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

[Peter72]

I am a beginner here, and I have a question. What do I do when I get the code of compression of a specific game? How do I use it? So, take this example of IFR

https://fileforums.com/showpost.php?...postcount=2196

It has 3 methods. How do use any of them to compress the game?

And also, what is the difference between the method of compressing using code in .bat files and using dll files? And how to use the dll as well?

[Masquerade]

Peter72
Chain commands together using the -m switch in freearc:

-msrep+lolz

example

[Peter72]

Originally Posted by Masquerade

Peter72
Chain commands together using the -m switch in freearc:

-msrep+lolz

example

Thanks for your reply. I added the "-m" before the compression line, but I think I don't get it correctly. So here is my code:

arc.exe a -ep1 -r -ed -s; -w.\temp\setup-3.bin srep:m3f+lzma:176m:normal:bt4:273:mc1000000000:lc8 "D:\Games\Immortals Fenyx Rising\PCK\*"
pause

I have divided the game files, and I am attempting to compress just the .pck files. If it write -msrep+lzma.... , it doesn't compile; it says (Unsupported compression method or error in parameters: srep:m3f). But when I remove it to just "srep+.." it starts compressing. But the thing now that it stops after compressing, leaves me with the .tmp file. It looks like this:

{
D:\Setup Files\oo2recm>arc.exe a -ep1 -r -ed -s; -w.\temp\setup-3.bin srep:m3f+lzma:176m:normal:bt4:273:mc1000000000:lc8 "D:\Games\Immortals Fenyx Rising\PCK\*"
FreeArc 0.67 (March 15 2014) creating archive: srep:m3f+lzma:176m:normal:bt4:273:mc1000000000:lc8 .arc
Compressed 21 files, 1,796,076,026 => 1,685,152,333 bytes. Ratio 93.82%
Compression time: cpu 124.30 sec/real 26.31 sec = 472%. Speed 68.27 mB/s
Copying temporary archive freearc1.tmp to srep:m3f+lzma:176m:normal:bt4:273:mc1000000000:lc8 .arc
Keeping temporary archive freearc1.tmparc.exe: srep:m3f+lzma:176m:normal:bt4:273:mc1000000000:lc8 .arc: open: invalid argument (Invalid argument)

D:\Setup Files\oo2recm>pause
Press any key to continue . . .
}

Keeping in mind that I don't know the use of those commands "a -ep1 -r -ed -s;". So what is the problem here? What am I not understanding or doing wrong?