Originally Posted by hydefromt70s (Post 436249)

Ok guys, back to the main thread of this topic ...

In http://fileforums.com/showthread.php?t=96465]this topic I fought with obtaining the best possible compression FC4 game and in the end I managed it :)

Now here we have a problem. We have a single 12.9GB file size. SFK program split this file into 3 smaller parts so that each of them will fit on one single DVD5's. Splitted files have an extension .part*, so we have the file structure: .arc (uncompressed) -> SREP -> lzma (.bin file) and now after splitting -> .part*
http://i58.tinypic.com/15ilhl.jpg

The question is: How to "hook up" all this under the Inno Setup installer, eg Glass Black Box?

Can create a .bat script based on SFK program, which would have the task to join the splitted parts into one whole, and then extract the .bin file by INNO. The only problem is that the splitted files must be in the same folder and eventually everyone will be located on a separate DVD's : / This leads also to the fact that the possibility of launching an external application (eg installation of DX, VCRedist or running .bat script) is possible after unpacking the main files (?): /

Any ideas ??

Originally Posted by pakrat2k2 (Post 436296)

those 3 temp files will be copied to {app} ( specified game folder location chosen by end user ) Then inno / setup would continue the extraction of the files from those 3 files into {app}. Same thing was accomplished with Watch Dogs by BAMsE, & same will need to be done with FC4. There are 2 files that are HUGE 1 at 5GB, the other 15GB !!! Those files will need to be further split down into separate parts, then they can be reconstructed during installation.

Originally Posted by Razor12911 (Post 436303)

There is only two disadvantage about this file splitting.

When unpacking, twice the original file size will be required.

Another disadvantage would be that all the splitted files should all be present in a folder before merging could take place(unless if TStream is used in an advanced manner). So, if you were planning on making multidisk, you first have to copy all the splits in a directory, then merge all the files into the original archive.(again, more space is required, also time.)
after merging, then after unpacking can take place.

So this is what happens when packing:
Compressing > Splitting

when unpacking(Multidisk)
Regrouping > Merging > Deletion > Unpacking > Deletion

when unpacking(Single Media)
Merging > Unpacking > Deletion

Originally Posted by Razor12911 (Post 436989)

Gatosky1620: like this?

Originally Posted by Razor12911 (Post 436995)

Bro, this is not IC, it is CIU. I added the split/merge function just like you and pakrat asked.

Originally Posted by Andrey167 (Post 436174)

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