Red Faction Armageddon (1x DVD5) *INNO+FreeArc*

[peterf1999]

Red Faction Armageddon (1x DVD5) *INNO+FreeArc*

1) Extract 'RFA_1xDVD5.7z' contents

2) Move from Game's installation folder :

all files (except folders) in the root to 'RFA_DVD5\Binaries' folder

3) Re-encode the biks videos to a ~ 45-50% bitrate of original ones and then move them to 'RFA_DVD5\Movies' folder

4) Launch FreeArc and then compress the following folders in the Game's installation folder:

reslists
build

Output archive: RFA
Compression: -mx -ld800m
Make exe: Not checked

5) Move 'RFA.arc' to 'RFA_DVD5' folder

6) Burn or make iso with label name of your choice

Arfa.jpg

WP_rfa.jpg

I1_rfa.jpg

[The-revenge]

Originally Posted by lukas1412

what program should I use for this quest 3? I am never done this

use RAD video.

But, for anyone can help me, using RAD video and encoding at 50% of original bitrate, the time of process is about 8 hours Is normal?

[pakrat2k2]

most of the smaller bik files should only take few seconds to process each file.

IE M01_CS_00.bik 135mb --> 10-12 mins to process it.

not too many that are of a huge size to process, so it shouldnt take too long to process them all. There's only 64 bik files to do.

[ALVARIX2]

Originally Posted by lukas1412

I have a problem
all the video encoding an 50%
all the videos are silent ( when characters speak )
and when upload the original files
so it's ok
I've did the first time so do not know where I made a mistake

Have not done any mistake, those BIK files have four audio tracks, so after recompress you need to extract/convert all audio tracks from original BIK to WAV files (Convert a file) and then mix every track back to recompressed BIK file (Mix in sound).

[dudul]

Originally Posted by pakrat2k2

quite a few of the biks have no sound to them at all. If you select the bik file ( in rad video tools, the click on file info. ) This will show you video details & sound track ID #'s ( I found track ID#3 - seems to be English, in some of the biks. Files with legal*, placeholder*, mainmenu*, have no sounds in them, logo*, and a few others only have 1 audio track so, just recompress those as they are.

Still fooling around with this recompressing bik's, wish peter would post back explaining in more detail how-to recompress properly with the right audio track. Pain trying to figure out which is which, when multiple audio tracks, and NOT knowing IF the game will play the recompressed biks properly, or no sound at all.

After trial and error I finally managed to do the conversion.
I used batch in RAD video tools. These are my steps are:
1. Recompress using Rad Video Tools of each BIKs, this step could take 12-14 hours and is CPU intensive so I recommend you to leave it by night. I use data rate compression 45% of original file size
2. Make extraction of each audio tracks from original BIKs to WAV (Convert a file), except files with legal*, MB_placeholder, RF4_mainmenu* (those have no sounds in them), logo* only have 1 audio track so, these don't need to be extracted.
3. Mix each audio tracks to the recompressed BIKS (Mix in sound)
4. Click Batch to copy paste the commands for each BIK, and click START

Below is an example of batch command for step 2 and 3 for file Q08_CS_12_5.bik:

cd L:\build\pc\cache
BinkConv Q08_CS_12_5.bik G:\Games\Red Faction Armageddon\build\pc\cache\Q08_CS_12_50.wav  /o /v /n0 /z1
BinkConv Q08_CS_12_5.bik G:\Games\Red Faction Armageddon\build\pc\cache\Q08_CS_12_51.wav  /o /v /n1 /z1
BinkConv Q08_CS_12_5.bik G:\Games\Red Faction Armageddon\build\pc\cache\Q08_CS_12_52.wav  /o /v /n2 /z1
BinkConv Q08_CS_12_5.bik G:\Games\Red Faction Armageddon\build\pc\cache\Q08_CS_12_53.wav  /o /v /n3 /z1

cd G:\Games\Red Faction Armageddon\build\pc\cache
BinkMix Q08_CS_12_5.bik Q08_CS_12_50.wav Q08_CS_12_5.bik  /o /l4 /t0 /i0
BinkMix Q08_CS_12_5.bik Q08_CS_12_51.wav Q08_CS_12_5.bik  /o /l4 /t1 /i1
BinkMix Q08_CS_12_5.bik Q08_CS_12_52.wav Q08_CS_12_5.bik  /o /l4 /t2 /i2
BinkMix Q08_CS_12_5.bik Q08_CS_12_53.wav Q08_CS_12_5.bik  /o /l4 /t3 /i3

Replace L:\build\pc\cache with your original image location, and G:\Games\Red Faction Armageddon\build\pc\cache\ with game installation folder

I did not convert the audio bitrate and freq, and I compressed the videos to 45% of original file size.
Use good text editor such as Notepad++ for writing batch commands.
With this I got 4.24 GB size of image (1x DVD5).
Arc size = 3.00 GB
Movies folder size = 1.21 GB

Tested the audio and working flawlessly on Win 7 x64!

Thank you for the nice job Peter!

[pakrat2k2]

dudul

many thanks for posting the batch commands you used in the process. I'm sure many others will now choose to do the conversion, as your posted commands will speed up the process for many.

I'm just wondering IF wanting to do only 1 language that the steps for re-mixing in 4 seperate audio tracks is necessary. ( I extracted 4 tracks from 1 bik, and 3 of 4 were different language so I choose just that track & remix that back into new file.

Originally Posted by pakrat2k2

dudul

many thanks for posting the batch commands you used in the process. I'm sure many others will now choose to do the conversion, as your posted commands will speed up the process for many.

I'm just wondering IF wanting to do only 1 language that the steps for re-mixing in 4 seperate audio tracks is necessary. ( I extracted 4 tracks from 1 bik, and 3 of 4 were different language so I choose just that track & remix that back into new file.

you have to remix ALL audio tracks as the movies are multichannel audio

[lllo]

Thanks Peterf1999....
Win 7 64 bits Ultimate!

[moritz78]

Peter could make the conversion to 2 dvd5 thank you very much!!!!

[pakrat2k2]

Originally Posted by moritz78

Peter could make the conversion to 2 dvd5 thank you very much!!!!

Available here:

http://www.cd-2-dvd.com/2011/10/red-...d5-inno-setup/

[artdekdok]

1.extract .wav

cd {game .bik files folder}
BinkConv	{1st .bik filename}.bik	{New folder}\{1st .bik filename}0.wav 	/o /v /n0 /z1
BinkConv	{1st .bik filename}.bik	{New folder}\{1st .bik filename}1.wav 	/o /v /n1 /z1
BinkConv	{1st .bik filename}.bik	{New folder}\{1st .bik filename}2.wav 	/o /v /n2 /z1
BinkConv	{1st .bik filename}.bik	{New folder}\{1st .bik filename}3.wav 	/o /v /n3 /z1
BinkConv	{2nd .bik filename}.bik	{New folder}\{2nd .bik filename}0.wav 	/o /v /n0 /z1
BinkConv	{2nd .bik filename}.bik	{New folder}\{2nd .bik filename}1.wav 	/o /v /n1 /z1
BinkConv	{2nd .bik filename}.bik	{New folder}\{2nd .bik filename}2.wav 	/o /v /n2 /z1
BinkConv	{2nd .bik filename}.bik	{New folder}\{2nd .bik filename}3.wav 	/o /v /n3 /z1
.
.
.
BinkConv	{last .bik filename}.bik	{New folder}\{last .bik filename}0.wav	/o /v /n0 /z1
BinkConv	{last .bik filename}.bik	{New folder}\{last .bik filename}1.wav	/o /v /n1 /z1
BinkConv	{last .bik filename}.bik	{New folder}\{last .bik filename}2.wav	/o /v /n2 /z1
BinkConv	{last .bik filename}.bik	{New folder}\{last .bik filename}3.wav	/o /v /n3 /z1

2.re-encode .bik encoding 45% use 10 - 14 hours

cd {game .bik files folder}
Bink	{1st .bik filename}.bik	{same step 1 folder}\{1st .bik filename}.bik	/d45 /m3.0 /o /l-1 /p8
Bink	{2nd .bik filename}.bik	{same step 1 folder}\{2nd .bik filename}.bik	/d45 /m3.0 /o /l-1 /p8
.
.
.
Bink	{last .bik filename}.bik	{same step 1 folder}\{last .bik filename}.bik	/d45 /m3.0 /o /l-1 /p8

3.delete original .bik files

4.mix

cd {step 1 folder}
BinkMix	{1st .bik filename}.bik	{1st .bik filename}0.wav	RFA_DVD5\Movies\{1st .bik filename}.bik    /o /l4 /t0 /i0
BinkMix	{1st .bik filename}.bik	{1st .bik filename}1.wav	RFA_DVD5\Movies\{1st .bik filename}.bik    /o /l4 /t1 /i0
BinkMix	{1st .bik filename}.bik	{1st .bik filename}2.wav	RFA_DVD5\Movies\{1st .bik filename}.bik    /o /l4 /t2 /i0
BinkMix	{1st .bik filename}.bik	{1st .bik filename}3.wav	RFA_DVD5\Movies\{1st .bik filename}.bik    /o /l4 /t3/i0
BinkMix	{2nd  .bik filename}.bik	{2nd  .bik filename}0.wav	RFA_DVD5\Movies\{1st .bik filename}.bik    /o /l4 /t0 /i0
BinkMix	{2nd  .bik filename}.bik	{2nd  .bik filename}1.wav	RFA_DVD5\Movies\{1st .bik filename}.bik    /o /l4 /t1 /i0
BinkMix	{2nd  .bik filename}.bik	{2nd  .bik filename}2.wav	RFA_DVD5\Movies\{1st .bik filename}.bik    /o /l4 /t2 /i0
BinkMix	{2nd  .bik filename}.bik	{2nd  .bik filename}3.wav	RFA_DVD5\Movies\{1st .bik filename}.bik    /o /l4 /t3 /i0
.
.
.
BinkMix	{last  .bik filename}.bik	{last  .bik filename}0.wav	RFA_DVD5\Movies\{1st .bik filename}.bik    /o /l4 /t0 /i0
BinkMix	{last  .bik filename}.bik	{last  .bik filename}1.wav	RFA_DVD5\Movies\{1st .bik filename}.bik    /o /l4 /t1 /i0
BinkMix	{last  .bik filename}.bik	{last  .bik filename}2.wav	RFA_DVD5\Movies\{1st .bik filename}.bik    /o /l4 /t2 /i0
BinkMix	{last  .bik filename}.bik	{last  .bik filename}3.wav	RFA_DVD5\Movies\{1st .bik filename}.bik    /o /l4 /t3 /i0

5.delete {step 1 folder}


THANK peterf1999 & dudul

[silent9]

Originally Posted by pakrat2k2

Available here:

http://www.cd-2-dvd.com/2011/10/red-...d5-inno-setup/

Hi, thanks for the conversion, but, how can I start the compilation? I downloaded the attached file but I think there are files missing.

[Joe Forster/STA]

Yeah, you need to download Inno Setup yourself...

[permenition]

Originally Posted by pakrat2k2

Available here:

http://www.cd-2-dvd.com/2011/10/red-...d5-inno-setup/

I have a problem with your conversion, can You please help me? I have tried to compile it with unicode ISC 5.4.2 and when i click compile this error pops up:



After that I tried it with a non unicode one, and the setup compiled without the error, and when i run the installation and get to the part where the files should start copying and then the setup crashes and pops up: Setup error and needs to close.

Any idea what could be the problem?
p.s. Installation was done from iso's, conversion RFA + DLC.
p.s.2 Tried again, same problem.
Log:
Warning: Line 786, Column 15: [Hint] Variable 'N' never used
*** Finished. [21:21:06, 72:04.270 elapsed]

[pakrat2k2]

Had the same issue with Inno ansi, uninstalled that & installed UNI version. Script ran fine no errors, as you saw from the screenshots. Log Warning is normal.