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

[KaktoR]

I would say zstd

[L33THAK0R]

Been digging through the files myself, zstd+deflate streams

[IRAQIGHOST]

s.t.a.l.k.e.r. 2: heart of chornobyl

best method?

[dixen]

Originally Posted by IRAQIGHOST

s.t.a.l.k.e.r. 2: heart of chornobyl

best method?

mue5:k0x33A604DF49A07FFD4A4C919962161F5C35A134D37EFA98DB37A34F6450D7D386:n128+kraken:l8+mermaid -lm -d3

NOTE. Decompression is very slow
oo2core_9_win64.dll 2.9.6 or 2.9.9

[KaktoR]

Send sample man. Everytime the same.

Edit: This is again a shit UE5 game. Try the usual things.

[Toximan69]

Originally Posted by KaktoR

Send sample man. Everytime the same.

Edit: This is again a shit UE5 game. Try the usual things.

sample from Stalker 2
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AZe...usp=drive_link

[KaktoR]

Do not use 2.9.6.

2.9.5 is the correct one.

[Danziel123]

Originally Posted by KaktoR

Do not use 2.9.6.

2.9.5 is the correct one.

Sorry to join the discussion, so what should i write in dsg to compress stalker 2?

[dyren]

Originally Posted by Danziel123

Sorry to join the discussion, so what should i write in dsg to compress stalker 2?

 xtool:c32mb:d1:mue5,k0x33A604DF49A07FFD4A4C919962161F5C35A134D37EFA98DB37A34F6450D7D386:mkraken:core_2.9.5+srep_new:393b+lolz

for *.pak files

[KaktoR]

Alan Wake 2
v1.2.4, nothing ripped

 20:16:46 - Selected ARC/DS method for Data1a-01.bin was: xtool:maw2:dd3:l10,d128mb
 20:16:46 - Selected ARC/DS method for Data1b-01.bin was: xtool:dd3:l10,d128mb
 20:16:46 - Selected ARC/DS method for Data1c-01.bin was: xtool:lm:c1500mb:mbik:mbk2:df20p
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 01:36:40 - Overall input size: 146.06 GB
 01:36:40 - Overall output size: 82.67 GB (Ratio 56.60%)
 01:36:40 - Overall conversion time: 05:19:53

Bink2 videos were ripped out of game files first and then compressed afterwards for reasons, hence the input size. Original size is 111GB.

[ZAZA4EVER]

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle (Test)

Files Test (50.7MB)

"base\gameresources_50.streamdb"
"base\gameresources_patch1_pc.resources"
"base\gameresources_10_patch1.streamdb"
"base\gameresources_20_hq_patch1.streamdb"
"base\gameresources_45_patch1.streamdb"

Method Kraken (oodle file attached)

-moo2reck

Result

FreeArc 0.67 (March 15 2014) creating archive: ZAZA.Test.V5.bin
Compressed 5 files, 53,250,548 => 122,929,176 bytes. Ratio 230.85%
Compression time: cpu 0.05 sec/real 18.41 sec = 0%. Speed 2.89 mB/s
All OK

You can use oodle lib version 2.9.12 (attached with game files)
or oodle lib version 2.9.10 all both is the same result
thanks to Kaktor for oodle lib versions Here

[ZAZA4EVER]

Red Dead Redemption (Test)

Files Test (381MB)

"mapres.rpf"
"blackwater.rpf"

Method ZSTD (ZSTD file attached)

-mzstd,l19

Result

FreeArc 0.67 (March 15 2014) creating archive: ZAZA.Test.bin
Compressed 2 files, 399,803,872 => 1,213,731,228 bytes. Ratio 303.58%
Compression time: cpu 0.61 sec/real 44.09 sec = 1%. Speed 9.07 mB/s
All OK

You can use Zlib+Zstd and get some streams

-mzlib+zstd,l19

FreeArc 0.67 (March 15 2014) creating archive: ZAZA.Test.bin
Compressed 2 files, 399,803,872 => 1,224,533,926 bytes. Ratio 306.28%
Compression time: cpu 0.61 sec/real 46.82 sec = 1%. Speed 8.54 mB/s
All OK

You can use Xtool Ver 0.4.3 to Ver 0.6.0 all works fine with ZSTD

Special thanks to Masquerade , Fitgirl and Kaktor

[Himanshu]

Originally Posted by ZAZA4EVER

Red Dead Redemption (Test)

Files Test (381MB)

"mapres.rpf"
"blackwater.rpf"

Method ZSTD (ZSTD file attached)

-mzstd,l19

Result

FreeArc 0.67 (March 15 2014) creating archive: ZAZA.Test.bin
Compressed 2 files, 399,803,872 => 1,213,731,228 bytes. Ratio 303.58%
Compression time: cpu 0.61 sec/real 44.09 sec = 1%. Speed 9.07 mB/s
All OK

You can use Zlib+Zstd and get some streams

-mzlib+zstd,l19

FreeArc 0.67 (March 15 2014) creating archive: ZAZA.Test.bin
Compressed 2 files, 399,803,872 => 1,224,533,926 bytes. Ratio 306.28%
Compression time: cpu 0.61 sec/real 46.82 sec = 1%. Speed 8.54 mB/s
All OK

You can use Xtool Ver 0.4.3 to Ver 0.6.0 all works fine with ZSTD

Special thanks to Masquerade , Fitgirl and Kaktor

Dear ZAZA4EVER
I tried all versions of Xtool from 0.4.0 to 0.6.9 , with zstd but none of them gave me a ratio of more than 100% , I also tried with the libzstd.dll shared by you , but that didn't also work.
Kindly help me out.
Or can you share the Xtool version that you used , to compress the game with it's arc.ini file 🙏

[Masquerade]

^^
It's all in the levels, re-read ZAZA4EVER's post and you will see that you need to lock XTool's precompressor at ZSTD level 19.

-mzstd,l19

[Himanshu]

Originally Posted by Masquerade

^^
It's all in the levels, re-read ZAZA4EVER's post and you will see that you need to lock XTool's precompressor at ZSTD level 19.

-mzstd,l19

Thanks Masquerade , it's working now
Earlier I was using -mzstd,l19 but it didn't work
Then I tried -mzlib+zstd:l19 & it worked