hello, where do we put this file in diskpan 2008?

Deathloop XTool+Kraken
19 gb > 56 gb > 48 gb > 17 gb

:confused:

yes, add new file xtool in pre/xtool2020 and file .dll to /pre/OodleRec

Newest DiskSpan_GUI do the job for you, you don't have to copy anything.

DSG scans the input folder (game folder) and if DSG finds a "oo2core_#_Win64.dll" file it will copy it to either XTool or oo2rec folder, depending on if you use XTool or oo2rec.

If DSG does not find a "oo2core_#_Win64.dll" file in input folder then DSG will use a file from "Resources\ADDONS\Libraries\Oodle" folder, depending on which "oodle number" you pick.

In some cases a game will be shipped with a "wrong" file, in this case you have to test.

I think this link refers to srep v3.2 which you can download here: https://bayfiles.com/L0H7x0Ufxd/srep-3.2_exe

:rolleyes:

Orcs Must Die! 3

Thanks to Masquerade for database

Orcs Must Die! 3 [Build 8508638]

*.PAK
Everything else:
13.2GB ---> 7GB

The Drained Goddess

13GB ---> 9.9GB

Age of Empires 3 Definitive Edition
1 language, v latest (I don't know lol)

Thanks to Edison007 for xtool plugin

FINAL FANTASY VII Remake Intergrade
Movies ripped, v1.001

This is basically a update for my last report about this game.

English, French and Japanese movies were ripped. Game was tested 100% in german + english with ripped video files (I played the game twice in english + german with all additional side quest stuff + DLC). I assume it will work on french and japanese languages too.

How to know if the game works with ripped movie files? You will encounter game freezes on points were a video should play (the game is not "freezing" actually, but you can't do any actions). Luckily you can guess which video is missing or wrong ripped by folder and file names.

*_US files are used for english only. Files without language code are used by french, german, japanese (except for credits videos, but this is obvious).

You can delete language voiceovers out of "pakchunk0_s23-WindowsNoEditor.pak" file with quickbms + hex editor to save additional ~2GB, but I didn't for this test.

Hello, just a question when importing 0bit files, if I redo an extraction of mp4 files should I have 0bit files?

Yes you will have null video files.

Zero bytes still takes up space, if you look at them in the file explorer the size doesn't change, since 00 bytes are repeated all until the end of the file, lossless data compression algorithms takes good use of repeated bytes, hence the compressed file is so small.

i think that's how it works :D though i am not sure.

OR

you can take srep for example, it just saves the position of dupes occurrence and copies a single of copy of these dupes to those positions during decompression.

Help with compressing Ender Lillies smaller please. Thanks.

xzlib+srep+lolz

For the banks, try following this guide.

what about the ucas extension? is xzlib taking care of both the .pak and .ucas files? I was only able to compress it to around 870mb.

Yes. In this case, the UCAS files are not encrypted.

Anno 1800
v14.0, all DLC, nothing ripped

Five Nights At Freddy's: Security Breach [Build 8479365]

60.3GB ----> 21.2GB

Notes:

• cls-ue4d used - made by Shegorat
• Do not use srep 3.93b, crash on decompression.

Winter Ember [Build 8534177] [Lossy + Lossless]

If you want to recode the videos, you can recode them to 3000kb/s bitrate using ffmpeg:
You can view a comparison between the quality of original videos and recoded videos here.

Compression

Original Size [Lossless Videos]: 5.7GB

Final Size [Lossless Videos]: 2.9GB

Original Size [Recoded Videos]: 4.6GB

Final Size [Recoded Videos]: 1.8GB

Wolcen Lords of Mayhem [v1.1.5.5]
 

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 v1.1.5.5.
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:

   ---

   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: 33.6GB

Method for archive 1:
Method for archive 2:
Final Compressed Size: 13.6GB

Couldn't find the answer through search. What compression method do I use for pdf files?
I think if we have a sticky thread about a general compression method for specific types of files, it would greatly help newbies like us.

png, pdf = reflate

Use precomp on pdf.

F.E.A.R
latest version, incl all DLC

F.E.A.R 2
latest version, incl all DLC

F.E.A.R. 3
latest version, incl all DLC

Yakuza 6 - From Yakuza's Series 7/7
 

Note : You can use BCM with mtx to gain speed.

This BMF compressor not repleceable using the BIM compressor usage the MSC/FreeArc? Newest or patched/fixed versions, from fix freezing DDS compression its available? (Win7 x64) Found BMP only fixed v2.01 copy from FreeArc usages. (v1.1 its very old.) This v2.0 its totally lost from net?

This BIM v0.03 version, support only 24bit BMP, TGA and PNM/PPM images. (No available more info this compression rate difference than BMF.)

MotoGP 22

29.2GB ---> 16.6GB

I have stopped using zstd for videos and prefer lz4 instead because it is faster.

CLS-LZ4 library used by Shegorat.

Masquerade: Some code's contains ...lz4:l12 switches. This FreeArc 0.67 internal switches from lz4 algo?? Tested in Arc.exe with -mlz4:l12 don't work. Pure lz4 or lz4:h32m or lz4:h32m:b8m its ok.

I am using cls-lz4 plugin by Shegorat. I have amended my post to reflect this.

ZenStudios Pinball FX3 ".pxp" archives
 

Anyone given the ZenStudio's "Pinball FX" series a shot? Can't seem to find any information about the engine or the archives it uses. It (as well as all other ZenStudio titles) use a "*.pxp" archive format (File signature of 50 58 1A CD, decodes to "PX.Í"), and using the zlib codec under xtool picks up ~3 streams but crashes with a general decompression error after trying to parse them. Attached is a sample if anyone wants to have a look. Only mention I can find of this series/engine is this post, but cant find anything else online. There seems to be a QuickBMS script for decompressing these archives but unfortunately it doesn't seem to support the current iteration of ZenStudio's archive-type, introduced archives pertaining to more recent DLC.

https://forum.xentax.com/viewtopic.php?t=10182
https://forum.xentax.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=10654

There is a decompression tool by Ekey, but i think you need to be a member to download it.

I didn't include Ekey's unpacking tool as it serves the same purpose as the QuickBMS script, however its a tad more outdated and is less compatible with the more current iterations of the ".pxp" archive. For anyone interested I've attached the aforementioned tool, as well as the source code for Ekey's decompression library.

Beyond Good & (And) Evil
 

Beyond Good & Evil (GOG Edition)

Files ripped:

• German, Dutch, Spanish, French, Italian localised content can be ripped, amounting to 0.96GB
• Unused pre-rendered trailer footage as well as the "Making Of" Bink1 file in the root directory can be safely removed, amounting to 0.22GB (or at the very least I haven't had any user reports of the contrary being true, I myself have only tested ~30minutes of gameplay so I can't be certain either)

2.02 GB => 520.7 MB

Method:
Compression time - 30 minutes

The tricky part about this one is calculating the offsets for localised content as well as the unused videos, as this data isn't stored in a logical way, thankfully though, through my analysis and subsequent repacking of titles utilising the "Jade" engine, I can say with a fair degree of confidence that only the primary localisation is intermingled with other data (such as graphical assets, animations and game logic) within a given "*.bfX" archive, with subsequent localisations, in this case the aforementioned five, being stored in a more logical way, allowing for fewer ripped blocks to be generated.

DRAGON BALL Z: KAKAROT [v1.60][ENG]
 

Note : Compressor "bcmx" is just bcm used with MTX.

Martha is Dead
v1.04

You can speed up compression by doing it on ssd because of copying temp files.

Dune: Spice Wars

anyone, have method for .bundle file from StreamingAssets\aa\StandaloneWindows64 ?

ex : https://bayfiles.com/P90ef8b3y6/tech...ets_all_bundle

thanks