UltraARC Tutorials, Hints and Examples
 

How to properly use UltraARC for a Conversion?
It is very easy, just follow these steps to make a simple conversion using any of the scripts supported by UltraARC.

Steps:

Step 01: Download UltraARC.
Step 02: Download a script supported by UltraARC from the same thread (Note: Installer Creator also supports UltraARC)
Step 03: Run UltraARC leave Source and Output empty but fill in other spaces in the program.
Step 04: Get your compiled setup ready and additional files (setup.exe, setup.ico and Redist[DX9 and etc]) and place them in a folder near UltraARC program.
Step 05: If the folder name of the compiled setup and additional files is GTAIV_BASE then set first volume content like this: .\GTAIVBASE then UltraARC will sort out the files by placing them correctly for installation.
Step 06: Set split options, For CD700, Set 701mb for custom volume sizes, For DVD5, set 4474 and so on, Bluray are supported too.
Step 07: Click on export config. then overwrite the one in the same directory as UltraARC then your conversion is ready.

Additional Steps(Optional):
Step 08: Just before exporting in the normal steps.
Step 09: To use conditions for installations, this is what you do. (Installer Creator, CI and CIU are the only scripts that support this)
Step 10: Click add to increase row count in the grid.
Step 11: Set files using masks or complete file name e.g. for row 1 (audio\lang\eng\*.*) and row 2 (audio\lang\ger\*.*)
If using Installer Creator:
Step 12: Add conditions, Under components and tasks, numbers are the only values accepted. (e.g. if your component number in script is 1, then set 1 under that row).
Step 13: Add language condition, values to put are:
English
Albanian
Bosnian
Czech
French
German
Hungarian
Italian
Malaysian
Polish
Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Turkish
Ukrainian
Vietnamese
Step 14: Click on export config. then overwrite the one in the same directory as UltraARC then your conversion is ready.

If using CI and CIU:
Step 12: Add conditions, Under components numbers are the only values accepted. (e.g. if your component number in script is 1, then set 1 under that row).
Step 13: Add language condition, values to put are:
AL
AR
BIH
CNT
HR
CZ
DE
DK
EN
ENUK
ES
ESMX
FA
FI
FR
GR
HU
IT
JP
KO
NL
NO
PL
PR
PRBR
RU
SR
SW
TH
TR
VI
Step 14: Click on export config. then overwrite the one in the same directory as UltraARC then your conversion is ready.

Hints:

Hint 01: If you tick CDImage, Bink It, Crunch Texture or the other options, just don't forget to configure them.
Hint 02: Now when it comes to Bink, OggEncode or Crunch Texture and you have a lot of files must be processed, it's not a problem. Masks are accepted, e.g. (*.bik) and if there are more than many files to be processed, semi-colons are accepted too e.g. (oldvideos\*.bik;newvideos\*.bk2)
Hint 03: If using Bink It feature and you want to keep video width and height, just set width and height to 0.
Hint 04: If you want to give users a choice of making cdimages, open UltraARC and make sure that CDImage is equals to nothing, CDImage is under options.


Examples:

Examples can be found in the pictures below.

bro Razor12911 thankyou for the great tutorial, but until now im still dont understand all about installer and compressor,,,why i truly stupid hehe

well bro, what is it that you do not understand? will be glad to help.

please show me tutorial how to repack game by default innosetup without CI/CIU,blackbox or etc. and give me a sample sript like splash screen with png image, redist installer and autorun script. i've googling but i cant found i need..i hope you can help me full...thank you Razor

What is this box
http://nsa33.casimages.com/img/2015/...3300681744.jpg

Change 30 to 100, and you will see, and Change First Volume size 1024 to 1500, second too. then Start, (y)

Looks like Instructions were there as decorations.

how can i use this lines (in the exclusions section) to exclude the uninstall original files?
unins000*
Uninstall\* (this is a folder)

Uninstall\*.*

for the unins000.dat and unins000.exe or uninstall.exe files how?

i use unins000* with .lst files

shorten it to unins*

Please Anybody tell me...
How to hook ultraArc compressed files with BlackBox ultraArc script..! And if there is split arc files in Disk 1 and Disk 2 then how to hook this in that scipt..!
Thnx In Advance..!:(

Please anybody also confirms Is there any issue with SREP+DELTA+LZMA in UltraArc..??

If there is then I will be waiting for next update..! Thnx for RAZOR for provide this amazing tool..!:)

Please Help.!
Problem with this...SREP+LZMA in UltraArc..??
Also in SREP+DELTA+LZMA..?

NO problems here, just did a sims 4 compression with SREP+DELTA+LZMA and no problems at all, still i get better results with precomp+srep+lzma

no issues here either. Make sure you double check MAIN options tab BEFORE
starting, if not set correctly that's the issue.

I have the same error that SAM2712.

What do u mean Main Tab settings are..

Is the ultraArc more effective in compression than Compressor v2.1..!
In case of SREP+LZMA..?:rolleyes:

It also gives an error using SREP+LZMA :(

So how u to compress.?
By compressor..or any.?

I can only use srep or lzma

omdj and SAM2712, I will try to fix the problem, but provide more info. I wonder what causes these errors, I am starting to think of AVs.

haven't had ANY issues with newest 2400 rev 03/17/2015...
just waiting to test out newer version for {localappdata} ;)

Same here... 2400 rev 03/17/2015 is the best release so far.

Perfect conversion?

here is an example that is very simple

just make your setup.exe and have an icon named setup.ico and put them in a folder near UltraARC named _Installer

make your UltraARC.ini look like this:

then your conversion is complete

Upload your conversion.

The user will just select game directory, conversion output
CD700, DVD5, DVD9 or whatever.
He or she will choose to make CDImages and Compression level.
Then start conversion.

Hint: autorun.inf are created automatically so Don't worry.

any solution ?
i have error like omdj too..
already using newer ultraarc have the same result... cannot succes create data-1.bin/arc/cab , maybe i should fresh install os? now using win 8.1

I solved that problem by placing the UltraARC.exe file in compatibility mode for windows 7 ( I have windows 8.1). if you have windows 8 this may solve the problem.

I have a question, if it was answered already i am sorry.
So when making a backup of a game, i want to EXCLUDE certain/files/folders from COMPRESSING but still be in the package.Nowadays there are a number of files which doesnt really compress (like bik files) and it wastes a lot of time trying to compress/decompress them, but they are still needed. :). Is that possible ?

hi used Ultraarc with installer creator when installing my repacked game i am getting this error CLS-MSC.dll is missing anyone help me

i included all files correctly with installers that use ultra arc, probably your anti-virus deleted the file when the setup sprung into action.

Razor...the usefulness of ultra arc is just adding some files to other actions, as I can decompress with isDone ProFrager original, also known UA uses ISDone.dll think it was created to match it with a right compressor ?

yea... I guess.

very stylish http://fileforums.com/images/icons/icon14.gif

Hi guys, I need help...
How to avoid the compression result become such as data1a, data1b,data1c...etc?

Compression with latest UltraArc and creating a Setup which extracts data.bin
 

Hi :) everyone I'm a complete newbie here and I just don't understand how this forum works because I'm a noob kindly anyone plz refer me a complete pdf or video tutorial how to use latest UltraArc to compress a game as .bin and then how to create a Setup.exe which extracts the .bin file? i have no knowledge of Libraries, Scripts and I don't know to use Inno. I also don't know how to hook up inno with ultraarc or customize .ini files.

i just compressed Age of Empires II HD with all DLC's from 5.20 GB to 2 GB using UltraARC 2900 R7 with these FreeArc options: precomp_p.zt+msc+srep+lzma2+mask
and the output had a compressed file of 2 GB which is named as Data.bin and a Records.ini file.

Now how can i use Installer Creator v3.1 to make Setup.exe which extracts Data.bin and after all this i need to make an ISO image of this Repack.

So which do we actually use to make and read the Ultra Arc files as got the TNO file for editing but what to use to load and edit that one ??