Oh, most certainly not profitable in the slightest. But still good fun! :D

Hi!Need A valid unreal key for "Chinese Paladin - Sword & Fairy 7"! :)
Should i use "ue4dt" or xtool with unreal plugin?thanx!

In my tests there were no difference in using ue4dt or xtool.

Keys

KaktoR , you are right!I tried with both ue4dt & xtool without success!
So ? What's should i use for better compression ?

I think the files are not compressed anyway, but I have not checked further.

NASCAR 21 Ignition

Decimal locations for unneeded voiceovers in The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes

Thanks. Also do not use bpk on this. Will cause crc errors (again) :D

Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy

Decimal locations for Japanese voiceover in SCARLET NEXUS v1.04:

Remaining JP voices are inside pakchunk70-WindowsNoEditor.pak.

Total: 1.25GB

SCARLET NEXUS
v1.04

FATAL FRAME / PROJECT ZERO Maiden of Black Water

With lolz, 11.1GB.

Chinese Paladin - Sword & Fairy 7

Need Some Help! when using ue4dt with "m1" parameter instead of "m2" , i got better compression but with crc check error !is there any solution to fix this ? i tried xtool with unreal plugin , but the "ue4dt with m1" remains the better method!

Anyone can tell me something about Age of Empires 4? I don't want to download 200 GB just for testing (I don't wanna play this game anyway) :)

Age of Empires IV (4) [P] [RUS + ENG + 12 / ENG] (2021) (5.0.7274.0) [UWP-Dump] 34 gb

DX12AssetsChinese.sga

zlib

Age of Empires 4
1 language, without HD/4K files

Old vs. newest compression schools compare
 

Repacked again my very old MSTS REPACK compare the newest compression techniques.

MSTS 2004 HUN (repacked in year 2010!* Newest repack in last time 2021):

Old, ace*pcf.arc, 6 files: 1 694 461kB (ARC file, store --> PCF file --> ARC -mx)
New, one Data-1.arc file: 998 000kB (xZLib+srep+lolz)
Compare1: 1 742 537kB (no zlib precompression, SREP+LZMA only)
Compare2: 1 759 557 kB (ARC -mx only)
Compare3: 1 147 153 kB (xZLib+srep+LZMA)

Old, Data_arc.arc: 465 445kB (ARC file, rep:64mb --> ARC -mx)
New, Data-2.arc: 401 611kB (xZLib+srep+lolz)

Old, Snd.uha file: 186 970kB (ARC with TTA --> Uharc 0.6 -m3)
New, Snd-0.arc file: 181 873kB (msc+rep+4x4)

Binaries, old: 4225kB --> New: 4102kB (ARC only compression.)**

*use with P4 and 768MB RAM!
Yes! ~2.245GB ---> ~1.515GB. Installed game size: 7.4GB
Old version install time with Pentium B430 CPU and 1GB RAM: 62 minutes. (+/- few seconds.)
New version install time with Pentium B430 CPU and 1GB RAM: ~45 minutes! (44m38.55s) :cool:

**arc.exe a -lc1024 -ld1024 -ep1 -ed -s -r -w.\ Data.bin -mrep:256mb+exe2+delta+lzma:128mb:ultra:bt4:fb273:m c1023:lc8 "Data\*"

Note: xZLIB 0.12 x86, SREP x64 with m3f:a2 and LOLZ defaults with modified to d128m:tt16

See: https://i.kek.sh/aPm68PqdBfC.png

Any huge compression results attached in the file. Its will compress now ~22GB's MSTS game. :D (3nd variant with mods.)

WOLCEN: Lords Of Mayhem (v1.1.4.6)
 

Step 1: Decrypt the game files:

1. Download the decryption tool from the attachment below (credits to atom0s & Gabriel Dehan). This EXE is specific to game version v1.1.4.6.
2. Drop the EXE into the game's root folder.
3. Open CMD prompt here.
4. Run the following command:
   
   Code:

   ---

   for /r %f in (*.pak) do Pak_Decrypt "%f" "%~df%~pf%~nf.zip"

   ---

5. Once the above command completes, run the next command:
   
   Code:

   ---

   for /r %f in (*.zip) do del "%~df%~pf%~nf.pak"

   ---

6. Once the above command completes, run the next command:
   
   Code:

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   for /r %f in (*.zip) do ren "%f" "%~nf.pak"

   ---

Now you have a fully decrypted game.

Step 2: Compression

• Make 2 archives.
• Archive 2 will contain "Sounds_MISC.pak" and "Sounds_WEM.pak".
• Archive 1 will contain everything else.

Start Size: 29.6GB

Method for archive 1:
Method for archive 2:
Final Compressed Size: 12.1GB

Injustice 2 Precompression Test

Using oo2core_4_win64.dll from game's Binaries folder.

XTool v0.3.21 (kraken codec):
oo2reck:

Remove languages from video files with ffmpeg (you have to rename scx to mp4)

INJUSTICE 2 Audio tracks inside videos:

https://i.ibb.co/8MgRVqx/Capture.png

Better compression switches from LOLZ compression compare, than ones: -dt1 -dtp1 -dtb1 -dto1 -dtm1 -dtw1 -dtd1 -mtt1 -mt8 -d128m -fba4096 -mc1023 ???

This ttXX switches usage? Higher tt values = better compression rate or not? (tt16/32/64, etc.. Default: tt4/8) Or data type different? bc/blr/bm and pc switches, reasonable effect to better compression rate? No experience of this?

12,2 gb > 9.4 gb
*.xxx, *.tfc - Xtool+oo2core plugin

Any info about Miner's Mettle?

Wasn't able to get srep 3.92 beta working with it, both in $$arc$$ or stdio.

3.93a works, but I don't know anything yet about precompression

Call of Duty: Vanguard
oo2core_8_win64.dll from game folder


First time I see xtool:kraken is better then oo2rec

Forza Horizon 5

*.zip, *.minizip -> zlib
do not use bpk on bk2 files, same shit as always (crc error). I guess bpk has reached its limits.

KaktoR,

Actually, it isn't the first time xtool:kraken is yielding better results than XTool.

Take a look at this, it is a sample from WWE 2K19.

XTool - Kraken
OodleRec - Kraken
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you are kinda right about bpk, had same issues when i tried it on WDL bpks.

I guess encoding bpks is the only option we have, if the game accepts the encoded ones ofcourse.

Miner's Mettle

STAR WARS Jedi Fallen Order [Build 7637838]
 

ENGLISH ONLY! All unneeded language files + deluxe movies ripped.

Start size: 51.3GB

Compression method:
Do not use XTool chunk size of greater than 128mb otherwise it will get stuck during compression. (tested on my 64GB, 16 thread PC). XTool v0.12 used. Thanks to Razor12911 for the tools.

Final Size: 37.9GB

@Masquerade
Is it really worth it? :D

https://i.imgur.com/WKKK12U.png

it seems that you 2 are crancking it up :D

glad to see active people, BTW my Final size on AoE - IV

8GB

IMO yes, considering there's little to no speed penalty.

I didn't test selkie though, perhaps you can get even more inflation with that.

Why the new GTA trillogy has oodle files in place when they have zlib? :confused:

Grand Theft Auto III Definitive Edition

Grand Theft Auto San Andreas Definitive Edition

Grand Theft Auto Vice City Definitive Edition