Guide:Wrye Bash: Difference between revisions
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BCFs (BAIN Conversion Files) are very useful compressed instruction scripts that tell BAIN how to create BAIN-ready installers from BAIN-incompatible packages. Given that both source file(s) and converted BAIN version(s) exist, it is quite simple to create a BCF to make the task fast and easy for other downstream users. | BCFs (BAIN Conversion Files) are very useful compressed instruction scripts that tell BAIN how to create BAIN-ready installers from BAIN-incompatible packages. Given that both source file(s) and converted BAIN version(s) exist, it is quite simple to create a BCF to make the task fast and easy for other downstream users. | ||
{{Notice Small|A BCF requires the exact same input file that was used to generate the BCF itself in order to be used again to repeat the process. Therefore, it is mostly useful to mod creators or just plain considerate people ;)}} | {{Notice Small|A BCF requires the exact same input file that was used to generate the BCF itself in order to be used again to repeat the process. Therefore, it is mostly useful to mod creators or just plain considerate people ;)}} | ||
[[File:Figure9_BCF1.jpg|thumb|right|450px|'''Figure 9:''' Selecting source files for creating a BCF.]] | |||
{{Sidebox|left|width=500|Applying a BCF| | {{Sidebox|left|width=500|Applying a BCF| | ||
# Drop the mod into ''Bash Installers\'' and the BCF.7z into ''Bash Installers\Bain Converters\'' | # Drop the mod into ''Bash Installers\'' and the BCF.7z into ''Bash Installers\Bain Converters\'' | ||
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* In BAIN, select the file or files that were used as the source(s) of the resulting BAIN file, and right click to bring up the context menu (see '''Figure 9'''). Select '''[Conversions]''' > '''[Create]'''. | * In BAIN, select the file or files that were used as the source(s) of the resulting BAIN file, and right click to bring up the context menu (see '''Figure 9'''). Select '''[Conversions]''' > '''[Create]'''. | ||
* Select the resulting BAIN package when prompted. Using the SRO example described previously ... | * Select the resulting BAIN package when prompted. Using the SRO example described previously ... |
Revision as of 02:30, February 22, 2013
A simplified guide to using Wrye Bash to maintain a modded S.T.E.P. setup -- by z929669 & S.T.E.P. Team
- Updated: 2:30:15 22 February 2013 (UTC)