Do I need to keep the billboards OUTSIDE a BSA file?

[lupus_hegemonia]

Hi there.

I'm about to release a new version of my "FORESTS OF DIBELLA", probably the final version of this notorious mod. This time I think I'll pack the mod into BSA and I'll have a "fake" plugin ("flagged" as ESL) to support the BSA file. I'm wondering about the billboards for my trees. Should these files to be outside the BSA (as loose files, as they were all along) or to include them too into the BSA?

Regards for any help.

[sheson]

There is no requirement for billboards dds/txt to be loose.

[lupus_hegemonia]

Thxs for the reply.

So, the dds/txt files of the billboards can be inside the BSA file, right?

[sheson]

Yes. xEdit/xLODGen/DynDOLOD/LODGen support BSA files since a very long time.

[lupus_hegemonia]

[lupus_hegemonia]

Something else, please.
Do I need to have created NORMAL MAPS to those .dds diffuse trees files? (For the billboards I mean).

[sheson]

Standard tree LOD of Skyrim only uses a diffuse texture atlas, so normal map textures are not required.

 

TexGen 3.0 creates billboards automatically for DynDOLOD 3.0 - with optional normal map textures for ultra tree LOD if so desired by the user.

Edited January 29, 2021 by sheson

[lupus_hegemonia]

Ok, thxs.