TES4Files

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Author

MentalElf

Description

TES4FILES is a tool that packages a mod for you, all you do is tell it what ESM/ESP file to package and *poof* all the files are copied into a subdirectory suitable for zipping or raring up and sending off... !

When you select a mod and "export", TES4FILES creates a subdirectory where it is located on disk by the name of the module (without the esm/esp suffix) and puts all the files needed for the mod in their respective places. Upon completion of the export, if you look in the subdirectory, you will find the _log.txt file _error.txt file and the subdirectory Data. All messages are in the _log.txt file, only error messages are in the _error.txt file, and all exported files are in the Data subdirectory.

This tool is for packaging all files in a Oblivion Mod, or uninstalling a Oblivion Mod. To automate the tedius work of tracking what files belong to a mod. Now you can add files to your working Oblivion area with abandon, and know that when it's time to package your work, only those files actually required by the mod will be included in the released archive.

Just a note: it does not currently support game replacers, like replacement textures, etc that overwrite game versions. Since it uses the esp to determine what files to grab, in addition to the "sound/voice/your_mod.esp/" directory, these replacement type items go unnoticed. However, there is a feature called ADD-ON that allows bringing any additional content into the package. This is primarily for people wanting to create a BSA with not only the content that TES4FILES sees, but the content it doesn't see as well.

Note that the stored information in TES4FILES for the system data is Oblivion patched 1.1 Therefore this should be the working status of your Oblivion area.

NEW IN THE OBLIVION VERSION (TES4FILES)... the ability to make a BSA archive of your mod! Note that some NIF files will have texture path(s) using forward slash. These don't work in BSA form. Click "[x] FixNIF" to automatically fix any NIFs that have this problem.

Homepage

MentalElf's TES4Files page

Direct Download

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