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'''Warning:''' The new files from the extracted archives will use 3.2 GB of your harddisk. | |||
== | ==Setup== | ||
Unpacking the [[BSA Files]] can be done with [[BSA Unpackers|a few tools]], for this tutorial we're assuming you're using [[BSA Commander]]. BSA Commander is one of the most user-friendly BSA unpackers and can also [[Creating your Own BSA files|create BSA files]]. | |||
' | Download BSA Commander and extract the contents of the archive somewhere. Double click the executable (the Oblivion icon with BSA sign on it) to start the program. Click on the Tools button on top and make sure the Oblivion path corresponds with where you've installed Oblivion if you want to register BSA files in your Oblivion.ini file with BSA Commander. You can also associate BSA Commander with .bsa files here, which will launch BSA Commander when you double click a .bsa file. | ||
==Extracting the BSA Files== | |||
Click the Open button on the top left corner, browse to your Oblivion directory and open a BSA archive. It will take a moment for the program to load the contents of the archive, but when it's done you'll see a list of all the files inside the BSA file. The archive size, the number files in the archive, the number of files selected and size of the unpacked files is shown at the bottom of the window in the status bar. | |||
Click on the Unpack button to unpack all selected files (all by default). You can quickly change the selection with the buttons on the right side of the window. In the unpack window you can change the output directory and choose to clear the unpack directory, overwrite existing files and show the unpacking stat. Show unpacking stat will show a text file with all files in the archive and whether they're unpacked or not. | |||
== See Also == | == See Also == | ||
*[[BSA Files]] | *[[BSA Files]] | ||
*[[Creating your Own BSA files]] | *[[Creating your Own BSA files]] | ||
[[Category:Tutorials]] | [[Category:Tutorials]] | ||
[[Category:Tools_Tutorials]] | [[Category:Tools_Tutorials]] | ||
Revision as of 16:45, 12 January 2008
Warning: The new files from the extracted archives will use 3.2 GB of your harddisk.
Setup
Unpacking the BSA Files can be done with a few tools, for this tutorial we're assuming you're using BSA Commander. BSA Commander is one of the most user-friendly BSA unpackers and can also create BSA files.
Download BSA Commander and extract the contents of the archive somewhere. Double click the executable (the Oblivion icon with BSA sign on it) to start the program. Click on the Tools button on top and make sure the Oblivion path corresponds with where you've installed Oblivion if you want to register BSA files in your Oblivion.ini file with BSA Commander. You can also associate BSA Commander with .bsa files here, which will launch BSA Commander when you double click a .bsa file.
Extracting the BSA Files
Click the Open button on the top left corner, browse to your Oblivion directory and open a BSA archive. It will take a moment for the program to load the contents of the archive, but when it's done you'll see a list of all the files inside the BSA file. The archive size, the number files in the archive, the number of files selected and size of the unpacked files is shown at the bottom of the window in the status bar.
Click on the Unpack button to unpack all selected files (all by default). You can quickly change the selection with the buttons on the right side of the window. In the unpack window you can change the output directory and choose to clear the unpack directory, overwrite existing files and show the unpacking stat. Show unpacking stat will show a text file with all files in the archive and whether they're unpacked or not.