DiskSpan GUI

[ozerune]

I think I might be seriously missing something with the database system here. I have a set of bk2 files that don't work with bpk, and have identified what they are. When I put them in I put the files in game.groups as:
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$BPKPack
*\1280x720\file1.bk2
(continue for all files I want)
*\1920x1080\*
----------------------------------

But when I run the compressor with the method $bpkpack=bpk I get a ratio of 99%, while when manually only running bpk (without $bpkpack=) on just the files in the variable I get 84%.

[Cesar82]

Originally Posted by ozerune

I think I might be seriously missing something with the database system here. I have a set of bk2 files that don't work with bpk, and have identified what they are. When I put them in I put the files in game.groups as:
----------------------------------
$BPKPack
*\1280x720\file1.bk2
(continue for all files I want)
*\1920x1080\*
----------------------------------

But when I run the compressor with the method $bpkpack=bpk I get a ratio of 99%, while when manually only running bpk (without $bpkpack=) on just the files in the variable I get 84%.

You only have the files mentioned in the folders.
If you have other strong mask files, they will also be compressed with the default method.

I think it should have the same proportion if it is just the files mentioned, if you are compressing the same files using masks or a filtered compression without using masks.
But if you have better results using normal mode, make use of the Include/exclude + diskspan features present in DSG (only more .bin files will be generated).

[KaktoR]

Originally Posted by ozerune

I think I might be seriously missing something with the database system here. I have a set of bk2 files that don't work with bpk, and have identified what they are. When I put them in I put the files in game.groups as:
----------------------------------
$BPKPack
*\1280x720\file1.bk2
(continue for all files I want)
*\1920x1080\*
----------------------------------

But when I run the compressor with the method $bpkpack=bpk I get a ratio of 99%, while when manually only running bpk (without $bpkpack=) on just the files in the variable I get 84%.

Why they don't work with bpk? As long as they don't have kb2n header, you can also use the bink2 plugin from xtool. This way you don't have to filter out bad bk2 files.

[ozerune]

Originally Posted by KaktoR

Why they don't work with bpk? As long as they don't have kb2n header, you can also use the bink2 plugin from xtool. This way you don't have to filter out bad bk2 files.

I'm not entirely sure why these files in particular refuse to work. Even using xtool's Bink2 will stop compressing with an error when I try it on these. I manually verified that every file has a kb2j header.