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Stands for Bethesda Softworks Archive. Holds the game's vanilla data files, and any of the official mod's data files.
;BSA (Bethesda Softworks Archive) : BSA files are archives that contain game data. [[Glossary#M|Mod]] creators who wish to create custom [[:Category:Meshes|meshes]] and/or [[:Category:Textures|textures]], or alter existing ones, will first need to ''unpack'' the game's BSA files. Programs with the ability to unpack BSA files are listed here: [[BSA Unpackers]].


To open, edit, or extract them use [[OBMM]] of [[BSACommander]]
==Extracting==
Before committing to extracting the files, you should know the base game install is 4.7 GB and by extracting ''''all'''' the BSA files, you will need another 5.2 GB


See [[Creating your Own BSA files]] for more information.
You don't have to extract everything. You can extract just the groups or files you need, here's a breakdown of file sizes for the various groups:
* Meshes: 1.27 GB
* Sounds: 1.97 GB (1.66 GB for voices, 315 MB for sound effects)
* Textures: 1.92 GB
* The rest (menus, facegen, trees & distantlod) are only 11 MB.
 
==See Also==
*[[BSA Unpacker Tutorial]]
*[[How To Extract BSA Files Using BSA Commander]]
*[[Creating your Own BSA files]]
*[[Oblivion_Mods_FAQ#Archive_Invalidation|Archive Invalidation]]
 
[[Category:Data_Files]]

Latest revision as of 08:53, 1 November 2011

BSA (Bethesda Softworks Archive)
BSA files are archives that contain game data. Mod creators who wish to create custom meshes and/or textures, or alter existing ones, will first need to unpack the game's BSA files. Programs with the ability to unpack BSA files are listed here: BSA Unpackers.

Extracting[edit | edit source]

Before committing to extracting the files, you should know the base game install is 4.7 GB and by extracting 'all' the BSA files, you will need another 5.2 GB

You don't have to extract everything. You can extract just the groups or files you need, here's a breakdown of file sizes for the various groups:

  • Meshes: 1.27 GB
  • Sounds: 1.97 GB (1.66 GB for voices, 315 MB for sound effects)
  • Textures: 1.92 GB
  • The rest (menus, facegen, trees & distantlod) are only 11 MB.

See Also[edit | edit source]