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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: The E on November 17, 2017, 03:56:12 am
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Have I got a tool for you! (https://github.com/ImminentFate/CompactGUI)
Okay, so what does this do? Well, Windows has, for a long time, had builtin transparent compression (i.e. the files are compressed on disk and are decompressed by the OS as they are accessed). In Windows 10, MS added a few more compression options that are easier to decompress on a multithreaded system; unfortunately, the only way to access these is via compress.exe, a widely unknown utility buried in the depths of System32.
But now, there's the utility linked above, which provides a clean, easy-to-use UI for compress.exe. Just point it at a folder and let it do it's thing; space savings are variable based on content, but are generally equivalent to zip. Using it, I reduced the size of my FS2 install from 129GB to 76GB.
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This is a cool thing.
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What kind of impact does it have on e.g. load times?
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I have only tested it on FSO. There is a noticeable increase in load times, especially on initial startup when stuff is being unpacked for the first time. After that, load times are still higher but not terribly so.
This is incredibly unscientific, I know.
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With a slow harddrive, I actually see a decrease in load times (because there's less data to be read from the harddrive).
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With a slow harddrive, I actually see a decrease in load times (because there's less data to be read from the harddrive).
5400RPM?
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5400RPM?
Probably; it's been long enough that I can't recall the exact specifications, but it's almost certainly less than 7200 RPM.
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Using it, I reduced the size of my FS2 install from 129GB to 76GB.
Bloody hell...