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

[K4miKaZe]

Hi, here is a new method for this game, this time with better installation time and better ratio (it fits perfect in a bd25 disc). My idea was to not touch this game again in 1-2 weeks but DiCaPrIo gave me an idea yesterday to make it work with ztool.

Big Thanks DiCaPrIo, the c256m setting worked !!!

Title:           Dishonored 2
Version:         v1.77.5.0 (incl. all dlcs)

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

Ripped Files:    All foreign languages

Original Size:   53.6 GB
Compressed Size: 22.5 GB

Mask Method:     no compression on *.pck files
                 binkpack on *.bk2 files
                 pzlib:max:c256m+srep:m3f+lolz:d128:mc1023 on rest of files
                
Compress Time:   16 hours 15 minutes (58538.66 sec)
Install Time:    13 minutes

CRC Checked:     Yes

Note:
Important to set up c256m on ztool or it will not work, the compression time is
slow because it takes over 9 hours only with ztool.

Also removing the credits.bik will give you 700mb better output if you wish.

I did another little test with xtool setting up same chunksize and using latest zlib version from official page. Seems the ratio is a little bit better but is also much more faster. Have to try it with the full game, maybe in 1 week or 2.

@JustFun, if you wish you can delete my previous method or leave it but this is almost better except for the compression time.

[K4miKaZe]

Some old but good Tomb Raider games !!!

Title:           Tomb Raider: Anniversary
Version:         v1.0 (EU) (EN,ES,DE,IT,FR)

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

Ripped Files:    Nothing

Original Size:   3.87 GB
Compressed Size: 1.61 GB

Mask Method:     binkpack on *.bik files
                 srep:m3f+lolz:d128:mc1023 on rest of files
                                 
Compress Time:   38 minutes (2313.00 sec)
Install Time:    Less then 1 minute

CRC Checked:     Yes

Title:           Tomb Raider: Legend
Version:         v1.2 (EU) (EN,ES,DE,IT,FR)

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

Ripped Files:    Nothing

Original Size:   7.17 GB
Compressed Size: 2.18 GB

Mask Method:     binkpack on *.bik files
                 srep:m3f+lolz:d128:mc1023 on rest of files
                                 
Compress Time:   1 hour 3 minutes (3796.33 sec)
Install Time:    1 minute

CRC Checked:     Yes

Title:           Tomb Raider: Underworld
Version:         v1.1 (EU) (EN,ES,DE,IT,FR)

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

Ripped Files:    Nothing

Original Size:   7.32 GB
Compressed Size: 2.50 GB

Mask Method:     binkpack on *.bik files
                 xZLib+srep:m3f+lolz:d128:mc1023 on rest of files
                                 
Compress Time:   1 hour 10 minutes (4181.67 sec)
Install Time:    4 minutes

CRC Checked:     Yes

Tip/Note:
You can rip also the foreign languages for better size but its not
easy. You need the modding tools for this 3 games, should be easy
to find in google. Just replace the voice files with 0 bytes files

[DiCaPrIo]

Originally Posted by K4miKaZe

Hi, here is a new method for this game, this time with better installation time and better ratio (it fits perfect in a bd25 disc). My idea was to not touch this game again in 1-2 weeks but DiCaPrIo gave me an idea yesterday to make it work with ztool.

Big Thanks DiCaPrIo, the c256m setting worked !!!

Title:           Dishonored 2
Version:         v1.77.5.0 (incl. all dlcs)

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

Ripped Files:    All foreign languages

Original Size:   53.6 GB
Compressed Size: 22.5 GB

Mask Method:     no compression on *.pck files
                 binkpack on *.bk2 files
                 pzlib:max:c256m+srep:m3f+lolz:d128:mc1023 on rest of files
                
Compress Time:   16 hours 15 minutes (58538.66 sec)
Install Time:    13 minutes

CRC Checked:     Yes

Note:
Important to set up c256m on ztool or it will not work, the compression time is
slow because it takes over 9 hours only with ztool.

Also removing the credits.bik will give you 700mb better output if you wish.

I did another little test with xtool setting up same chunksize and using latest zlib version from official page. Seems the ratio is a little bit better but is also much more faster. Have to try it with the full game, maybe in 1 week or 2.

@JustFun, if you wish you can delete my previous method or leave it but this is almost better except for the compression time.

Hey can you unpack it on hdd and tell me time

[K4miKaZe]

Originally Posted by DiCaPrIo

Hey can you unpack it on hdd and tell me time

Sure, i will move the installer later on a HDD (7200rpm) and will test it for you
Should be ready in 4-5 hours (im compressing a game right now)

Edit:

@DiCaPrIo from HDD to HDD it tooks 17 minutes and 20-30 seconds. 4-5 minutes for binkpack, and 12-13 minutes for the rest of the data. Thats something like 25% slower then SSD but with so many data its normal. On a 5200/5400 rpm disk it should be probably slower.

[KaktoR]

Originally Posted by K4miKaZe

Hi, here is a new method for this game, this time with better installation time and better ratio (it fits perfect in a bd25 disc). My idea was to not touch this game again in 1-2 weeks but DiCaPrIo gave me an idea yesterday to make it work with ztool.

Big Thanks DiCaPrIo, the c256m setting worked !!!

Title:           Dishonored 2
Version:         v1.77.5.0 (incl. all dlcs)

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

Ripped Files:    All foreign languages

Original Size:   53.6 GB
Compressed Size: 22.5 GB

Mask Method:     no compression on *.pck files
                 binkpack on *.bk2 files
                 pzlib:max:c256m+srep:m3f+lolz:d128:mc1023 on rest of files
                
Compress Time:   16 hours 15 minutes (58538.66 sec)
Install Time:    13 minutes

CRC Checked:     Yes

Note:
Important to set up c256m on ztool or it will not work, the compression time is
slow because it takes over 9 hours only with ztool.

Also removing the credits.bik will give you 700mb better output if you wish.

I did another little test with xtool setting up same chunksize and using latest zlib version from official page. Seems the ratio is a little bit better but is also much more faster. Have to try it with the full game, maybe in 1 week or 2.

@JustFun, if you wish you can delete my previous method or leave it but this is almost better except for the compression time.

Trying with XTool now and seems to get very slow at 2.4% (it's now on 3.2% and 4 hours gone into the land). Something is wrong with the streams of this game i guess.

PS: My installation is only 42.3GB with only 1 language.

[zirkhaki]

Originally Posted by KaktoR

Trying with XTool now and seems to get very slow at 2.4% (it's now on 3.2% and 4 hours gone into the land). Something is wrong with the streams of this game i guess.

PS: My installation is only 42.3GB with only 1 language.

It didn't work for me too.
I tried both method (xtool and pzlib)
it was very slow and it showed197 hours remaining so I canceled it. any new setting?

[K4miKaZe]

Dishonored 2 is a real pain, the only method that works is using latest ZTool and its important to use it with chuncksize 256m or it will not work (crc errors on installation). Its slow, seems sometimes that it freezes but let it go for some hours (takes about 8-9 hours only on ztool, maybe more on slower systems).

For xTool i downloaded the official zlib dll (but one of razors test dll works too, the test2 or test3, cant remember now) and its faster. That was the reason why i didnt post the full method of the game on Xtool, because there are more steps then just using xTool.

Also my ripped size is less then 41gb (didnt touched the game again with the new updates hahah)

To be sure, use ztool, its slow but its finally doing it (even if its seems to freeze sometimes, its going faster later)