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| This guide will illustrate in detail how to set up STEP mods by focusing only on the initial texture mods. The same process may be used to set up all subsequent mods. | | This guide will illustrate in detail how to set up STEP mods by focusing only on the initial texture mods. The same process may be used to set up all subsequent mods. |
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| = Using Bash = | | = Mod Management = |
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| === Set the Installation Order === | | == Using the WB Mods Tab == |
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| Because installation order is critical to get the results expected in game, the packages must be ordered properly according to install order such that the desired assets overwrite their conflicting assets. This is done by sorting BAIN installers by the '''[Order]''' field. BAIN will handle every aspect of the hierarchy according to the preset install order, regardless of what packages are installed, saving the user a huge management headache and allowing the user to easily install/uninstall alternate conflicting assets.
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| [[File:Figure12_MoveTo2.jpg|thumb|right|425px|<span style="font-size:110%">'''Figure 12:''' Adjusting installation order of single mods or mod groups.</span>]]
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| #Click on the '''[Packages]''' column header to sort by package name. This will organize the mods according to the STEP Guide recommendations.
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| #Select group '1' packages, right click, and select '''[Move To]'''. Then enter '0' if it is not already entered and select '''[OK]''' (see '''Figure 12'''). The package list will not change, since BAIN is still set to order by package NAME; however, the order numbers will change.
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| #Select the group '2' packages, and repeat the previous step, but this time, enter into the '''[Move To]''' dialogue the number equal to 1 + the highest group '1' '''[Order]''' number. Repeat this process for all 6 groups.
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| #Left click on the '''[Order]''' header to sort by package order. The new sort should cause a slight change in the package list order, but only within groups. Check to be certain that packages are now both ordered by increasing '''[Order]''' number as well as that the package name groups are also in order. If they are not, simply right click on the misbehaving package, and '''[Move To]''' a position within its respective group within that group's '''[Order]''' range.
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| #Once the installation order has been correctly set, the package list--when sorted on the [Order] column--should resemble '''Figure 13'''.
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| [[File:Figure13_MoveTo3.jpg|thumb|left|425px|<span style="font-size:110%">'''Figure 13:''' Final STEP Textures/Graphics load order.</span>]]
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| === Install the Packages === | |
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| At this point, the mod packages are ready to install. Begin by confirming that no unexpected or undesireable conflicts exist. Before doing this, it will be useful to 'hide' the original installers that were previously converted to BAIN format. Doing so prevents these packages from being included in the conflicts viewer.
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| *Select all of the obsolete packages, which should now be listed at the very end of the BAIN package list after the "==Last==" marker.
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| *Right click on one of the selected packages and select '''[Hide]''' from the context menu (confirm when prompted; see '''Figure 14''').
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| [[File:Figure14_Hide.jpg|thumb|right|450px|<span style="font-size:110%">'''Figure 14:''' Hiding installers.</span>]]
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| *Select “4-(CORE!-FPS)Tobes Highres Textures_1_2_1024_BAIN.7z” installer, and examine the package details in the upper right frame of the BAIN window.
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| **The '''[General]''' tab gives an overview of the files recognized in the package as well as some useful statistics.
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| **The '''[Matched]''' tab should be empty, and will only list files with paths if there is a currently-installed file in the Data directory identical to any of the files that BAIN recognizes in the selected package.
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| **The '''[Missing]''' tab should list all files in the package, since it is the exact reciprocal of the [Matched] tab.
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| **The '''[Conflicts]''' tab is of special interest, because it will reveal actual conflicts OR potential conflicts according to a setting in BAIN’s main context menu. If '''[Show Inactive Conflicts]''' is unchecked, the '''[Conflicts]''' tab should be empty, so ensure that this setting is ticked to reveal potential conflicts ('''Figure 15'''), as no packages have been installed to this point.
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| [[File:Figure15_ShowConflicts.jpg|thumb|left|250px|<span style="font-size:110%">'''Figure 15:''' Show inactive conflicts</span>]]
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| :*According to TheCompiler, "Tobes Highres Textures" overwrites "HD Misc", "Skyrim HD" and "High Quality Food and Ingredients", so check to be certain that this is the case. Files and package '''[Order]''' numbers that will be overwritten will be listed first under the "=Lower===" heading, and those that will overwrite the currently-selected mod will be listed under the "=Higher===" heading ('''Figure 16'''). Verify the accuracy of TheCompiler’s claims.
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| [[File:Figure16_Conflicts.jpg|thumb|right|300px|<span style="font-size:110%">'''Figure 16:''' View conflicts</span>]]
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| **'''[Underridden]''' and '''[Dirty]''' tabs list misbehaving and problematic files, respectively and should always be empty.
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| **The '''[Skipped]''' tab lists any files/folders that are not recognized by BAIN as "install-able". Often, this can be rectified by ticking '''[Has Extra Directories]''' in BAIN's main context menu. If not, the file will need to be restructured within the installer if it should be installed.
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| **Check to be certain that any packages that have a white box preceding the package name have sub-packages selected as indicated in the middle frame on the right side of BAIN. Likewise, be certain that all necessary ESP/M Filters are also selected.
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| **Once all packages have been verified and all necessary or optional adjustments made to the instllers, ALL packages may be selected at once and installed by right clicking one of the selected packages and clicking on '''[Install]'''. This can also by done for each individual package and in any order, since the hierarchy has already been defined. Depending on computer hardware, this process could take only a minute or more than 10 minutes.
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| **Uninstallation is done in the same manner as installation, and all of the same rules apply.
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| **Once installed, the boxes preceding package names will be either yellow or green, and each will have a '+' symbol, which indicates that the package is installed. Yellow means that the package has some filed installed, but others have been overridden by higher-order packages. Green means that all files of the package are installed without any overrides ('''Figure 17''').
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| [[File:Figure17_BAINInstalled.jpg|thumb|right|300px|<span style="font-size:110%">'''Figure 17:''' Installed mods & Overwrites</span>]]
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| Infrequently, packages that are highlighted in yellow or orange have not been installed according to the defined heirarchy. This can easily be corrected by right clicking on the package and selecting '''[Install Missing]'''. Afterwards, right click the package again and click '''[Anneal]''' or '''[Anneal All]''' to tell BAIN to consider all packages in the install list. The '''[Anneal]''' function simply tells BAIN to refresh its assessment of the defined install hierarchy and reapply those rules to correct any unintended conflicts. It never hurts to use this function frequently, and '''[Auto Anneal]''' should always be ticked in BAIN’s main context menu to honor the install hierarchy.
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| Again, use the approach described thus far for setting up BAIN installers and installing the rest of STEP.
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| == Setting the load order of the plugins == | | == Setting the load order of the plugins == |