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

[lugard]

Hello

What's the best method to compress Life is Stranger 2 .pak files ?

[Hexagon123]

Originally Posted by lugard

Hello

What's the best method to compress Life is Stranger 2 .pak files ?

I guess you have to try XTool?

[Ele]

Is there a possible way to use FreeArc 'Next when repacking? I meant to replace the general FreeArc.


Thanks.

[Masquerade]

Start size: 2.7GB

Compress using following method:

• *.saf
  

  srep+lolz

• Everything else:
  

  srep+razorx

Final Size: 1GB

[Masquerade]

Took a little look, here's my conclusion to what is what:

(these sizes come from my game which is v3.10.0)

• chunk0.rpkg - chunk7.rpkg = Hitman 3 Content = 25.2GB
  
• chunk8.rpkg = Unknown = 2.08GB (this file is simply adressed as Legacy)
  
• chunk9.rpkg - chunk20.rpkg = Hitman 2 Content = 14.7GB
  
• chunk21.rpkg - chunk27.rpkg = Hitman 1 Content = 12.7GB

Ofc srep+lolz isn't going to get you far here, huge waste of time. Compare these sizes to previous Hitman games and it's obvious the data is compressed. I was putting my bets on use of oodle, but it's clearly not!!

Oh and when an unpacking script finally comes available, the VR stuff is contained in the game files, so it can be ripped...

[KaktoR]

Originally Posted by Masquerade

Oh and when an unpacking script finally comes available, the VR stuff is contained in the game files, so it can be ripped...

Yep I'm waiting too

[Ele]

Medal of Honor 2010 Limited Edition - English Only


* Original Size: 4.91GB
* Repack Size: 2.95GB



method:

*.upk, *.tfc  =  xtool 2020 (zlib+reflate) + srep + lolz
*.xxx, *.vp6  =  srep + nz
*.exe, *.dll  =  srep+delta+nz
other files   =  srep + nz

[oltjon]

Originally Posted by Ele

Medal of Honor 2010 Limited Edition - English Only


* Original Size: 4.91GB
* Repack Size: 2.95GB



method:

*.upk, *.tfc  =  xtool 2020 (zlib+reflate) + srep + lolz
*.xxx, *.vp6  =  srep + nz
*.exe, *.dll  =  srep+delta+nz
other files   =  srep + nz

why nz and not lolz??

[Hexagon123]

Originally Posted by oltjon

why nz and not lolz??

Because of possibilities that LOLZ is used for textures.

[biotec2k8]

Originally Posted by Masquerade

Start size: 2.7GB

Compress using following method:

• *.saf
  

  srep+lolz

• Everything else:
  

  srep+razorx

Final Size: 1GB

Game: Shady Part of Me

I would like to package this game effectively. With which attributes is stated above.

The problem is now:

I get 2 BIN files when I compress the SAF with LOLZ and the rest with razorx.

Is there a possibility to create a self-extracting file from the two bin files?

Or can someone give me a tip on how to create an installer from the game?