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

[kuyhaa]

Masquerade

share your xtool method for Weird West bro , are you modified .pak file ?

[dixen]

Originally Posted by kuyhaa

Masquerade

share your xtool method for Weird West bro , are you modified .pak file ?

Usual zlib compression + reimport zero-bytes .mp4 to pak (quickbms v0.11 + ue4_27,bms script to help)

1. Exctract .mp4 from .pak archive (qbms -f *.mp4 ue4_27.bms <path_to_pak-file> <path for extracted files>)
2. zero-byte build .mp4 cmd

for /f "tokens=*" %%i in ('dir /b /s /a *.mp4') do cd.>"%%i"

3. Reimport your zero-bytes .mp4 to .pak file (qbms -G -w -r -r ue4_27.bms ue4_27.bms <path_to_pak-file> <path for extracted files>)

[kuyhaa]

Originally Posted by dixen

Usual zlib compression + reimport zero-bytes .mp4 to pak (quickbms v0.11 + ue4_27,bms script to help)

1. Exctract .mp4 from .pak archive (qbms -f *.mp4 ue4_27.bms <path_to_pak-file> <path for extracted files>)
2. zero-byte build .mp4 cmd

3. Reimport your zero-bytes .mp4 to .pak file (qbms ue4_27.bms ue4_27.bms <path_to_pak-file> <path for extracted files>)

got it, thanks dude

btw, where are you get ue4_27.bms ? i didn't see on official

[Masquerade]

Dixen's method is correct, but I actually patched those videos out manually (not entirely sure why ) and put them back in with SFK.

As for the UE4 v4.27 script, you can grab that here: https://bayfiles.com/n2LfifT1x6/

I will post my data sheet today.

[kuyhaa]

thanks bro, so i know the script from zenhax

Originally Posted by Masquerade

I will post my data sheet today.

gladly to wait

[Masquerade]

For Tropico 6 v17, devs included PS5 and XBOX version audio inside Windows paks - using the dixen method with quickbms script v4.25, you can null this audio.

[fabrieunko]

Originally Posted by dixen

Usual zlib compression + reimport zero-bytes .mp4 to pak (quickbms v0.11 + ue4_27,bms script to help)

1. Exctract .mp4 from .pak archive (qbms -f *.mp4 ue4_27.bms <path_to_pak-file> <path for extracted files>)
2. zero-byte build .mp4 cmd

3. Reimport your zero-bytes .mp4 to .pak file (qbms -G -w -r -r ue4_27.bms ue4_27.bms <path_to_pak-file> <path for extracted files>)

Hello, just a question when importing 0bit files, if I redo an extraction of mp4 files should I have 0bit files?