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

[KaktoR]

Originally Posted by JustFun

Hehe, I like the post ID of the Forza Horizon 3 method posted by Kaktor, #666 lmao

Halo Wars 2

*.bk2 => bpk

ztool+srep+lzma2 (why ztool? xtool just crash, in FH3 it workes w/o probs, in HW2 it doesn't work lol, don't understand)

*.xmb

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data\vfx\rmvfx\powers\rmvortex.pkg
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*.ddx => srep+lolz

all other files => srep+lzma2

You're able to save much more space with lolz/lzma, but it tooks forever

48GB => 20.9GB