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Quote:

Originally Posted by KaktoR (Post 480994)

XTool 0.11

t75p,c128m:zlib

the misc and env folders precompressed from 11.2 to 12.4 G.B only
is that normal?

No it should be 14.7 GB

RAGE 2
Initial release version
ENG/DEU languages

Code:

oo2reck+oo2recm+srep:m3f+4x4:LZMA



 1:15:49 - Starting Archive Creation

 3:01:50 - Archive Creation Complete

 3:01:52 - Input Size:  29.732g

 3:01:58 - Output Size: 14.658g

Rage 2 (RUS/ENG)

*.arc files (Without localization) - oo2reck+oo2recm+srep64+lolz
localization *.arc & other files = srep+lolz

29 gb > 14 gb

I want to repack AC3 Remastered without liberation, what to delete other than the exe and ACL folder? and is it safe regarding AC3?

DiRT Rally 2.0
v1.4.1 + all DLC's

Code:

bpk+xZLib+srep:m3f+4x4:LZMA



0:37:49 - Starting Data1.bin.001 creation

2:53:04 - Finished Data1.bin.001 creation



Input size:  64.616g

Output size: 35.607g

Anyone knows how to best compress flac audio files?

Quote:

Originally Posted by KaktoR (Post 481105)

Anyone knows how to best compress flac audio files?

Only to lossy formats. FLACs are lossless, but well compressed. If transcoded losslessly to some other format like OptimFROG, you won't get much benefit, but decompression speed will suffer a lot.

Layers of Fear 2

.pak files with XTool:c128m,t4:zlib+SREp:m3f:a64+Lolz -mc8 -tt4 -mt4 -mtb512 -d128 -fba4096 -dto0 -dm00 -pc2 -bm4 -blr4 -bll8 -blo8 -lm0 -bc4 -cm1 -mc256 ==>7.2GB
Movies files with SREp:m3f:a64 ==>862MB
Others with SREp:m3f:a64+Lolz -mc8 -tt4 -mt4 -mtb512 -d128 -fba4096 -dto0 -dm00 -pc2 -bm4 -blr4 -bll8 -blo8 -lm0 -bc4 -cm1 -mc256 ==> 33MB

Total: 8.08GB

Outlast Include Whistleblower DLC

Game Size -5.46 GB(approx)

Use
pzlib+srep:m3f :1256+zcm
(include all file)

Final Size -2.79 GB

Compressed Time 2-3 hour
Installation Time 1.34 hour (2GB RAM) :o

Kingdom Come Deliverance
v1.9.0 + all DLC (1 language)

Code:

All files: xZLib+srep:m3f+lolz:mtt1:mt4:d128m:mc1023

Localization files: oggre



12:36:01 - Starting Data1.bin.001 creation

23:22:53 - Finished Data1.bin.001 creation

23:22:54 - Starting Data2.bin.001 creation

23:34:38 - Finished Data2.bin.001 creation



Input size:  51.835g

Output size: 28.696g

Better use 4x4:lzma. Faster and only ~2gb bigger.

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Kingdom Come Deliverance
v1.9.1 + all DLC (1 language)

Code:

All files: xZLib+srep:m3f+4x4:lzma

Localization files: oggre



No HD Pack

13:32:36 - Starting Data1.bin.001 creation

18:15:36 - Finished Data1.bin.001 creation

18:15:37 - Starting Data2.bin.001 creation

18:25:27 - Finished Data2.bin.001 creation



Original size:   52.498g

Compressed size: 30.616g





With HD Pack

19:26:08 - Starting Data1.bin.001 creation

 1:27:54 - Finished Data1.bin.001 creation

 1:27:55 - Starting Data2.bin.001 creation

 1:52:05 - Finished Data2.bin.001 creation



Original size:   63.931g

Compressed size: 39.551g

Assetto Corsa Competizione

Movies files with SREp:m3f:a64 ==>1.49GB
All other files with XTool:c128m,t4:zlib+SREp:m3f:a64+Lolz -mc8 -tt4 -mt4 -mtb512 -d128 -fba4096 -dto0 -dm00 -pc2 -bm4 -blr4 -bll8 -blo8 -lm0 -bc4 -cm1 -mc256 ==>4.25GB

Total Size: 5.75GB

ATOM RPG: Dead City

All files with SREp:m3f:a64+Lolz -mc8 -tt4 -mt4 -mtb512 -d128 -fba4096 -dto0 -dm00 -pc2 -bm4 -blr4 -bll8 -blo8 -lm0 -bc4 -cm1 -mc256 ==>2.46GB

Cities Skylines
v1.12.1-f2 + all DLC

4.58 GB

Someone has better options?