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

[darkwolves]

Originally Posted by danswano

Resident Evil 2 is not precompressing well using xtool zlib
Anyone knows a better method to use on it?

its encrypted so really no precompressor will work on it

[masen485]

Resident Evil 2 is not precompressing well using xtool zlib
Anyone knows a better method to use on it?

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you not only broke those rules you also posted a direct link to warez site, which is
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[K4miKaZe]

Originally Posted by darkwolves

its encrypted so really no precompressor will work on it

Did someone tried using the unpacking/modding tools from RE7 on RE2R? I have made my own RE7 Gold repack into the 20gb (i think 20.1 or something), without it it would be 4-5gb bigger. Probably on RE2 you can apply the same method before using Xtool on it, at least i have already seen today some Mods for RE2, pretty sure there is already a way to unpack those .pak files.

@Masen485: You should already know after so much months here that this is not permitted

[darkwolves]

Originally Posted by K4miKaZe

Did someone tried using the unpacking/modding tools from RE7 on RE2R? I have made my own RE7 Gold repack into the 20gb (i think 20.1 or something), without it it would be 4-5gb bigger. Probably on RE2 you can apply the same method before using Xtool on it, at least i have already seen today some Mods for RE2, pretty sure there is already a way to unpack those .pak files.

@Masen485: You should already know after so much months here that this is not permitted

i also repacked re7 gold edition it isn't encrypted so you can easily extract it
but anytime i go to extract re2 remake it will not allow me giving me a error its encrypted i am currently looking for something i can use for it as well

[78372]

Originally Posted by doofoo24

just use test22c4b without srep
with lolz:mtt0:d384:mtb196:fba4096:dtb1:mc1023:gm20c4 :x2:ldl5 is the best setting for small games.
*note that ldmf work with mt1 only so no mt2

Tested with that settings, result is 360MB and it took several hours
Difference is just 4MB with razor and that was a lot faster.
Seems lolz isn't good for this particular game.

[K4miKaZe]

Originally Posted by darkwolves

i also repacked re7 gold edition it isn't encrypted so you can easily extract it
but anytime i go to extract re2 remake it will not allow me giving me a error its encrypted i am currently looking for something i can use for it as well

Let me know if you find something, i think there is something out, have seen some reworked textures yesterday so somehow they already managed to unpack them. Bit busy with other things but i will also take a look on this weekend. Not just for compressing the game, also taking a look how mod friendly this game could be.

[felice2011]

Originally Posted by 78372

Tested with that settings, result is 360MB and it took several hours
Difference is just 4MB with razor and that was a lot faster.
Seems lolz isn't good for this particular game.

What makes me angry about lolz is that there is no logic of use in its options, too many built-in options, and testing it thoroughly I realize that using different options in most cases there is no difference in Compression Time and Compression Ratio.
It is the only compressor that unnerve me by using it, but I've already abandoned it for some time.

[doofoo24]

Originally Posted by 78372

Tested with that settings, result is 360MB and it took several hours
Difference is just 4MB with razor and that was a lot faster.
Seems lolz isn't good for this particular game.

you can use msc on audio files to improve ratio...

[78372]

Originally Posted by felice2011

What makes me angry about lolz is that there is no logic of use in its options, too many built-in options, and testing it thoroughly I realize that using different options in most cases there is no difference in Compression Time and Compression Ratio.
It is the only compressor that unnerve me by using it, but I've already abandoned it for some time.

Confusing compressor indeed. Currently only 4x4:t2:lzma:16mb:lc8 is the thing that works best for my shitty pc. It's fast and compression ratio is almost same as other lzma settings(2-4mb difference). Though only 16mb dictionary is used here, it actually beats 64/128/512mb dict in a lot of cases.

Originally Posted by doofoo24

you can use msc on audio files to improve ratio...

Good idea. I wonder why didn't I think of that?

[doofoo24]

Originally Posted by darkwolves

method decrypting

so the game work with decrypted pak files

[ShivShubh]

Originally Posted by doofoo24

so the game work with decrypted pak files

Or you can just pack the files back into their original archive during installation. I have made Resident Evil 2 Repack (Eng Only, Except Useless Videos), size = 14.3 GB. Its not really a good idea to play with unpacked files = slow loading times.

[darkwolves]

Originally Posted by doofoo24

so the game work with decrypted pak files

i decrypted marvel vs capcom infinite
and the game works fine decrypted
i however have not decrypted re2 remake

[ZAZA4EVER]

Originally Posted by ShivShubh

Or you can just pack the files back into their original archive during installation. I have made Resident Evil 2 Repack (Eng Only, Except Useless Videos), size = 14.3 GB. Its not really a good idea to play with unpacked files = slow loading times.

You are Right .. game ill take more time to load files
but how can pack game files again ?

[darkwolves]

Originally Posted by ShivShubh

Or you can just pack the files back into their original archive during installation. I have made Resident Evil 2 Repack (Eng Only, Except Useless Videos), size = 14.3 GB. Its not really a good idea to play with unpacked files = slow loading times.

how exactly did you extract it?

[KaktoR]

Originally Posted by darkwolves

how exactly did you extract it?

http://forum.xentax.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=19304