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

[KaktoR]

Originally Posted by Masquerade

I'll look into PMT, will it have a major effect on conversion size?

No, at least not for razor.

MPZ is minimal -> https://fileforums.com/showpost.php?...5&postcount=56

[shazzla]

@KaktoR :

Not exactly....
With a really large dataset (maybe Quantum Break? I dont remember) ,the difference was soooo big :
PMT + RZ d128m / RZ d1023m.... 10 gigs or somethink like that...
So i stick with single thread !

[JustFun]

Neighbors From Hell 1

Game Size: 122 MB

Compressed Game Size: 68.4 MB

Version: v1.0

Ripped: Nothing

Methods:

msc+srep on Data\(sfxdata.bnd and sfxdatahigh.bnd)

pzlib+srep+lolz on everything else

arc.ini attached

[KaktoR]

Originally Posted by shazzla

@KaktoR :

Not exactly....
With a really large dataset (maybe Quantum Break? I dont remember) ,the difference was soooo big :
PMT + RZ d128m / RZ d1023m.... 10 gigs or somethink like that...
So i stick with single thread !

Are you sure?

I will test soon.

[JustFun]

Neighbors From Hell 2

Game Size: 240 MB

Compressed Game Size: 132 MB

Version: v1.01

Ripped: Nothing

Methods:

msc+srep on Data\(sfxdata.bnd and sfxdatahigh.bnd)

pzlib+srep+lolz on everything else

arc.ini attached

[turpro]

Half-Life 2 3in1(HL2&EP1&EP2)

Ripped: Nothing
Original Size:   8,05 GB
Compressed Size: 2,85 GB

Method:          msc:wav=1:raw=1:mp3=1:tak=9+srep:m5f:a2+lolz:d64m:mtt1:mt4:mc1023
                                                  
Compress Time:   ~50 minutes
Install Time:    3 minutes

CRC Checked:     Yes

Half-Life 2 Lost Coast

Ripped: Nothing
Original Size:   2,78 GB
Compressed Size: 1,01 GB

Method:          msc:wav=1:raw=1:mp3=1:tak=9+srep:m5f:a2+lolz:d64m:mtt1:mt4:mc1023
                                                  
Compress Time:   ~30 minutes
Install Time:    2 minutes

CRC Checked:     Yes

Half-Life WON
includes: Counter-Strike 1.5, Deathmatch Classic, Ricochet, Team Fortress Classic

Ripped: Nothing
Original Size:   781 MB
Compressed Size: 256 MB

Method:          srep:m5f:a1+lolz:d96m:mtt1:mt8:mc2
                                                  
Compress Time:   15 minutes
Install Time:    2 minutes

CRC Checked:     Yes

[st0rm]

Game Version : 1.0

Ripped - Re-encoded Files : Nothing (Multi-5)

Original Size : 751 MB

Compressed Size : 231 MB

Install Time : 5 Mins (Depends your system)

Method : uelr:uv+srep:m3f+lzma

[shazzla]

@KaktoR :

What i wrote before : XCom2 - WOTC ,*.upk+*.tfc. Preprocessed and repacked using RZ.

RZ 1023m single thread : 95.4 GB/12.7 GB
RZ PMT 4 threads/128m : 95.4 GB/26.5 GB

IMHO its because dedup/chunking.

[KaktoR]

Thanks.

How long took it to compress without PMT?

[shazzla]

Compression speed depends on the data of course. I dont know. Maybe 1.5 day on an I5-6600.

[doofoo24]

Originally Posted by shazzla

Compression speed depends on the data of course...

you mean precompressor
Compression speed depends of course on algorithm (lzma2-zstd...) and hardware (cpu threads-ram speed-ssd)

[shazzla]

No. I mean compression speed. In my experiences LOLZ pack many same bytes much faster than different bytes.

[Titeuf]

Good morning all,
For the drug dealer simulator game, what compression method can you advise me, please?
Thank you in advance,
cordially

[Masquerade]

Originally Posted by Titeuf

Good morning all,
For the drug dealer simulator game, what compression method can you advise me, please?
Thank you in advance,
cordially

It's built in unreal engine, so for the Pak file use xtool with zlib codec+srep+lolz then for everything else use srep+lolz.

So:

*.pak =

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

Everything else:

srep:m3f:l512+lolz:dt:dtb1:dtw1:dtm1:dto1:dtd1:mtt1:mt4:d64m:fba4096

Enjoy the conversion!

[Masquerade]

Total unpacked size: 814mb

Compression as follows:

srep:m3f:l512+lolz:dt:dtb1:dtw1:dtm1:dto1:dtd1:mtt1:mt4:d64m:fba4096

Total packed size using above methods: 65mb