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

[78372]

GTA SanAndreas

Everything in audio\streams folder *ONLY*

Method : oggrenc+srep

Original Size = 1.09GB
Compressed size = 981MB

[darkwolves]

(ZTOOL) plz4+srep64:m5f:a2+delta+lzma:ultra:a1:mfbt4:d158m :fb273:mc1000000000:lc8

must have fazip

compressed down to 13.8

that is not the deluxe edition... that i am repacking as we speak

[ZakirAhmad]

Originally Posted by darkwolves

(ZTOOL) plz4+srep64:m5f:a2+delta+lzma:ultra:a1:mfbt4:d158m :fb273:mc1000000000:lc8

must have fazip

compressed down to 13.8

that is not the deluxe edition... that i am repacking as we speak

what is ur orginal game size?

[darkwolves]

Originally Posted by ZakirAhmad

what is ur orginal game size?

22 gigs... as for the deluxe edition that i am working on now is 27 gigs i will post result of deluxe later

[darkwolves]

uelr+srep64:m5f:a2+delta+lzma:a1:mfbt3:d400m:fb32: mc1000000:lc8

bpk for bik files


initial size 10.5 gb

repack size 5.78 gb

[ZakirAhmad]

Originally Posted by darkwolves

22 gigs... as for the deluxe edition that i am working on now is 27 gigs i will post result of deluxe later

22gbs down to 13.8gb (not good compression ratio)
FGs ratio is 27 to 13gb

u can achieve better with lolz (use multithreading) with mtt0

or u can get better decompression speed with same ratio using lzma2

[darkwolves]

Originally Posted by doofoo24

what files did you exclude when i use plz4 it just hang ?

i excluded no files

[darkwolves]

Originally Posted by doofoo24

i mean for plz4 did you use it on all files ?

only the data folder has the frostbite 3 streams if you use it on that you should have no problems

[kj911]

Originally Posted by 78372

GTA SanAndreas

Everything in audio\streams folder *ONLY*

Method : oggrenc+srep

Original Size = 1.09GB
Compressed size = 981MB

Its really?? Game version? v1.00 or v1.01 or v2.0?? EU or USA versions? Trying compress v1.00 files, use this srep only compression get ~2% size ratio from compression. Use last LOLZ, reduced 1.10GB to 1.07GB size. (1 125 783kB) Use oggre v0.11 only have ~12MB size reduction. Combined with LOLZ in best results: 1 117 004kB size. This audio files encypted? (Retail DVD version.) Used older OGGRE_Enc version than v0.11??

Input size: 1 187 289 114 byte (Files creation date: 2005.02.10/11.)

Any tips, idea? And best methods from SFX folder compression?

UPDATE: My "SFX" and "streams" folder CRC's hash files added.

[L33THAK0R]

Originally Posted by kj911

Its really?? Game version? v1.00 or v1.01 or v2.0?? EU or USA versions? Trying compress v1.00 files, use this srep only compression get ~2% size ratio from compression. Use last LOLZ, reduced 1.10GB to 1.07GB size. (1 125 783kB) Use oggre v0.11 only have ~12MB size reduction. Combined with LOLZ in best results: 1 117 004kB size. This audio files encypted? (Retail DVD version.) Used older OGGRE_Enc version than v0.11??

Input size: 1 187 289 114 byte (Files creation date: 2005.02.10/11.)

Any tips, idea? And best methods from SFX folder compression?

UPDATE: My "SFX" and "streams" folder CRC's hash files added.

Might just be the files you've got, when I repacked the GTA series way back when I got similar gains with oggre + srep + lolz

[KaktoR]

+ lolz is slow as fu..

[darkwolves]

Originally Posted by KaktoR

+ lolz is slow as fu..

right? i'll take a few extra gigs lol

[ZakirAhmad]

Originally Posted by KaktoR

+ lolz is slow as fu..

Using mulithreading u can achieve better speed than lzma during compression while maintaining same compression ratio.
i am getting 250kbps speed using single thread and if i use 3 threads i am getting arounf 700kbps while getting same ratio. but know that u have to mtt0 (multi threading type zero) not mtt1.

lolz works only if u use it on precompressed files, it will not work if files r compressed, because in that case headers(bmp dxt) r corrupted by compressors like lz4 etc.
every repack of FG which r rerepackd , i compressed that around 70mb better than fg.
the only thing which currently FG has better than us is knownloadge about knowing how to unpack files if they cant be preprossed with ztool plzip or uelr.
hope this helps.

[darkwolves]

Originally Posted by ZakirAhmad

Using mulithreading u can achieve better speed than lzma during compression while maintaining same compression ratio.
i am getting 250kbps speed using single thread and if i use 3 threads i am getting arounf 700kbps while getting same ratio. but know that u have to mtt0 (multi threading type zero) not mtt1.

i've used it... thing about fitgirl she knows how to decrypt files and make them re encrypt after installing... i am still trying to figure out how she did marvel vs capcom infinite... i can't even touch it and like i said i've seen little difference using lolz

[78372]

You can increase fba and decrease mc to get more speed at compression, it will the compression ratio, but not that much. Use more tt for better ratio and slower compression. Also check dictionary size suitable for your needs.