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

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X4 Foundations
v7.50

 20:52:18 - Selected ARC/DS method for Data1a-01.bin was: xtool:mzlib:dd3+4x4:lzma
 20:52:18 - Selected ARC/DS method for Data1b-01.bin was: msc
 20:52:18 - Selected ARC/DS method for Data1c-01.bin was: oggre
 20:52:18 - Selected ARC/DS method for Data1d-01.bin was: xtool:dd3+FA-MIN
 20:52:18 - Selected ARC/DS method for Data1e-01.bin was: xtool:dd3:l10,d128mb
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 21:48:52 - Overall input size: 32.33 GB
 21:48:52 - Overall output size: 18.57 GB (Ratio 57.42%)
 21:48:52 - Overall conversion time: 00:56:33

You have to filter out some of the OGG files since they will cause oggre to crash. The following list is for game version 7.50. Other versions might change this list. Not tested with French and Russian languages.

04.dat
0000000006339381.ogg
000000001212EBDD.ogg

06.dat
00000000026B4B51.ogg
0000000006DFAED3.ogg
0000000007553031.ogg
000000000758F062.ogg
0000000007621FDA.ogg
0000000007A0FD8C.ogg
0000000007A32F36.ogg
0000000007A9CDA1.ogg
0000000007BF888F.ogg
0000000007C35E87.ogg
0000000007DB2AC1.ogg
000000000BC6F8B6.ogg

ego_dlc_boron\ext_02.dat
0000000000000000.ogg
0000000000D68742.ogg
000000000188BF76.ogg
00000000041CA372.ogg
0000000004E2B710.ogg
00000000056C8303.ogg
0000000008697024.ogg
000000000B61F5FE.ogg
000000000B678133.ogg
000000000B79804C.ogg
000000000B87D8CD.ogg
000000000D1C9B6C.ogg
000000000D1FFC8B.ogg
000000000D22E54B.ogg
000000000D283532.ogg
000000000D2E95A8.ogg
000000000D32E5C9.ogg
000000000D389BD7.ogg
000000000D3AA153.ogg
000000000D3E5CF1.ogg
000000000D430C00.ogg
000000000D49C44A.ogg
000000000D5082B9.ogg
000000000D80042E.ogg
000000000DAB3D6A.ogg
000000000DB9DD2A.ogg
000000000DBEA7ED.ogg
000000000DC8901B.ogg
000000000DC9BF6A.ogg
000000000DE106B3.ogg
000000000DE2A86A.ogg

ego_dlc_mini_01\ext_02.dat
0000000000937321.ogg
0000000002CC1CA9.ogg

ego_dlc_pirate\ext_02.dat
0000000003939CBB.ogg

ego_dlc_terran\ext_02.dat
000000000299C5C0.ogg
000000000529020E.ogg
0000000007596E61.ogg

ego_dlc_timelines\ext_02.dat
0000000006B12A2B.ogg
000000000757B341.ogg
00000000081746FF.ogg
00000000094831AB.ogg