FileForums - Best Compression Methods for 'Specific' Games. Q&A

 17:34:36 - Selected ARC/DS method for Data1a-01.bin was: xtool:mzlib+srep_new+4x4:lzma

 17:34:36 - Selected ARC/DS method for Data1b-01.bin was: bpk+srep_new+4x4:lzma

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 19:39:05 - Overall input size: 42.92 GB

 19:39:05 - Overall output size: 29.19 GB (Ratio 68.02%)

 19:39:05 - Overall conversion time: 02:04:25

KaktoR

02-03-2022 11:49

3 Attachment(s)

Grand Theft Auto Trilogy Definitive Edition
Database test

Code:

E:\_Compress\#FA_example>arc.exe a -ep1 -r -ed -s; -w.\temp -moo2reck data.arc "pack\*"

FreeArc 0.67 (March 15 2014) creating archive: data.arc

Compressed 1 file, 4,404,209,185 => 9,066,844,033 bytes. Ratio 205.87%

Compression time: cpu 5.72 sec/real 1138.63 sec = 1%. Speed 3.87 mB/s

All OK





E:\_Compress\#FA_example>arc.exe a -ep1 -r -ed -s; -w.\temp -mxtool:kraken data.arc "pack\*"

FreeArc 0.67 (March 15 2014) updating archive: data.arc

Compressed 1 file, 4,404,209,185 => 8,974,413,342 bytes. Ratio 203.77%

Compression time: cpu 4.89 sec/real 421.68 sec = 1%. Speed 10.44 mB/s

All OK





E:\_Compress\#FA_example>arc.exe a -ep1 -r -ed -s; -w.\temp -mxtool:gta3r data.arc "pack\*"

FreeArc 0.67 (March 15 2014) updating archive: data.arc

Compressed 1 file, 4,404,209,185 => 9,160,117,615 bytes. Ratio 207.99%

Compression time: cpu 4.56 sec/real 400.89 sec = 1%. Speed 10.99 mB/s

All OK

*Database was created from game version 1.04
**Tested only GTA 3 Definitive Edition, but the two others should work aswell

Usage:

Code:

Place xtl and oodle library next to xtool.exe



Use -mxtool:gta3r/gtavcr/gtasar



xtl file can be removed for decoding

Masquerade

02-03-2022 12:30

Five Nights At Freddy's: Security Breach [Build 8235487]

Code:

srep+razor/$pak=ue4d:key=85F7D4007015493ED0359C9007266038F8F7B1F96988F19A610103874CC95286+srep+lolz/$mp4=srep+zstd

77.7GB ----> 27.2GB

Notes:

cls-ue4d used - made by Shegorat
Do not use srep 3.92b, crash on decompression.

:( Sad8669

04-03-2022 18:26

FiFA 16 + Update 5 [ENG+RUS]

Code:

Method : xtool_zlib+srep:m3f:l512+lolz:mt4:mtt0:mc1023:dtp0:dtb0:dto0:dtw0:dtd1:dtm1:ldmf0

Decompression Time : 15.6 Minutes (4T)

Initial Size : 14.00 GB

Final Size: 9.67 GB

Info : Use "-c64mb" for XTool, XTool 0.4.3 used.

st0rm

05-03-2022 01:03

Rise of the Argonauts [2008]

Code:

Game Version : 1.0



Ripped Files : Nothing Ripped or Encoded



Original Size : 6.99 GB



Compressed Size : 2.59 GB



Install Time : ~10 Mins on HDD (Depends your system)



Method : binkpack+uelr:uv+srep:m3f+lzma2

:( Sad8669

06-03-2022 23:06

Yakuza 5 - From Yakuza's Series 6/7

Code:

Method : srep:m3f:l512+lolz:normal/$criwarevideo=srep:m3f:l512+bcm

Compression Time : 5 Hours

Decompression Time : 35 Minutes

Initial Size : 28.9 GB

Final Size : 15.3 GB

Notes : Korean, Chinese and Japanese files ripped.

Code:

$criwarevideo

*.usm

normal = mt4:mtt0:mc1023:dtp0:dtb0:dto0:dtw0:dtd1:dtm1:ldmf0

Side Notes : BCM doesn't show progress, it will stay at 0%, but the files will be processed in %temp%. BCM encoding is faster and better than lolz, but it is slower than lolz when it comes to decoding.

Code:

bcm InFile OutFile , for encode

bcm -d OutFile InFile , for decode

:( Sad8669

07-03-2022 18:05

Need for Speed 2016 [v1.0] [ENG+RUS]

1 Attachment(s)

Code:

Method : xt_lz4+srep:m3f:l512+lolz:mt4:mtt0:mc1023:dtp0:dtb0:dto0:dtw0:dtd1:dtm1

Compression Time : 6 Hours

Decompression Time : 4.7 Minutes (4T)

Initial Size : 13.2 GB

Final Size: 9.24 GB

Info : Use attached XTool for better results. (Thanks to KaKtor, for helping me find the correct version of XTool)

Hexagon123

07-03-2022 22:15

Rayman Legends (2013) [v1.3.140380, b301089]

Total start size: 5.51GB w/ support or 5.45GB w/o support

Compress with the following:

.bik

Code:

bpk

.ipk

Code:

xtool:mzlib+msc+srep:m5f:a2:l512+lolz:dt:dtb1:dtw1:dtm1:dto1:dtd1:mtt1:mt4:d128m:fba4096

Rest of the Files

Code:

srep:m5f:a2:l512+rz

Total packed size: 2.82GB

kuyhaa

09-03-2022 03:07

any have best Method WWE 2K22 ?

:( Sad8669

09-03-2022 04:28

A few hours till i get my hand on the sample, but usuallly game has oodle streams and some bink files (they are packed inside archive this time). if you have the game use oodle streams scanner to check for the file or check back this page after a few hours, they changed the engine too so lets hope for the better.

Masquerade

09-03-2022 04:32

Quote:

Originally Posted by kuyhaa (Post 496141)

any have best Method WWE 2K22 ?

Probably encrypted + oodle.

KaktoR

11-03-2022 07:47

Distant Worlds 2

Code:

 15:07:26 - Selected ARC/SPLIT method for Data1a-01.bin was: 

srep+lolz:d64:mtt1:mt12:mc1023/

$mscpack=msc_tak/

$mp3pack=mpz_mtx/

$deflatepack=xtool:mpreflate+srep+lolz:d64:mtt1:mt12:mc1023/

$textpack=dict+lzp+lzma

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 16:27:38 - Overall input size: 10.75 GB

 16:27:38 - Overall output size: 3.82 GB (Ratio 35.55%)

 16:27:38 - Overall conversion time: 01:20:08