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

[K4miKaZe]

Originally Posted by doofoo24

compressing AC O with afr:a2+srep:m2f:a4+lolz:d64

Forge files with afr:a2 64.3gb to 134gb > srep m2f:a4 134gb to 84gb > lolz:d64 27g...

*ram for decompression srep 5762mb...

also test with srep:m3f:a2 you get 25.8gb but ram for decompression srep 11333mb...
*afr seems to hammer the cpu i'm using I7 8700K with NH-D15 4.7GHZ at 1.26v
and getting temp like prime95...

installing time took 65 min...

Doofoo24, 27gb only the forge files? Can you post total size of the game to see the difference with lolz d64 and total install time? I got it full at 28,9 but with lolz d128 and mcc 1023.Zaza4Ever got it around the same but with heavier lolz setting, just curious what happens with d64, i think its faster. I searched my log files but dont have the data for origins right now, was made some weeks ago... Thanks !!!!

[K4miKaZe]

Posting this game with 2 methods, with and without 4k videos. For testing i only used the without 4k version, it doesnt have much difference in install and compression time, also size is about 3.35gb more with 4k.

Title:          Quantum Break
Version:        Steam Edition v1.0.126.0307

PC:             4 Cores 3.9GHz (up to 4.3GHz) + 8GB Ram + SSD

Ripped Files:   Leaved English only (removed de,sp,it,etc... on data folder)
                On the 2k version i removed all videos with _4k.bk2 extension

Original Size:  68.9 GB
Compressed 2K:  25,7 GB (Ripped 4k bink videos & languages)
Compressed 4K:  29,1 GB (Only ripped languages)

Method:         Binkpack on .bk2 files 
                srep:m3f+lolz:d128:mc1023 on rest of files

Compress Time:  10 hours 30 minutes (38396.89 sec)
Install Time:   21 minutes

CRC Checked:    Yes

Note:  
Its safe to use this game without 4k videos if you dont play at 4k resolutions,
i have ripped them already when i made my full playthrough

From now on i will post my following games this way, should be easier to read...
Next game: Hitman 2016 !!!

[K4miKaZe]

Originally Posted by doofoo24

K4miKaZe well the rest of the files (bk -pck-...) around 4gb with srep m5f:a2+lolz:d64 i get 3.4gb
if you use srep:m3f:a2 you will get 29.4gb...
if you use srep:m2f:a4 you will get 30.5gb...
the main difference between srep:m2 and m3 it save ram in decompression and if you limit srep to 2gb it less temp files it create during installation...
***better to wait for razor to update xtool for most cpu afr 100% well make the cpu fan like jet engine...

Nice, i think actually that with your m3f settings and using binkpack you get this to 29,1 or something. As i thought, there is not much difference in using d64 or d128 on lolz (only 200-300mb or maybe less).

About the heating problems, Intel chips without delidd are very hot itself due to the cheap thermal paste intel adds to them (hope they go back to the 2600/2700k times). The cooler is very good and should match similar results than watercoolers (at least aio coolers), i had one of this before i switched to water cooler. On compression its rare that it goes above the 42-45º Celsius (have no idea how much fahrenheit that is xD).

Again, thank you very much doofoo24 for posting this results !!!

[st0rm]

Game Installed Size : 5,36 GB
Compressed Size : 3,45 GB

Nothing Ripped or Encoded.
Multi-6 languages.

Install Time : ~10 mins

Method :

binkpack for all videos
all other files used srep+lzma

[K4miKaZe]

Finally i finished with this series, here are the last 3 games. The biggest one with two methods (Ztool and Xtool). The ztool version was created 2 weeks ago but was not posted because of testing it ingame.

Tools used: Ultraarc 2900 R5, Srep 3.9.2, Binkpack, Lolz, Xtool 0.9 & Ztool

Computer: 4 cores 3.9Ghz (4.3 boost) + 8GB Ram + SSD

All games are from Steam (Steam Editions) with all DLCs

1st step before compression: I removed all duplicated videos and foreign voice files. At first, for removing the duplicated videos you can follow my easy steps:
1. Enter in /datas/movies/, once there enter the first folder, look if there is a "us" folder.
2. Select all files on the "us" folder, right click and cut the files, go one step back to the "jp" folder and paste them there (overwrite the files)
3. After overwriting the files they remain selected, so now cut them again and move them again to the "us" folder (this will delete the files without looking for names).
4. Do the same on all other movie folders. Cutting and pasting was faster for me then open up the two folders and looking for same name archieves.

2nd step before compression (Optional):
This one will give you around 600MB less in space by removing voice files
1. Go to the /Datas/sound/resources/Voice folder.
2. Remove all foreign folders (fr,de,it,etc...) and leave only us & jp folders untouched (this is for english)

Final Fantasy XV - Windows Edition (Build 1138403) "Method 1 with Ztool":

Original Size:   82,6 GB
After 1st Step:  77,2 GB
Compressed Size: 46,6 GB
Compress Time:   26-27 hours
Install Time:    1 hour 13 minutes

Notes:           Compression time is not exact, it took me 3-4 hours to start
                 the compression, so it should be around 23-24 hours

Method:          pzlib+srep+lolz on .earc files
                 binkpack on .bk2/.bik files
                 srep+lolz on rest of files

Final Fantasy XV - Windows Edition (Build 1138403) "Method 2 with Xtool":

Original Size:   82,6 GB
After 1st Step:  77,2 GB
Compressed Size: 46,5 GB
Compress Time:   22-23 hours
Install Time:    1 hour 7-8 minutes

Notes:           Compression time is not exact, it took me 3-4 hours to start
                 the compression, so it should be around 20 hours

Method:          xZLib+srep+lolz on .earc files
                 binkpack on .bk2/.bik files
                 srep+lolz on rest of files

Final Fantasy Type-0 HD (v1.5 includes August 2018 update):

Original Size:   25,1 GB
Compressed Size: 16,2 GB
Compress Time:   5-6 hours
Install Time:    15 minutes
Ripped Files:    Nothing
Method:          xZLib+srep+lolz

World of Final Fantasy:

Original Size:   11,1 GB
Compressed Size: 6,74 GB
Compress Time:   3 hours (Took me 5, same prob as XV)
Install Time:    8-10 minutes
Ripped Files:    Nothing
Method:          xZLib+srep+lolz

WARNING about World of Final Fantasy (Thanks KaktoR !!! ): Just in case you have these files:

\resource\finalizedCommon\mithril\effect\csv\mo000 _テンプレ_4足（小）_eft.csh
\resource\finalizedCommon\mithril\effect\csv\mo000 _テンプレ_4足（大）_eft.csh
\resource\finalizedCommon\mithril\effect\csv\mo000 _テンプレ_2足（大）_eft.csh

Seems that ultraarc gives an error with those files, on my version i dont have these files but if you have them just take them out of the folder before compressing. A solution if you use inno setup is to add them to the setup.exe, they are small so it shouldn´t be a problem. Just add a entry for every file in your inno script under the files section, it should look like this example:

Source: "C:\blablabla\mo000 _テンプレ_4足（小）_eft.csh"; DestDir: "{app}\resource\finalizedCommon\mithril\effect\csv\"; Flags: ignoreversion

Just edit the correct path of the source and do it for all 3 files.

With this 3 games i finished with this series. Now i will add some games this week that are not on the list like Quantum Break, Hitman, etc.... Maybe next week i will start with another serie (Resident evil is the first coming to my mind because its not complete on the index hehehe).

[KaktoR]

Originally Posted by K4miKaZe

World of Final Fantasy:

Original Size:   11,1 GB
Compressed Size: 6,74 GB
Compress Time:   3 hours (Took me 5, same prob as XV)
Install Time:    8-10 minutes
Ripped Files:    Nothing
Method:          xZLib+srep+lolz

https://fileforums.com/showpost.php?...71&postcount=7

[K4miKaZe]

Originally Posted by KaktoR

https://fileforums.com/showpost.php?...71&postcount=7

Not for me, just installed again the game and passed the crc check (sfv was made from the original installer). Maybe something to do with game versions?

Edit: Just looked over the original folder, have installed the original game and i dont have any files with this names. This must be something to do with game version, i played the game some months ago and finalized it as i did with every FF game (except FFXV). Looking over on the Win64 folder, even on that the first mo file begins with 001, there are no 000 files for me. I will add a note just in case to the post. Thanks KaktoR !!!

Edit2: Added a little solution for inno users for this but im suspecting that these files are not even required, i dont have them and completed the game haha. Strange things....

[KaktoR]

Diablo III + RoS
v2.6.1

XTool:zlib+srep+lzma

Data\data\data.000
Data\data\data.001
Data\data\data.002
Data\data\data.003
Data\data\data.004
Data\data\data.005
Data\data\data.006
Data\data\data.007
Data\data\data.008
Data\data\data.009
Data\data\data.010
Data\data\data.011
Data\data\data.014
Data\data\data.015
Data\data\data.016

srep+lzma

All other files

16.4GB => 12.3GB

[K4miKaZe]

Good morning !!!

Title:           Hitman: Game of the Year Edition
Version:         v1.14.2

PC:              4 Cores 3.9GHz (up to 4.3GHz) + 8GB Ram + SSD

Ripped Files:    Removed Digital Bonus (Documentary & OST)

Original Size:   73.1 GB
Ripped Size:     65.5 GB
Compressed Size: 22.6 GB

Method:          srep:m3f+lolz:d128:mc1023
                
Compress Time:   9 hours 40 minutes (35009.08 sec)
Install Time:    18 minutes

CRC Checked:     Yes

[Simorq]

Original Size: 24.7 GB
Compressed Size: 4.54 GB (Or Re-Encoded WMV Video: 4.27 GB = 1xDVD5)
Compression Time: 4 Hours
Decompression Time: 15-20 Minutes
Method: 
@Sound Files: srep:m3f:l128+7z
@Movie Files: 4x4:0 
@Other Files: xZLib+srep:m3f:l512+lolz:dtb1:d512m:fba4096:mtt1:mt2:mc1023

Note: 
TMPGEnc Video Mastering Works 6 Trial for Re-Encoded

Creators:
Repack uses XTool v9 library By Razor12911
Repack uses Srep v3.92 library By Bulat Ziganshin
Repack uses Lolz v2.1.a.7 library By ProFrager

[oltjon]

Deliver Us The Moon: Fortuna

game size 6.88 Gb
compressed game size 3.64 Gb

NOTHING ripped
NOTHING re-encoded
ALL languages

xtool 0.9 library By Razor12911
Srep v3.92 library By Bulat Ziganshin
Lolz v2.1.a.7 library By ProFrager


compression time 13.40 hours + -
decompression time 19 min + -

file.pak xtool zlib+ srep + lolz data1.cab
all the rest srep + lolz data2.cab

intel core i7 4 cores 2.9Mhz
6GB ram

[K4miKaZe]

Here are the first two Resident Evil games that are not on the list, they are full without anything ripped. Read notes if you wish to get them lower in sizes.

Title:           Resident Evil 0: HD Remaster
Version:         v1.0 (includes all costume packs dlcs)

PC:              4 Cores 3.9GHz (up to 4.3GHz) + 8GB Ram + SSD

Ripped Files:    Nothing (Read Note to get it up to 1.03GB lower)

Original Size:   11.6 GB
Compressed Size: 5.64 GB

Method:          xZLib+srep:m3f+lolz:d128:mc1023 (Xtool 0.9)
                
Compress Time:   3 hours 27 minutes (12464.60 sec)
Install Time:    6 minutes

CRC Checked:     Yes

Note:
The movies on this game comes duplicated in 720p and 1080p, if you want
to make the total size smaller you have a lot of options here.
1. You can only use the 720p movies located in /nativePC/movie folder
2. Or you can use only the 1080p movies located in /nativePC/movie/pc
3. If you are unsure if you want to play in 1080p or 720p but want to use
only the 720p videos you can just copy and replace the 1080p with the 720p.

This is also great for creating separated bin files with only movies and
installing them as components. Just make a backup and play around.

Title:           Resident Evil: HD Remaster
Version:         v1.0

PC:              4 Cores 3.9GHz (up to 4.3GHz) + 8GB Ram + SSD

Ripped Files:    Nothing (Read Note to get it up to 5.32GB lower)

Original Size:   17.6 GB
Compressed Size: 9.89 GB

Method:          xZLib+srep:m3f+lolz:d128:mc1023 (Xtool 0.9)
                
Compress Time:   5 hours 34 minutes (20087.09 sec)
Install Time:    9 minutes

CRC Checked:     Yes

Note:
Movies on this game are duplicated too as in Resident Evil 0, but on this game
they come in 3 different variations. Read the notes on Resident Evil 0 above
to get a better idea.

/nativePC/movie/00 contains 1080p movies with 20k bitrate (3.73 GB)
/nativePC/movie/01 contains 1080p movies with  8k bitrate (1.59 GB)
/nativePC/movie/02 contains 720p movies with 6k bitrate (785 MB)

As in Resident Evil 0 you have many choices here. The best option i think
is to keep only the 720p videos and copy them to the 00 and 01 folder
so you would not have problems playing at any resolution and safe a lot
of space.

Resident Evil 2&3 coming in a few days, my original Res2 & Res3 games are German versions (bought them 20 years ago when i lived there). The main reason why i dont want to use those versions is because in Germany they are censored, that means without some cutscenes, green blood and much more things due to the German censorship. So i will get first the good versions of those games, this will take me some time. Thinking about that, what makes green blood less in violence than red blood?

[darkwolves]

result is not wrong we didn't even use the same method...
but i am not arguing with anyone nor am i posting anymore repacks due to this same reason...

[Simorq]

Originally Posted by darkwolves

result is not wrong we didn't even use the same method...
but i am not arguing with anyone nor am i posting anymore repacks due to this same reason...

pzlib3+srep:m5f:a1+lolz:dt1:dtp1:dto1:dtm1:dtw1:dtd1:mtt0:mt6:d64m:tt4  h14:fba4096:mc1023:bc8:blr8:bm

I tested it exactly the result was above 4 gigabytes.

Anyway, it does not matter.

[Simorq]

Original Size: 10.7 GB
Compressed Size: +- 3.10 GB (Encoded WMV (WM3) TO MP4 (x265 HEVC)
Compression Time: 2.5 Hours
Decompression Time: 15-20 Minutes
Method: 
@Sound Files: oggre
@Movie Files: srep:m3f
@Other Files: xZLib+srep:m5f:l64+lolz:dtb1:d512m:mc1023

For quality 100% Videos:

Encod WMV TO MP4

dir/b/s *.wmv >mkvlist.txt
for /F "delims=;" %%F in (mkvlist.txt) do ffmpeg.exe -i "%%F" -c:v libx265 -preset slow -tune ssim -crf 21 -c:a copy "%%~dF%%~pF%%~nF.mp4"
del mkvlist.txt

MP4 TO WMV

@echo off
SetLocal EnableDelayedExpansion
echo.
echo.
echo.
echo.          Number Of Threads
echo.           **************    
echo.           *        *
echo.           *     %Number_Of_Processors%      *
echo.           *        *
echo.           **************
echo.

SET Threads=%NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS%

IF %Threads%==1 (
	DIR /B /D /S *.mp4 | CMD /C PPX2 -P 1 -L 1 FFmpeg -y -i "{}" -qscale:v 0 -vcodec wmv2 -b:a 256k "{}.wmv" 	
) ELSE (
IF %Threads%==2 (
	DIR /B /D /S *.mp4 | CMD /C PPX2 -P 1 -L 1 FFmpeg -y -i "{}" -qscale:v 0 -vcodec wmv2 -b:a 256k "{}.wmv" 
) ELSE (
IF %Threads%==4 (
	DIR /B /D /S *.mp4 | CMD /C PPX2 -P 2 -L 1 FFmpeg -y -i "{}" -qscale:v 0 -vcodec wmv2 -b:a 256k "{}.wmv" 
) ELSE (
IF %Threads%==6 (
    DIR /B /D /S *.mp4 | CMD /C PPX2 -P 3 -L 1 FFmpeg -y -i "{}" -qscale:v 0 -vcodec wmv2 -b:a 256k "{}.wmv" 
) ELSE (
IF %Threads%==8 (
    DIR /B /D /S *.mp4 | CMD /C PPX2 -P 4 -L 1 FFmpeg -y -i "{}" -qscale:v 0 -vcodec wmv2 -b:a 256k "{}.wmv" 
) ELSE (
IF %Threads%==10 (
    DIR /B /D /S *.mp4 | CMD /C PPX2 -P 5 -L 1 FFmpeg -y -i "{}" -qscale:v 0 -vcodec wmv2 -b:a 256k "{}.wmv" 
) ELSE (
IF %Threads%==12 (	
    DIR /B /D /S *.mp4 | CMD /C PPX2 -P 6 -L 1 FFmpeg -y -i "{}" -qscale:v 0 -vcodec wmv2 -b:a 256k "{}.wmv" 
) ELSE (
IF %Threads%==14 (
    DIR /B /D /S *.mp4 | CMD /C PPX2 -P 7 -L 1 FFmpeg -y -i "{}" -qscale:v 0 -vcodec wmv2 -b:a 256k "{}.wmv" 
) ELSE (
IF %Threads%==16 (	
    DIR /B /D /S *.mp4 | CMD /C PPX2 -P 8 -L 1 FFmpeg -y -i "{}" -qscale:v 0 -vcodec wmv2 -b:a 256k "{}.wmv"
) ELSE (
IF %Threads%==18 (
    DIR /B /D /S *.mp4 | CMD /C PPX2 -P 9 -L 1 FFmpeg -y -i "{}" -qscale:v 0 -vcodec wmv2 -b:a 256k "{}.wmv" 
) ELSE (
IF %Threads%==20 (
    DIR /B /D /S *.mp4 | CMD /C PPX2 -P 10 -L 1 FFmpeg -y -i "{}" -qscale:v 0 -vcodec wmv2 -b:a 256k "{}.wmv" 
) ELSE (
IF %Threads%==22 (
    DIR /B /D /S *.mp4 | CMD /C PPX2 -P 11 -L 1 FFmpeg -y -i "{}" -qscale:v 0 -vcodec wmv2 -b:a 256k "{}.wmv" 
) ELSE (
IF %Threads%==24 (
    DIR /B /D /S *.mp4 | CMD /C PPX2 -P 12 -L 1 FFmpeg -y -i "{}" -qscale:v 0 -vcodec wmv2 -b:a 256k "{}.wmv" 
) ELSE (
IF %Threads%==26 (
    DIR /B /D /S *.mp4 | CMD /C PPX2 -P 13 -L 1 FFmpeg -y -i "{}" -qscale:v 0 -vcodec wmv2 -b:a 256k "{}.wmv" 
) ELSE (
IF %Threads%==28 (
    DIR /B /D /S *.mp4 | CMD /C PPX2 -P 14 -L 1 FFmpeg -y -i "{}" -qscale:v 0 -vcodec wmv2 -b:a 256k "{}.wmv" 
) ELSE (
IF %Threads%==30 (
    DIR /B /D /S *.mp4 | CMD /C PPX2 -P 15 -L 1 FFmpeg -y -i "{}" -qscale:v 0 -vcodec wmv2 -b:a 256k "{}.wmv" 
) ELSE (
IF %Threads%==32 (	
	DIR /B /D /S *.mp4 | CMD /C PPX2 -P 16 -L 1 FFmpeg -y -i "{}" -qscale:v 0 -vcodec wmv2 -b:a 256k "{}.wmv"
)))))))))))))))))

:DEL MP4
FOR /R %%i IN (*.mp4) DO CMD /C DEL /F /Q "%%i"
:Remove *.WMV Extension
FOR /F "Delims=" %%a IN ('DIR /B /S *.wmv') DO REN "%%a" "%%~na"
:REN *.MP4>*.WMV
FOR /R %%i IN (*.mp4) DO REN "%%i" "*.wmv"
:DMC1
COPY "data\dmc1\Video\s15_2.wmv" "data\dmc1\Video\s15_2j.wmv"
COPY "data\dmc1\Video\S15_2S.wmv" "data\dmc1\Video\s15_2Sj.wmv"
COPY "data\dmc1\Video\S0502S.wmv" "data\dmc1\Video\s0502Sj.wmv"
COPY "data\dmc1\Video\s0502.wmv" "data\dmc1\Video\s0502j.wmv"
COPY "data\dmc1\Video\S15_1BS.wmv" "data\dmc1\Video\s15_1BSj.wmv"
COPY "data\dmc1\Video\s15_1a.wmv" "data\dmc1\Video\s15_1aj.wmv"
COPY "data\dmc1\Video\s15_1b.wmv" "data\dmc1\Video\s15_1bj.wmv"
COPY "data\dmc1\Video\s01_1.wmv" "data\dmc1\Video\s01_1j.wmv"
COPY "data\dmc1\Video\demo1.wmv" "data\dmc1\Video\demo1j.wmv"
COPY "data\dmc1\Video\s0101_3.wmv" "data\dmc1\Video\s0101_3j.wmv"
COPY "data\dmc1\Video\s1402b_2.wmv" "data\dmc1\Video\s1402b2j.wmv"

:DMC2
COPY "data\dmc2\Video\cg_00.wmv" "data\dmc2\Video\cg_00e.wmv"
COPY "data\dmc2\Video\cg_00.wmv" "data\dmc2\Video\cg_00u.wmv"

:DMC3
COPY "data\dmc3\Video\GameOver.wmv" "data\dmc3\Video\GameOverF.wmv"
COPY "data\dmc3\Video\GameOver.wmv" "data\dmc3\Video\GameOverG.wmv"
COPY "data\dmc3\Video\GameOver.wmv" "data\dmc3\Video\GameOverI.wmv"
COPY "data\dmc3\Video\GameOver.wmv" "data\dmc3\Video\GameOverS.wmv"
COPY "data\dmc3\Video\Guro_CHH.wmv" "data\dmc3\Video\GuroE.wmv"
COPY "data\dmc3\Video\Guro_CHH.wmv" "data\dmc3\Video\GuroJ.wmv"
COPY "data\dmc3\Video\Guro_CHH.wmv" "data\dmc3\Video\GuroK.wmv"
COPY "data\dmc3\Video\Guro_CHH.wmv" "data\dmc3\Video\GuroP.wmv"

:DMCLauncher
COPY "data\dmclauncher\video\DMC-HD_AttractMode.wmv" "data\dmclauncher\video\DMC-HD_AttractMode_EU.wmv"
COPY "data\dmclauncher\video\DMC-HD_AttractMode.wmv" "data\dmclauncher\video\DMC-HD_AttractMode_JP.wmv"

ECHO. Ready...!!!

Creators:
Repack uses XTool v9 library By Razor12911
Repack uses Srep v3.92 library By Bulat Ziganshin
Repack uses Lolz v2.1.a.7 library By ProFrager