hi, any idea on how to recompress .bins in a game?
 

hello.


there is a certain game i am working with, and its rather small, around 880 MB, but I am packing it anyway.

the problem is, that most of its main data in the games files are in one .bin file, and i just cant seem to open it. i have tried ultraiso, magiciso, 7zip, nothing. if anyone has any help on how to do a conversion of a .bin like this to a folder so i can possibly compress it better, do tell.

also, what are some better compression tools for older games? i just use the normal version of freearc, ultra-arc gives me worse compression for some reason, and i would like to use better compression on certain titles.

Try ztool or xtool for precompress. But what game you mean?

castlevania anniversary collection.

do i just use xtool for compressing, or do i need another tool on top of them? I've used just freearc for the longest time, also what installer on here do you recommend to use with xtool?

Imho start with the "basic" ISDone script. Download link ? I dont know. Really.
Maybe ltake a look at krinkels dot org.