BSA Unpacker Tutorial
This was originally posted on the official forums. I have simple copied and pasted to bring it into this wiki. --Brainspackle 16:02, 9 April 2006 (EDT)
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.
- Download Ghostwheels program "TES4BSA" here
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.
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.
This will make the BSA folder our current directory (Fig. 2).
- Now write:
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).
- All extracted files are now stored in your "BSA" folder (Fig. 6).
- 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.
(Original forum contribution by: Doglike-spike)
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