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

[murphy78]

Some Diskspan GUI settings for The Sinking City - The Merciful Madness and Starfield
Feel free to alter the LOLZ_ST lines to whatever you feel comfortable with if you don't like to wait for unpacks.

The Sinking City - The Merciful Madness 47.5 GB -> 27.1 GB

[Game1Settings]
Name=The Sinking City
Exec=
MethodState=1
Data1.Name=Data1.bin
Data1.ExclText=
Data1.InclText=*.pak
Data1.Method1=xtool:c128mb:d1:mue5,k0xAAF9AF1F40225A1241C120533277804B09A56CE78CBF100C131423788DB0E34F:mkraken:core_2.9.5+xtool:dd3+LOLZ_ST|0
Data1.SplitMode=2
Data2.Name=Data2.bin
Data2.Method1=xtool:dd3+LOLZ_ST|0
Data2.InclText=
Data2.SplitMode=2
Data2.ExclText=*.pak

---- DSG_arc.ini addition for LOLZ_ST
LOLZ_ST  = lolz:dtb1:d1536:mtt0:mtb64:mc1023
----could just sub for other LOLZ methods for less compression and faster decompression

Also Starfieldv1888 eng only 118 GB -> 62.3 GB

[Game1Settings]
Name=Starfield
Exec=
MethodState=1
Data1.Name=Data1.bin
Data1.ExclText=*WwiseSounds*|*Voices*
Data1.InclText=*.ba2|*.esm
EGPath=C:\Program Files\Bethesda Softworks\Starfield
Data1.Method1=xtool:mstarfield+xtool:mzlib:mreflate:dd3+LOLZ_ST|0
Data1.SplitMode=2
Data2.Name=Data2.bin
Data2.Method1=msc+xtool:dd3+LOLZ_ST|0
Data2.InclText=*WwiseSounds*|*Voices*
Data2.SplitMode=2
Data3.Name=Data3.bin
Data3.Method1=xtool:c512mb:mbk2:df20p+LOLZ_ST|0
Data3.InclText=*.bk2
Data3.SplitMode=2
Data4.Name=Data4.bin
Data4.Method1=xtool:dd3+LOLZ_ST/$mp3pack=7zdll-pm:m0=mp3det:m1=packmp3c|0
Data4.ExclText=*.ba2|*.bk2|*.esm
Data4.SplitMode=1