rootsrat Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 It's preferred to extract the BSAs, as loose files always overwrite the BSA, yes? MO has the option to unpack BSAs, however I'm not sure if I should unpack all the contents, or textures only, leaving everything else within repacked BSA? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 SSL Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 If you unpack everything, you are sure files are overwritten by their MO's priority, which seems more sane to manage, that the mess with BSA's being loaded with their .es[p,m] counterparts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 rootsrat Posted March 4, 2013 Author Share Posted March 4, 2013 Do I still need ESPs then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Farlo Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 Do I still need ESPs then?That depends on the mod. See our BSA Guide for instructions on how to tell whether an ESP is needed. I've found that ESPs <1KB are usually just there as BSA activators, but I wouldn't trust that 100%. If you come across any others that aren't in that list, please add them to it, thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 rootsrat Posted March 5, 2013 Author Share Posted March 5, 2013 Will do! One more q though: if the esp is there to activate BSA file, will it cause problems in case of that BSA file missing (because it's now extracted and removed)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Farlo Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 Nope, a missing BSA won't cause any problems. Skyrim will just resort to grabbing the required files from the Data folder. This allows us to customize the installation order (which textures, meshes, etc. get loaded) independently from the load order (which ESPs get priority). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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It's preferred to extract the BSAs, as loose files always overwrite the BSA, yes? MO has the option to unpack BSAs, however I'm not sure if I should unpack all the contents, or textures only, leaving everything else within repacked BSA?
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