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

[DiCaPrIo]

Originally Posted by KaktoR

Someone has working settings for FC5 xtool?

I always got crc error on unpacking.

Edit: Don't use v parameter

Edit2: You can't precompress the whole game. It just stops inflating and only copy files after some percents. You have to split in 2 or 3 parts

precomp:c256m,t85p:lz4

[E-Key]

Title:           Battlefield 3 (With All DLC)

PC:              4 Cores E5-2650 v4 @ 2.20GHz + 8GB Ram + SSD

Ripped Files:    Nothing

Original Size:        34.2 GB
Compressed Size: 11.9GB

Method:          (XTool) xZLib+srep:m3f:a4+lzma2:mmt4:mx9
                                                                   
Compress Time:   4 Hours
Install Time:    30 Minutes

[doofoo24]

using DELZORecx64 from edison007 on dat files then compressing all files with srep:m2f:a4+lolz:d128m...
*game size 34.7gb with mp files eng only...
*better to wait for razor to update xtool or if anyone won't to try xtool use packcmd=xtool.exe e:precomp:t100p,c128m,v:lzo - - <stdin> <stdout> thanks to Simorq for providing the setting for xtool.
i tested on small files and it work without crc files, but i already compressed the game so i don't know if the rest of the files is crc ok with xtool...

[doofoo24]

using DELZORecx64 from edison007 on dat :
File1=patch.dat
File2=farcry5.dat
File3=installpkg.dat
File4=dlc_mars.dat
File5=dlc_vietnam.dat
File6=common.dat
inflating to 52.5gb then compress all files with srep and lolz the setting i used srep:m2f:a2+lolz:d128m
* you need to add to inno DELZORecx64 after dec sre+lolz it will create temp files almost double...
i yet to try xtool since there are a lot of crc error i encountered in far cry 4...

[KaktoR]

There is not much benefit on FC5 with XTool

packcmd   = xtool.exe e:precomp:t75p,c128m:lz4 - - <stdin> <stdout>

File1=pack\data_final\pc\common.dat
File2=pack\data_final\pc\ige.dat
File3=pack\data_final\pc\igepatch.dat
File4=pack\data_final\pc\patch.dat
File5=pack\data_final\pc\patchshadersobj.dat
File6=pack\data_final\pc\shadersobj.dat
File7=pack\data_final\pc\downloadcontent\dlc_mars\dlc_mars.dat
File8=pack\data_final\pc\downloadcontent\dlc_vietnam\dlc_vietnam.dat
File9=pack\data_final\pc\downloadcontent\dlc_zombies\dlc_zombies.dat
File10=pack\data_final\pc\ingameeditor\dlcpack0.dat
File11=pack\data_final\pc\ingameeditor\igepack.dat
File12=pack\data_final\pc\worlds\farcry5.dat
File13=pack\data_final\pc\worlds\installpkg.dat

Compressed 26 files, 43,821,419,321 => 46,936,331,804 bytes. Ratio 107.11%

[E-Key]

Title:           Battlefield Bad Company 2

PC:              4 Cores E5-2650 v4 @ 2.20GHz + 8GB Ram + SSD

Ripped Files:    Nothing

Original Size:        8.15 GB
Compressed Size: 4.65GB

Method:          (XTool) xZLib+srep:m3f:a4+lzma2:mmt4:mx9
                                                                   
Compress Time:   45 Minutes
Install Time:    15 Minutes

Title:           Battlefield Bad Company 2

PC:              4 Cores E5-2650 v4 @ 2.20GHz + 8GB Ram + SSD

Ripped Files:    Nothing

Original Size:        8.15 GB
Compressed Size: 4.32GB

Method:          (XTool) xZLib+srep:m3f:a4+razor:512m
                                                                   
Compress Time:   8 Hours
Install Time:    13 Minutes

[ZAZA4EVER]

Darksiders III Repack
Repack Game From 18.6GB To 13.6GB
Game Has Zlib Streams

**Pak Files - Repack Method Ztool+Srep+Lolz
mztool_zlib+srep:m3f:a16:d1g+lolz:tt8:d128m:mt4:fb a0:mc1023:gm20

**other files - Repack Method Srep+Lolz
msrep:m3f:a16:d1g+lolz:tt8:d128m:mt4:fba0:mc1023:g m20

[dixen]

Total War: WARHAMMER II - Curse of the Vampire Coast v1.5.0 - 1 lang (RUS)

terrain*.pack - srep+lolz:mtt1:tt2:mc1023:mt4 - 32 gb > 10.3 gb
audio & video .pack = srep+4x4:lzma 11.8 > 11 gb
All other *.pack = xtool+srep+lolz:mtt1:tt2:mc1023:mt4 - 19 gb > 6.6 gb

RePack size - 28.1 gb
Install size - 62.5 gb
Intall time - 15 minutes on HDD

NOTE. terrain(with number from 3 to 12).pack rebuilded with QuickBMS and PFM

[Simorq]

Title:           Mafia II Director’s Cut
Version:         GOG (Update5)

PC:              6 Cores 3.2GHz + 16GB Ram + HDD

Original Size:   7.73 GB
Compressed Size: 3.79 GB

Method:
SDS Files: XT+srep:m3f:l128+lolz:dtb1:d192m:mtt1:mt4:mc1023
BIK Files: bpk+srep:m5f:l512
Other Files: srep:m3f:l128+7z

Compress Time:   1 Hours
Install Time:    6 Min

[78372]

Need for Speed Most Wanted 2012(English Only)
Initial Size : 5.36GB
Final Size: 2.27GB
Method: pzlibv32017:c256m:t2+srep64:m3f+4x4:lzma:16mb:norm al:32:lc8

[oltjon]

Darksiders III steam

game size 18.6 Gb
compressed game size 13.2 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 25 hours + -
decompression time 25 min + -

all files---- xtool zlib+ srep + lolz ----data1.cab

intel core i7 2 cores 2.9Mhz
16GB ram

[Simorq]

Title:           Wreckfest
Version:         Update 5 (v20180821)

Original Size:   13.3 GB
Compressed Size: 8.54 GB + 232 MB DLC Soundtrack, DLC Wallpapers = 8.77 GB

Method: srep:m3f:l128+4x4:lzma:a1:mfbt4:64m:fb273:mc1000000000:lc8+diskspan:4430mb:4481mb

Compress Time:   25 Mins
Install Time:    4 Mins

[Sergey3695]

Darksiders III ver. 1.1 Codex + The Summoning Intro
text Ru/En
voice Only En
replaced intro on Darksiders 3 - The Summoning Trailer by Dark Corsair
game size 32 Gb (used for pack u4pak and QuickBMS for unpack)

# Unreal Engine 4 - Unreal Tournament 4 (script 0.4.2)
# script for QuickBMS http://quickbms.aluigi.org

# set your AES_KEY here as text or C string ("\x11\x22...")
set AES_KEY binary ""
putarray 10 -1 "KIWIKIWIKIWIKIWIKIWIKIWIKIWIKIWI"   # first beta of Street Fighter V
putarray 10 -1 "_aS4mfZK8M5s5KWC2Lz2VsFnGKI7azgl"   # current version of Street Fighter V
putarray 10 -1 "bR!@nbR0wnc@rychR!$d@nd@v3d3R3kj!mj0$hk3v!nm!ch@3lm!k3s3@nst3v3t!m" # Victory: The Culling
putarray 10 -1 "casd#55@#$%323!$^#b%05sa5W|hhaf4365s52ss51|55m!|{55s^@@36f233|-|0w@%3g8hssDk35/!Nm|_|%ds23%a32d5&23as3%12p|-|y$t3ds562d23fav3c@dyw38#49" # Victory: The Culling
putarray 10 -1 ""
math AES_KEY_IS_SET = 0

# 1 = HIT
math WORKAROUND = 0

goto -0x2c
get MAGIC long  #idstring "\xe1\x12\x6f\x5a" # 0x5a6f12e1
if MAGIC == 0x5a6f12e1
    # ok
elif MAGIC == 0xe1126f5a
    endian big
else
    # HIT game 0x1233a
    math WORKAROUND = 1
endif
get VERSION long
get OFFSET longlong
get SIZE longlong
getdstring HASH 20
if WORKAROUND == 1
    math VERSION = 3
endif

goto OFFSET
callfunction GET_NAME 1
get FILES long

for i = 0 < FILES
    callfunction GET_NAME 1
    savepos TMP_OFF

    get OFFSET longlong
    get ZSIZE longlong
    get SIZE longlong
    get ZIP long
    if WORKAROUND == 1
        getdstring HASH 20
    elif VERSION <= 1
        get TSTAMP longlong
    endif
    getdstring HASH 20
    math CHUNKS = 0
    math ENCRYPTED = 0
    if VERSION >= 3
        if ZIP != 0
            get CHUNKS long
            for x = 0 < CHUNKS
                get CHUNK_OFFSET longlong
                get CHUNK_END_OFFSET longlong
                putarray 0 x CHUNK_OFFSET
                putarray 1 x CHUNK_END_OFFSET
            next x
        endif
        get ENCRYPTED byte
        get CHUNK_SIZE long
    endif
    if WORKAROUND == 1
        math ENCRYPTED = 0
    endif

    comtype copy    # for AES
    if ZIP & 1
        comtype zlib
    elif ZIP & 2
        comtype gzip
    endif

    if CHUNKS > 0
        putvarchr MEMORY_FILE SIZE 0
        log MEMORY_FILE 0 0
        append
        for x = 0 < CHUNKS
            getarray CHUNK_OFFSET 0 x
            getarray CHUNK_END_OFFSET 1 x
            math CHUNK_ZSIZE = CHUNK_END_OFFSET
            math CHUNK_ZSIZE - CHUNK_OFFSET
            if ENCRYPTED != 0
                callfunction SET_AES_KEY 1
                math CHUNK_ZSIZE x 16
            endif
            clog MEMORY_FILE CHUNK_OFFSET CHUNK_ZSIZE CHUNK_SIZE
        next x
        append
        encryption "" ""
        log NAME 0 SIZE MEMORY_FILE
    else
        # the file offset points to an entry containing
        # the "same" OFFSET ZSIZE SIZE ZIP HASH ZERO fields,
        # just an additional backup... so let's skip them
        savepos BASE_OFF
        math BASE_OFF - TMP_OFF
        math OFFSET += BASE_OFF
        if ENCRYPTED != 0
            callfunction SET_AES_KEY 1
            math ZSIZE x 16
        endif
        clog NAME OFFSET ZSIZE SIZE
        encryption "" ""
    endif
next i

startfunction SET_AES_KEY_ASK
    math AES_KEY_IS_SET = 1
    print "The archive is encrypted, select the number of the key to use or type yours:"
    for z = 0
        getarray KEY 10 z
        if KEY == ""
            break
        endif
        print "%z%: %KEY%"
    next z
    set KEY unknown "???"
    strlen TMP KEY
    if TMP <= 2
        getarray AES_KEY 10 KEY
    else
        set AES_KEY binary KEY
    endif
    print "KEY: %AES_KEY%"
endfunction

startfunction SET_AES_KEY
    if AES_KEY_IS_SET == 0
        callfunction SET_AES_KEY_ASK 1
    endif
    encryption aes AES_KEY "" 0 32
endfunction

startfunction GET_NAME
    get NAMESZ signed_long
    if NAMESZ >= 0
        getdstring NAME NAMESZ
    else
        math NAMESZ n NAMESZ
        math NAMESZ * 2
        getdstring NAME NAMESZ
        set NAME unicode NAME
    endif
endfunction

compressed game size 12.39 Gb

pakchunk0-WindowsNoEditor.pak (31,5 Gb)
arc.exe a -ep1 -dses --dirs -s; -lc- -di -i2 -r -s64g -wE:\Temp -msrep:m3f:l1024:c64+lolz:tt4:mtb32:d512m: oh14:fba256:mc128:dtm1:dto0:dtd1:dtw1:gm10 "data.arc" "pack\*"
(compression time 21 hours)
movies
-mlolz:tt4:mtb32:d512m: oh14:fba256:mc128
other
-mexe2+delta+lzma:a1:mfbt4:d128mb:lc8:fb273:mc512

[KaktoR]

X4 Foundations
v1.00

XTool:t75p,c128m:zlib+srep:m3f+4x4:lzma

21:52:32 - Starting Data1.bin.001 creation
23:40:20 - Finished Data1.bin.001 creation
Original size:   11.178g
Compressed size: 7.664g

[oltjon]

Euro Truck Simulator 2 Beyond the Baltic Sea

game size 5.85 Gb
compressed game size 2.56 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 15 hours + -
decompression time 18 min + -

all files---- xtool zlib+ srep + lolz ----data1.cab

intel core i7 2 cores 2.9Mhz
16GB ram