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		RajT88 on April 21, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Faster LZ is not the answer to 150-250 GB video ga... The .kkreiger devs really showed how far you can go to reduce download size: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.kkrieger https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ya_MUKc343U It is dated, but looks pretty good by 2004 standards.

spatulon on April 22, 2023 | [–]

Note that one of the .kkreiger devs (ryg aka Fabian Giesen) works at Epic Game Tools on the Oodle compressors mentioned in OP's post.

thequux on April 21, 2023 | [–]

While I'm all for reducing download sizes, perhaps lekktor[1] is a bridge too far.

[1]: https://fgiesen.wordpress.com/2012/04/08/metaprogramming-for...

Dylan16807 on April 22, 2023 | [–]

Sure. Focus on the procedural textures and see where that gets you.

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