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

[JustFun]

Nope mate!
Like I said, files are separated, bpk+srep are used on videos, msc+srep on sound files, and srep+lolz on everything else, so in the end you have 3 separate archives.

I find it easier doing this way, because for example if you want to change voice pack language you don't have to re-compress whole game, just sound files, which can save you a lot of time sometimes.

[felice2011]

Originally Posted by JustFun

Nope mate!
Like I said, files are separated, bpk+srep are used on videos, msc+srep on sound files, and srep+lolz on everything else, so in the end you have 3 separate archives.

I find it easier doing this way, because for example if you want to change voice pack language you don't have to re-compress whole game, just sound files, which can save you a lot of time sometimes.

Wow mate, your post could be more clear and detailed, saving time and unnecessary posts to understand, at this point I would have structured your post this way:

Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne

Game Size: 1.92 GB

Compressed Game Size: 790 MB

Version: v1.1.102.0

Ripped: Nothing

Game Splitted in 3 Archive :

And finally I would have added the precious information of why

Originally Posted by JustFun

I find it easier doing this way, because for example if you want to change voice pack language you don't have to re-compress whole game, just sound files, which can save you a lot of time sometimes.

Logically this is just my personal opinion of how a post should be structured in this thread, but you are free to structure your posts as you like.

The partial concept also concerns @dopofoo24, which always seems to me Wednesday in the middle of the week.

[doofoo24]

Originally Posted by felice2011

The partial concept also concerns @dopofoo24, which always seems to me Wednesday in the middle of the week.

WOW felicity2011
btw does ztool:lzo even work on far cry 5 (inflate size)

[KaktoR]

Originally Posted by doofoo24

WOW felicity2011
btw does ztool:lzo even work on far cry 5 (inflate size)

No

[felice2011]

Originally Posted by doofoo24

WOW felicity2011
btw does ztool:lzo even work on far cry 5 (inflate size)

There is no inflate, but I'm used to testing individual groups of files, before compressing an entire game, and the method indicated is the one that most satisfied me in Time/Comp-Ratio, the result you can read of the size of the output archive.
Furthermore, the compression was splitted into 3 archives, if I had created a single archive, the compression ratio would have been even lower.
btw @dodo stay always on Wednesday in the middle of the week.

[doofoo24]

Originally Posted by felice2011

stay always on Wednesday in the middle of the week.

middle of the week could also be monday or tuesday

[darkwolves]

after seeing the XL repack by doofoo24
i decided to do it again

method

Mortal Kombat XL
start size 36.5 removed all but english files
re encoded bink2 files to 720p but with high settings
slimmed down to 34.2

note that uelr arc settings were switched from uv to ulx

uelr+srep+lolz:dt1:dtp1:dto1:dtm1:dtw1:dtd1:mtt1:m t4:d100m:tt1 h14:fba4096:mc1023:bc8:blr8:bmfbt4:d158m:fb273:mc1 000000000:lc8
for main assets files
bpk for bink2 files
srep:m5f:a2+delta+lzma:ultra:a1:mfbt4:d158m:fb273: mc1000000000:lc8
for everything else
initial size 34.2
repack size 15.5

installation takes around 25 minutes

[doofoo24]

using razor bdt+oo2reck+srep:m2f:c512+lolz:mtt1:t6:d160:mc1023 :fba4096:pc4:x2:gm20 on bff files 45.6gb to 18.8gb.
the rest of the files srep+lolz. 4.8gb to 3.1 gb