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

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GOG Release - Build ID 54388455997567214

Original Size: 10.87 GiB
Final Size: 5.66 GiB
Ripped Files: Non-EN Loc.
Tools used:

Xtool v0.8.9 (Codecs: zlib, relfate, bink)
Srep
Lolz
Msc

Notes: I've been revisiting titles using the Foundation Engine after deciding to put the time in to properly processing the *.mul found in earlier titles (More recent titles such as "Shadow of the Tomb Raider" use the *.wem format instead, and offer far less impressive gains). The *.mul file-type is just a basic FSB4 container with a few hundred bytes added on as a header and are stored uncompressed within the *.tiger archives, making offset patching very straight forward, I highly recommend using MParallel for post-install patching as there are just shy of 10,000 files for this smaller title. Actual gains aren't too impressive as my previous compression for this title came in at 5.80 GiB, with an additional approx. 6 GiB of writes needed for this patching method, but I think it's interesting none-the-less seeing how small some titles can be made.

Further gains could be made by ripping multiplayer-exclusive assets, I identified ~90 MiB of audio but was unable to immediately identify any other exclusive assets. I didn't get around to experimenting with any issues from ripping this assets, but my immediate thoughts are it should be fine considering the GOG release already has the multiplayer component removed.