DoubleYou Posted June 16, 2022 Share Posted June 16, 2022 Discussion topic: Cathedral Assets Optimizer by G_k Wiki Link This is a very useful tool that I'm sure everyone already knows about and have probably used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
z929669 Posted June 16, 2022 Share Posted June 16, 2022 I actually use SSE Nif Optimizer for NIFs. I recall not liking this one as much for some reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoubleYou Posted June 17, 2022 Author Share Posted June 17, 2022 I have never used the Nif stuff with this. Mostly used this for BSAs and perhaps DDS format conversion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TechAngel85 Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 I don't use this anymore either. I've used it for meshes in the past. At some point it started having issues and would fail or cause other things. I just stopped using it and do everything with other programs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eliian Posted June 18, 2022 Share Posted June 18, 2022 I've also have had issues when trying to convert meshes with this mod. I have not tried newer versions though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoubleYou Posted June 26, 2022 Author Share Posted June 26, 2022 I think I'm going to have to use this for the Fallout 4 guide. Through my research, I've found that this is the best mod for Fallout 4 ba2 archive extraction and repacking support that has a good GUI. For Fallout 4, you have a lot of mods that use the BA2 archives for textures because they're actually optimized to improve performance because the BA2 serves the mipmaps for textures differently, while also speeding up loading times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 If you want to pick and choose assets from various overhaul mods, this is the only sane way to do it that I'm aware of. I know we are accustomed to have lots of loose assets with Skyrim, but the general consensus among the experts is that Fallout 4 load time is very slow with loose assets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TechAngel85 Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 I've heard much of the same about archives and FO4. I still use BAE for all my extractions, but I'm not re-archiving files either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mousetick Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 I've been using BSArch (by Zilav, Sheson and ElminsterAU) to unpack/repack entire Skyrim BSAs, and BAE for extracting specific files from archives. BSArch is a command-line tool, so no GUI. It's supposed to support FO4's BA2 format with streamed DDS. There is BSArch BSA BA2 Batch Extractor and Packer for MO2 (by DullCandle29) that provides Windows batch scripts and integration with MO2. I haven't used it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Posted June 28, 2022 Share Posted June 28, 2022 I have used CAO for a couple of mods and it's actually relatively easy. I just ran CAO, pointed it to the mod folder (e.g. ModOrganizer\mods\Custom Textures) and it created a dummy Custom Textures.esp plugin and Custom Textures.bA2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
z929669 Posted June 28, 2022 Share Posted June 28, 2022 It's probably a good application, but I never had need for it, favoring the control afforded by SSE NIF Optimizer, which has more options for NIF and is simpler to use, IMO. For versatility, I'm sure CAO is better ... but what Mouse linked may be good alternatives, IDK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoubleYou Posted June 28, 2022 Author Share Posted June 28, 2022 Reference the instructions for usage on the dev Fallout 4 guide, and you'll see how there really isn't another tool that can do this more simply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercury71 Posted October 6 Share Posted October 6 On 6/17/2022 at 1:17 AM, z929669 said: I actually use SSE Nif Optimizer for NIFs. I recall not liking this one as much for some reason. NIF Optimezer updated... Version 3.2.1 Added an icon to the application Remove "Packed Tangent" shader flag when saving headparts for LE Fixes for texture path cleanup with whitespace and newline characters Fixed reading strings in NIF files that are longer than 2048 characters Fixed loading NiSkinData without vertex weights but with Num Vertices > 0 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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