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

[L33THAK0R]

Been digging through the files myself, zstd+deflate streams

[IRAQIGHOST]

s.t.a.l.k.e.r. 2: heart of chornobyl

best method?

[KaktoR]

Send sample man. Everytime the same.

Edit: This is again a shit UE5 game. Try the usual things.

[Toximan69]

Originally Posted by KaktoR

Send sample man. Everytime the same.

Edit: This is again a shit UE5 game. Try the usual things.

sample from Stalker 2
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AZe...usp=drive_link

[dixen]

Originally Posted by IRAQIGHOST

s.t.a.l.k.e.r. 2: heart of chornobyl

best method?

mue5:k0x33A604DF49A07FFD4A4C919962161F5C35A134D37EFA98DB37A34F6450D7D386:n128+kraken:l8+mermaid -lm -d3

NOTE. Decompression is very slow
oo2core_9_win64.dll 2.9.6 or 2.9.9

[KaktoR]

Do not use 2.9.6.

2.9.5 is the correct one.

[Danziel123]

Originally Posted by KaktoR

Do not use 2.9.6.

2.9.5 is the correct one.

Sorry to join the discussion, so what should i write in dsg to compress stalker 2?

[dyren]

Originally Posted by Danziel123

Sorry to join the discussion, so what should i write in dsg to compress stalker 2?

 xtool:c32mb:d1:mue5,k0x33A604DF49A07FFD4A4C919962161F5C35A134D37EFA98DB37A34F6450D7D386:mkraken:core_2.9.5+srep_new:393b+lolz

for *.pak files

[KaktoR]

Alan Wake 2
v1.2.4, nothing ripped

 20:16:46 - Selected ARC/DS method for Data1a-01.bin was: xtool:maw2:dd3:l10,d128mb
 20:16:46 - Selected ARC/DS method for Data1b-01.bin was: xtool:dd3:l10,d128mb
 20:16:46 - Selected ARC/DS method for Data1c-01.bin was: xtool:lm:c1500mb:mbik:mbk2:df20p
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 01:36:40 - Overall input size: 146.06 GB
 01:36:40 - Overall output size: 82.67 GB (Ratio 56.60%)
 01:36:40 - Overall conversion time: 05:19:53

Bink2 videos were ripped out of game files first and then compressed afterwards for reasons, hence the input size. Original size is 111GB.