HI not sure if this is the right area..
Im old school back in the days of MYTH, Paradigm etc... So I know now, how they got those files down to size. ripping. Back then is was crucial due to the 2400b - 1440b.. now a days with fiber optics no biggy. So I still like to compress all my games. I don't rip them anymore. but I found this forum and here is what I use:
I do all this in a bat. keep in mind I've used this for some time, so forgive me if it is ancient
This was done with skyrim with all the lang taken out but english. saved about 10gb. Leaving a size of approx 20gb
compress: (
all the user input var and other features including escape codes for color and locations have been omited to show just compression)
yes this is line-by-line, I like it that way).
PHP Code:
7z a -ttar "%temp_tar%" "%input_folder%\*"
precomp_047.exe -o"%temp_pcf%" "%temp_tar%"
srep64.exe -m3f -a0 "%temp_pcf%" "%temp_srep%"
7z a "%output%" "%temp_srep%" -mx9 -m0=lzma2 -md=512m -mfb=273 -ms=on -bsp1
Result: 13gb
Another compress from here (chain)
PHP Code:
arc a -lc8 -ep1 -ed -r -w.\ %archive% -msrep+delta+lzma:a1:mfbt4:d158m:fb273:mc1000:lc8 "%gamepath%\*"
surprisingly 13gb actually 40mb smaller
Now this works great with just using a .bat. the iss are cool but I love bat stuff. And yes this is just a basic run of the mill I use and does a really good job for the most part.
so getting up to date, are there newer methods that are standard for .bat file compression? Or are these still the tried and true holy trinity :-), I'm old so be gentle on the corrections. I am always looking for new ways of shrinking without ripping.