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

[L33THAK0R]

Hi all,

If anyone has them could I possibly have a look at someones "Precomp" & "Precompx" headers for arc.ini? Been looking through other .ini's for other compressors but I'm not sure exactly which of the options for the tools I should be using for compression, or if one command string fits all. Currently got:

[External compressor:precomp]
header    = 0
unpackcmd = "Precomp\Win64\precomp_v2017" -o$$arcdatafile$$.tmp -r $$arcpackedfile$$.tmp

down for precomp but not sure how to use xprecomp at all.

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Originally Posted by L33THAK0R

Hi all,

If anyone has them could I possibly have a look at someones "Precomp" & "Precompx" headers for arc.ini? Been looking through other .ini's for other compressors but I'm not sure exactly which of the options for the tools I should be using for compression, or if one command string fits all. Currently got:

[External compressor:precomp]
header    = 0
unpackcmd = "Precomp\Win64\precomp_v2017" -o$$arcdatafile$$.tmp -r $$arcpackedfile$$.tmp

down for precomp but not sure how to use xprecomp at all.

Yo, Here is the .ini :

[External compressor:xprecomp]
header    = 0
packcmd   = xtool.exe e:precomp:t4:lz4 - - <stdin> <stdout>
unpackcmd = xtool.exe d:precomp:t4 - - <stdin> <stdout>

Don't let the compressor name fool you.

BTW, this .ini was taken from an older version of XTool. I might be wrong but i don't think there is a difference ( in usage ) , the only difference will be your codecs such as zlib,lz4 etc.

Try comparing the results with xZLib or other codecs for your own satisfaction.

Created by Razor12911

Commands:
  e - encode
  d - decode

Operations and codecs available:
  precomp - data precompression
    zlib     : loaded
    crilayla : loaded

Options:
  precomp - data precompression
    c#: chunk size (default 16mb)
    t#: number of threads, use p for percentage

Have a look above t# was number of threads same as now, and precomp - data precompression is already there just need the codecs.