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

[KaktoR]

Someone knows a good compressor for gif images? If possible.

[L33THAK0R]

Originally Posted by Masquerade

Try using old xtool

Yeah ended up going with xtool 2019.

Also use stdio instead of using $$arc$$s, it's faster

I'm still a massive newbie so got no clue what stdio is, I'll have to research this

Also, srep+lolz+bpk makes bpk useless since any bink data will be put through srep and lolz.

I'm fully aware, the actual order of compressors for that preset is bpk + srep + lolz, but as its my own script I haven't seen the need to change that (I have ~40 copies of it on my system, spread across multiple drives to limit the impact of storage I/O limitations, making it a pain to update all of em since at least 7 instances are running at any given time). Now that I think about it I used to use a mask for the bpk compressor (srep+lolz/$BINK=bpk) until a few months back when I encountered bink video files under different extension names & within archives, and stopped using it as a mask (couldn't be bothered constantly updating the mask), which probably explains the label of the preset.

[BKR-TN]

Originally Posted by KaktoR

Someone knows a good compressor for gif images? If possible.

You maybe want to take a look at this:
flexiGIF - Lossless GIF/LZW optimization

Keep in mind that flexiGIF's compression is very (!) slow, magnitudes slower than a standard GIF encoder.

[KaktoR]

Originally Posted by BKR-TN

You maybe want to take a look at this:
flexiGIF - Lossless GIF/LZW optimization

Very slow won't describe on how slow it actually is, not at all. Holy sh...

[Masquerade]

Originally Posted by KaktoR

Very slow won't describe on how slow it actually is, not at all. Holy sh...

Precomp supports gifs, run precomp+srep+your choiceof compress

[Masquerade]

Originally Posted by L33THAK0R

I'm still a massive newbie so got no clue what stdio is, I'll have to research this

Instead of $$arcdatafile$$.tmp $$arcpackedfile$$.tmp,you use - - <stdin> <stdout>

Example for old xtool:

packcmd = xtool e:precomp:t100p,c128m:zlib - - <stdin> <stdout>

[L33THAK0R]

Originally Posted by Masquerade

Instead of $$arcdatafile$$.tmp $$arcpackedfile$$.tmp,you use - - <stdin> <stdout>

Example for old xtool:

packcmd = xtool e:precomp:t100p,c128m:zlib - - <stdin> <stdout>

Ah alright, I didn't think there was an actual performance difference between the two, I'll run some tests to see what the difference is!

[panker1992]

packcmd = xtool erecomp:t100p,c128m:zlib - <stdin> $$arcpackedfile$$.tmp

according to my endless debug with Zee this one is the best way to avoid some problems

the file will have to be copied only once before srep actually takes it in. but its best in terms of debuggery

[:( Sad8669]

Method : srep:m3f:l512+lolz:dtb1:d128:mtt0:mt4:mc1023
Compression Time : 11 Minutes 4 Seconds.
Decompression Time : 6 Seconds.
Initial Size : 716.68 MB
Final Size : 109.81 MB

[Masquerade]

Start size: 47.7GB

xzlib+srep+lolz

Soundtrack: mpz

Compressed size: 29.2GB

Takes around ~15 hours.

x86 ripped.

[KaktoR]

Originally Posted by Masquerade

Start size: 47.7GB

xzlib+srep+lolz

Soundtrack: mpz

Compressed size: 29.2GB

Takes around ~15 hours.

xzlib+srep+4x4:lzma
30.4 GB

Takes around ~2 hours

PS: Ripped x86 stuff (Data_LE, Game_LE)

[Masquerade]

Originally Posted by KaktoR

Takes around ~2 hours

+13 hours for -1.2GB

[:( Sad8669]

The pain.....

Although, two methods are appreciated in the INDEX :P.

[KaktoR]

Originally Posted by Masquerade

+13 hours for -1.2GB

Not a good time/output ratio if you ask me But I'm not a repacker who share his stuff

Therefore, for me 4x4:lzma is the best in time/output ratio in most cases. I just use lolz for testing stuff anyway.

[:( Sad8669]

Is there a way to compress .awb audio files?

1:1 CRC Perfect.