.imageshack.us/img837/8532/errorau.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/837/errorau.jpg/) Uploaded with ImageShack.us (http://imageshack.us)

[pakrat2k2]

same uninstall error as leo95, Runtime error, cannot import FirewallInstallHelper.dll

Cleared any reg entries, removed from startmenu, started over again (2nd time) completes with 0 errors ) and yet again same uninstall error

[JacksMafia]

but i have the last k-lite codec pack installed

[pakrat2k2]

the big black screen during install of syndicate, its just an avi file encoded into setup.
so if you can play avi files without issue then it should have shown up during install.

[peterf1999]

@jacksMafia
http://www.digital-digest.com/software/getdownload.php?sid=1052&did=20&code=JP5ffun&decode=7d5a4315eba915362e9656160418b6c2

@pakrat2k2 leo95

I never got this error , the code of firewall exception is the same as others conversions, however shows the contents of your Data4.bin

[pakrat2k2]

here's screenshot of Data4.bin

http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/4001/data4l.jpg

[peterf1999]

As i expected the presence of Firewallinstallhelper library in the archive causes the error.
Re-create the Data4.bin or delete from it the useless files.

My Data4.bin:

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[pakrat2k2]

using freearc 067 gives error message when trying to remove those useless files from archive. Unsupported switches ? bah! will just recreate that last bin

but why do those useless files even get copied into the game dir,from your installer, can you not set them to dontcopy ?

http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/4003/error067.jpg

[peterf1999]

You must use freearc in filter mode from command line (but first removes the useless files):

From Syndicate_DVD5 folder type:

e.g. arc a -ep1 -ed -r -w.\ .\Disk\Data4.bin -x"c:\program files\Syndicate\Content_Rus\*" -x"c:\program files\Syndicate\Content\*" -x"c:\program files\Syndicate\__Installer\*" -x"c:\program files\Syndicate\*RU.dll" -mprecomp:t-nfj+srep+exe+delta+lzma:a1:mfbt4:d256m:fb128:mc100 0:lc8

Those files are useless when are located in the archive, the installer extracts the files (embedded) when needed.

[pakrat2k2]

thanks was the precomp switch (-mprecomp:t-nfj) that gave error when trying to reopen the archive after it was created .

[peterf1999]

thanks was the precomp switch (-mprecomp:t-nfj) that gave error when trying to reopen the archive after it was created .

:confused:Retry from folder in this archive:

[Onizuka87k]

peterf1999, i got this error at the end (almost the end) of the installation and i can't complete it! :confused:
http://img805.imageshack.us/img805/4170/immaginekc.png
What is this!?

[peterf1999]

peterf1999, i got this error at the end (almost the end) of the installation and i can't complete it! :confused:
http://img805.imageshack.us/img805/4170/immaginekc.png
What is this!?

Activation.exe file in archive Data4.bin is corrupted, re-create the archive :(

[lukas1412]

great job but the final iso size is 4.730 it wouldn't fit on dvd5 (23mb overload) :(
http://img546.imageshack.us/img546/4520/syndicate.jpg

[Igor007]

Thanks, tested and it works, great job :)

[Onizuka87k]

Activation.exe file in archive Data4.bin is corrupted, re-create the archive :(
Yes, you're right, don't know why but Data4.bin was corrupted. :confused:
My Data4.bin now is ~267MB with only italian language so i had to resampling other two .ogg files (because a little overload).

Final iso: 4,36GB with 7MB free! :D

(and this time is really all ok, uninstaller too!)
Thanks you peterf1999 :cool:

[peterf1999]

Update:
Added the option to install the video decoder, the installer asks to the user if want to install it

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[pakrat2k2]

great job but the final iso size is 4.730 it wouldn't fit on dvd5 (23mb overload)

checked the videos folder & remove any WMV files ?

nice update peter ;)

[lukas1412]

I deleted the WMV files and I have there only .ogg and size is 445mb as in the screen from peterf1999 on the first page
http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/6474/videoul.jpg

[dani_ell]

I dont work... my error is warning: no files, erasing empty archyve...sory my bad enghish

Where am I wrong?

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my installed game

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How Do I?
please...

[pakrat2k2]

dani ell, dont type in subfolder of game ONLY gamefolder itself

you typed in c:\Program Files(x86)\ea games\Syndicate\Content for your game folder..

it should ONLY be c:\Program Files(x86)\ea games\Syndicate thats all the batch will do the rest.

[dani_ell]

dani ell, dont type in subfolder of game ONLY gamefolder itself

you typed in c:\Program Files(x86)\ea games\Syndicate\Content for your game folder..

it should ONLY be c:\Program Files(x86)\ea games\Syndicate thats all the batch will do the rest.

Thanks pakrat2k2, but my iso overload in 185Mb, total ISO 4661mb....
http://img813.imageshack.us/img813/4520/syndicate.jpg
http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/2192/syndicater.jpg

I'm too stupid

[tanatos]

installer not install directx

[dani_ell]

Thanks work fine w7 x64

[Chompower]

Sorry.. I can't move from here:
http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/8376/errorhl.jpg
Someone can help me? gives me a headache :confused: :confused:

[pakrat2k2]

well for 1 you have to type in the path to where your game folder is.
the screenshot shows you never entered it in!
the (e.g. ..... ) is only an example.

[Chompower]

well for 1 you have to type in the path to where your game folder is.
the screenshot shows you never entered it in!
the (e.g. ..... ) is only an example.

Ohh!!.. sorry!!:eek: that I am careless!. Thank you very much friend!.:D

[pakrat2k2]

just here to help whenever i can :)

[Chompower]

Return to show my result, unfortunately my .iso is exceeded only 17mb both English and Spanish:
http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/5215/captura2rj.jpg
http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/7939/captura1pc.jpg
Works only for one language, English.:(
There will be a way to reduce these Mb to enter into 1DVD5?.
Thanks in advance to peterf1999 and pakrat2k2!!
Sorry for my bad English...

[pakrat2k2]

check & see what sizes you have for intro.ogg & logos.ogg

i have intro.ogg 43767KB & logos.ogg 5719KB

if yours are bigger I can up the smaller sized videos.. my video folder is only 302MB VS your 454MB one

also make sure there are no WMV files in video folder they are useless.

[Chompower]

But, as you did for your video folder contains 302Mb?:confused:
This is my video folder:
http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/2757/capturaap.jpg
http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/4755/capturabt.jpg
Total 445mb.

[peterf1999]

@Chompower

You don't have enough room for 17 mb, isn't it?

Now the problem is solved :p

OMFG,i almost reached up account's attachments quota limit:(

[Chompower]

Peterf thank you very much! my end ISO: 4.36 GB (MULTI2 ENG,SPA). The installer is a work of art!.
I feel guilty because you max out your quota of attachments.:(
I owe "un asado" (a barbecue) to you and pakrat!!.:D

[darshana]

@ Peterf1999

In Your Setup Background Video is Not Centered In the Screen. Can you Fix that please. Otherwise the setup is awesome.

http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/8061/427201275021am.png
http://img826.imageshack.us/img826/6462/427201275015am.png
http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/5936/427201275009am.png



EDIT by Grumpy: No need for the large or red font!!!

[mergou]

Can you help?
I can not install because it saying UNINSTALL in the flash screen.
My first conversion is okey but I had to do it again, it does not fit in a DVD5
Thanks

I figure this one out by deleting entries of Syndicate on the registry

[The-revenge]

Can I delete the foreign language to make conversion and installation faster?
For example if i want to choiche ITA and ENG language and delete Content_X (X= foreing languages) it works?
Thank you

edit : whitout deleting any files , final size of ISO is 5.03 gb

[peterf1999]

Can I delete the foreign language to make conversion and installation faster?
For example if i want to choiche ITA and ENG language and delete Content_X (X= foreing languages) it works?
Thank you

edit : whitout deleting any files , final size of ISO is 5.03 gb

You can do it!:)

[eXorc666]

Spanish install not found, the game installed not found...

regist problem?

[pakrat2k2]

because you entered in wrong path to your game, when you run compile.bat

1. need to have game installed
2. extract contents from post #1 somewhere on your HD. NOT in gamefolder
3. follow step #2 from first post
4. launch compress.bat ( here you enter in YOUR game fodler path )
When it completes you'll have your archive.

[koalas]

I followed all the instructions carefully , and the game is still too big to fit in a DVD5 by 1,5MB :(

I was very careful to remove .wmv videos, use the included re-encoded oggs and remove other language 'Content_' folders except English

Currently my video folder is 423MB, since I also used the new .oggs (Coop_13_Atlantic, Coop_32_BuenosAires) uploaded by peterf1999.

The solution seems to be to further reduce the video folder size. What software can I use to re-encode other ogg videos by myself?