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

[Masquerade]

Originally Posted by fabrieunko

Hello, what method should we use to compact MP3 files?

https://bayfiles.com/F6k9Jc52x4/MPZ_rar

[its_gnar_again]

Originally Posted by KaktoR

Make sure to only process tfc/upk files with uelr

I separated ONLY tfc/upk files, and tried again using UELR, and I get the same error. (uelr+srep+lolz/xz should be correct, right? I see other methods using this just fine.)

Originally Posted by Masquerade

UELR will crash out if no LZO streams are detected.

GFS does show LZO streams, and while attempting to compress with UELR it does seem like its detecting them/working before crashing

[:( Sad8669]

KakTor

There is a tool named WDLExtract if i recall correctly.

last time i checked the filelist wasn't complete and it was abandoned as far as i know, but videos.dat is complete. BPK works on most of them (Not sure about decompression) except for few binks and 4K one's can be ripped.

[KaktoR]

Originally Posted by :( Sad8669

KakTor

There is a tool named WDLExtract if i recall correctly.

last time i checked the filelist wasn't complete and it was abandoned as far as i know, but videos.dat is complete. BPK works on most of them (Not sure about decompression) except for few binks and 4K one's can be ripped.

I will test it and report back later, thanks.

https://forum.xentax.com/viewtopic.p...=22903#p168208 + https://forum.xentax.com/viewtopic.p...art=30#p168732

For repack the archive https://github.com/rootCBR/PackLegion

[KaktoR]

Tests are done.

There are some *-pcultra.bik files inside videos.dat file (3,15 GB). These files have higher resolution (4K) but have almost the same size as the normal videos (FullHD), makes me wonder this sorcery. I don't know if you can rip them safely, but I guess so.

As already said, you can directly compress videos_ultra.dat file with binkpack. No need to unpack this file.

Here are the files for which binkpack will NOT work (motion_data warn, crc check failed on unpacking).

grapics\bink\wd3_alpha_fs\* (NOTE: Just some small videos, not worth the hasle to trial&error file by file)
grapics\bink\wd3_alpha_os\rds_210_s001_vid_intro_os.bik
grapics\bink\wd3_bagleys\gst_003_s040_bb_new_team.bik
grapics\bink\wd3_bagleys\opl_108_s010_bb_emb_exp.bik
grapics\bink\wd3_bagleys\opl_321_s010_bb_bagleybriefing.bik

Batch for WDLExtract

WdlExtract.exe <Input fat file> <Output Folder>

WdlExtract.exe "E:\test\videos.fat" "E:\test\videos_unpacked"

Batch for PackLegion

PackLegion.exe <Input Folder> <Output fat file>

PackLegion.exe "E:\test\videos_unpacked" "E:\test\videos_new.fat"

CRC checks

videos.dat     40ff9a3b
videos.fat     9d689549
videos_new.dat 8477a943
videos_new.fat a4915500

I don't know if the game will work correctly with "bad crc" on a game archive.

Edit: Tested and riped all *-pcultra.bik files out of videos.dat. The game works fine and videos will be play normally (1080p/1440p resolution).

[Masquerade]

SWORD x HIME - v1.82

srep+lolz

11.7GB ---> 3.6GB

[Masquerade]

From The Depths: v3.4.2

srep+lolz/$wav=msc+srep+LZMA2

3.2GB ---> 1.4GB

[Masquerade]

Blood Bond – Into the Shroud [Enhanced Edition]

xtool+srep+lolz/$mp4=srep+zstd

6.6GB ---> 4.5GB

[KaktoR]

Time for an oldie

Lost Planet Extreme Condition

 16:07:43 - Selected ARC/DS method for Data1a-01.bin was: xtool:mzlib+srep_new+4x4:b64mb:lzma:ultra:64m:bt4:fb273:lc8:mc1000000
 16:07:43 - Selected ARC/DS method for Data1b-01.bin was: srep_new+4x4:b64mb:lzma:ultra:64m:bt4:fb273:lc8:mc1000000
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 16:24:14 - Overall input size: 7.89 GB
 16:24:14 - Overall output size: 2.65 GB (Ratio 33.62%)
 16:24:14 - Overall conversion time: 00:16:29

Lost Planet 2

 16:34:19 - Selected ARC/DS method for Data1a-01.bin was: xtool:mzlib+srep_new+4x4:b64mb:lzma:ultra:64m:bt4:fb273:lc8:mc1000000
 16:34:19 - Selected ARC/DS method for Data1b-01.bin was: srep_new+4x4:b64mb:lzma:ultra:64m:bt4:fb273:lc8:mc1000000
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 16:59:31 - Overall input size: 11.79 GB
 16:59:31 - Overall output size: 4.10 GB (Ratio 34.78%)
 16:59:31 - Overall conversion time: 00:25:07

Lost Planet 3

 12:18:22 - Selected ARC/DS method for Data1a-01.bin was: uelr+srep_new+4x4:b64mb:lzma:ultra:64m:bt4:fb273:lc8:mc1000000
 12:18:22 - Selected ARC/DS method for Data1b-01.bin was: bpk+srep_new+4x4:b64mb:lzma:ultra:64m:bt4:fb273:lc8:mc1000000
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 13:56:53 - Overall input size: 22.27 GB
 13:56:53 - Overall output size: 11.04 GB (Ratio 49.57%)
 13:56:53 - Overall conversion time: 01:38:24

[Masquerade]

Nordic Warriors

xtool+srep+lolz/$mp4=srep+zstd

19.8GB ---> 7.3GB

[Masquerade]

Be careful if you use my data blocks to patch out language files for Final Fantasy Remake Integrade. I think I might have made an error with the Japanese block which is causing fatal crashes deep in the game.

[abidnnt]

Can anyone share what method will be best for God Of War - FLT? TIA.

[Masquerade]

God Of War: a quick look.

Main: srep+lolz

BPK on the videos (yes, it works!)

srep+razor on audio

Good luck friends.

[KaktoR]

Are there really 100k files? Or steamdb is trolling

[Masquerade]

Originally Posted by KaktoR

Are there really 100k files? Or steamdb is trolling

Yep, over 150k wems.