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

[Wanterlude]

Originally Posted by KaktoR

While the old initial game version worked just fine, I got problems with the new game version 1.1.0.F1.

Then I thought maybe new xtool version was the problem (do not wanted to blame Razor for that lol) so then I tested all xtool versions back to 0.7.9, same error. But then I remembered a problem a while ago about this game with some srep errors, so then I tested just precompressing and srep afterwards. While xtool did not gave me any error messages about srep, I tested srep instead of xtool dedup with srep.exe and this error appears:

Compressing 176,993,820,246 bytes with "srep.exe" -hash- -m3f InFile OutFile
Errorlevel=-1073741819
100.0%
ERROR: general (de)compression error in srep

If using xtool's dd feature using srep.exe, I got no error message at all but compressed data was corrupted like this:

60 GB input  -> 7 GB output, Ratio 11.67%

I even tested all different srep versions I have but all the same. Then I remembered another game where srep had big problems aswell. So after testing a bit again further with the new game version, I found out you have just to use FA's internally old rep before using srep, which will look something like this then:

xtool:zstd+rep+srep+...

Log

Initial version (xtool:zstd:dd3+4x4:lzma)
Overall input size: 55,63 GB
Overall output size: 34,48 GB (Ratio 61.97%)

Version 1.1.0.F1 (xtool:zstd+rep+srep+4x4:lzma)
Overall input size: 59.34 GB
Overall output size: 36.59 GB (Ratio 61.66%)

Extraction time about 20 minutes.

I hope this helps.

I just added the srep parameters that dixen18 helped and everything worked:

packcmd   = xtool.exe precomp -t100p -dd5 -spa0:l1024 - - <stdin> <stdout>

[KaktoR]

3.92 I think

-m3f -a0/0

[dixen]

Originally Posted by KaktoR

3.92 I think

-m3f -a0/0

Compressing 166,810,254,275 bytes with srep -m3f -a0/0 $$arcdatafile$$.tmp $$arcpackedfile$$.tmp
10.0%SREP 3.92 beta (July 23, 2013): input size 159082 mb, memory used 9553 mb, -m3f -l512 -c512 -a0/0 -hash=vmac -b8mb
100%: 166,810,254,275 -> 95,100,014,539: 57.01%. Cpu 39 mb/s (4074.781 sec), real 35 mb/s (4531.904 sec) 10.0%
Sorting matc 10.0% Second pass: 10.0%
Errorlevel=-1073741819
10.0%
ERROR: general (de)compression error in srep

[dixen]

Originally Posted by KaktoR

3.92 I think

-m3f -a0/0

-m3f -a1 -l1024

This helped me

[KaktoR]

Originally Posted by dixen

This helped me

Good.

By the way, I have to apoligize, because actually I gave you options for srep, but I wrote I always use srep with xtool, and since I don't give xtool any srep options, the default is always used, so it is just -m3f in that case.

Sorry

[KaktoR]

Works fine here, but I used xtool directly instead of srep.

[Danziel123]

Maybe someone knows a compress method for granblue fantasy relink? Thank you

[Masquerade]

Originally Posted by Danziel123

Maybe someone knows a compress method for granblue fantasy relink? Thank you

no compression, use srep lolz. Razor on audio.

Some KB2j so use xtool bink plugin. It will filter out KB2n.

[KaktoR]

send sample

[Wanterlude]

The Inquisitor [v.1.0.0]
21.54 gb > 8.56 gb
unity:lz4+dd5+lolz
Inst.time: 2 min [11400F]


p.s. I want to say a huge thank you to Razor12911 for his help!

[KaktoR]

^
Whenever there are files inside StreamingAssets folder, especially bundle files, most of the time either lz4 or lz4hc is used

[Wanterlude]

Originally Posted by KaktoR

^
Whenever there are files inside StreamingAssets folder, especially bundle files, most of the time either lz4 or lz4hc is used

I know that, it's just that this is the first time I've had the unity plugin itself fail to unpack the files and I got a bit lost and asked for help

[Danziel123]

Maybe someone knows a compress method for Banishers Ghosts of New Eden? here is file example if needed:
Pak: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Cia...ew?usp=sharing
Utoc: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yhx...ew?usp=sharing
Ucas: https://drive.google.com/file/d/15Ui...ew?usp=sharing
Thank you

[dixen]

Originally Posted by Danziel123

Maybe someone knows a compress method for Banishers Ghosts of New Eden? here is file example if needed:
Pak: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Cia...ew?usp=sharing
Utoc: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yhx...ew?usp=sharing
Ucas: https://drive.google.com/file/d/15Ui...ew?usp=sharing
Thank you

Compressing pakchunk0-Windows.pak 0%
Compressing 145,696,602 bytes with xtool.exe precomp -mkraken -c128mb -t100p $$arcdatafile$$.tmp $$arcpackedfile$$.tmp
XTool is created by Razor12911

Version 0.8.5

Streams: 8863 / 8869
Time: 00:01:06 (CPU 00:03:49)

Size: 139 MB >> 514 MB

100%
Errorlevel=0

Compressed 1 file, 145,696,602 => 538,913,485 bytes. Ratio 369.89%
Compression time: cpu 0.00 sec/real 68.14 sec = 0%. Speed 2.14 mB/s
All OK

[KaktoR]

Originally Posted by dixen

Compressing pakchunk0-Windows.pak 0%
Compressing 145,696,602 bytes with xtool.exe precomp -mkraken -c128mb -t100p $$arcdatafile$$.tmp $$arcpackedfile$$.tmp
XTool is created by Razor12911

Version 0.8.5

Streams: 8863 / 8869
Time: 00:01:06 (CPU 00:03:49)

Size: 139 MB >> 514 MB

100%
Errorlevel=0

Compressed 1 file, 145,696,602 => 538,913,485 bytes. Ratio 369.89%
Compression time: cpu 0.00 sec/real 68.14 sec = 0%. Speed 2.14 mB/s
All OK

Originally Posted by IRAQIGHOST

Use this method
xtool:mkraken:8:dd3+LOLZ_NORMAL

Both of you using the wrong library (see cpu time).

Library loaded: v2.9.5\oo2core_9_win64.dll

Streams: 8863 / 8869
Time: 00:00:34 (CPU 00:02:48)

Size: 139 MB >> 514 MB

However since this is a new one (utoc v05) it could even be the case that you have to use a library from oodle sdk (623kb, v2.9.10, this one) for the ucas files. But I don't have a sample so I cannot test. But yeah mermaid is there too in the ucas files so use mermaid+kraken.