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


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


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


[[Image:BSA_Tut_1.jpg|right|thumb| Figure 1: The BSA folder]]
==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.
*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"''


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]]
*[[Command Prompt Basics]]


[[Category:Tutorials]]
[[Category:Tutorials]]
[[Category:Tools_Tutorials]]
[[Category:Tools_Tutorials]]
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