How do I combine UltraArc and CIUv2?

[KaktoR]

The first. Xtool will (pre)compress all files.

Note that xtool is not a final compressor. It just unpack game archives for better compression afterwards (in very most cases), so you will see that xtool in some cases double the output size.

I don't have the game but if xtool does nothing, means output size (data.arc) is the same as input size (pack folder).

[Chrushev]

Originally Posted by KaktoR

The first. Xtool will (pre)compress all files.

Note that xtool is not a final compressor. It just unpack game archives for better compression afterwards (in very most cases), so you will see that xtool in some cases double the output size.

I don't have the game but if xtool does nothing, means output size (data.arc) is the same as input size (pack folder).

I think something else is wrong. It literally finishesin less than 1 second. So it doesnt try to do anything. and there is no output after attempt, meaning it crashed.

I dont really want to spend a lot of time trying to squeeze out as much compression out of a game as I can, I just need something sensible. From what I saw UltraArc did an excellent job. It was very fast (maybe 10 min for the game, and it accomplished compression close to what fitgirl got on that game). That works for me.

Can you help me with making the setup.exe work with unpacking the .arc files created via UltraArc?

Or I am fine with using xtool if there is some automated easy way to use it (aka, not going through game folders trying to figure files out). Just point at the folder and click GO is the type of solution I am looking for.

[pakrat2k2]

Originally Posted by Chrushev

I think something else is wrong. It literally finishesin less than 1 second. So it doesnt try to do anything. and there is no output after attempt, meaning it crashed.

I dont really want to spend a lot of time trying to squeeze out as much compression out of a game as I can, I just need something sensible. From what I saw UltraArc did an excellent job. It was very fast (maybe 10 min for the game, and it accomplished compression close to what fitgirl got on that game). That works for me.

Can you help me with making the setup.exe work with unpacking the .arc files created via UltraArc?

Or I am fine with using xtool if there is some automated easy way to use it.

you can use any of the conversions posted in main conversion forum, then just run ultraarc & choose method..

Now if you want to create your own installer, again get the ciuv2 from its topic open & extract archive, then look at the setup.ini all the information is provided there. Look at images & corresponding place in ini for the image itself, ( autorun, installer, smallinstaller, buttons etc ) a installer is already included in the package all you have to do is read.

[Chrushev]

Originally Posted by pakrat2k2

you can use any of the conversions posted in main conversion forum, then just run ultraarc & choose method..

Now if you want to create your own installer, again get the ciuv2 from its topic open & extract archive, then look at the setup.ini all the information is provided there. Look at images & corresponding place in ini for the image itself, ( autorun, installer, smallinstaller, buttons etc ) a installer is already included in the package all you have to do is read.

I already have a setup.exe that I made but it errors out when trying to unpack precomp and LZMA2 compressed game. I get this:

ERROR: archive data corrupted (decompression fails)

but if I use unpack.exe that UltraArc made then the game files unpack just fine. So they arent corrupt.