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

[hasandgn34]

Originally Posted by darkwolves

Batman Arkham Asylum GOTY
method removed all non english files
uelr+srep:m5f:a2+4x4:t2:b2047m:lzma2:200mb:ultra:a 1:mfbt4:d158m:fb273:mc1000000000 on unreal engine 3 lzo files
and bpk for bik files not recoded
srep:m5f:a2+4x4:t2:b2047m:lzma2:200mb:ultra:a1:mfb t4:d158m:fb273:mc1000000000 on everything else
initial size 7.32 gb
repack size 3.94 gb

yes it is same for me but decompression time of uelr+srep:m5f:a2+lzma 3 HOURS. how did you do this faster?

or can you write xtool.ini content. How should i do?

[Titeuf]

hello,
what are your suggestions for better compression for the game Injustice 2 but it would be great that the installation is not long ex: 3 hours
Thank you

I saw here => https://fileforums.com/showpost.php?...&postcount=682

[Titeuf]

Originally Posted by Simorq

ZTool 0.19 / poodle+srep+lolz

Hello, With this method, how long does the installation?

[Simorq]

Originally Posted by Titeuf

Hello, With this method, how long does the installation?

Injustice 2: Legendary Edition (ENG)

Method1: poodle+srep+lolz 
Compressed Size: 32.5 GB
Installation Takes: 1 Hour 50 Minutes On AMD Ryzen 5 1600 6-Threads

Method2: srep:m3f+4x4:b128mb:lzma:a1:mfbt4:64m:fb273:mc1000000:lc8+diskspan:4350mb:4430mb
Compressed Size: 38.1 GB
Installation Takes: 10-20 Minutes

[dixen]

How Decompressing oodle-streams on *.TFC in XCOM 2?

For example https://yadi.sk/d/7l5S8_kb3acQxP

[KaktoR]

Is this using o4 or o5? ZTool/Xtool only supports o4, i don't know if there is any tool for o5 out there (and even if there is one, it is private 100%).

[Simorq]

Company Of Heroes 2: Master Collection EN

Compressed Size: 17.3 GB
Method: xZLib+srep:m3f+lolz:dtb1:d64m:mtt0:mt6:mt1023+diskspan:4430mb:4450mb

Notes:
Repack uses XTool library by Razor12911

[KaktoR]

Conan Exiles
XTool+srep+lzma

55.3GB => 30GB

[dixen]

XCOM 2 War Of The Chosen + Long War 2 (Optional install) (RUS+ENG)

65GB => 33.9 gb

*.upk, *.tfc (without _XPACK_ prefix) - uelr+srep+lolz
*.upk for Long War 2 - xtool+srep+lolz
*.tfc (_XPACK_) - srep+lolz
*.bk2 - bpk
*.bnk, *.wem - srep+lzma2
Other files - srep+lolz

Install time - ~35 min on HDD (SATA III)

[KaktoR]

Dead Rising 4
Nothing ripped.
You can rip other languages you don't want.

XTool+srep+lzma
Use zlib scanner with file output to know what files contain streams. It's too much to write them here.

bpk for *.bk2 files
Don't use bpk for *.bik files because of compress error!

All other files srep+lzma

69.2GB => 27.8GB

[KaktoR]

Originally Posted by Simorq

ZTool 0.19 / poodle+srep+lolz

Have you removed audio tracks from video files?

Example:

ffmpeg -i "F:\Injustice 2\Movies\DC2_028_035.scx.mp4" -map 0:0 -map 0:1 -acodec copy -vcodec copy DC2_028_035.scx.mp4

Leave only english audio track in video.

[dixen]

Originally Posted by KaktoR

Have you removed audio tracks from video files?

Example:

ffmpeg -i "F:\Injustice 2\Movies\DC2_028_035.scx.mp4" -map 0:0 -map 0:1 -acodec copy -vcodec copy DC2_028_035.scx.mp4

Leave only english audio track in video.

XVID4PSP v7 for batch cutting audio tracks without conversion...For example


*.scx - 12.2 gb => 9.4 gb

[KaktoR]

Originally Posted by dixen

XVID4PSP v7 for batch cutting audio tracks without conversion...For example


*.scx - 12.2 gb => 9.4 gb

Why not just use ffmpeg? It's basically the same and you didn't need to install anything. Finished in around 5 minutes for all videos (removed 5 audio tracks, only leave english audio).

9.4GB, no quality loss in video/audio.

However, result for complete game is 34.4GB (oodle+srep+lzma for *.xxx + *.tfc files, m0 for processed video files and the rest just srep+lzma). You will get better size with lolz but this will basically took forever and I have not the time to do it nor I am in the mood to do it.

[dixen]

Sorry, I'll write in Russian because a lot of things I want to answer

Originally Posted by KaktoR

Why not just use ffmpeg? It's basically the same and you didn't need to install anything. Finished in around 5 minutes for all videos (removed 5 audio tracks, only leave english audio).

Ну хотя бы потому что bat-файл для ffmpeg слишком долго создавать..

Originally Posted by KaktoR

9.4GB, no quality loss in video/audio.

Качество не теряется, потому что, как я писал, перекодирования видеопотока нет. На всю процедуру ушло минут 15.. А на написание батника ушел бы примерно час..И какая выгода от него?)

Originally Posted by KaktoR

However, result for complete game is 34.4GB (oodle+srep+lzma for *.xxx + *.tfc files, m0 for processed video files and the rest just srep+lzma). You will get better size with lolz but this will basically took forever and I have not the time to do it nor I am in the mood to do it.

А как насчет времени распаковки? Без poodle игра жмется до 37 гб с помощью lzma2 и ставится за 10 минут...Так что не вижу смысла терзаться из-за 2,5 гб

[KaktoR]

Originally Posted by dixen

Ну хотя бы потому что bat-файл для ffmpeg слишком долго создавать..

It took about 10 minutes to create it If you are familar with batch and know much, you could create it in less time.

Originally Posted by dixen

Качество не теряется, потому что, как я писал, перекодирования видеопотока нет. На всю процедуру ушло минут 15.. А на написание батника ушел бы примерно час..И какая выгода от него?)

The benefit is you don't need to install anything, but if you use it just for personal use it would be Ok (I post conversions sometimes, not repacks, so i can't force anyone to install software just for this kind of work). If you sharing repacks your way is the best way, because users only need to unpack, nothing else.

Originally Posted by dixen

А как насчет времени распаковки? Без poodle игра жмется до 37 гб с помощью lzma2 и ставится за 10 минут...Так что не вижу смысла терзаться из-за 2,5 гб

Yes it's possible that oodle has horrible unpacking time. I didn't test "standard" compression yet, but I will try it and share comparrison later.

Edit: 34.4GB < 38.4GB with lzma2. So the difference is more than 2,5GB, it's 4GB more without oodle