new tool

[elit]

First, to the guy above who asked: -mt4 -mtt1 -mc8 -tt1 -dto0 -dm00
This will speedup lolz at least 2-3x and almost on par with lzma(with big dictionary and block size):

xnlz -s128m -B512m -m64 -M32                          = ~5-6M/s
lolz -mt4 -mtt1 -mtb256 -d256 -mc8 -tt1 -dto0 -dm00   = ~ 4-5M/s

(with ~7-14% gain against lzma and only slightly worse than default)

I compressed 75GB game and they both lasted about ~6 or so hours. Lolz resulted in about ~2GB less size(41GB vs 43GB). So yes, lolz can still be totally worth it, or you can use it selectively on certain files. EDIT: and for comparison, on normal settings with everything enabled I got ~40GB, but it took ~20h.


Second and this is important, I just figured out(for real this time) why I had problems with cls(thanks to profrager). Scratch my last message. Lolz cannot cooperate between its pack exe and unpack cls dll/exe's in same directory! In fact, this may be the issue with most cls* I had. I am trying to figure right now if there is way to force FA to use arc.ini and lolz_x64.exe for compression, even if cls* are present in same /bin FA dir. If anyone knows pls let me know. I want to use FA GUI not custom setups/installers.

[doofoo24]

Originally Posted by elit

lolz -mt4 -mtt1 -mtb256 -d256 -mc8 -tt1 -dto0 -dm00 = ~ 4-5M/s

NOT RECOMMENDED

[elit]

Originally Posted by doofoo24

NOT RECOMMENDED

Why?

[elit]

And one more thing, in general for game files aka textures(mainly) you are less likely going to benefit from high 'mc', which is one of key slowdowns. Seeing these numbers like 1000+ in some of you guys setups is simply ridiculous, I can almost guarantee you will not see much diff from 16/32 up. Secondly, lc param of lzma is worse than lp param and pb param for games from my most recent tests, if you use lzma2 try lc0 pb4 lp4 on game files, or lc8 lp4 pb4 with lzma1. I am considering to make pb4 from default 2 in xnlz in future(still want to see more tests).

[ZakirAhmad]

Bro thanks for posting this.

BTW do u know how can i decompress .sfar files of mass effect 3.
please post the decompressor if u have it.

[Illume]

do u know how can i decompress .sfar files of mass effect 3

krinkels.org/threads/mass-effect-3.3450/#post-31053
also you need to split them to 2GB (or less) size

[Spexxos]

Can anyone tell what the parameter is to unpack lolz archives. I compressed my testfiles succsessfully but I am unable to find the right parameter for unpacking? Using lolz21a7 with a batchfile

[KaktoR]

There is no

All you need is either cls-lolz.exe or for batch, cls-lolz_x64.exe + CLS.ini with arc.exe

Example

arc.exe x -w.\ -dunpack\ data.arc

[Spexxos]

Originally Posted by KaktoR

There is no

All you need is either cls-lolz.exe or for batch, cls-lolz_x64.exe + CLS.ini with arc.exe

Example

arc.exe x -w.\ -dunpack\ data.arc

Like so?

cls-lolz_x64.exe "input" "output"

Its seems to be working. Thank you

[doofoo24]

pack and unpack improved speed...
AS ALWAYS THANK TO Edison007..

[Panky]

Originally Posted by doofoo24

pack and unpack improved speed...
AS ALWAYS THANK TO Edison007..

Only packer was improved, unpacker is the same as in 0.1.1b

[Simorq]

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[kassane]

What do you think about this LZ4 version?

I have tested with srep and even with xtools compression / decompression and it works.

src github: here

The app attachment was compiled statically using gcc[mingw/msys2] v7.3 x64

[External compressor:lz4]
header    = 0
;default = -1 fatest
;HighCompress = -9
;BlockDependency = -BD
packcmd   = lz4mt.exe -9 -BD $$arcdatafile$$.tmp $$arcpackedfile$$.tmp
unpackcmd = lz4mt.exe -d $$arcpackedfile$$.tmp $$arcdatafile$$.tmp

[doofoo24]

but you can use built-in lz4:hc

[kassane]

Originally Posted by doofoo24

but you can use built-in lz4:hc

Yes, but I did not have a good compression rate using only xtools.

Compression ratio: Game Divinity Original Sin 2 [GameMaster.pak]
xtools only = 100%
xtools + srep = 97%
srep + lz4mt (hc) = 94.9%
xtools + srep + lz4mt (hc) = 93%

xtools:erecomp:c32mb:t100p:lz4+lz4

Result:
Compressed 1 file, 447,157,530 => 424,672,129 bytes. Ratio 94.97%
Compression time: cpu 0.61 sec/real 20.50 sec = 3%. Speed 21.81 mB/s