All new LEGO games need exe patching at several places to be able to read unpacked data.

If you want to, send me original and patched .exe, then I will make a patcher tool and share it here, so others can use it and patch their .exe easily.

Interresting! Tell me more!

He forgot to mention that by using Ergonomic Office Chair your compression time will be lowered by 48% ��

(Don't waste your attention on a spammer.)

Each new version of the same game has different places/bytes to be replaced. There is no universal solution.

Do you guys know what is the best compressor for MP4 video format (over 5 GB)? :(

srep

(you can't compress MP4 video)

THanks. and srep doesn't work well enough. :(

Actually you can compress losslessly mp4 file(s).
I know those files are already heavily compressed,but In my experiences RAZOR sometimes can compress it. Not a good ratio but better than LOLZ.
Do not use multithread.

I said ,in my experiences.

Thanks. I'll check it out.

by using ffmpeg commandline or use free video commprassor google it

Thank you very much. It took a few days to test it because of the exam headache.
Meanwhile, I was able to reduce the video size of a MP4 file from 3.86GB to 390MB by changing the video bitrate using ffmpeg.exe. Interestingly, the video / audio quality does not drop that much (note that, In my case) and I'll do a few more tests to confirm..


Original Video Properties:
However, is there anything to reconstruct the video in its original form? because I think to compress my movie collection.


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So you are trying to compress video lectures.
leave it and stay focused in online class.:D
and that is best way to save disc space.

Ok, :D

But I record lecture videos because they're not available after the lecture and I want to study them again. ;)

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

I know. I just replied to his message.

Hello

What's the best method to compress Life is Stranger 2 .pak files ?

I guess you have to try XTool?

Is there a possible way to use FreeArc 'Next when repacking? I meant to replace the general FreeArc.


Thanks.

Shady Part Of Me [Build 5942440]
 

Start size: 2.7GB

Compress using following method:

• *.saf
  
  Code:

  ---

  srep+lolz

  ---

• Everything else:
  
  Code:

  ---

  srep+razorx

  ---

Final Size: 1GB

Hitman 3
 

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!! :p:p

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 :D

Medal of Honor 2010 Limited Edition - English Only
 

Medal of Honor 2010 Limited Edition - English Only


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



method:

why nz and not lolz??

Because of possibilities that LOLZ is used for textures.

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

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

@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.

Oh that's bad. RIP brother :D

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

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

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% :D

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

You still burning discs? :D

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 :p.

The Medium

Call of Duty 2
 

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

STAR WARS BATTLEFRONT II
Celebration Edition

Note: Use zstd lib v1.3.0

Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts v20210125 [Digital Deluxe Edition]
 

Ripped Soundtrack in WAV format.

Total Start Size: 13.1GB

• Everything:
  
  Code:

  ---

  xtool+srep+lolz

  ---

• *.mp3
  
  Code:

  ---

  mpz

  ---

Compressed Size: 8.78GB

Battlefield 1942 + 2dls
 

start size 1.67gb

srep:m3f:a2+7z

compressed 1.02gb

Override 2: Super Mech League
 

Total start size: 3.5GB

Compress with the following:

• .pak
  
  Code:

  ---

  XTool:c128m,t75p,dm2:zlib+srep:m5f:a2:l512+lolz:dt:dtb1:dtw1:dtm1:dto1:dtd1:mtt1:mt4:d128m:fba4096

  ---

• Rest of the Files
  
  Code:

  ---

  srep:m5f:a2:l512+mcm:x11

  ---

Total packed size: 1.9GB

Sims 4
v1.70.84.1020, nothing ripped