Reduce Filesize of these models, Please

[Footman16]

I need someone to reduce the filesize of the following models as far as possible without too much of a loss to quality, I would greatly appreciate this as it's for my Map Project http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/map-development-202/eastern-kingdoms-war-south-266214/

The models are as follows:
http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/...10/?prev=search=Dwarven%20Paladin&d=list&r=20
http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/...rev=search=Dwarven%20battlepriest&d=list&r=20
http://www.wc3c.net/showthread.php?t=103961
http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/...03/?prev=search=Mounted%20Captain&d=list&r=20
http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/models-530/rifleman-49632/?prev=search=Slayer&d=list&r=20
http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/...92512/?prev=search=Tauren%20Range&d=list&r=20

EDIT: I'm not aware that I need permission from the author's for this kind of request but if I am, then I shall immediately seek it to prevent any misunderstanding.

 

[Tickles]

The tauren couldn't be compressed any further, but portions of the other models could. The Slayer texture was reduced a bit and could be even smaller, but then you'd start to lose some quality. Overall it's somewhere between 200-300kb saved.

 

[Footman16]

Thanks so much man, this will help me immensely.

Some like the Mounted Royal Captain, Dwarven Paladin and the two Elven Rangers don't seem to have been reduced either or is that just a mistake on my computer reading them?

 

[Flux]

The tauren couldn't be compressed any further, but portions of the other models could. The Slayer texture was reduced a bit and could be even smaller, but then you'd start to lose some quality. Overall it's somewhere between 200-300kb saved.

Did you reduce the polycount or used software such as Mdlvis to optimize them?

 

[xyzier_24]

Have you tried using MDX Squisher? It doesn't reduce the file size, but reduces the model size when imported in a map.

 

[Footman16]

Have you tried using MDX Squisher? It doesn't reduce the file size, but reduces the model size when imported in a map.

Does that work on Mac?

 

[xyzier_24]

Does that work on Mac?

Give it a try bro

 

[Footman16]

Give it a try bro

How do you download it?

 

[Eagle XI]

http://www.wc3c.net/showthread.php?p=800246

and/or

http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/tools-560/mdx-m3-optimizer-243674/

 

[Footman16]

http://www.wc3c.net/showthread.php?p=800246

and/or

http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/tools-560/mdx-m3-optimizer-243674/

It's not working.

 

[PurgeandFire]

It works. It doesn't necessarily reduce the file size on the computer, but it optimizes for the zlib compression algorithm that MPQ files use. So you'll only notice the difference once you actually import it in the map. You can also zip the file to get a rough approximate of what the resulting file would be when stored in the MPQ (since they use similar algorithms).

But if you really want to see the results, you'll have to do a comparison of your map's file size with the unsquished models and one version with the squished models. Unless Tickles already squished them, you should see a noticeable file size difference.

GhostWolf's optimizer can also change hermite/bezier keyframes to become linear. But you have to enable that flag (so instead of dragging and dropping your model, you'll have to go to terminal/cmd and execute it manually).

 

[Footman16]

Nah, I mean it actually doesn't work as in, I double click it but it just opens my unzipper and asks me to extract files, it doesn't allow me to compress any files, it doesn't actually open the compresser.