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Quote:

Originally Posted by dixen (Post 475949)

W A R E Z !!! NOT Allowed.. This means ANYTHING !!

i am sorry

@ ZAZA4EVER

This message ... 'W A R E Z !!! NOT Allowed.. This means ANYTHING !!

... was not for 'you' it was for 'dixen'

Quote:

Originally Posted by Grumpy (Post 475972)

@ ZAZA4EVER

This message ... 'W A R E Z !!! NOT Allowed.. This means ANYTHING !!

... was not for 'you' it was for 'dixen'

sorry

Code:

Original Size: 14.2 GB (15,276,955,418 Bytes)

Compressed Size: 10 GB (10,769,498,739 Bytes)

Compression Time: 4 Hours (6 Cores + 16GB RAM + HDD + DiskSpan)

Decompression Time: 6 Minutes

Method: xZLib+srep:m3f:l512+lolz:dtb1:d128m:mtt1:mt6:mc1023+diskspan:4096mb:4096mb

Notes:
Repack uses XTool v0.9 library By Razor12911
Repack uses Srep v3.92 library By Bulat Ziganshin
Repack uses Lolz v2.1.a.7 library By ProFrager

Puyo Puyo Tetris 1.19gb

msc+srep:m5f:a2+lolz:d64 1.19gb english only game size 5.13gb

Assassin's Creed 3 - Liberation HD

This one is to complete the list of AC Games in the index, its actually not there. It was fast and easy hehe.

From 2.52GB to 1.19GB (One language)
Method: MASK:srep:m3f+LL2/$binkpack=BPK/$anvilpack=afr+srep:m3f+LL2
Compression time: Around 40 minutes
Installation time: Between 3-4 minutes
Computer used: 4 cores at 3.9ghz, 8gb ram and SSD

Srep 3.9.2, Afr 0.1.9 by edison and LL2=lolz:mmt1:d64:mc1023

Quote:

Originally Posted by K4miKaZe (Post 476021)

Srep 1.9.2,

:confused::confused:

Quote:

Originally Posted by oltjon (Post 476022)

:confused::confused:

Ouch, its actually 3.9.2. Will edit it now. Thanks !!!

Assassin's Creed - Brotherhood

I thought that after adding Liberation HD all AC games were listed on the index but Brotherhood was not there too. So here it goes:

Version: All Dlcs v1.03
From: 6GB to 2.35GB (One language)
Method: MASK:srep:m3f+LL2/$binkpack=BPK/$anvilpack=afr+srep:m3f+LL2
Installation time: Between 5-7 minutes on 4 core + 8gb ram + SSD
Compression time: Less than 1 hour (cant remember well because i did it some days ago)

Srep version 3.9.2/AFR version 0.1.9 by edison007
LL2=lolz:mmt1:d64:mc1023
CRC checked

I also converted all other AC games, should i post them? I only added the ones that are not on the index. Some have less sizes than the listed and others have same or are a bit more (usually around 100mb diference).

^
If you have Origins latest version, I would like to know your results with lolz (if possible).

https://fileforums.com/showpost.php?...&postcount=699

Quote:

Originally Posted by KaktoR (Post 476032)

^
If you have Origins latest version, I would like to know your results with lolz (if possible).

https://fileforums.com/showpost.php?...&postcount=699

Yeah for sure, its a bit late here. I will post the full AC list tomorrow with the methods,time,etc... Origins was the first one (i always start with the heavy one like final fantasy wich i just finished now, xv to 46gb (and 20 hours, i thought i gonna die) , will post tomorrow the full method,etc...

Quote:

Originally Posted by darkwolves (Post 469820)

Sonic Forces
method used razors xtool under development
xprecomp+srep+lolz:dt1:dtp1:dto1:dtm1:dtw1:dtd1:mt t1:mt4:d100m:tt4
initial size 16 gb
repack size 7.53 gb
compression takes quite some time
decompression too
but after repacked it takes alot less time
then extracting the cpk and compressing
then installing and restoring the cpk took a few hours
installation on this took under an hour

*.cpk rebuilded by PackCPK.exe (size archives 31 gb)

srep+lzma2 = 8.2 gb

Starcraft II (v4.6.1)
WoL+HotS+LotV+Nova DLC

xtool+srep+lzma

Quote:

SC2Data\data\data.000
SC2Data\data\data.001
SC2Data\data\data.002
SC2Data\data\data.003
SC2Data\data\data.004
SC2Data\data\data.005
SC2Data\data\data.010
SC2Data\data\data.011
SC2Data\data\data.012
SC2Data\data\data.013
SC2Data\data\data.014
SC2Data\data\data.015
SC2Data\data\data.016
SC2Data\data\data.017
SC2Data\data\data.018
SC2Data\data\data.019
SC2Data\data\data.020
SC2Data\data\data.021
SC2Data\data\data.022
SC2Data\data\data.023

All other files
srep+lzma

23.7GB => 18.8GB

Total War: Rome 2 - Emperor Edition [v 2.4.0.19683 + DLCs]

Code:

Original Size: 33.0 GB (35,528,215,601 Bytes)

Compressed Size: 9.70 GB (10,423,314,048 Bytes)

Compression Time: 3 Hours (6 Cores + 16GB RAM + HDD)

Decompression Time: 10 Minutes

Method: 

GameData= srep:m3f:l512+lolz:dtb1:d128m:mtt1:mt6:mc1023

SoundData= srep:m3f:l512+7z

VideoData= bpk+srep:m3f:l512

Notes:
Repack uses Srep v3.92 library By Bulat Ziganshin
Repack uses Bpk, Lolz v2.1.a.7 library By ProFrager

All Assassin's Creed Games

Hi, here i will post all AC Games converted with almost same method.

Tools used: UltraArc, Srep v3.9.2, Lolz, Binkpack, UELR,AFR & Rad Video Tools (this was only for Black Flag & Unity because some video files give error when converting them with binkpack)

Method: Mask method -> bpk on .bik & .bk2 files / afr+srep+lolz on .forge files / srep+lolz on all other files
On AC Chronicles changed only AFR with UELR

Computer: 4 Cores with 3.9GHz (up to 4.3 on boost), 8GB DDR4 Ram, SSD & 12GB VRAM (This should not matter really)

Note 1: Original sizes are with only one language, sorry i already had my games with only 1 language (spanish) so i really have no idea how much the total size is with all language files.

Note 2: For Black Flag you must convert all .bk2 files into .bik files with rad tools (i only set up the conversion ratio to 80% to get an aproximate file size). After that rename the converted bik files into bk2 and replace them with the original files. For unity you have to do this only on the abstergologo.bk2 file (easy) or just remove it as its not necesarry.

Note 3: I also replaced DirectX installers with the web setup installer on all games.

Note 4: All games are on the last version and have all dlcs included (i think they are complete). Soundtracks and other Deluxe stuff non related to the game has been removed.
List:

Assassin's Creed v1.02

Code:

Original Size:       6.63GB

Compressed Size:     1.60GB

Packing Time:        Around 1 Hour

Installation Time:   3.5 minutes

Assassin's Creed II v1.01

Code:

Original Size:       5.50GB

Compressed Size:     2.08GB

Packing Time:        Around 1 Hour

Installation Time:   4 minutes

Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood v1.03

Code:

Original Size:       6GB

Compressed Size:     2.35GB

Packing Time:        Around 1 Hour

Installation Time:   6.5 minutes

Assassin's Creed: Revelations v1.03

Code:

Original Size:       6.31GB

Compressed Size:     2.77GB

Packing Time:        1 hour, 20-30 minutes

Installation Time:   6.5 minutes

Assassin's Creed III v1.06

Code:

Original Size:       15.3GB

Compressed Size:     5.07GB

Packing Time:        Around 3 hours

Installation Time:   17 minutes

Assassin's Creed III: Liberation HD v1.0

Code:

Original Size:       2.52GB

Compressed Size:     1.19GB

Packing Time:        40 minutes

Installation Time:   3 minutes

Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag v1.07

Code:

Original Size:       17.1GB

Compressed Size:     4.7GB

Packing Time:        Around 2 hours

Installation Time:   6 minutes

Assassin's Creed Chronicles: China v1.0

Code:

Original Size:       3.04GB

Compressed Size:     1.91GB

Packing Time:        Less then 1 hour

Installation Time:   3 minutes

Assassin's Creed Chronicles: India v1.0

Code:

Original Size:       3.47GB

Compressed Size:     1.72GB

Packing Time:        1 hour

Installation Time:   2-3 minutes

Assassin's Creed Chronicles: Russia v1.0

Code:

Original Size:       4.55GB

Compressed Size:     2.40GB

Packing Time:        1 hour

Installation Time:   3-4 minutes

Assassin's Creed: Rogue v1.1.0

Code:

Original Size:       10.7GB

Compressed Size:     3.96GB

Packing Time:        2 hours

Installation Time:   5 minutes

Assassin's Creed: Syndicate v1.51

Code:

Original Size:       62GB

Compressed Size:     18.7GB

Packing Time:        6-7 hours

Installation Time:   58 minutes

Assassin's Creed: Unity v1.50

Code:

Original Size:       45.2GB

Compressed Size:     30.9GB

Packing Time:        10-11 hours

Installation Time:   27 minutes

Assassin's Creed: Origins v1.51

Code:

Original Size:       68.6GB

Compressed Size:     28.9GB

Packing Time:        18-19 hours

Installation Time:   1 hour 57 minutes

Assassin's Creed: Odyssey

Code:

Original Size:       46.5GB

Compressed Size:     23.4GB

Packing Time:        15 hours

Installation Time:   1 hour 10 minutes

Final Note: All games has been crc checked with sfv file and all games are on a single bin file (non splitted). You can also get some better ratio (just a little bit) with higher lolz settings but its very time consuming and not worth (at least for me).

Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration

Thats already on the index but i got it 2gb lower with lolz and bpk.
Tools used: Ztool (pzlib) latest version included with uarc 2900 R5, srep v3.9.2, binkpack & lolz

Method Mask: bpk on .bik, .bk2 files / pzlib+srep+lolz on .tiger files / srep+lolz on all other files

Code:

Original Size:   22.1GB

Compressed Size: 13.1GB

Packing Time:    Around 8 Hours (30040.87 sec)

Install Time:    Only 9-10 minutes

Only 1 Language

4 Cores on 3.9GHz+8GB Ram+SSD

Did anyone know what this means exactly?

Code:

FreeArc 0.67 (March 15 2014) creating archive: .\Output\Data2.bin.001

arc: Error in array index

Quote:

Originally Posted by KaktoR (Post 476086)

Did anyone know what this means exactly?

Code:

FreeArc 0.67 (March 15 2014) creating archive: .\Output\Data2.bin.001

arc: Error in array index

Add "$Default" to Arc.Groups

Thanks. I have solved this error.

I have one normal archive with masked compression (it's just ~3GB), the second archive is with diskspan. I just had to seperate the arc.groups from cls-diskspan (they will not work in same directory). arc.groups is now in a other folder and it works now without problems,

@KaktoR

If $Default is added to Arc.Groups, DiskSpan will work without problem.

FIFA 19. On *.cas files - oodle compression, right?

Quote:

Originally Posted by K4miKaZe (Post 476079)

Code:

Original Size:   22.1GB

Compressed Size: 13.1GB

Packing Time:    Around 8 Hours (30040.87 sec)

Install Time:    Only 9-10 minutes

Only 1 Language

4 Cores on 3.9GHz+8GB Ram+SSD

Can you upload binkpack files for tomb raider and ac series?

Quote:

Originally Posted by dixen (Post 476094)

FIFA 19. On *.cas files - oodle compression, right?

Xtool and poodle don't work with fifa19 ... Cause FIFA 19 has encrypted files ... Need some edite in poodle to unpack .cas files ... I speak to razor and tell me that

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZAZA4EVER (Post 476095)

Can you upload binkpack files for tomb raider and ac series?

What do you mean, the compressor? Its the included on Uarc 2900 R5

Quote:

Originally Posted by K4miKaZe (Post 476097)

What do you mean, the compressor? Its the included on Uarc 2900 R5

Link pls uarc 2900 R5 ?

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZAZA4EVER (Post 476098)

Link pls uarc 2900 R5 ?

Just on this same forum, look 3-4 topics under this one, its on the first message of the "ultraarc for inno setup" thread. ;)

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZAZA4EVER (Post 476095)

Can you upload binkpack files for tomb raider and ac series?

CLS-BPK_C.dll. rename to CLS-BPK.dll. It work on bink video TR)

Quote:

Originally Posted by KaktoR (Post 475944)

Assassin's Creed: Odyssey

DataPC.forge (237.207.552 bytes)

afr => 549.826.560 bytes
super fast precompression. Slow decompression.

xtool:oodle => 549.769.216 bytes
Slow precompression, fast decompression.

Will test full game when it's released in a few days. Use the same as in Origins.

Same as in Origins, Xtool:oodle won't work with big input (single files are OK). Xtool will just stop working and files will be just copied without inflating.

Quote:

Originally Posted by KaktoR (Post 476107)

Same as in Origins, Xtool:oodle won't work with big input (single files are OK). Xtool will just stop working and files will be just copied without inflating.

Nice, i will do it too. Will u use lolz or lzma? So we can post diferent results?

Ok. Will use lzma. lolz tooks too long :) Will start tonight and let it run over night.

Quote:

Originally Posted by KaktoR (Post 476110)

Ok. Will use lzma. lolz tooks too long :) Will start tonight and let it run over night.

Lolz is my friend then :p

I will start a bit later, i want to complete the FF series first. I hope Odyssey doesnt take more time then Origins.

Quote:

Originally Posted by KaktoR (Post 476107)

Same as in Origins, Xtool:oodle won't work with big input (single files are OK). Xtool will just stop working and files will be just copied without inflating.

KaktoR can you tell me the AFR version u are using? I did the same file with mine but get a slightly different size:

Compressed 1 file, 237,207,552 => 549,824,267 bytes. Ratio 231.79%

Thanks !!!

AFR_x64.exe
+
afrpatch.dll

Assassin's.Creed.Odyssey.Gold.Edition

Assassin's Creed Odyssey Gold Edition Repack Eng only
Repack From 45.8GB TO 23.7Gb
With Afr+afrpatch.dll by Razor
AFR + SREP + LOLZ
BUT You Should know afr has different headers with game files but afr repack and unpack well
I think afr need simple modify from razor to ac Odyssey
To get better ratio
Almost Odyssey such as origins in files

Xtool Dont Work For All Game Files Result as Srep+Lzma 29.4Gb
Xtool Work For one File of the game not Full Files

Darksiders 2: Deathinitive Edition [v2.1.0.4]

Code:

Original Size: 12.4 GB (13,378,714,043 Bytes)

Compressed Size: 7.34 GB (7,884,486,177 Bytes)

Compression Time: 4 Hours (6 Cores + 16GB RAM + HDD + DiskSpan)

Decompression Time: 25 Minutes

Method:

Upak File= pZLib3:c132m:t100p+srep:m3f:l512+lolz:dtb1:d192m:mtt1:mt4:mc1023

BIK File= bpk+srep:m3f

Other Files= srep:m3f:l128+7z

Notes:
Repack uses pZLib3 v3.0.1.0 library By Razor12911
Repack uses Srep v3.92 library By Bulat Ziganshin
Repack uses Lolz v2.1.a.7 library By ProFrager

The installation time with XTool is 90 minutes.
Although the ratio is better.

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZAZA4EVER (Post 476116)

What was time of compression? 15 hours more?

You can use "Hibernation" for long compression times.

1:CMD Pause
2:Use ReduceMemory
3:Hibernation PC:p

Quote:

Originally Posted by Simorq (Post 476119)

You can use "Hibernation" for long compression times.

1:CMD Pause
2:Use ReduceMemory
3:Hibernation PC:p

Already tried, it is not the same thing, the process continues but the compression times are even longer.

Quote:

Originally Posted by KaktoR (Post 476118)

What was time of compression? 15 hours more?

25 hr