[Guide] How to compress client size.

[鳳凰城]

Hello

Today, I though in sharing the method which compresses the client size by good value.

Guide benefits:

• Small client size.
• Easy to upload.
• Won't be a problem for your players if they were from Egypt 'since they're almost with 512~1mb internet connection'

Guide purpose :

I see too many servers with 2~3gb client size, and I don't know why dafuq it's with that huge size .

Guide sideeffects :

• Your teleport screen will be ugly / removed
• There will be no music/sound for such effects OR background music.
• The icon quality will be ugly

Tools :

Protection:

• VMProtection
• Themida
• Any tool you know

Converters:

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Compression:

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Extra tools:

• DDS tool for Photoshop /
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All in one.rar

1. Description:

VMProtection/Themida/Etc.: They're professionally-developed tools by its owners to lock/pack the chosen exe itself. but, It decreases the size too.

OGG to MP3: Because the client's music is in OGG format, We will convert it to MP3 to be able to compress it then, change it to OGG later.

DDJ <-> DDS: Because the client's images is in DDJ format, We've to convert it to DDS if we'll use DDS plugin for Adobe Photoshop CS3+.

2. Apply:

1- Protection:

(Used program in the tutorial: Themida cracked)

Drag the program in themida window
Customize the settings like the picture:

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Hit Protect
Finish message:

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Result:

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Same for other program I guess, You don't need to specific highly protection from debugging / etc. Its just only to decrease the SRO_Client size and the rest of exes. you can skip it if you want to.

Converters:

Music:-

Step1:
Extract your Music.pk2

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Open your OGG to MP3 Converter, Select all your extracted result from your music.pk2

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Hit convert

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Wait a couple of minutes.
Result

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Step2: Compressing mp3 size:-
Open - add your mp3 converted files in this program
Change the settings to the following one:

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Hit R
Wait couple of minutes
Result:

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Step3: Converting to OGG and reimport:-
Move to the 2nd tab:
Add your compressed MP3
Convert
Wait couple of minutes
After being done, Import em by Pk2Editor

Image: (2 Methods)

#1:
Extract all of interface's folder (Media.pk2)
Convert em to DDS using DDJ DDS Converter
Make sure you've installed the DDS plugin for Adobe Photoshop CS3+
Load em in your Photoshop
Remove/Decrease it's content/quality
Save as DDS
Convert as DDJ
Import
Done!
#2:
Extract all of interface's folder (Media.pk2)
Open DDJ Viewer
Load batch converter
Select your extracted folder
Hit convert
Load image compressor
Select all your converted images
Change the settings to the following one

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Hit convert
Wait couple of minutes
After being done, Reconvert to DDS by DDJ Viewer
Convert to DDJ by DDS DDJ Converter
Import em again by Pk2Editor to Media.pk2/interface/xx
Done!

Finalizing the compression:

One easiest step of all:- Use 7zip to compress your client in .7z format.

Any problems that facing you using my tutorial, Feel free to pm me about.
I will create a video-tutorial soon. I don't have the free-time to create it at the moment.
Within 2~5 days, I will add a new guide in the thread about Data.pk2 compression "Long and useful, Maybe decreases 500mb+"

Result of using the tutorial: 1~1.2GB Client size.

Thanks, Feel free to post any error/question you want to do.

By the way, since when {the release section's create thread operation}'s {check button if it was release/guide or not} was removed?

[eminem5]

right click add to rar upload it

[鳳凰城]

Download links will be ready within 10 minutes. I'm facing troubles with my router.

[perrytje]

Skip all steps and use 7zip: 1.1 gigs for all client files + nothing is ****** up.

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[鳳凰城]

Originally Posted by perrytje

Skip all steps and use 7zip: 1.1 gigs for all client files + nothing is ****** up.

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Indeed, no. It will be 1.9GB for d14++ client (Since the mesh will be bigger in its size)

Download links are done in the thread.

[Nezekan]

use upx to pack executables

leave resources alone because it will **** your client up

use 7zip to transfer client


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profit

[Schickl]

I can get the current isro client to 1.26GB.
Takes just 4 minutes and there's no loss in quality
With D14 there might be 100MB more, but that's still 1.36GB with everything there

[.Erikr]

Originally Posted by Phoenix 1337

Indeed, no. It will be 1.9GB for d14++ client (Since the mesh will be bigger in its size)

Download links are done in the thread.

I'm not sure you know when to use 'indeed'.

[鳳凰城]

Originally Posted by .Erikr

I'm not sure you know when to use 'indeed'.

However, Your post was ignored but, I felt it was something from your almighty troll *****. and I'm quiet sure you don't know what does post means.
Yeah, go ahead and create war in the thread. Then the whole posts get deleted and everything goes back to where it was. GZ

Originally Posted by Schickl

I can get the current isro client to 1.26GB.
Takes just 4 minutes and there's no loss in quality
With D14 there might be 100MB more, but that's still 1.36GB with everything there

I'm talking about the clients with d14/baghdad/shitload of duplicated bsr/images/etc. Even I fault in the same mistake in evolution client. some tools like decryption / DDS DDJ / etc. were in the client which increases the client size a lil bit. Anyway, still good idea.

[Snow*]

I'm pretty sure you know that's the wrong section. You don't like to wait until a mod approve your thread?

[鳳凰城]

Originally Posted by SnowStorm1

I'm pretty sure you know that's the wrong section. You don't like to wait until a mod approve your thread?

Thats why there was no check box. I though it was the release section. My apologize!
Read the end of the topic, you'll understand.
Any moderator if you don't mind, move it please.

[PortalDark]

#moved to correct section

Originally Posted by perrytje

Skip all steps and use 7zip: 1.1 gigs for all client files + nothing is ****** up.

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KGB Archiver - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
i have used it, nothing got ****** up but it takes ALOT of time to pack

1gb=>10-15mb

[鳳凰城]

Originally Posted by PortalDark

#moved to correct section


KGB Archiver - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
i have used it, nothing got ****** up but it takes ALOT of time to pack

1gb=>10-15mb

I used it @ GTA IV. It went to 10kb. after extraction, it went fvl retarded. 30GB of corrupted files. this compression method still fail.

[.Erikr]

Originally Posted by iDarky

Im sure he's nubcandy trolling

and yo, you didnt reply to my post ;o

Probably because your point wasn't even correct. You do put a comma before but, and you also put a space after each punctuation mark, obviously not on paper, but online you do.

As for this guy's being nubcandy I guess it's possible, but nonetheless I couldn't care - this insult was so ******* next level I just had to, yo!

[鳳凰城]

My thread is a war-spot.