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

[dixen]

Stray

XTool 0.53 (zlib+kraken v8)
5,944,563,799 bytes >> 14,406,848,518 bytes

oo2core_8_Win64.dll (938.5 kb but not 1 mb)

[Masquerade]

Originally Posted by dixen

Stray

XTool 0.53 (zlib+kraken v8)
5,944,563,799 bytes >> 14,406,848,518 bytes

oo2core_8_Win64.dll (938.5 kb but not 1 mb)

Thanks for the test, I can back you up here that XTool gives better ratio + speed boost than oo2reck (only minor though).

[dixen]

Originally Posted by Masquerade

Thanks for the test, I can back you up here that XTool gives better ratio + speed boost than oo2reck (only minor though).

well..

Compressed 1 file, 5,944,563,799 => 4,211,654,134 bytes. Ratio 70.85%
Compression time: cpu 20.86 sec/real 6223.63 sec = 0%. Speed 0.96 mB/s
All OK

To be honest, there is no point in repacking at all. The difference is 1.5 GB and the installation takes almost 10 minutes. Such a pleasure

[Masquerade]

Stray

• *.pak
  

  xtool:mzlib+kraken + srep + lolz

• *.bk2
  

  srep+LZMA2

• Everything else:
  

  srep+razor

Bink videos have KB2n header so no BPK support here.

6.5GB ----> 4.8GB

[kuyhaa]

anyone, what the precompressor for fifa 17 ?

thanks

[Masquerade]

StarCraft Remastered v1.23.9

xzlib+msc:tak+srep+lolz

9.8GB -----> 7GB

[Dragonis40]

Cyberpunk 2077 v1.52 HF2:

Good evening everybody. I'd like to know if there is any difference between v1.50 and v1.52 HF2 in compression. It seems that v1.50 is more compressible, isn't it?
If you download Fitgirl version from his/her site (v1.50, one language and Bonus content included), the size is about 36.8 GB. After several tests, my size is 37.8 GB (v1.52 HF2, one language and Bonus content included). For sure, Fitgirl uses specific softwares to compress a lot and not only LOLZ, SREP, XTOOL 2020.
Does anyone know if there is something specific to better compress Cyberpunk 2077? Thanks in advance!

[Masquerade]

Originally Posted by Dragonis40

For sure, Fitgirl uses specific softwares to compress a lot and not only LOLZ, SREP, XTOOL 2020.
Does anyone know if there is something specific to better compress Cyberpunk 2077? Thanks in advance!

You've answered your own question. FitGirl's repack is smaller because she uses additional tools outside of the FreeArc process to properly compress the game files.

For example:

- Game uses BINK videos that BPK will produce CRC imperfect files, so you must HDiffPatch them (definitely sure this will work)

So there you go, how to shrink your repack.

[Dragonis40]

Thank you for replying me! Audio_1 and Audio_2 are composed of a lot of .wem files, but I you try to convert .wem files from Audio_1, you'll get worse compression ratio (don't know why). If you convert .wem files from Audio_2, not all them will be converted, however compression ratio is much better!
For bpk files, only some basegame_5 bpk files are compressible with no error, lot of others are not compressible cause of crc error or motion data error (or something like that).
So, how I can use HDiffPatch to fix bpk issues? Thank you!

[KaktoR]

Can anyone tell me how to deal with files in "motor_package\data" for "STRANGER OF PARADISE FINAL FANTASY ORIGIN" game?

[FitGirl]

Originally Posted by KaktoR

Can anyone tell me how to deal with files in "motor_package\data" for "STRANGER OF PARADISE FINAL FANTASY ORIGIN" game?

Encrypted audio and unencrypted videos. Basically you can't do anything good with those files. And even if decryption would be possible - most probably it's ogg vorbis inside.

[Masquerade]

Originally Posted by KaktoR

Can anyone tell me how to deal with files in "motor_package\data" for "STRANGER OF PARADISE FINAL FANTASY ORIGIN" game?

If you remove the first 56 bytes of any of the video files, you can view them in any media player. You can then determine which videos are animation tests and are completely unused by the game.

[ScOOt3r]

where can i find these files for Ghostwire -> mgwtokyo & the .xtl file

thanks
ScOOt3r

[Masquerade]

Originally Posted by ScOOt3r

where can i find these files for Ghostwire -> mgwtokyo & the .xtl file

thanks
ScOOt3r

You need to make the database yourself using XTool Unreal Engine Database creator

[Gehrman]

Thanks Shegorat

*.LFS 26.7GB

red4hp+rep+srep:m3f:l128+delta+lolz:d96:dm00:fba0:gm20:mtt1:mt6:mc1023
8.82 GB

Tested 4,945 files, 9,478,004,882 => 28,682,410,574 bytes. Ratio 33.04%    
Testing time: cpu 15455.02 sec/real 1983.74 sec = 779%. Speed 14.46 mB/s
All OK

red4hp=cls-red4_v-0-20-08-31_beta3

CLS.ini For Compression and Decompression

[RED4]
ThreadCount=12

*.xwb;*.xsb;*.xgs;*.snd 2.39 GB

msc:raw=1
1.23 GB

Other Files
Srep+Lolz

Useless files:

BIO4\movie\adaend_c.sfd
BIO4\movie\adaend_m.sfd
BIO4\movie\demo0.sfd
BIO4\movie\opening.sfd
BIO4\movie\opening_usa.sfd
BIO4\movie\r51es20.sfd
BIO4\movie\r503s00.sfd

At the end of 16 or 17 GB