Hi all,

Does anyone know if there are any better methods to use to compress Metro 2033 & Last Light redux other than srep+lolz?

not familiar with those do you know what kind of streams they contain?

Both contain zlib streams, however I don't have any other file scanning tools to determine what other streams may be present. There are two .dll files present in each of the data folders for the titles that I don't recognise: "oaremote_plugin.dll" & "BugTrap.dll". I'm not sure if these are relevant at all but I thought I'd mention it. The vast majority of zlib streams in both titles are level 9.

How to find out which streams the game files contain.......???

You were right, once I've removed -a2 option, everything was OK! Thank you!

Compressing "Mad Max" with xzlib+srep+lolz gave me an output of 21.8gb (from 31.8gb), instead of the reported under 4gb compressions others were able to achieve! My arc.ini headers look like the following, any help would be greatly appreciated!

L33THAK0R
Since srep does the most work in removing dupes here, I think something maybe wrong there,

your xtool and lolz looks fine

Try this srep packcmd:

thanks man I'll give that a go

Any tests:

Test1

Compressing WAV files used UltraARC 2.9.0.0R6. Its programs created 4 dataX.arc files.

Methods=SREP+LOLZ
Total size: 811672kB

Test2

Methods=MSC+LZMA2
Total size: 736416kB (187533+199572+282870+66441kB's)
Compression time its badly long. (TAK compressor issue.)

Test3

A test: Its will compress 923MB's ARC file (compressed WAV files with TTA methods) with RAZOR 1.03.7 compressor use 256MB dictionary size.

Its results: 646908kB

B test: Its will compress 923MB's ARC file (compressed WAV files with TTA methods) with LOLZ x64 compressors.

Methods: dt:dtb1:dtw1:dtm1:dto1:dtd1:mtt1:mt4:d64m:fba4096: f1023
Its results: 647626kB

Its use MMC switches?

And any big test results with UltraARC2.9.0.0R6 it will compress the full games via 40+ hours process times. (with splitted arc files.)

Generated archive files list:

data1a.arc: 1047552kB
data1b.arc: 604611kB
data2a.arc: 443966kB
data2b.arc: 1048576kB
data2c.arc: 243390kB
data3a.arc: 805187kB
data3b.arc: 309900kB
data4.arc: 703894kB
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Total: 5207076kB = ~4.966GB. Hmm. Tiny Compressor v1.4 results will better than UARC versions. Smaller than ~1.08GB file size.

Hi there, what is "UABE"? If this tool/pre-compressor helps with getting .bundle files to decompress properly I'd be very interested in seeing if this tool helps!

Greetings To All

Hitman 3 do you know the method about compression

Just wanted to report with the duplicate .bik files comment, of which there are 4 (2 versions per video, total 8). By removing the LQ_ (low quality) at the start of the filename you can force the game to load that videofile. I'm not sure when the LQ_ is actually played in normal circumstances, but I would assume it would be when the user is playing at a 720p or lower resolution. Opting to use only the high quality (1080p) videos saves you 702mb, and when choosing the opposite (720p) you save yourself 1.27gb! Additionally the following videos can be removed to save an additional 1.21gb. These videos are just promotional or introductory videos for the "Be the Zombie" online-multiplayer gamemode, which isn't very active especially with cracked clients (mp is p2p).

Literally 1 online search away: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=uabe :(

Did you have to decrypt or unpack the archives first? Try as I might, I can't seem to get the blasted thing under 21.8gb.

Argh the 1am brain strikes again, sorry about that.

There's no decryption involved, or unpacking, 100% lossless. Try using a different xtool version (e.g. xtool 2020 with -mzlib+reflate in xtool packcmd)

that might be the issue, I'll give it a shot!

Does the UE3 title "Batman Arkham Knight" need any specific special treatment to squash the file size down? Using uelr+srep+lolz+bpk gave me a final output of just over 38gb, but I'm fairly sure this is a very unimpressive final result, as I've seen other users detailing their results but I'm unable to replicate these.

Forza Horizon 4: Ultimate Edition v.1.467.783.0
 

what exactly is xprecomp?

WAVE compression again: Retested few switches, use TinyGamePack tools by Panker1992 and from searching best results.

In last time good results: 635 350kB

Its default versions with lzma switches its bigger 1-3MBs. This data package contains huge duplicated files. cca. 10-20% in full sizes and files. Deduping compression schemes its preferred than LZMA1/2 ones from data size reduction. UCC2.9.0.0R6 badly configured or any Win7 issues its previous badly results or switches? Used WinXP x86 from compression.

Use scripts and switches from Compress.bat file

and msc/srep switches: SREP-ed versions its probably few kBs smaller. Without srep compressed archive its probably, minimally faster decompression.

Optimfrog compression testing now again in future time. (waiting smallest results from than TAK compressed ones?) This -tak=9 switch replaced to -frog=9 switches.

Mini archive sample: https://mixdrop.co/f/dq0knxpdu733pqd
Archive info: https://i.kek.sh/34voYtawVu7.jpg

Noob questions: The TAK or OptimFrog its better programs the stability issues these (De)compression progress?
TAK: v2.3.0 32bit OptimFrog: v4.910b

Any results, from my repack:

V2 separated files version summary in last time:

Data1: 2743279kB
Data2: 628021kB
Sound: 635350kB
Binaries: 3683kB
_________________
Total: 4010333kB = 3916.34MB = 3.825GB

Saved 58086kB's from v1 one BIG files versions. Binaries its probably minimally better compress use various lzma switches.

Any results2:

Its 'Data2' files set compress again use arc with -mx switches.

Results: 786646kB (xZLIB+SREP+ARC)

And compress again 'Data2' files set without LOLZ compression. (xZLib+SREP only)
Its precompressed archive size: 3711090kB.

The file compress and RAZOR 1.03.7 x64 use -d 256m switches. NanoZip v0.09 x64 compressing use: -cO -m4g -t4 switches and waiting in few hours from results.

RZ: 638301kB
NZ: 662708kB

Its winner? LOLZ!

I am finally done testing FIFA 20.
Here is the link to the updated post : https://fileforums.com/showpost.php?...postcount=2232

BTW, you don't want to look at the time it took......xD

Serious Sam 4 Deluxe Edition
 

Note:
Due to the use of SREP 3.20, the compression speed is very low but has a better ratio.

HITMAN 3 Deluxe Edition
 

What about the XTool Plugin that was made for HITMAN 3?
Have you tested it?

Gears Tactics
 

HITMAN 3 [v3.10.0]
 

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https://fileforums.com/showpost.php?...7&postcount=94

:( Guess it can't be helped unless Razor does something.

Small requests from members: Please testing my mini archive sample from testing decompression time comparisons and calculate in rough estimate decompression times.

This archive package: https://mixdrop.co/f/0vlope03akxpv8m
Decompressor packs: https://mixdrop.co/f/840v3zvdildgw7

The old Celeron 430 CPU 1.8Ghz with 1GB memory PC's extraction times in ~1 minutes. (cca. 54-57 seconds.) Please testing from newest high-era PC's users, from pre calculate my repacks extraction times. The full packages, extraction time cca. 60-90 minutes calculated in last time, the old PC. Core-i3/5 or higher capable in 2-3* or higher faster decomp. times.

And previous days uploaded "audio_testfile[tak].bin" properly how to extracting in via CMD mode?? ARC/TAK doesn't extract work. Use "FA.sfx" module in locate TinyGamePack tools by Panker1992 its working.

And mini SREP vs. LOLZ DeDup figthing results, from repacking again these 100k files sets the game.

Results:

Data2.arc with xZLib+SREP+LOLZ: 628021kB
Data2_new.arc with xZLib+LOLZ: 658117kB

Yes. SREP-ed compressed versions its better.

Data2.arc decomp. results (Data1.arc its 3hours! not enough available free RAM):
https://i.kek.sh/NVXNLD4mrBX.jpg

Sound.bin with "FA.sfx" in ~250-260 seconds. Binaries cca. ~5 sec.

Steel Division 2 (Build 6613813) [+All DLCs]
 

Commander Deluxe Folder ripped.

79GB -----> 29.2GB :D

Total War: ROME Remastered
Intitial release version, including HighRes pack

Probably you will get more out of it using lolz, because 90% of the game consists of tga/dds images..

Total War Rome Remastered [NOT 4K] [v2.0] [ENGLISH ONLY]
 

On *.webm and *.feral
*feral is ogg audio archives, so you could use oggre but no idea of the benefit (or any issue in decompression)

50.1GB ----> 17.3GB :D

Optimal Packing

JPG files and use: -mbrunsli or -mlepton
Sound Folders = msc+srep+lzma
PNG+GIF = precomp+srep+lolz

everything else = reflate+srep+lolz_ldmf=d1023m:mt2


Lossy Section:
Run this script to all webm files, you get 25% of the original size
so for 1GB of raw video you get 250mb.

ffmpeg -i "webm_files" -c:v libvpx-vp9 -b:v 2000k -c:a opus -b:a 112k -y "output_webm_files"

I Attached Brunsli:

[External compressor:brunsli]
packcmd = brunsli_x64 c $$arcdatafile$$.jpg $$arcdatafile$$.brn
unpackcmd = brunsli_x64 d $$arcdatafile$$.brn $$arcdatafile$$.jpg
datafile = $$arcdatafile$$.jpg
packedfile = $$arcdatafile$$.brn
solid = 0

Visual Paradigm of trully eye lossless Compression:
Lossless: https://drive.google.com/file/d/18O_...ew?usp=sharing
Lossy: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QmL...ew?usp=sharing

panker1992
Just FYI, game sounds + eng only packing:

srep+LZMA2 = 927MB

msc+srep+LMA2 = 886MB

41mb space savings.

Xprecomp is an arc.ini command line introduced from the original version of xtools that razor released..
i had the command line tied into the zlib fuction at the time i did that
so pretty much i used the zlib function on xtools

Hello
panker1992

Total War ROME RemasteredTotal War ROME Remastered How To Reduce The Size Of Gaming Videos Without Disrupting Quality

Could it be possible to show it as a sample Video ?

Multiple *.reducing the size of WebM game videos in bulk

Has anyone given "PC Building Simulator" a try? Tried compressing with msc + srep + lolz but unfortunately got a "-1" FreeArc archive corruption error at around 1.2% into attempted installation. Not sure if there's a trick to these Unity titles but it seems I'm yet to figure them out.

I'm not sure as to what is causing issues as I was able to get from 26gb to ~4gb so I'm certain the files can't already be compressed. Whats stranger is similar methods with the title "Outward" gave me similar final ratios, however "Outward" was able to decompress properly. My guess is that this might be an engine version issue, or with how Unity creates its packed files, but I'm honestly at a loss.

PC Building Simulator is just srep+lolz. Not sure why you're using msc.

L33THAK0R: This error message used Arc.exe from decompression?? Its probably used bad arc/cls.ini configuration or/and missing/wrong external exe/dll files these unpacking process.