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

[DODI]

Originally Posted by KaktoR

No problem, and have fun

FreeArc 0.67 (March 15 2014) creating archive: Conversion_Output\Data1a-01.bin
Compressed 1 file, 494,902,306 => 1,014,185,526 bytes. Ratio 204.93%
Compression time: cpu 0.27 sec/real 107.59 sec = 0%. Speed 4.60 mB/s
All OK

FreeArc 0.67 (March 15 2014) extracting archive: Conversion_Output\CONVERSION\Data1a-01.bin
Extracted 1 file, 1,014,185,526 => 494,902,306 bytes. Ratio 204.93%
Extraction time: cpu 0.70 sec/real 93.77 sec = 1%. Speed 5.28 mB/s
All OK

Thanks

[KaktoR]

Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered

Same as Forbidden West

[IRAQIGHOST]

Forza Horizon 5

Version 656.386

xtool:c256mb:mpreflate:mzlib+xtool:dd3+LOLZ_ULTRA

Without 4K movies

143GB --> 85.4GB

[demon964]

Originally Posted by IRAQIGHOST

Without 4K movies

143GB --> 85.4GB

fitgirl repack 73.5 gb. How ?

[dyren]

Originally Posted by demon964

fitgirl repack 73.5 gb. How ?

Using LOLZ_ULTRA usually give worse results rather than using lolz. Plus she has more experience.

[KaktoR]

+ you can compress video files and audio banks too.

[dyren]

^^ Oh yeah, that also

[shazzla]

Plus FG uses 2047m:mt1.

[FitGirl]

Originally Posted by shazzla

Plus FG uses 2047m:mt1.

No, I don't

[shazzla]

Originally Posted by FitGirl

No, I don't

Then something like that. nevermind..

[dyren]

Incursion Red River

srep+lolz

Game size: 53.4GB
Compressed size: 13.6GB

Paks are not compressed and are not encrypted.
Compression took ~21 hours on 4c/8t CPU

[L33THAK0R]

Spanish (ES) language files ripped

srep+lolz+oggre

This title was an interesting one as the language files (stored as fsb containers) do not have any consistent ordering within the Unity resource archives, majority. An AI/ML model, specifically an ASR model was used in conjunction with some Python scripting to determine whether a given input contained English or Spanish dialogue. Approx. 200 files had to be processed manually as they contained only a single word, or had a heavy post-processing filter applied, making it difficult to get a definitive result, overall success rate was approx. 94%. English was preferred in analysis to reduce likelihood of English files being accidentally misidentified and ripped.

Final total size of archives: 965 MiB

Based on v1.042, GOG Release

I estimate there might still be a few Spanish files I was not able to identify, with more aggressive packing techniques I think it's definitely possible to reduce overall size to ≤900 MiB.

Attached is a checksum file with all ripped files, you're welcome.

[IRAQIGHOST]

Assassin's Creed Mirage (English and Arabic Only)

*.*.forge files

xtool:manvil:core_2.8.4:dd3+LOLZ_NORMAL

Sound files

xtool:dd3+bcm

rest files

srep_new:393b+4x4:b96mb:lzma:ultra:bt4:fb273:lc8:m c1000000:96mb

38.6GB --> 20.5GB

[hwang4]

what's the best method ? thx!

[KaktoR]

I would say zstd