Urban Chaos (1999) (GOG)

STALKER Enhanced Edition Trilogy

resources\*.db* contain OGG vorbis audio.
However they have to be extracted and processed with OGGRE_enc and OGGRE_dec and make diff files because some of them will fail with oggre.

Edit: Nevermind there are ogv videos aswell, that's why oggre fails. Luckily they are located in some of the last game archives.
Extract only from the following files:
Attached xtool XTL file to extract oggs vorbis from game files. You only need this for extracting if you don't have other tools to extract the files.
Usage:
1.
2.
3. (after installation)

Roadcraft
Same engine as Space Marine 2. Processed wwise inside pak files. However there is still room for improvement. Nothing removed (incl. HD pack).

need help to compress cricket 24
 

I’ve got all the required plugin DLLs and tools downloaded, including XTool. My Cricket 24 folder is in E:\Cricket 24, but I’m a bit confused about how to use XTool to compress the game properly.

Should I be using the GUI or the command line? And if it’s the command line, could you help me with the exact command for this version of the game?

Would really appreciate a quick walkthrough or any tips you’ve got. Thanks a lot!

I am having trouble trying to compress a game that has extremely long file/folder paths. I keep getting errors despite updating the Windows registry to remove the filepath limit. :eek:

If I ignore it, it just ends up looping and creating large temp files. I also tried changing settings in W10's Local Group Policy Editor and that didn't fix it either. Am I missing something here?

Citizens Unite: Earth x Space
 

Total start size (original): 20.4GB with redist / 20.3GB without redist
Compress with the following:

• Contains the following files
  • CoEMusic.fc
  • Music.fc
  Code:

  ---

  oggre

  ---

• Contains the following files, since SREP likely crashes, so use XTool dedup instead.
  • AnimationsCompressed.fc
  • CoEAnimationsCompressed.fc
  • CoEFonts.fc
  • CoEGameObjects.fc
  • CoELevels.fc
  • Fonts.fc
  • GameObjects.fc
  • Levels.fc
  Code:

  ---

  xtool:dd3+lolz

  ---

• Rest of the files: EXEs, other .FC files, etc. RZ has an dedup option
  
  Code:

  ---

  rz

  ---

Total packed size (new): 1.5GB

Alice Escaped!
 

Total start size (original): 1.4GB with MP3 and FLAC soundtracks / 1.2GB with MP3 soundtrack, FLAC ripped / 1.1GB without soundtracks

Version 1.1.3 [b10631325]

Compress with the following:

• .resS, .assets, .(noextension)
  
  Code:

  ---

  srep+lolz

  ---

• Rest of the Files
  
  Code:

  ---

  rz

  ---

• .mp3
  
  Code:

  ---

  mpz

  ---

Total packed size (new): 244MB with MP3

Doomer simulator
 

Doomer simulator

Ancestors The Humankind Odyssey
 

Ancestors The Humankind Odyssey:

data1 (pak) :
xtool:mzlib:mreflate:dd3+lolz
data2 (.wem)
msc_tak+srep_new:490g+LZMA-MT
data3 (.bik)
xtool:c1792mb:mbik
data4 (other)
xtool:dd3+lolz

=> arround 3.32gb compressed + installer

Ben and Ed

Dedup, WIP 2
 

This is Dedup.exe
part of my archiver i plan to release soon
Please test it

[External compressor:dedup]
header = 0
packcmd = dedup.exe c $$arcdatafile$$.tmp $$arcpackedfile$$.tmp
unpackcmd = dedup.exe d - - <stdin> <stdout>

# arc a -i2 -mdedup p:\ded.arc e:\shdw.xt
FreeArc 0.67 (March 15 2014) creating archive: p:\ded.arc
Compressing 1 file, 31,837,733,330 bytes
Compressing shdw.xt 99.9%
Compressing 31,837,733,330 bytes with dedup.exe c $$arcdatafile$$.tmp $$arcpackedfile$$.tmp
100.0%=== DEDUPLICATION (XXH3-128) ===
Pass 1: Scanning for block positions (minimal RAM)
Processing 29.65 GB input file...
Progress: 100.00%
Starting collision-free frequency-based deduplication...
Pass 1 complete: 44006478 blocks, 37991985 unique XXH3 hashes
100.0%Collision-Free Analysis: 6014493 duplicate blocks, 2938568 unique hashes cached
Pass 1.75: Loading ONLY duplicate block data into RAM...
100.0%Loaded 2938568 unique duplicate blocks into RAM
100.0%RAM usage: ~5.3% of original data (duplicates only)
Pass 2: Writing all blocks with XXH3 collision-free hints...
100.0%=== DEDUPLICATION RESULTS (XXH3-128) ===
Original Size: 29.65 GB (31837733330 bytes)
Compressed Size: 26.74 GB (28713904996 bytes)
Compression Ratio: 90.19% (1.11:1)
Space Saved: 2.91 GB (9.8%)
Total Blocks: 44006478
Unique Blocks: 37991985 (86.3%)
Duplicate Blocks: 6014493 (13.7%)
Cached Blocks: 2938568 (7.7% of unique)
Hash Algorithm: XXH3-128 (Collision-Free)
RAM breakdown: Tabs=1.31 GB, FreqMap=869.57 MB, Duplicates=1.58 GB, Total=3.74 GB (12.6% of input)
Collision-free deduplication complete!
100.0%
Errorlevel=0

Compressed 1 file, 31,837,733,330 => 28,713,904,996 bytes. Ratio 90.19%
Compression time: cpu 8.25 sec/real 1506.37 sec = 1%. Speed 21.14 mB/s
All OK

# arc t p:\ded.arc
FreeArc 0.67 (March 15 2014) testing archive: p:\ded.arc
Testing 1 file, 31,837,733,330 bytes. Processed 36.9%
ERROR: write error (disk full?) in compression algorithm dedup

#

[External compressor:dedup]
header = 0
packcmd = dedup.exe c $$arcdatafile$$.tmp $$arcpackedfile$$.tmp
unpackcmd = dedup.exe d - - <stdin> <stdout>


Win10 Enterprise 21H2
Ryzen 7 9700x
32 GB RAM

ATM no more free time to testing.
Thanks for the program! :)
(Maybe later...)

Interesting (another dataset):
Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.19044.5965]
(c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

arc t e:\ixi-dedup.arc
FreeArc 0.67 (March 15 2014) testing archive: e:\ixi-dedup.arc
Testing 178 files, 12,435,931,640 bytes. Processed 8.3%
ERROR: write error (disk full?) in compression algorithm dedup


arc t e:\ixi-dedup.arc
FreeArc 0.67 (March 15 2014) testing archive: e:\ixi-dedup.arc
Testing 178 files, 12,435,931,640 bytes. Processed 15.8%
ERROR: write error (disk full?) in compression algorithm dedup


arc t e:\ixi-dedup.arc
FreeArc 0.67 (March 15 2014) testing archive: e:\ixi-dedup.arc
Testing 178 files, 12,435,931,640 bytes. Processed 15.2%
ERROR: write error (disk full?) in compression algorithm dedup


arc t e:\ixi-dedup.arc
FreeArc 0.67 (March 15 2014) testing archive: e:\ixi-dedup.arc
Testing 178 files, 12,435,931,640 bytes. Processed 15.2%
ERROR: write error (disk full?) in compression algorithm dedup

Good morning! I'm trying to compress "Banishers Ghosts Of New Eden" videogame, but i'm having some troubles with .bk2 files. How can i compress thwm? Bpk and Xtool bk2 plugin don't compress at all. What can i compress them? Thank you for you reply!

They are kb2n, you cannot compress them.

Hello, i am trying to understand what you are doing ...it's working fine here

As you see,decompression doesnt work for me.
What can i do?!

Try this one and tell me

Its bit-identical with first version.

It works for me
Don't forget to update arc.ini
And you need to have dedup.exe both for compress and decompression.
you may also need to have admin rights to uncompress

i think when i wrote this i had shared memory technology activated in one module :/ i will check and recompile one more version that doesnt use shared memory as this isnt needed here

Someone checked "Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4" ? The pak files are encrypted. I got the key and tried with "unrealengine_R13" and after zlib/reflate and kraken too. The precompression doesn't work. I guess we need of an updated plugin?

^^
Tony Hawk 1+2 used a custom algo.
You could always rebuild the paks like I did - but that's not lossless + CRC perfect

Any suggestion for "Le Mans Ultimate"?

Sample?

Edit: Waste of time. Use reflate on *.mas files...

I am having a bit of trouble trying to compress certain Unity games. When I try to use xtool:munity,lz4hc,l12:lz4_193 specifically, it compresses just fine. When I go to test unpacking in both DiskSpanGUI and an installer (using the Setup.dll generated from DiskSpanGUI post-compression) it always fails. I do not have these issues when I use xtool:c32mb:munity,lz4hc,l12, but the former command can get a better ratio.

Try another lz4 library version, such as lz4_190 up to lz4_194.

If nothing works send a sample file where extracting fails.

Red Dead Redemption
 

Dear ZAZA4EVER
I tried all versions of Xtool from 0.4.0 to 0.6.9 , with zstd but none of them gave me a ratio of more than 100% , I also tried with the libzstd.dll shared by you , but that didn't also work.
Kindly help me out.
Or can you share the Xtool version that you used , to compress the game with it's arc.ini file 🙏

^^
It's all in the levels, re-read ZAZA4EVER's post and you will see that you need to lock XTool's precompressor at ZSTD level 19.

-mzstd,l19

Hello
does someone progress on it ?

Red Dead Redemption
 

Thanks Masquerade , it's working now
Earlier I was using -mzstd,l19 but it didn't work
Then I tried -mzlib+zstd:l19 & it worked

Assassins Creed: Mirage (v1.06 - No Denuvo Version) (English Only)
Ripped: ACMirage_plus.exe since it's not needed

For .FORGE files use:
For Sound files use:
For rest of the files use:
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Game size: 37.5 GB
Compressed Game Size: 18.5 GB

Mafia The Old Country
 

I'm working on "Mafia The Old Country"

I found that:
For *.pak oodle kraken core_2.9.10 lib_2 and maybe ue4 (better ratio with)
but for *.ucas seems to be encrypted => no compression ratio

here a sample
https://mega.nz/folder/3kwS2LaA#7q_kcF1WkgZYFgn8RxJ5YQ

What's the method for Metal Gear Solid Delta? Tried Kraken, only got a 70.9 GB result, I think I did it wrong. :eek:

Metal Gear Solid Delta is OODLE-Kraken

What about *.war, *.upk & *.tfc from GoW Reloaded?

Watchmen: The End Is Nigh Part 2

Watchmen: The End Is Nigh

Marine Sharpshooter II: Jungle Warfare