Go Back   FileForums > Game Backup > PC Games > PC Games - CD/DVD Conversions > Conversion Tutorials

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #2941  
Old 21-04-2022, 01:23
Masquerade Masquerade is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Jan 2020
Location: Monte d'Or
Posts: 1,168
Thanks: 284
Thanked 1,360 Times in 617 Posts
Masquerade is on a distinguished road
Wolcen Lords of Mayhem [v1.1.5.5]

Step 1: Decrypt the game files:
  1. Download the decryption tool from the attachment below (credits to atom0s & Gabriel Dehan). This EXE is specific to game version v1.1.5.5.
  2. Drop the EXE into the game's root folder.
  3. Open CMD prompt here.
  4. Run the following command:
    Code:
    for /r %f in (*.pak) do Pak_Decrypt "%f" "%~df%~pf%~nf.zip"
  5. Once the above command completes, run the next command:
    Code:
    for /r %f in (*.zip) do del "%~df%~pf%~nf.pak"
  6. Once the above command completes, run the next command:
    Code:
    for /r %f in (*.zip) do ren "%f" "%~nf.pak"
Now you have a fully decrypted game.

Step 2: Compression
  • Make 2 archives.
  • Archive 2 will contain "Sounds_MISC.pak" and "Sounds_WEM.pak".
  • Archive 1 will contain everything else.

Start Size: 33.6GB

Method for archive 1:
Code:
xzlib+srep+lolz
Method for archive 2:
Code:
srep+lz4:l12
Final Compressed Size: 13.6GB
Attached Files
File Type: 7z PakDecrypt.7z (42.8 KB, 20 views)
Reply With Quote
The Following 4 Users Say Thank You to Masquerade For This Useful Post:
fabrieunko (24-04-2022), Gehrman (21-04-2022), JustFun (10-05-2022), Wanterlude (16-08-2023)
Sponsored Links
  #2942  
Old 21-04-2022, 05:23
Rainiu Rainiu is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Sep 2020
Location: Canada
Posts: 13
Thanks: 9
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
Rainiu is on a distinguished road
Couldn't find the answer through search. What compression method do I use for pdf files?
I think if we have a sticky thread about a general compression method for specific types of files, it would greatly help newbies like us.
Reply With Quote
  #2943  
Old 21-04-2022, 05:33
KaktoR's Avatar
KaktoR KaktoR is offline
Lame User
 
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: From outer space
Posts: 4,412
Thanks: 1,078
Thanked 7,017 Times in 2,658 Posts
KaktoR is on a distinguished road
png, pdf = reflate
__________________
Haters gonna hate

Last edited by KaktoR; 21-04-2022 at 05:41.
Reply With Quote
The Following User Says Thank You to KaktoR For This Useful Post:
Rainiu (21-04-2022)
  #2944  
Old 21-04-2022, 08:02
Masquerade Masquerade is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Jan 2020
Location: Monte d'Or
Posts: 1,168
Thanks: 284
Thanked 1,360 Times in 617 Posts
Masquerade is on a distinguished road
Use precomp on pdf.
Attached Files
File Type: 7z precomp.7z (429.7 KB, 10 views)
Reply With Quote
The Following User Says Thank You to Masquerade For This Useful Post:
Rainiu (21-04-2022)
  #2945  
Old 21-04-2022, 12:42
KaktoR's Avatar
KaktoR KaktoR is offline
Lame User
 
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: From outer space
Posts: 4,412
Thanks: 1,078
Thanked 7,017 Times in 2,658 Posts
KaktoR is on a distinguished road
F.E.A.R
latest version, incl all DLC

Code:
 17:36:13 - Selected ARC/DS method for Data1a-01.bin was: msc_tak+srep_new+4x4:lzma
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 18:26:20 - Overall input size: 14.33 GB
 18:26:20 - Overall output size: 2.43 GB (Ratio 16.95%)
 18:26:20 - Overall conversion time: 00:50:06

 19:39:54 - Overall decompression time: 00:08:14
 19:39:54 - All files have been successfully extracted!
__________________
Haters gonna hate
Reply With Quote
The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to KaktoR For This Useful Post:
Gehrman (22-04-2022), JustFun (10-05-2022)
  #2946  
Old 21-04-2022, 14:05
KaktoR's Avatar
KaktoR KaktoR is offline
Lame User
 
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: From outer space
Posts: 4,412
Thanks: 1,078
Thanked 7,017 Times in 2,658 Posts
KaktoR is on a distinguished road
F.E.A.R 2
latest version, incl all DLC

Code:
 20:49:39 - Selected ARC/DS method for Data1a-01.bin was: bpk+xtool:mzlib+srep_new+4x4:lzma
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 21:27:24 - Overall input size: 14.64 GB
 21:27:24 - Overall output size: 5.74 GB (Ratio 39.17%)
 21:27:24 - Overall conversion time: 00:37:43

 22:02:08 - Overall decompression time: 00:06:53
 22:02:08 - All files have been successfully extracted!
__________________
Haters gonna hate
Reply With Quote
The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to KaktoR For This Useful Post:
Gehrman (22-04-2022), JustFun (10-05-2022)
  #2947  
Old 21-04-2022, 15:01
KaktoR's Avatar
KaktoR KaktoR is offline
Lame User
 
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: From outer space
Posts: 4,412
Thanks: 1,078
Thanked 7,017 Times in 2,658 Posts
KaktoR is on a distinguished road
F.E.A.R. 3
latest version, incl all DLC

Code:
 22:41:45 - Selected ARC/DS method for Data1a-01.bin was: bpk+msc_tak+srep_new+4x4:b64mb:lzma:ultra:64m:bt4:fb273:lc8:mc1000000
 22:41:45 - Selected ARC/DS method for Data1b-01.bin was: mpz_mtx
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 22:56:25 - » Installation folder size: 4.58 GB
 22:56:25 - » Data1a-01.bin file size: 2.53 GB
 22:56:25 - » Data1b-01.bin file size: 757.65 MB
 22:56:25 - » Compressed game size: 3.27 GB (Ratio 71.27%)

 23:00:29 - Overall decompression time: 00:03:57
 23:00:29 - All files have been successfully extracted!
__________________
Haters gonna hate
Reply With Quote
The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to KaktoR For This Useful Post:
Gehrman (22-04-2022), JustFun (10-05-2022)
  #2948  
Old 22-04-2022, 03:37
:( Sad8669 :( Sad8669 is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Oct 2020
Location: -
Posts: 203
Thanks: 97
Thanked 187 Times in 101 Posts
:( Sad8669 is on a distinguished road
Yakuza 6 - From Yakuza's Series 7/7

Code:
Method : srep:m3f:l512+lolz:normal/$criwarevideo=srep:m3f:l512+bcm
Compression Time : 8 Hours
Decompression Time : 1.5 Hours (4T)
Initial Size : 38.9 GB
Final Size : 27.8 GB.
Code:
$criwarevideo
*.usm
Note : You can use BCM with mtx to gain speed.

Last edited by :( Sad8669; 25-04-2022 at 17:30.
Reply With Quote
The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to :( Sad8669 For This Useful Post:
Gehrman (22-04-2022), JustFun (10-05-2022)
  #2949  
Old 22-04-2022, 06:10
kj911 kj911 is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: world
Posts: 182
Thanks: 133
Thanked 63 Times in 44 Posts
kj911 is on a distinguished road
This BMF compressor not repleceable using the BIM compressor usage the MSC/FreeArc? Newest or patched/fixed versions, from fix freezing DDS compression its available? (Win7 x64) Found BMP only fixed v2.01 copy from FreeArc usages. (v1.1 its very old.) This v2.0 its totally lost from net?

This BIM v0.03 version, support only 24bit BMP, TGA and PNM/PPM images. (No available more info this compression rate difference than BMF.)
Reply With Quote
  #2950  
Old 22-04-2022, 08:31
Masquerade Masquerade is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Jan 2020
Location: Monte d'Or
Posts: 1,168
Thanks: 284
Thanked 1,360 Times in 617 Posts
Masquerade is on a distinguished road
MotoGP 22

Code:
xzlib+srep+lolz/$mp4=srep+lz4:l12
29.2GB ---> 16.6GB

I have stopped using zstd for videos and prefer lz4 instead because it is faster.

CLS-LZ4 library used by Shegorat.

Last edited by Masquerade; 22-04-2022 at 15:17.
Reply With Quote
The Following User Says Thank You to Masquerade For This Useful Post:
JustFun (10-05-2022)
  #2951  
Old 22-04-2022, 12:41
kj911 kj911 is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: world
Posts: 182
Thanks: 133
Thanked 63 Times in 44 Posts
kj911 is on a distinguished road
Masquerade: Some code's contains ...lz4:l12 switches. This FreeArc 0.67 internal switches from lz4 algo?? Tested in Arc.exe with -mlz4:l12 don't work. Pure lz4 or lz4:h32m or lz4:h32m:b8m its ok.
Reply With Quote
  #2952  
Old 22-04-2022, 15:16
Masquerade Masquerade is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Jan 2020
Location: Monte d'Or
Posts: 1,168
Thanks: 284
Thanked 1,360 Times in 617 Posts
Masquerade is on a distinguished road
Quote:
Originally Posted by kj911 View Post
Masquerade: Some code's contains ...lz4:l12 switches. This FreeArc 0.67 internal switches from lz4 algo?? Tested in Arc.exe with -mlz4:l12 don't work. Pure lz4 or lz4:h32m or lz4:h32m:b8m its ok.
I am using cls-lz4 plugin by Shegorat. I have amended my post to reflect this.
Reply With Quote
  #2953  
Old 23-04-2022, 23:34
L33THAK0R's Avatar
L33THAK0R L33THAK0R is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Feb 2021
Location: Saudi Arabia
Posts: 352
Thanks: 119
Thanked 59 Times in 38 Posts
L33THAK0R is on a distinguished road
ZenStudios Pinball FX3 ".pxp" archives

Anyone given the ZenStudio's "Pinball FX" series a shot? Can't seem to find any information about the engine or the archives it uses. It (as well as all other ZenStudio titles) use a "*.pxp" archive format (File signature of 50 58 1A CD, decodes to "PX.Í"), and using the zlib codec under xtool picks up ~3 streams but crashes with a general decompression error after trying to parse them. Attached is a sample if anyone wants to have a look. Only mention I can find of this series/engine is this post, but cant find anything else online. There seems to be a QuickBMS script for decompressing these archives but unfortunately it doesn't seem to support the current iteration of ZenStudio's archive-type, introduced archives pertaining to more recent DLC.
Attached Files
File Type: rar sample.rar (29.50 MB, 10 views)

Last edited by L33THAK0R; 24-04-2022 at 07:19. Reason: Was tired as fuck writing this, fixed some wording for clarification
Reply With Quote
  #2954  
Old 24-04-2022, 02:33
:( Sad8669 :( Sad8669 is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Oct 2020
Location: -
Posts: 203
Thanks: 97
Thanked 187 Times in 101 Posts
:( Sad8669 is on a distinguished road
https://forum.xentax.com/viewtopic.php?t=10182
https://forum.xentax.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=10654

There is a decompression tool by Ekey, but i think you need to be a member to download it.
Reply With Quote
  #2955  
Old 24-04-2022, 02:41
L33THAK0R's Avatar
L33THAK0R L33THAK0R is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Feb 2021
Location: Saudi Arabia
Posts: 352
Thanks: 119
Thanked 59 Times in 38 Posts
L33THAK0R is on a distinguished road
I didn't include Ekey's unpacking tool as it serves the same purpose as the QuickBMS script, however its a tad more outdated and is less compatible with the more current iterations of the ".pxp" archive. For anyone interested I've attached the aforementioned tool, as well as the source code for Ekey's decompression library.
Attached Files
File Type: rar CSPXPUnpacker_0.2.rar (32.0 KB, 3 views)
File Type: rar ZENLib_Src.rar (9.5 KB, 5 views)
Reply With Quote
The Following User Says Thank You to L33THAK0R For This Useful Post:
Masquerade (24-04-2022)
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Games Are For Kids JoyBoy Chit Chat 83 16-11-2021 15:28
CorePack Compression methods ? Help ramazan19833 Conversion Tutorials 34 09-08-2018 07:51
i got the email in the mail about copying ps2 games EVOEvo PS2 Games 7 21-11-2003 08:56
Self-booting games on an older Japanese DC? Named DC Games 1 26-09-2003 18:48
Having Problems Burning Numerous *Recent* Games....Help is Appreciated Protosstic PSX Games 2 15-01-2002 22:27



All times are GMT -7. The time now is 06:59.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions Inc.
Copyright 2000-2020, FileForums @ https://fileforums.com