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

[darkwolves]

everyone thank you for the assistance with cls srep i now have it working

[hwang4]

Hi ! What is the Best Method for "Gears Tactics"?
i tried ( xZLib:max+srep:m3f+lolz:dtb1:d192m:mtt1:mt6:mc1023 )
any help for a better method!

[dixen]

Originally Posted by hwang4

Hi ! What is the Best Method for "Gears Tactics"?
i tried ( xZLib:max+srep:m3f+lolz:dtb1:d192m:mtt1:mt6:mc1023 )
any help for a better method!

OODLE.

https://fileforums.com/showthread.ph...ighlight=oodle

[HunterEmrah]

Originally Posted by hwang4

Hi ! What is the Best Method for "Gears Tactics"?
i tried ( xZLib:max+srep:m3f+lolz:dtb1:d192m:mtt1:mt6:mc1023 )
any help for a better method!

oo2recm + srep + lolz for b2containers

[hwang4]

Which version of Oodle should i use?

Oodle4, Oodle5, Oodle6 or Oodle7?

[KaktoR]

The version the game use.

Somewhere inside game folder should be an oodle dll file (it contains a number in file name). Use this file to precompress the game with oo2recm.

[HunterEmrah]

Originally Posted by hwang4

Which version of Oodle should i use?

Oodle4, Oodle5, Oodle6 or Oodle7?

i didn't find oodle dll in game files but you can use this one, gives good ratio.

[darkwolves]

frosbite 3 streams

used xtool with lz4

Xlz4+srep+lolz

initial size 55 gb

repack size 25 gb

[Masquerade]

This game has lots of zlib streams, so I'm using XTool Zlib however it completely crashes my PC.

Please note I have XTool limited to 80% of my CPU threads (using the t80p switch). My CPU is 8 core, 16 thread Ryzen 7 2700.

Here't the versions I've tested:

XTool V12 x64 = Crashes my PC (only way to recover is press physical reset button)

XTool V12 x86 = ERROR: write error (disk full?) in compression algorithm xzlib

I also tried pZlib:

pZlib V3 x86 = ERROR: write error (disk full?) in compression algorithm pZlib

pZlib V3 x64 = ERROR: write error (disk full?) in compression algorithm pZlib64

Please note that I haven't overclocked my CPU or modified anything in a way that could have an adverse effect on CPU heavy tasks, as I had XTool and pZLib working in previous recent conversions.

I am going to try other versions of XTool.

Updated Edit: it appears XTool 2019 x64 is working for me without issues. 1,113,038,020 bytes of game data precompressed into 16,176,946,862 bytes - that's looking good!!

[dixen]

Originally Posted by Masquerade

This game has lots of zlib streams, so I'm using XTool Zlib however it completely crashes my PC.

XTool v 0.12 (x64) with с64mb - decompress without errors and stucks.
8 gb *.scs files > 43 gb > 12 gb after srep (a2 m5f) > 3.47 after lolz

[Masquerade]

Originally Posted by dixen

XTool v 0.12 (x64) with с64mb - decompress without errors and stucks.
8 gb *.scs files > 43 gb > 12 gb after srep (a2 m5f) > 3.47 after lolz

Should I always use XTool with a high chunk size (e.g. 128)?

[KaktoR]

t75p,c128m (xtool v0.12) works fine here too.

[Masquerade]

It's been a while since I posted a conversion, so here's one I quite enjoyed.

Total unpacked size: 5.5GB

Compression as follows:

• *.bik =
  

  bpk

• *.mp3 =
  

  packmp3

• Everything else:
  

  xtool:e:precomp:c128m,t80p:zlib+srep:m3f:l512+lolz:dt:dtb1:dtw1:dtm1:dto1:dtd1:mtt1:mt4:d64m:fba4096

Total packed size using above methods: 4GB

[traxgaming]

Originally Posted by doofoo24

srep:m5f:a2+zstd:ultra:22 14.4gb

Please say the Tools name. I didn't Understand Because i am a Beginner

[HunterEmrah]

anyone knows how to compress CoD MW2R? data files has a small amount of zlib and oodle Leviathan/Hydra. tried with xtool012:zlib+srep+lolz but result did not satisfy.