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

[KaktoR]

Scars Above

Here are some tests, not digged deeper as I have no time nor interest in this

zlib
Chunk size: 32.0 MB, Threads: 6, Depth: 0

Streams: 336707/337175
Time: 00:02:32 (00:11:07)
Memory: 457 MB (457 MB)

Results: 12.5 GB >> 21.7 GB

reflate
Chunk size: 32.0 MB, Threads: 6, Depth: 0

Streams: 337175/337175
Time: 00:03:27 (00:16:07)
Memory: 457 MB (457 MB)

Results: 12.5 GB >> 21.7 GB

preflate
Chunk size: 32.0 MB, Threads: 6, Depth: 0

Streams: 335018/337175
Time: 00:05:14 (00:26:43)
Memory: 458 MB (458 MB)

Results: 12.5 GB >> 21.8 GB

[Masquerade]

^^
Pak contains a shit ton of WWise Audio too so you can patch out the larger files using FModel / MESA and XTool's erase function and use WemTool. I'm skipping this one too