Starfield
 

Starfield [?xDVD5]

Credits:
--CIU By:Yener90
--InstallerScript: CIU 3.0.0.1 b9
--Contributors:BAMsE; Razor12911; Simorq; KaktoR; Cesar82 CIU 3.0.0.1
--CLS-DiskSpan.dll R3 by Razor12911, modified version by Cesar82
--DiskSpan_GUI V2+ by Cesar82

Graphic found Ingame and Online
Arts by mausschieber

At Request from Danziel123

Version History:
Include: All DLC's

Instructions:

1.-- Install Game, update to latest version + No-DVD.
2.-- Download the Conversion and extract to HD, (not in game folder)
2a.- Move _CommonRedist to Conversion output folder. (Last DVD)

3.-- Run DiskSpan_GUI Choose Input/Output folder, Choose compression method
4.-- Test the conversion, before burning ISO.

Thank you

You can compress it more by separating WWise sound files..
For all *.ba2 files - xtool:mstarfield+xtool:mreflate+srep+lolz
For all *.bk2 files - xtool:c256mb:mbk2:df20p
For all WWise - srep+ lzma (bcm/msc + srep +lzma)
For everything else - srep+lolz

What about size? It can be under 70gb? Using lolz IMO not worth it

Actually, using dd without any number, is xtool internal deduplication without srep, which might lead to bigger output sizes.

Example for "Starfield - Textures01.ba2": First is xtool internal deduplication (dd), second is with srep (dd#)

Compression under Process with the DSG. Will share every detail with extraction time and all. However, I checked those WWise and compressed them separately using xtool:mstarfield+xtool:reflate+srep+lolz.

19.3GB >> 6.98GB
With approx. 2 minutes of decompression time on my installer on high end PC on SSD.

lolz on sound files? Really?

If you have some spare time, try lzma, lzma2, zstd, bcm, razor instead. From my last tests, zstd had some good results (default settings).

I tried lzma, got around 10GB
bcm was around 7.7GB (not exact size but something around this)
haven't tried rzr/zstd, but once I'll do a final compression, I'll share all the logs with their extraction time.
if you want I can share you the file and my setup.exe.

Edit 1: RZR 10GB
Edit 2: zstd (max) 9.57GB

I managed to put it under 71.8GB
Here are my logs:

Data-01 | *.ba2 (except WWise files)

Data-02 | *.ba2 (WWise files)
I separated out the WWise files because the conversion method used to give me CRC error when i included both in one. You can still experiment yourself

Data-03 | *.bk2

Data-04 | Everything else

I was lately aware that xtool:dd3 was faster than srep. You can experiment that jut in case.
Total unpacking Time: 15-18 minutes
SSD to HDD [High End PC]

Edit 1: srep_new:3 vs xtool:dd3 have absolutely no size difference on file size. I ran few tests on big files.
There was not much difference in extraction speed/time between both the methods too.

Edit 2: If you want better compression size on Data-01 (don't try on Data-02), you can try precomp at cost of extraction speed
[Thanks to sc00t3r for this]

Sorry for stupid question, but how we know ba2 files contain WWise files because i can't find them? And thank you for testing maybe some day when the game get final update i will recompress it again.

Either you can see it by just looking at the file names (example: "Starfield - WwiseSounds01.ba2"), or by using HxD and search for wem specific texts, like this
https://i.imgur.com/4Au5CBE.png

And now, how about to know if you can compress them with msc/xtool:mflac..
Just test it lol

In this case for Starfield, you cannot use msc or xtool:mflac, because the wem files are encoded with ogg vorbis.

I see, but what i write in DSG_Settings for .ba2 wwise files to compress seperately? Thank you:)

I don't know how you can skip. Not completely aware about DSG coding, but this is how I did.

I moved all the WWise files out in a separate folder.
Like Starfiled > Data > *.ba2 (except WWise)
and New Folder > Data > WWise * .ba2 files

And then, compressed Starfield and New Folder separately.
If you have trouble, you can DM me privately on topic

Broooooo...

Thanks bro for reply & sorry for stupid question:D