XTool 2020 (Plugins)

[Razor12911]

Drag and drop one of the rpkg files on test.bat, an output folder named "output should be created, wait till finish.

Run the same file using the method hitman3+lz4 on xtool, compare the results.

Originally Posted by dixen

Razor, what about plugin for FarCry 3?)

common.dat + common.fat, + all .fat files samples needed for this.

[dixen]

Originally Posted by Razor12911

common.dat + common.fat, + all .fat files samples needed for this.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/18Iv...ew?usp=sharing

[KaktoR]

Originally Posted by Razor12911

common.dat + common.fat, + all .fat files samples needed for this.

All of them here
https://drive.google.com/drive/folde...pa?usp=sharing

[HunterEmrah]

Originally Posted by Razor12911

Drag and drop one of the rpkg files on test.bat, an output folder named "output should be created, wait till finish.

F:\Games\Hitman 3\pack\test>HitmanExtractor extract "F:\Games\Hitman 3\pack\test\chunk0patch1.rpkg" output
Building file entry list...
System.IO.EndOfStreamException: Unable to read beyond the end of the stream.
   at System.IO.BinaryReader.FillBuffer(Int32 numBytes)
   at System.IO.BinaryReader.ReadUInt32()
   at HitmanExtractor.Program.BuildFileEntryList(BinaryReader binaryReader) in C:\Users\Lennard\source\repos\HitmanExtractor\Src\HitmanExtractor\Program.cs:line 154
   at HitmanExtractor.Program.HandleArguments(String[] args) in C:\Users\Lennard\source\repos\HitmanExtractor\Src\HitmanExtractor\Program.cs:line 76
   at HitmanExtractor.Program.Main(String[] args) in C:\Users\Lennard\source\repos\HitmanExtractor\Src\HitmanExtractor\Program.cs:line 50

F:\Games\Hitman 3\pack\test>pause
Press any key to continue . . .

chunk0patch1.rpkg is not extracting, but chunk2.rpkg extracted successfully.

Same with hitman3+lz4

chunk0patch1.rpkg ratio %100
chunk2.rpkg ratio %106

[Razor12911]

Unity Engine

Usage
Place unity.dll near xtool.exe along with required libraries and use -munity

Notes

The library is required both encoding and decoding.

liblz4.dll is required

[L33THAK0R]

Originally Posted by Razor12911

Unity Engine

Usage
Place unity.dll near xtool.exe along with required libraries and use -munity

Notes

The library is required both encoding and decoding.

liblz4.dll is required

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Other plugins still require an update

Thank you so much for this tool! I'm not too familiar with the Unity engine so forgive me if this is a silly question but are the applications of this tool, engine-version-specific or case-by-case?

So far I've only had luck using this tool on the title "Outward", with other titles (Aragami, Cat Quest, Beholder) reporting back with failed decompression messages despite detecting streams and experimenting with "preflate" and "reflate". Interestingly enough the "Outward" compression only seemed to proceed when neither "preflate" nor "reflate" were used.

[Carldric Clement]

Nothing could change when I'm using the latest of XTool v0.3.21. Try to repack the games "Saiko no Sutoka"
.assets, .resS, and .resource

using -munity with the plugin unity.dll and lz4.dll next to xtool.exe

Compressed 18 files, 621,696,943 => 621,697,130 bytes. Ratio 100.00%
Compression time: cpu 0.80 sec/real 14.58 sec = 5%. Speed 42.65 mB/s
All OK

[Masquerade]

Originally Posted by Carldric Clement

.assets, .resS, and .resource

https://www.fileforums.com/showpost....&postcount=175

Even look at game on SteamDB, you can see it compresses to under 200mb with Steam compression alone:
. https://steamdb.info/depot/1546861/

[Carldric Clement]

Originally Posted by Masquerade

https://www.fileforums.com/showpost....&postcount=175

Even look at game on SteamDB, you can see it compresses to under 200mb with Steam compression alone:
. https://steamdb.info/depot/1546861/

I figure it out myself. Only works with unity asset bundle. Try repack with Broforce to using -munity with unity plugin next to xtool

Compressed 192 files, 478,851,648 => 879,219,222 bytes. Ratio 100.64%
Compression time: cpu 0.58 sec/real 32.47 sec = 2%. Speed 14.75 mB/s

somehow it works a little bit.

[Razor12911]

Plugin updated

Changes

Updated Unreal Engine to support Xtool 0.3.16+
Unreal Engine 4 codec (ue4) no longer requires method parameter to work (m1 and m2), only specify the key.

[L0v3craft]

Originally Posted by Razor12911

Plugin updated

Changes

Updated Unreal Engine to support Xtool 0.3.16+
Unreal Engine 4 codec (ue4) no longer requires method parameter to work (m1 and m2), only specify the key.

Tested on Samurai Shodown and doesn't work, xtool doesn't precompress. Maybe the plugin was not able to decrypt the pak.

Tested xtool 0.3.9 + unrealengine_R3 and works.

[Cesar82]

Could someone please let me know what to use in the parameter if I want to use the frostbite3 plugin specifically for a game.

Assuming I use something like this:

arc.ini
[External compressor:xtool]
header    = 0
packcmd   = xtool.exe precomp { -option} -c32mb -t100p --dbase --dedup - - <stdin> <stdout>
unpackcmd = xtool.exe decode -t100p - - <stdin> <stdout>

pack.bat
arc.exe a -ep1 -r -ed -s; -w.\temp -mxtool:mfrostbite3,? data2.arc "..\pack\*"

I wanted to directly pass the parameter to each game supported by frostbite3, but I don't know if I should use the name of the section ([Streeam#]) of the frostbite3 .ini file or the value of the key "Name=" of the corresponding section.

If it is the value of the key "Name=" it would be more or less these commands. Is this the correct way to use it?

Battlefield 4             xtool:c32mb:mfrostbite3,lz4
Battlefield Hardline      xtool:c32mb:mfrostbite3,?
Battlefield 1             xtool:c32mb:mfrostbite3,lz4
Battlefield V             xtool:c32mb:mfrostbite3,lz4
Dragon Age Inquisition    xtool:c32mb:mfrostbite3,zlib
FIFA 18                   xtool:c32mb:mfrostbite3,fifa18
FIFA 19                   xtool:c32mb:mfrostbite3,fifa19
FIFA 20                   xtool:c32mb:mfrostbite3,fifa20
FIFA 21                   xtool:c32mb:mfrostbite3,fifa21
Mass Effect Andromeda     xtool:c32mb:mfrostbite3,zstd
Mirror's Edge Catalyst    xtool:c32mb:mfrostbite3,lz4
Need for Speed Rivals     xtool:c32mb:mfrostbite3,lz4
Need for Speed (2015)     xtool:c32mb:mfrostbite3,lz4
Need for Speed Payback    xtool:c32mb:mfrostbite3,lz4
Need for Speed Heat       xtool:c32mb:mfrostbite3,nfsheat

For Battlefield Hardline I didn't find information in the frostbite3.ini file of which method to use, but as informed in the #post it requires the LZ4 library so it is possibly the same as its brothers BF.

@Razor12911, I was wondering if I can use a fake parameter (number) along with XTool (If it will be discarded, or if it can cause errors). This additional parameter will only be for DiskSpan_GUI to know which library should be copied along with XTool before compressing.
Example to copy oo2core_4_win64.dll I would use: xtool:mkraken:4;

[Razor12911]

using -mfrostbite3 makes xtool search for all streams [Stream#], # = All entries.

But if you specify -mfrostbite3:zlib as an example, since the stream entries can have names, it will only target those streams.

Originally Posted by Cesar82

If it is the value of the key "Name=" it would be more or less these commands. Is this the correct way to use it?

Battlefield 4             xtool:c32mb:mfrostbite3,lz4
Battlefield Hardline      xtool:c32mb:mfrostbite3,?
Battlefield 1             xtool:c32mb:mfrostbite3,lz4
Battlefield V             xtool:c32mb:mfrostbite3,lz4
Dragon Age Inquisition    xtool:c32mb:mfrostbite3,zlib
FIFA 18                   xtool:c32mb:mfrostbite3,fifa18
FIFA 19                   xtool:c32mb:mfrostbite3,fifa19
FIFA 20                   xtool:c32mb:mfrostbite3,fifa20
FIFA 21                   xtool:c32mb:mfrostbite3,fifa21
Mass Effect Andromeda     xtool:c32mb:mfrostbite3,zstd
Mirror's Edge Catalyst    xtool:c32mb:mfrostbite3,lz4
Need for Speed Rivals     xtool:c32mb:mfrostbite3,lz4
Need for Speed (2015)     xtool:c32mb:mfrostbite3,lz4
Need for Speed Payback    xtool:c32mb:mfrostbite3,lz4
Need for Speed Heat       xtool:c32mb:mfrostbite3,nfsheat

For Battlefield Hardline I didn't find information in the frostbite3.ini file of which method to use, but as informed in the #post it requires the LZ4 library so it is possibly the same as its brothers BF.

Yes this is correct, BF4 - BFV means from battlefield 4 to the release of battlefield V, in between Battlefield Hardline and Battlefield 1 came out so these use the same method (lz4)

@Razor12911, I was wondering if I can use a fake parameter (number) along with XTool (If it will be discarded, or if it can cause errors). This additional parameter will only be for DiskSpan_GUI to know which library should be copied along with XTool before compressing.
Example to copy oo2core_4_win64.dll I would use: xtool:mkraken:4;

Yes, you can put fake parameters, they won't affect xtool in anyway.

[Cesar82]

Originally Posted by Razor12911

using -mfrostbite3 makes xtool search for all streams [Stream#], # = All entries.

But if you specify -mfrostbite3:zlib as an example, since the stream entries can have names, it will only target those streams..

But for these games I will have better gain if I process all steams or even ratio if I use only the specific type mentioned in the previous post (Maybe some game file has other stream types).

P.S: I tested the ue4 plugin (new version) and it seems to be working perfectly with the Borderlands 3 sample.

[Razor12911]

The problem isn't about ratio, the ratio you will get is the same. The problem is speed will be affected because of 10 different types of streams for xtool to look for when only one stream type exists, furthermore I don't know if I have uploaded the updated frostbite3 plugin here on the forum or on the mega link (I tend to first run tests before uploading here) but if you haven't you can check it here

In the configuration there is a note I left inside
"// FIFA 20 and NFS Heat streams are detected the same, use -mfrostbite3:fifa20 or -mfrostbite3:nfsheat to be specific"

This is the 2nd problem, basically these games are detected the same way but the compression settings used are different so being specific will produce better result.