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

[KaktoR]

Terminator Dark Fate Defiance
Update 1.06.1107

 16:46:48 - Selected ARC/DS method for Data1a-01.bin was: oggre
 16:46:48 - Selected ARC/DS method for Data1b-01.bin was: xtool:mflac,l8
 16:46:48 - Selected ARC/DS method for Data1c-01.bin was: xtool:c128mb:mreflate:mpng:d1:dd3:l10,d128mb
 16:46:48 - Selected ARC/DS method for Data1d-01.bin was: xtool:dd3:l10,d128mb
 16:46:48 - Selected ARC/DS method for Data1e-01.bin was: 1
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 17:36:23 - Overall input size: 35.26 GB
 17:36:23 - Overall output size: 13.45 GB (Ratio 38.15%)
 17:36:23 - Overall conversion time: 00:46:07

Just a fast compression.
You need to exclude "basis.pak\sounds\dialogs\10_mission\10th_sintu_la st_mission_1_1.wav" from xtool:mflac (or msc) otherwise you will get crc error on this paticular file.

password

oKoo$]bnGTKJLMNBA9A

Recreate paks with

7z.exe a -mx5 -tzip -aoa -r -poKoo$]bnGTKJLMNBA9A

The recreated files are not crc perfect but the game works fine nevertheless.