Battlefield Bad Company 2(Dvd 5) SP and ENG lang only.

[Th3Raven]

Battlefield Bad Company 2(Dvd 5) SP and ENG lang only.

First of all THX Yener90 for his Source Codes

1: Install The Game.

2: Delete all languages (except english), and multiplayer stuff.

3: FreeArc need to be installed on your system.

Download FreeArc

4: Download attachment BFBC2_DVD5.zip,extract completely (wherever you want).

5: Go to install directory,run FreeArc,compress the following files:

all files and folders

Output archive: Data1.cab
Compression: No compression -m0
Make exe: Not checked

6: Now Move Data1.cab inside the BFBC2_DVD5.7z extracted content.

7: Burn or make iso with same label names of temp folder.

8: Final size(ISO File) should be somewhere around 2.90 Gb.

9: Some Screens. ( added directly here rather then 3rd party host > pakrat2k2 )

[Mannypl]

Thanks mate I'll try it out.

[Mannypl]

Removed all MP files and languages other than English, ran FreeArc no compression and ended up with a Data1.cab of nearly 6GB. This is after installing the latest BFBC2 795745 Patch so the game would work. This patch alone was over 2.5GB. Will the installer still work if I use compression? Check screenshot.

[Mannypl]

Just a follow up. Made the ISO with UltraISO and uninstalled BFBC2. Mounted image with Daemon Tools and it installed perfectly. You have done a really nice job of the installation and I thank you very much. I will make the DVD DL then try again using compression on the Data1.cab file with FeeArc to see if I can get it down to DVD5.

[pakrat2k2]

try -msrep+lzma:a1:mfbt4:d256m:fb128:mc1000:lc8 see if it will reduce it enough to get down to 1xdvd5

[Mannypl]

Thanks for that. Will try it out & let you know.

[Mannypl]

Went from 5,815,705KB to 5106,***,***KB (can't remember exact figure)using that alogarithm. Thanks anyway - I'm happy with result as I can now reinstall without having to worry about updates and NoDVD fixes etc. I can even resume from where I left off. Once again very nice installer, and thanks for your hard work.

[pakrat2k2]

added screenshots directly to first post, rather then 3rd party host. They'll remain here forever as they get deleted by 3rd party sites quickly.

[Mannypl]

I tried again with FreeArc's Max Compression -mx -ld800m and ended up with a cab file 5,104,373KB. Game folder size is 5684.5MB according to Treesize and 5.55GB according to property sheet (Windows 8.1). I tried the Ultra setting that required 2GB RAM but that would not work (I have 4GB). Notice said I did not have enough memory for decompression. I noticed the screenies were missing but I knew there'd be a reason for it.

[pakrat2k2]

EDIT

just noticed in setup.ini

MyExecutableName=BFBC2Game.exe >> .exe is missing
hold on a few, just testing compress.bat to see how well it compresses
entire game folder. ( Its just been updated to latest version, & has MP files as well )
will also test without those MP folders. Well with JUST SP files & English using above
compression string, the updated game turns out at 4.63GB. Will have to change
some things around to even it out a little better for 2xdvd5.