XTool 2020 (Main Project)

[Razor12911]

Update available

Changes

- added universal scanner for DirectStorage gdeflate streams
- added the use of gpu for caching and virtual memory purposes
- updated depthing feature to improve stream detection when used by plugins

Notes
With the release of the game ratchet & clank: rift apart which used direct storage's gdeflate compression within its game files, I thought... hm, why not just add a scanner for these streams and so I did after investigating the stream structure (was easy to figure out actually). Use via -mgdeflate.

Will games use direct storage? I don't know but if they do then at least xtool has support for the streams used in the games, I just added it so that repackers don't flood me with DMs when they have troubles repacking games, maybe Starfield might use this...

After several tests, the gpu feature can now be used by the general public, use via -g#

[Jahan1373]

Hello
I have been told that you are very forgiving
Can you recommend a good compressor?
Easy and simple work, high compression and works with all site installations, thank you

[Masquerade]

^^
This question has been asked hundreds of times.

7-Zip.

[Jahan1373]

Originally Posted by Masquerade

^^
This question has been asked hundreds of times.

7-Zip.

I don't know that Fitgirl put all these compressions with 7zip program here

[Masquerade]

^^
Obviously FitGirl doesn't use 7-Zip. But you asked for:

Easy and simple work, high compression and works with all site installations

So, 7-Zip is your answer. If that isn't easy enough for you, try built in Windows zip maker

[Masquerade]

New Release: XTool v0.8.2 (11/1/24)

Changes

• additional mathematics functions added (ceil and floor)
• fixed issue with zstd recompression
• fixed issues with decode/extract functions

Notes

Not much to say but special thanks to Panker1992 and KaktoR for discovering bugs and for offering support especially over the holidays, and for everyone else, happy new year and I hope you keep compressing

https://www.patreon.com/posts/release-v0-8-2-96291433

[Masquerade]

New Release: XTool v0.8.3 (16/1/24)

Changes

• improved encoding speed when deduplication is used under certain conditions
• removed deduplication decode memory calculations (takes too long to compute)

https://www.patreon.com/posts/release-v0-8-3-96616797