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Re:Faster LZ is not the answer to 150-250 GB video game down... by ntauthority on Saturday April 22, 2023 @03:22AM (#35664166)
Titanfall did work this way on the EA launcher. There was a tool that it'd run on first launch to decompress the compressed audio files.
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Re:Faster LZ is not the answer to 150-250 GB video game down... by Dylan16807 on Saturday April 22, 2023 @04:15AM (#35664413)
But why.

Even when you do want lossless assets, as long as you compress in reasonable chunks there is no downside.

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