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Lack of compression in repacking process (and misc. issues causing game crash)

Open TROguz opened this issue 1 year ago • 5 comments

(PC) Hi. Tool doesn't work on Other.pak archive. I didn't change anything. Just repack on tool and game crashed. Edited archive size huge. So game crashed. Tool support compress to pak archives? 1 2

TROguz avatar Feb 08 '24 11:02 TROguz

The bigger size is caused by lack of compression algorithms being implemented in Repacker - it dumps raw texture data into the asset files, which is not space efficient. It's something that I wish to change in the future.

As for the crashing issue, I'm heavily doubting it's related to the large package size. If I remember correctly, the most recently released version of Repacker doesn't convert all of the original assets properly. It has been fixed since then (most notably, in b58a88a and 3f6b7fb), but I haven't released a new version yet. I might do it before the end of this week.

I'm leaving this issue open because proper asset compression is something that should be on my radar.

Krzyhau avatar Feb 08 '24 12:02 Krzyhau

Hi again. I've tested new version and tool working but i have a problem. The texts are interwoven. FEZ Screenshot 2024 02 17 - 15 21 50 61

TROguz avatar Feb 17 '24 12:02 TROguz

I've tested Essentials.pak archive. I have Steam version. Essentials.pak: https://pixeldrain.com/u/DAhoV85L

TROguz avatar Feb 17 '24 12:02 TROguz

When could you release the new version?

TROguz avatar Feb 17 '24 21:02 TROguz

I wanted to fix a couple of other issues before releasing a new version. If I fail to do so, I might just do it tomorrow. Also, I'm encouraging to join the FEZ: Community Projects Discord server for non-issue related conversations about FEZ modding.

Krzyhau avatar Feb 17 '24 22:02 Krzyhau