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

[ScOOt3r]

Control Resonant

this game is zlib+srep+lolz

[KaktoR]

^
This is not zlib. Most likeley same as Alan Wake 2 because it's the same game engine.

Processing input: G:\Control Resonant

Streams: 156742
  - zlib = 6235 (0,02%)
  - png = 4 (0,00%)
  - kraken = 73 (0,01%)
  - wwise (vorbis) = 149988 (13,49%)
  - bink (v1i) = 1 (0,00%)
  - flac = 17 (0,00%)
  - leviathan = 74 (0,01%)
  - bink (v2j) = 241 (5,75%)
  - bink (v2n) = 64 (0,43%)
  - mermaid = 21 (0,00%)
  - zstd = 24 (0,00%)

[Spinneret94]

These two Files contains entirely vorbis audio:
Speech.vox
Audio.vox
Mesa to extract the ogg file and xtool erase command for xtl

After Extraction:
.ogg file:

oggre

rest of the files:

zlib+srep+lolz

Input:3.9 GB
Output:0.9 GB
Unpacking Time: 5 Mins on 8 threads

[KaktoR]

I will tell a secret. You can extract with xtool aswell.

xtool.exe precomp -mogg -x"G:\output" "G:\Strangeland\speech.vox"

Output folder must exist before.

[Spinneret94]

^^
xtool.exe precomp -mogg -x"output" "audio.vox"

Processing input: audio.vox

Streams: 0 / 755
Patched: 0 (0.00 MB)

Size: 187 MB >> 187 MB

Time: 00:00:05 (CPU 00:00:01)

output folder is already created like you mentioned.
Not sure what I’m doing wrong

[KaktoR]

The extracted files should be extracted to output folder in RAW extension. It works fine here.

Make a batch file with this near xtool.exe and drag&drop the file onto batch file.

@echo off
CD /D "%~dp0"
if not exist "_output" mkdir "_output"

xtool.exe precomp -mogg -x"_output" %1

pause

[Spinneret94]

^
Seems to work fine now, I was thinking the raw couldn't be compressed with oggre lol.
Tested on the Extracted Audio.vox by xtool:

Compressed 747 files, 195,173,370 => 171,879,133 bytes. Ratio 88.06%
Compression time: cpu 0.22 sec/real 26.18 sec = 1%. Speed 7.46 mB/s
All OK

[KaktoR]

Glad you figured it out.

There is also wwise extraction. Very usefull because mesa lately fails everywhere.

You can extract all possible streams with xtool as long as xtool supports those streams.

[hwang4]

Originally Posted by KaktoR

^
This is not zlib. Most likeley same as Alan Wake 2 because it's the same game engine.

Processing input: G:\Control Resonant

Streams: 156742
  - zlib = 6235 (0,02%)
  - png = 4 (0,00%)
  - kraken = 73 (0,01%)
  - wwise (vorbis) = 149988 (13,49%)
  - bink (v1i) = 1 (0,00%)
  - flac = 17 (0,00%)
  - leviathan = 74 (0,01%)
  - bink (v2j) = 241 (5,75%)
  - bink (v2n) = 64 (0,43%)
  - mermaid = 21 (0,00%)
  - zstd = 24 (0,00%)

So can i use the "alan wake 2 " plugin ?

[Spinneret94]

1. Assets.zip
Extract it!
Make a hdiffz patch between the extracted folder to the original .zip file, patch should be 3.88 MB(with lzma2).

2. On the Extracted Folder:
.png & rest of the files:

mpng+srep+lolz
mpng=xtool precomp -reflate+png

.bank files:
Contains fmod vorbis audio so used This tutorial by masuqerade to process them.

Input: 620 MB
Output: 240 MB
Unpacking Time: 5 mins (Including Patching Time) on 8 threads

[KaktoR]

Originally Posted by hwang4

So can i use the "alan wake 2 " plugin ?

I don't know. Not tested. Busy with other things.

[Hexagon123]

Originally Posted by KaktoR

I don't know. Not tested. Busy with other things.

I think this is probably game specific?

[bird2026]

CONTROL Resonant this game DiskSpan_GU Which method can we use for compression?

[Spinneret94]

^
Already explained by kaktor on this post
You can extract the wwise vorbis with xtool and then use oggre on the extracted data.

[bird2026]

Originally Posted by Spinneret94

^
Already explained by kaktor on this post
You can extract the wwise vorbis with xtool and then use oggre on the extracted data.

Yes, I’ve seen it, but I have no idea how it’s done. If you know how, I’d be very happy if you could show me—whether through pictures, visuals, or a video, whichever is easiest for you.
And I have no idea if I'll be able to restore the original game files.