Best Compression Methods for 'Specific' Games. Q&A

[danswano]

Originally Posted by doofoo24

x64,
as i said just use xtool with (zlibwapi.dll/raw2hif_dll.dll/hif2raw_dll.dll) better to remove other dll like (lz4.dll/lzo2...)

Already removed all other dlls and kept the ones you mentioned no gain, i've used xtool many times and it's working fine except this type of games that have *.pc_textures files

[pakrat2k2]

diskspan is in CIUV3 topic.

[yasitha]

Originally Posted by pakrat2k2

diskspan is in CIUV3 topic.

Yes i know,
but i need what his Diskpan

its Preconfigured easy to use

[yasitha]

Game + ALL DLCs Included
6 x DVD5
English Only
RePack Use DiskSpan on (UltraARC 2900 R6 PUBLIC)

For English,
Remove All Other Languages
But Keep (English) & (en)

On All Files: Method

bpk+xZ3+srep:m3f+lolz:d128m:mtt0:mt8:mtb64m:tt16:mc128

xZ3 = xLZO

 xZ3 Settings on FA.ini (t100p,c32mb:lzo)

Original Size: 62.2 GB (66,792,125,055 bytes)
Compressed Size: 23.2 GB (24,931,020,603 bytes)

Starting: 2:26:19 AM
Finished: 8:46:15 AM
Decompress Time: 35m on 4C/8T

Note:
Last DVD Size Only 1.34 GB (1,448,963,810 bytes)
bpk compress only 500mb,
so without bpk, still fits to 6xDVDs
also you can use mc4 instead of mc128,
& still fits to 6xDVDs & it will save your time :)
you can change mt8 to 4,
it won't effect much on ratio
but it will slow the process time..
if you want, you can use mt1, and it will effect on ratio,
and process time will be extremely SLOW!!!

if you use mt1, try using mc1023, also bpk.
cause maybe you can come to 5xDVD, instead of 6.
but i can't say for sure,
try and see what's happen

Decompress Reqs:

[doofoo24]

afr:a2+srep:m2f:c512+lolz:d160m on forge files 25.5gb
the rest of the files 3.3gb with srep:m3f:a2+lolz:96...
total game size 68.7gb english only.
* note : AFR_v020a7 used..

[doofoo24]

precomp:c64mb,t100p:zlib+srep:m3f:a2+lolz:d96
GAME SIZE 5.85GB
*xtool 0.9 used

[danswano]

This game is driving me nuts, nothing is working.
What's your OS?

[oltjon]

Originally Posted by danswano

this game is driving me nuts, nothing is working.
What's your os?

[danswano]

Seriously guys, what could be possibly wrong so xtool is not detecting any streams of the *.pc_textures files?

[danswano]

Originally Posted by doofoo24

i'm using windows 10...
upload compression files that you are using to test (arc.ini/xtool dll etc..)

thanks.

[danswano]

Originally Posted by doofoo24

try adding --cache=0 to arc.ini
like
--cache=0
[External compressor:xprecomp]
header = 0
packcmd = xtool.exe erecomp:c128m,t4:zlib - - <stdin> <stdout>
unpackcmd = xtool.exe drecomp:t4 - - <stdin> <stdout>

Nothing changed sorry.
Can you make a test run using my compressor on a specific file of the game and provide the results and filename please?

[danswano]

Originally Posted by doofoo24

use xtool on *.pc files
not *.textures

[doofoo24]

texturebundle4.pc_textures NO
s01_afterlife.pc YES

[KaktoR]

DS4ZLib nor GFS nor reflate stream detector detecting anything in this game.

But I have not tested.

[KaktoR]

That makes much more sense