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

[Masquerade]

Not specific, but more general: is there a way to pause Arc compression and return again?

If I wanted to stop overnight then begin the following day: is this possible?

I know you can click the command window and click "select" - perhaps doing this and then putting the computer to sleep would have the desired effect?

[Snake288]

Vfx unpacker can I get help with usage ?

How Do I Restore The Files To Their Original State ?

What Would you suggest as an ultra compression method ?

[KaktoR]

Originally Posted by Snake288

Vfx unpacker can I get help with usage ?

How Do I Restore The Files To Their Original State ?

What Would you suggest as an ultra compression method ?

https://forum.xentax.com/viewtopic.php?t=19543

[FitGirl]

Ctrl+S in a CMD window, or click on icon of the window, select edit and mark. After you mark the text, the process pauses. Pressing Enter will resume the window.

[FitGirl]

And yes, if you pause it that way and put it in sleep/hibernate - it will resume. Hibernation is guaranteed to resume properly, not so sure about sleep.

[KaktoR]

Just left-click somewhere in text field and mark text to pause.

[Masquerade]

Thank you both, I was doubtful on whether it would work.

I had srep running on Batman Enemy Within for 5 hours with lolz still to go and I don't like the idea of leaving my computer unsupervised (I've seen too many photos of PCs catching fire).

[HunterEmrah]

Originally Posted by Masquerade

Thank you both, I was doubtful on whether it would work.

I had srep running on Batman Enemy Within for 5 hours with lolz still to go and I don't like the idea of leaving my computer unsupervised (I've seen too many photos of PCs catching fire).

Check the temperature of the processor during compression, if it does not exceed 60 degrees, there is no problem. I compress repeatedly without shutting down the computer for weeks.

[KaktoR]

PREY (2017) Digital Deluxe Edition
1 Language, GOG version

bpk+xZLib+srep:m3f+4x4:b64mb:lzma:ultra:64m:bt4:fb273:lc8:mc1000000

17:30:56 - Starting Archive Creation. 
19:27:02 - Archive Creation Complete. 

Input Size: 31.06 GB.
Output Size: 18.34 GB.

Note: Unlike as Steam, GOG files are already decrypted, so you will save some time.

[khalsa]

which for gta 5 ?

[Snake288]

Grand Theft Auto V
v1.50

Kod:
xZLib + SREP: m3f + 4x4: b64mb: lzma: Ultra: 64m: BT4: fb273: LC8: mc1000000

10:16:15 - Arşiv Oluşturmaya Başlamak.
15:11:04 - Arşiv Oluşturma Tamamlandı.

15:11:06 - Giriş Boyutu: 88.95 GB.
15:11:06 - Çıktı Boyutu: 49.67 GB.

[Kitsune1982]

Agarest Generations of War 1 (3.73 GB)

Nothing ripped or removed!

Game: Agarest Generations of War
Split Folder Compression Methods:
Folder 1 - Mostly DDS Files

Output File Name: Data1.bin.001
Output File Size: 1.03 GB
Compressors Used: srep+lolz:dtb1:d128m:mtt1:mt3:mc1023:tt8

Folder 2 - OGG Audio Files
Output File Name: Data2.bin.001
Compressors Used: None

Folder 3 - WMV Movie Files
Output File Name: Data3.bin.001
Compressors Used: srep+LZMA-MT

Size before Compression: 4.91 GB
Final Output Size After Compression: 3.73 GB

Total Compression Time: 2 Hours
Total Decompression/Install Time: 2-5 Minutes on Quad Core @ 2.0 ghz

[Masquerade]

Originally Posted by Kitsune1982

Folder 2 - OGG Audio Files
Output File Name: Data2.bin.001
Compressors Used: None

Not oggre?

[Kitsune1982]

I was having issues with the CIU during setup with that game using oggre. It would get to the ogg files which were packed in a .bra format and when it started processing them it would crash saying the files did not match checksum yet i was using original files plus in this case with this game oggre did not make much of a compression difference. i know i could have gotten it smaller but i would much rather trade off 50-100 mb of extra image size than have to constantly keep repeating the compression process each time trying to fix it when i would only be saving about 40-50 mb so in the end i felt i would cut my losses and just not use oggre on this game.

[Masquerade]

Total start size: 4GB

Compress using the following method:

• *.bin
  

  xzlib+srep+lolz

• Everything else:
  

  srep+lolz

Total packed size: 2.54GB