Hey, Michael. I've been checking out your videos over the years and I've never properly thanked you for offering such detailed, user-friendly, and informative videos. So with all sincerity and respect, thank you.
Please consider helping others in the comments. We all start somewhere. ****Important Time Saving Info & Notes**** *TUTORIAL NAVIGATION* --------------------------------------- 0:16 *Introduction* 0:49 *PreInstallation* 0:52 WinRAR / 7zip 0:59 Microsoft Visual C++ 1:24 Antivirus Issues 1:47 Mod Managers 2:02 *Installation* 3:49 *Interface Usage* 4:09 Import Option 1 4:44 Import Option 2 5:23 How to Extract *6:43** References & Thanks* *NOTES* ------------ -Everything else that you need for BAE to work should be linked in the description. Inform me if something is missing. *Share and help us grow*
Hey Kruizzy, Sorry for the late reply. In all the times I've used it I've never had an instance where it just stopped on me. Did you figure out what the issue was? If so do you remember the solution? -Michael
You shown how to extract, but do you know how to compress it? I'm looking to just modify some textures, but I have not found out how to compress a folder into a .BSA
Excellent tutorial. Anyone starting out in modding, bookmark this video. You're gonna need it to gain access to the textures, meshes, etc that came with the game.
I want you to know that you are a modding God and you have made such a huge impact on the modding community with these tutorial videos you do! Thank you immensely for guiding so many of us!
i know this video is old but ill ask, im using this to extract the files for blender and everything is working good but the DDS texture files arent loading? only vary few of them are working and can be opened, any ideas? working on porting Bethesda Games Into VR
There's a inverse process? I wanna merge two bsa files. When I pack a mod, Creation Kit generates one bsa for meshes and another for textures, I wanna everything into the same file...
I hope someone can help me with this one so basically I have a problem with hairs or head, when some female characters have a bald spot I tried deleting the hairs folders it only gave me an exclamation point...
Hello, sorry for bothering, I'm unsure if i will even get a reply because this video is pretty old but I'll try asking! So, I know you have talked about the BAE not being recommended for the Texture Optimization Project, but it currently is my only option. I followed the installation for it and did what I could until i reached the repacking process. I don't find a repacking button on the BAE, only extract. Am I out of luck?
For some reason when I import a 36 MB .ba2 file into BAE nothing appears in the main window... any ideas?? I have confirmed I can open .bsa archives...
@@gamerpoets but lets say I unpack a ba2 main (weapon mod) and I make my changes to that weapons for examle removing additive animations. Then extract those changed/removed files into the same folder where the main ba2 is, can I just delete the main ba2 then refresh my load order to see the changes in game?. Is that one way of doing it?
Hey Michael quick question. I was told windows 7 was the best for modding skyrim but I'm not really liking it. I had windows 10 but I downgraded to 7. Do you happen to know if there's a way for me to go back to 10. I still have my windows.old file on my computer tho.
It's the best because it doesn't have a memory restriction that windows 8+ implemented on dx9 (32bit) games. I use windows 10. There's no reason not to. You can still mod the hell out of your 32bit games on windows 10. Whenever I upgrade my systems I do a clean wipe of everything. If you have a restore point on your PC you select it and revert things. -Michael
BAE is for all games. So far I only have the SE installation and setup vid (which shows all the settings in game to compare them). MO doesn't work for 64bit games. MO2 works but has many bugs so I wouldn't touch it yet (too many remakes of videos in the past have burnt me out to the point of losing enjoyment for creating content) and NMM works "well" but when Tannin and Nexus release their mod manager it may offset everything and force any 64bit tutorials that i've made to become obsolete. So until I see the new mod manager... tutorials for SE and FO4 are only going to be ones that don't require a mod manager (console commands, .ini files, stuff like BAE, installation & Setup, so on). They won't progress into the actual mods until a solid decision has been made as to what mod managers are available and bug free. I spend anywhere from 50 hours (short ones like this BAE video) to 200 hours on each tutorial. Too much time to keep updating = ) ... so right now its all waiting. -Michael
Thank you So much for your detailed response. I think I'll stick to NMM, for SSE, then. Sidebar; and it's fine if you don't wanna answer; but is there any issue with using MO for some games (New Vegas) and NMM for Skyrim? Is there any reason that can't happen?
I use MO (and always will) for FO3, and FNV (skyrim 32bit but I plan on leaving it behind in the future for SE). I use NMM for FO4 and SE (currently) without issues. So yeah, you can use a combination of managers no problem. -Michael
Great tutorial! This have helped a bit earlier when I learned to extract .bsa files. But unfortunately... I'm stuck at 2:11 "download manually"... Edit: This *would* have helped...
@@gamerpoets in this case i have to. The Sofia follower has an error called: Delete ski_playerloadgamealias.pex from Sofia Follower. SkyUI's script must take precedence. So i've copied the sofiafollower.bsa, i used the BAE to uncheck the ski_playerloadgamealias.apex and extract to a new folder but i don't know what to do now.
You can use BodySlide or Outfit Studio to convert the .nif format to a usable one, like .obj. From there I'd either import directly if you're using inanimate objects or convert the .obj to .fbx via a converter (I used Autodesk FBX Converter x64 2013) if you plan on animating with them, say for virtual avatars or short films.
Then you just import into Blender/Unity. Doing the .obj to .fbx conversion will leave you with just the meshes, bones will need to be added manually, but there are tutorials on exactly that
I'm unaware that MO can unpack BA2 files. I'm not sure that any program can do so well yet other than BAE (which I think still has some upgrades to be made... but I don't remember all that I read lol). -Michael
thats why mo need some love from the old programmer/ mod comunity. its a magnificent tool. having to fiddle around with the clunky nmm is really killing sse for me and im sure for others as well.
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Hey, Michael. I've been checking out your videos over the years and I've never properly thanked you for offering such detailed, user-friendly, and informative videos. So with all sincerity and respect, thank you.
I appreciate you taking the time Ryan = ) Thanks man. It's been a long road of improvement.
-Michael
Gold dust. Your work is still VERY appreciated good sir - thank you Gamerpoets ! 👍
Please consider helping others in the comments. We all start somewhere.
****Important Time Saving Info & Notes****
*TUTORIAL NAVIGATION*
---------------------------------------
0:16 *Introduction*
0:49 *PreInstallation*
0:52 WinRAR / 7zip
0:59 Microsoft Visual C++
1:24 Antivirus Issues
1:47 Mod Managers
2:02 *Installation*
3:49 *Interface Usage*
4:09 Import Option 1
4:44 Import Option 2
5:23 How to Extract
*6:43** References & Thanks*
*NOTES*
------------
-Everything else that you need for BAE to work should be linked in the description. Inform me if something is missing.
*Share and help us grow*
Hey Kruizzy,
Sorry for the late reply. In all the times I've used it I've never had an instance where it just stopped on me. Did you figure out what the issue was? If so do you remember the solution?
-Michael
Time for an Update ---- Bae v0.11 changes requirments
thank you so much everyone else doesn't mention C++ i didn't know why BAE and Nifskope weren't installing on my pc but this fixed both!
You shown how to extract, but do you know how to compress it? I'm looking to just modify some textures, but I have not found out how to compress a folder into a .BSA
Excellent tutorial. Anyone starting out in modding, bookmark this video. You're gonna need it to gain access to the textures, meshes, etc that came with the game.
=)
Thank you! And thank you to the person who created the software, too. :)
Nice and Professional, clear voice and easy to understand teaching. Thank You
Appreciate it Ray = )
-Michael
I want you to know that you are a modding God and you have made such a huge impact on the modding community with these tutorial videos you do! Thank you immensely for guiding so many of us!
Thank you for making this!
This was amazing, thank you so much. 💯
Thanks man that was exactly what i was looking for
welcome = )
Soy de colombia, una calidad el video, muchas gracias por su aporte.
Thank you kind sir, this helped allot :)
👍Thank you for this video!
nice and easy, perfect
that shaun of the dead joke took me a minute
Thank you!
thanks, your video was very helpful.
Happy to hear it = )
-Michael
i know this video is old but ill ask, im using this to extract the files for blender and everything is working good but the DDS texture files arent loading? only vary few of them are working and can be opened, any ideas? working on porting Bethesda Games Into VR
I figured out how to do it but when I download mods manually do I put them in the Skyrim game folder
There's a inverse process? I wanna merge two bsa files. When I pack a mod, Creation Kit generates one bsa for meshes and another for textures, I wanna everything into the same file...
I hope someone can help me with this one
so basically I have a problem with hairs or head, when some female characters have a bald spot
I tried deleting the hairs folders it only gave me an exclamation point...
5 yrs later still gaining subs for this
Wow, a lot can change in 4 years
Hello, sorry for bothering, I'm unsure if i will even get a reply because this video is pretty old but I'll try asking! So, I know you have talked about the BAE not being recommended for the Texture Optimization Project, but it currently is my only option. I followed the installation for it and did what I could until i reached the repacking process. I don't find a repacking button on the BAE, only extract. Am I out of luck?
I tried to turn textures into ba2 dds but it says not recognize and it skip those files??
Can you make a possible update to this? Like you did with a few other guides you did from years ago?
I am no longer confused... Thank you!
I'm a bit late though lol.
LOL same bro im gettting the hang of it tho
For some reason when I import a 36 MB .ba2 file into BAE nothing appears in the main window... any ideas?? I have confirmed I can open .bsa archives...
Once extracted, can I just delete the .bsa and install the mod with the files added to the mod directory? Can I also now merge this mod?
So are we only supposed to extract the texture files? I keep getting confused here.
I download bae from nexus but nothing happens. I cant extract or install it
Wait so Skyrim & steam shouldn’t be with Program files ?
care to make a video about how to install weaponextended for fallout 4 ? im lost
Thank you very much
Welcome:)
@@gamerpoets what app where i can compressed to bsa file again?
ty
I'm just getting a bunch of "unknown method" error messages from WinRAR. the file extract, but they are not right.
Sounds like you need to update your WinRaR or try 7zip (its free).
-Michael
Does it work for Skyrim?
I'm actually looking for how to repack them AFTER I've unpacked and made changes. Thanks
Not with this app =)
Haven't had to do it myself yet but this might help www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/articles/1022
-Michael
@@gamerpoets but lets say I unpack a ba2 main (weapon mod) and I make my changes to that weapons for examle removing additive animations. Then extract those changed/removed files into the same folder where the main ba2 is, can I just delete the main ba2 then refresh my load order to see the changes in game?. Is that one way of doing it?
the reddit link in under share in the description doesnt work.
is there a gamerpoets subreddit?
I'll give it a look in a bit = )
Readdit username but no content on it
-Michael
🎉
I followed all of the steps and I can't find my extracted files.
6:10 The files get dumped into the folder you choose.
-Michael
Hey Michael quick question. I was told windows 7 was the best for modding skyrim but I'm not really liking it. I had windows 10 but I downgraded to 7. Do you happen to know if there's a way for me to go back to 10. I still have my windows.old file on my computer tho.
It's the best because it doesn't have a memory restriction that windows 8+ implemented on dx9 (32bit) games. I use windows 10. There's no reason not to. You can still mod the hell out of your 32bit games on windows 10.
Whenever I upgrade my systems I do a clean wipe of everything. If you have a restore point on your PC you select it and revert things.
-Michael
Thank you Michael :)
welcome = )
Why can't you mod the hell out of your games on windows 10? lol I've installed over 500 mods to Skyrim 32bit on windows 10 without issue.
-Michael
i haven't mod in years ... do i really need this to install some mods ??
because it's a lot of work to get BAE installed lol
No. You only use this if you want to unpack Bethesda Archives (mainly to create mods).
-Michael
wow thanks for the fast reply !
Good timing = )
-Michael
Is this SE series built around modding with NMM, MO, MO2, or Other?
BAE is for all games. So far I only have the SE installation and setup vid (which shows all the settings in game to compare them). MO doesn't work for 64bit games. MO2 works but has many bugs so I wouldn't touch it yet (too many remakes of videos in the past have burnt me out to the point of losing enjoyment for creating content) and NMM works "well" but when Tannin and Nexus release their mod manager it may offset everything and force any 64bit tutorials that i've made to become obsolete. So until I see the new mod manager... tutorials for SE and FO4 are only going to be ones that don't require a mod manager (console commands, .ini files, stuff like BAE, installation & Setup, so on). They won't progress into the actual mods until a solid decision has been made as to what mod managers are available and bug free. I spend anywhere from 50 hours (short ones like this BAE video) to 200 hours on each tutorial. Too much time to keep updating = ) ... so right now its all waiting.
-Michael
Thank you So much for your detailed response. I think I'll stick to NMM, for SSE, then.
Sidebar; and it's fine if you don't wanna answer; but is there any issue with using MO for some games (New Vegas) and NMM for Skyrim? Is there any reason that can't happen?
I use MO (and always will) for FO3, and FNV (skyrim 32bit but I plan on leaving it behind in the future for SE). I use NMM for FO4 and SE (currently) without issues. So yeah, you can use a combination of managers no problem.
-Michael
Great tutorial! This have helped a bit earlier when I learned to extract .bsa files. But unfortunately... I'm stuck at 2:11 "download manually"...
Edit: This *would* have helped...
I'm pretty sure you need to create a Nexus account to download stuff if you haven't gotten it by now.
yes but after we extract the files what sould we do next?
Thats up to you. if you dont have a reason to extract them, don't do it :)
@@gamerpoets in this case i have to. The Sofia follower has an error called: Delete ski_playerloadgamealias.pex from Sofia Follower. SkyUI's script must take precedence.
So i've copied the sofiafollower.bsa, i used the BAE to uncheck the ski_playerloadgamealias.apex and extract to a new folder but i don't know what to do now.
@@danielalvesdinizpereira3731 repack the bsa and install that instead of the original mod.
is there a tutorial on how to export meshes into blender?
Not that I've made.
-Michael
You can use BodySlide or Outfit Studio to convert the .nif format to a usable one, like .obj. From there I'd either import directly if you're using inanimate objects or convert the .obj to .fbx via a converter (I used Autodesk FBX Converter x64 2013) if you plan on animating with them, say for virtual avatars or short films.
Then you just import into Blender/Unity. Doing the .obj to .fbx conversion will leave you with just the meshes, bones will need to be added manually, but there are tutorials on exactly that
Is there any quick and dirty way to re-pack BSA/BA2 the same simple way? CK is a clusterfuck.
I dont know of any programs that repack
@@gamerpoets yeah, me neither, unfortunately... and CK is such a mess.
BAE works with Morrowind too
Really? I've only been playing Morrowind here and there since last summer. I thought there were only loose files in the game folder.
-Michael
@@gamerpoets i have Bethesda.net copy of Morrowind and there are Morrowind, Bloodmoon and Tribunal .bsa files
mo has it already integrated
#bringbackmo
MO 2 have it not
I'm unaware that MO can unpack BA2 files. I'm not sure that any program can do so well yet other than BAE (which I think still has some upgrades to be made... but I don't remember all that I read lol).
-Michael
thats why mo need some love from the old programmer/ mod comunity. its a magnificent tool.
having to fiddle around with the clunky nmm is really killing sse for me and im sure for others as well.
för Skyrim SE work whit MO 2. Not perfect but do all you need except to unpack the BSA and BS2.
I still haven't touched SE for other than some basic testing. Haven't tried MO2 with it yet. Not sure how long it will be until I do.
-Michael
Hello
hi = )
-Michael
GamerPoets Bye
bye = )
-Michael
Absolute chad
😉
So are we only supposed to extract the texture files? I keep getting confused here.
This is a program that extracts Bethesda archives. Do you have a reason to extract them?
Honestly I have no idea.
I'm trying to install the texture optimization project for fallout 4