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

[K4miKaZe]

To compress this game at this size you need to use first a modding tool on it. The game works fine with the DLCs unpacked, so dont worry about repacking the SFAR files. The advantages on this is that you get about 5-6GB better ratio on compression and also the game is mod ready without having to unpack the DLCs later. The disadvantage on this is that the install size for the game is about 5GB more (not much really).

Preparation:

1. Download and install ME3Explorer from nexusmods (Google it)
2. Open ME3Explorer and on the 1st Step set up the path to your ME3
3. On the 2nd step click on "Unpack DLCs", this can take up to 1 hour
4. Now you can close ME3Explorer and go to your DLC folder.
5. Delete all foreign languages, be carefull, best thing is to search for 
"_DEU." to remove all German files, "_FRA." for French and so on. INT is English
6. Now you can proceed to the compression method

Title:           Mass Effect 3: Complete Edition
Version:         v1.5.5427.124 (incl. all DLC's)

PC:              4 Cores 3.9GHz (up to 4.3GHz) + 16GB Ram + SSD

Ripped Files:    Foreign Languages in DLC files

Original Size:   19.2 GB (30.2 GB after unpacking DLC´s)
Ripped Size:     24.7 GB (Ripped after unpacking DLC´s)
Compressed Size: 8.18 GB

Method:          BPK+Srep:m3f on *.bik files
                 xZLib+srep:m3f+lolz:d128:mc1023 on rest of files
                                                  
Compress Time:   3 hours 51 minutes (13856.50 sec)
Install Time:    10 minutes

CRC Checked:     Yes

Note: Crc is fine but one readme file "léeme.txt" is missing due to sintax, 
dont worry because its not necesarry. This happens to many games on UA.

[K4miKaZe]

Good morning !!!

Title:           Helldivers: A New Hell Edition
Version:         25.10.2018

PC:              4 Cores 3.9GHz (up to 4.3GHz) + 16GB Ram + SSD

Ripped Files:    Nothing

Original Size:   6.21 GB 
Compressed Size: 1.31 GB

Method:          xZLib+srep:m3f+lolz:d192:mc1023
                                                                   
Compress Time:   40 minutes (2451.44 sec)
Install Time:    2 minutes

CRC Checked:     Yes

[Grumpy]

Originally Posted by K4miKaZe

Good morning !!!

That depends where you are of course .... you posted that at 6.29pm in my time zone.

[K4miKaZe]

Originally Posted by Grumpy

That depends where you are of course .... you posted that at 6.29pm in my time zone.

Hahaha, that's true. I always forget that. Next time it should be a "Hello World"

[K4miKaZe]

This is to finish with the Mass Effect series with all dlcs. I dont post Mass Effect 2 because i used the method posted on the index on the same version so there is no reason to double post it.

Title:           Mass Effect: Complete
Version:         v1.02 (incl. all 2 DLC´s)

PC:              4 Cores 3.9GHz (up to 4.3GHz) + 16GB Ram + SSD

Ripped Files:    Nothing (My game is only English + subtitles)

Original Size:   10.4 GB
Compressed Size: 2.99 GB

Method:          BPK+Srep:m3f on *.bik files
                 uelr:uv+srep:m3f+lolz:d128:mc1023 on rest of files
                                                  
Compress Time:   2 hours 45 minutes (9951.13 sec)
Install Time:    3 minutes

CRC Checked:     Yes