Good ideas to start :

1. Look for compression/encryption algorithm names in folder structure.
2. In Total Commander ,view the main gamefiles and its DLLs (F3) and search for comp/encr-algonames,too.
3. If none of them found ,try zlib ,maybe it works.
4. If zlib doesnt work,give it up!:D

For dds, you can use just srep+lolz
ogv are video files, try to use a low freearc setting (m1, m2) or just use m0 for storing (sometimes you can compress video files, but just a few mb)
lvl, crf I don't know

As for "bin_addons_win32/SF3_Campaign/package.pak_data" you can try zlib

Hello what would be the best method for icarus? please. thanks in advance

srep+lolz/lzma - devs didn't use compression on their paks.

Bus Simulator 21
 

hi! need a valid unreal key ! :)

What do you mean? This game isn't encrypted.

sorry !thought it was!:)

ARK Survival Evolved

400GB ----> 38.7GB

srep+lolz
mpz on soundtrack

Compression takes almost 40 hours, not for the faint hearted.

400GB... I guess this game reaches 1TB soon :D

Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade

oodle kraken 7

Video files are webm videos

Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade

XTool v0.39 + oo2core.dll from game folder

Anyone knows what's the point for all the different language movie files in FF7 Remake? I guess only lips movement right?

Yes, US files are for EN and all else is for FR/DE/JP - there are some dedicated videos for FR/DE videos (e.g. credits video).

P.S. do not rip any credits videos since the game actually has an ending scene before the credits show. If you rip the credits video, you lose the ending of the game.

Ok then I guess you can rip all the lipsync files out of s21 pak and voices from s23 pak

I've already ripped out the FR, DE, JP voices but didn't touch the lipsync. I cannot imagine it would save much space?

Well I didn't extract the archive yet to see how much size they have.

Assassin's Creed Odyssey
v1.5.6, One language

how do you unpack those pak files with oodle support ??

do you know the blocks for languages to rip via hex editor ?

https://anonfiles.com/V9C101q5wb/unr..._4_0.4.25b_bms

quickbms -l "unreal_tournament_4_0.4.25b.bms" pakchunk0_s23-WindowsNoEditor.pak >> pakchunk0_s23-WindowsNoEditor.txt

This lists the contents and the locations of all the files in the pak.

German Block: 2583541977 - 4031342431

French Block: 4031342793 - 5445490559

Japanese Block: 5445490905 - 6823955647

Assassin's Creed Valhalla
Changed from oodle mermaid 7 to 8 in v1.4.1

Anyone knows how to use bsc with freearc? Packing works, but unpacking doesn't work here

This doesn't work at all, it asks for a key!

thanks for blocks :D

The key is

thanks alot :D

lipsync isnt worth the hassle... 30 mb and if you compress it you will gain 1 or 2 mb of space

removing voice though saves 1.4 GB per language

panker1992
I thought you would be capable of finding the key yourself :p

There's a list of keys and an AES finder application uploaded by Spiritovod on the CounterStrike.RussianInformationNetwork ;) which I cannot link here for obvious reasons. You can use those resources in future.

Or use this, if you don't have an account over there (I update this list every week for DSG)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aF3...ew?usp=sharing

Try this command
 

in arc.ini
[External compressor:bsc]
header = 0
packcmd = bsc.exe e $$arcdatafile$$.tmp $$arcpackedfile$$.tmp {options}

For Pack
arc.exe a -ep1 -dses --dirs -s; -lc- -di -i2 -r -m=bsc:b128:m0 data_bsc.arc _Pack\*

For Unpack

arc.exe x -dpunpacked\ data_bsc.arc

NOTE:
cls version (Shegorat) available in Krinkels for 0.3.1

Thanks, I already know about this, but was corious if it is possible with bsc.exe too, but it doesn't looks so.

I have a very tight schedule these days my friend,
anything that cant be automated or i dont solve in under 5 minutes goes to bin.

BTW Final Fantasy is the worst remake for these past years according to some !!!

let me at least share my findings before i delete this game

ffmpeg -i <emov.file> -c:v libvpx-vp9 -b:v 2000k -c:a copy -c:s copy -y <output.webm_then_rename>

use this on all videos

you will end up with 2.2GB of videos

Five Nights at Freddy’s: Security Breach (Build 7902251)

*.pak - ue4d+srep+lolz
75 gb > 54 gb > 28.5 gb

*.mp4 - srep+zstd
no changed size (3.4 gb)

Rest files - srep+lolz

Thanks to Masquerade for update & Shegorat for ue4d plugin.

Can I ask why you used zstd for the "*.mp4" files?

ZSTD is very fast and you can maybe squeeze compression ratio to 98%.

Fast unpack - ~300-800 Mbit on uncompressed data (movies, audio and encrypted data)

SCARF [Build 7811230]
 

Ripped Credits Video

XTool:zlib+srep+lolz

Videos: srep+zstd

12.1GB ---> 7.6GB

Assassin's Creed Valhalla
v1.4.1, all DLC, One language

*forge files -> oo2recm+srep+lzma-mt (use oo2core_8_win64.dll rename to 7)
rest of the files -> srep+lzma-mt

97.1GB -> 40.9GB
Time: 10 hours

PS: DSG just crashed at ISO creation and no LOG was saved.

Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade
Nothing ripped

You can save additional ~2GB with removing languages from pak files.
https://fileforums.com/showpost.php?...postcount=2701

Yakuza 4 - From Yakuza's Series 5/7
 

Side : It's been a while since i have posted, i am just lazy lol. Anyway good to see you guys digging on newest games.

Dr Livingstone, I Presume?
 

4.7GB ---> 1.6GB

Yakuza 3 - From Yakuza's Series 4/7
 

Anno 1404 History Edition
Nothing ripped, all languages

Anno 1503 History Edition
Nothing ripped, all languages

Anno 1602 History Edition
Nothing ripped, all languages

Anno 1701 History Edition
Nothing ripped, all languages

NOTE: