Editing BSA Unpacker Tutorial

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==A quick tutorial on how to unpack the Oblivion BSA's==

'''Warning:''' The new files from the extracted archives will use 3.2 gb of your harddisk.

[[Image:BSA_Tut_1.jpg|right|thumb| Figure 1: The BSA folder]]

*Download Ghostwheels program "TES4BSA" [http://www.morrowind-oblivion.com/oblivion/tools.php here]<br>Then make a folder in the C:\ drive. I will call mine "BSA".

*Then extract the contents of the TES4BSA zip archive, the file you just downloaded, into the "BSA" folder which you have just created.<br>''Note: In WindowsXP extracting can be done by copying and pasting the contents of the archive.''

*Also copy the BSA files from your Oblivion\data files: "Oblivion - Meshes.bsa", "Oblivion - Textures - Compressed.bsa" and "Oblivion - Misc.bsa", to the new folder, "BSA".

Your folder should look like Fig. 1.


Now, when everything is extracted, do the following:
*Open a Command Line window: In Windows Start menu, select Run.  Type "Cmd" (no quotes), and press enter.
*Then write "cd C:\" (no quotes), and press enter.
*Then type "cd BSA" (no quotes), and press enter.<br>This will make the BSA folder our current directory (Fig. 2). 
[[Image:BSA_Tut_2.jpg|none|thumb| Figure 2: The BSA directory]]

*Now write:<br>tes4bsa unpack "Oblivion - Meshes.bsa" and press enter, this will unpack the meshes (Fig.3).
*And likewise for the other archives:
**tes4bsa unpack "Oblivion - Textures - compressed.bsa" and press enter, this will unpack the textures (Fig. 4).
**tes4bsa unpack "Oblivion - Misc.bsa" and press enter, this will unpack the misc (Fig. 5).
[[Image:BSA_tut_3.jpg|left|thumb| Figure 3: Extracting Meshes]]
[[Image:BSA_Tut_4.jpg|left|thumb| Figure 4: Extracting Textures]]
[[Image:BSA_Tut_5.jpg|left|thumb| Figure 5: Extracting Misc.]]<br clear="all" />

*All extracted files are now stored in your "BSA" folder (Fig. 6).
[[Image:BSA_Tut_6.jpg|none|thumb| Figure 6: Extracted folders]]

*When you have unpacked all your BSA's, move the contents of the whole "BSA" folder to the "Oblivion\Data" folder.
And that should be it.

Happy modding.


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To ease up working with the command line, use Microsoft's "Cmd Here Powertoy".
It adds a "Open Command Window Here" option to the context menu. After installing this you can easily open a command folder in any folder just by right-clicking on the folder and choosing "Open Command Window Here".

http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Install/2/WXP/EN-US/CmdHerePowertoySetup.exe


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For even easier extract, create a batch file. How do you do that?

Open notepad. Copy the contents below into it and save it as a .bat
Change it as nessicary.


''@ECHO ON''

''ECHO Will extract Oblivion files from .bsa's''

''ECHO Extracted files will use up more than 3 GB''

''PAUSE''

''C:\BSA\tes4bsa unpack "Oblivion - Meshes.bsa"''

''C:\BSA\tes4bsa unpack "Oblivion - Textures - compressed.bsa"''

''C:\BSA\tes4bsa unpack "Oblivion - Misc.bsa"''


== See Also ==

*[[BSA Files]]
*[[Creating your Own BSA files]]
*[[Command Prompt Basics]]

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[[Category:Tools_Tutorials]]