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

[78372]

GTA IV: The Complete Edition

Masks:
$zlib
*.img
$bik
*bik

Method: srep+lzma/$zlib=srep+pzlib+srep+lzma/$bik=srep


Here I used srep+pzlib+srep+lzma for zlib because there are many same img files in complete edition, and using srep before pzlib significantly reduces compression time.

Game Size: 30.9GB(approx)
Final Size: 16.4GB(approx)

[Chayan Manna]

Crysis 2 Maximum Edition:
From 9.19 GB ->> 6.27 GB
Used Method: pZLib+Srep+delta+lzma
Parameter: pzlib+srep:m3f:l256+delta+lzma:512mb:normal:bt4:27 3:mc1000:lc8

The latest version of pZLib is used with latest reflate libs.

[felice2011]

Originally Posted by 78372

GTA IV: The Complete Edition

Masks:
$zlib
*.img
$bik
*bik

Method: srep+lzma/$zlib=srep+pzlib+srep+lzma/$bik=srep


Here I used srep+pzlib+srep+lzma for zlib because there are many same img files in complete edition, and using srep before pzlib significantly reduces compression time.

Game Size: 30.9GB(approx)
Final Size: 16.4GB(approx)

Someone who uses is recognizing the potential of masked methods.
Have you tried to use nanozip or razor compressors in the "void" mask? Or in your case "/$bik".

[elit]

Originally Posted by 78372

GTA IV: The Complete Edition
Here I used srep+pzlib+srep+lzma for zlib because there are many same img files in complete edition, and using srep before pzlib significantly reduces compression time.
Final Size: 16.4GB(approx)

This is interesting, I thought "dedup" methods are for this purpose? Also, how come this does not disturb data and headers making pzlib not applicable?

[Harsh ojha]

Life Is Strange complete Episodes

Game Size : 11.1 GB (approx)

Use
pzlib+srep : m3f : 1256+zcm
(include all file )

Final size : 8.1GB

[prince55]

i am trying to compress anno 1800 using xtool+srep+lolz but i am facing error in xtool '' disk full ''
any suggestions

[dixen]

Originally Posted by prince55

i am trying to compress anno 1800 using xtool+srep+lolz but i am facing error in xtool '' disk full ''
any suggestions

Xtool Version?

[prince55]

Originally Posted by dixen

Xtool Version?

xtool 32 , i think 0.9

Edit
when i used xtool 64 , it stuck on 1.3 % for 8 hours !!

[devil777]

This war of mine fading embers (with September update)

Method-

xtool(zlib):c128m:t2+srep:m3f:a2+lolz:dtb1:mtt1:mt 2:d192m:mc1023

Compression time: 2h ±11min
Decompression time: 2min
Final size : 3.11GB
After packed: 2.19GB

###if only 128kbps left in OsT folder and some unnecessary common redist files have been removed than it will save about more 400MB and than the final size would be around 1.75GB.

CrC ok and hashsum ok

[dixen]

Originally Posted by prince55

xtool 32 , i think 0.9

Edit
when i used xtool 64 , it stuck on 1.3 % for 8 hours !!

Hmm..
XTool 0.12 - All OK

d:\xtool_v012\FA_example>arc.exe a -ep1 -r -ed -s; -w.\temp -mxprecomp data.arc "pack\*"
FreeArc 0.67 (March 15 2014) creating archive: data.arc
Compressed 1 file, 228,816,703 => 250,757,603 bytes. Ratio 109.59%
Compression time: cpu 0.25 sec/real 6.75 sec = 4%. Speed 33.87 mB/s
All OK

[prince55]

Originally Posted by dixen

Hmm..
XTool 0.12 - All OK

Thanks bro , works well

[KaktoR]

StarCraft II incl. WoL, HotS, LotV, Nova Mission Pack
v4.10.4.76811

xZLib+srep:m3f+4x4:b128mb:lzma:ultra:64m:bt4:fb273:lc8:mc1000000

15:19:37 - Starting Data1.bin.001 creation
16:56:27 - Finished Data1.bin.001 creation

Input size:  24.571g
Output size: 19.309g

[IRAQIGHOST]

Hi
New way to compress Call of Duty Black Ops 3
SP+MP+ZM (with bots)

Repack Size: 76 Gb
Final Size: 124 Gb

*.xpak
srep_new:3+razor_stdio

*.ff + *.fd
xt_zlib+srep_new:3+LOLZ_NORMAL

*.sabl + *.sabs
srep_new:3+razor_stdio

rest of files
srep_new:3+LZMA-MT*