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

[Masquerade]

Start size: 2.7GB

Compress using following method:

• *.saf
  

  srep+lolz

• Everything else:
  

  srep+razorx

Final Size: 1GB

[Masquerade]

Took a little look, here's my conclusion to what is what:

(these sizes come from my game which is v3.10.0)

• chunk0.rpkg - chunk7.rpkg = Hitman 3 Content = 25.2GB
  
• chunk8.rpkg = Unknown = 2.08GB (this file is simply adressed as Legacy)
  
• chunk9.rpkg - chunk20.rpkg = Hitman 2 Content = 14.7GB
  
• chunk21.rpkg - chunk27.rpkg = Hitman 1 Content = 12.7GB

Ofc srep+lolz isn't going to get you far here, huge waste of time. Compare these sizes to previous Hitman games and it's obvious the data is compressed. I was putting my bets on use of oodle, but it's clearly not!!

Oh and when an unpacking script finally comes available, the VR stuff is contained in the game files, so it can be ripped...

[KaktoR]

Originally Posted by Masquerade

Oh and when an unpacking script finally comes available, the VR stuff is contained in the game files, so it can be ripped...

Yep I'm waiting too

[Ele]

Medal of Honor 2010 Limited Edition - English Only


* Original Size: 4.91GB
* Repack Size: 2.95GB



method:

*.upk, *.tfc  =  xtool 2020 (zlib+reflate) + srep + lolz
*.xxx, *.vp6  =  srep + nz
*.exe, *.dll  =  srep+delta+nz
other files   =  srep + nz

[oltjon]

Originally Posted by Ele

Medal of Honor 2010 Limited Edition - English Only


* Original Size: 4.91GB
* Repack Size: 2.95GB



method:

*.upk, *.tfc  =  xtool 2020 (zlib+reflate) + srep + lolz
*.xxx, *.vp6  =  srep + nz
*.exe, *.dll  =  srep+delta+nz
other files   =  srep + nz

why nz and not lolz??

[Hexagon123]

Originally Posted by oltjon

why nz and not lolz??

Because of possibilities that LOLZ is used for textures.

[KaktoR]

It would be nice to see how long the process is.

I think because it is lolz, it took about 24 hours?

[Masquerade]

@KaktoR

I reckon from 1PM yesterday to 8AM this morning (very very rough estimate). Having to run xtool without stdio really slowed things down.

However, the file VEHICLEUPGRADES.bff is corrupt after being decompressed with bdt, meaning all the time was wasted so I deleted my post.

[KaktoR]

Oh that's bad. RIP brother

I think xtool still needs fine-tuning for oodle codec.

[JustFun]

LOL, yeah, I hate it too, when decompression fails after long compression time

Though, even worse, once I compressed the game, made installer and everything, and somehow forgot to test installation lol, and I happily burned it to disc˙s.
Some time after, I decided to install that game and play it, and boy was I dissapointed when I got decompression error at 72%

[Masquerade]

Going through picking up what clearly isn't going to work with bdt and go from there. The Shanghai file is also cannot be re-encrypted

[KaktoR]

Originally Posted by JustFun

LOL, yeah, I hate it too, when decompression fails after long compression time

Though, even worse, once I compressed the game, made installer and everything, and somehow forgot to test installation lol, and I happily burned it to disc˙s.
Some time after, I decided to install that game and play it, and boy was I dissapointed when I got decompression error at 72%

You still burning discs?

[JustFun]

Originally Posted by KaktoR

You still burning discs?

LOL, yeah, it is my favorite way of Backing Up files, games and pretty much everything I would need sometime.

Even though these days I can download games faster then I could install them lol, but still I like to backup on Disc`s, offline backup is the best backup .

[KaktoR]

The Medium

 20:38:35 - Selected ARC method for Data1a.bin was: xtool_preflate+srep_new+4x4:b64mb:lzma:ultra:64m:bt4:fb273:lc8:mc1000000
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 22:36:39 - Overall input size: 38.73 GB
 22:36:39 - Overall output size: 17.75 GB
 22:36:39 - Overall conversion time: 01:58:01
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[Snapppr6]

original size 2gb after ripping some mp and unwented sound and video
reflate+serp+lzma2
repack size 1.23gb