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Mutually exclusive with Maximum Archive Size.īelieved to be usable to create multiple indexed archives (see FO4's textures. Not 100% sure about this yet (well, this sure is to save a string table of the archived files somewhere, the question is where, and to which purpose). Those settings affect individual files stored in the archive. Only files added to the archive will have those settings taken into consideration, files already present will retain their previous compression level. Seems to be the maximal number of chunks before mipmaps are indexed individually. The exact incidence of this setting is currently unknown. Note that despite those default values, it'd seems that vanilla. The exact incidence of this settings is currently unknown. To browse the content of an archive, use File -> Open. The list of tiles is displayed on the main table. #How to use bethesda creation kit archive#Ĭhange the settings of the archive (keep in mind that only archive settings will take effects.Extract specific files: Select them and use Archive -> Extract Selected To.Extract all the content of the archive to a specified location with Archive -> Extract All To.Remove files: Select them and press suppr or use Archive -> Remove Files.Add new files to the archive, using Archive -> Add Files/Folder/Source Files.You can filter it with the text field at the top to only display specific files, either by sub-string match ("Normal" radio-button), or by regular expression ("Regex" radio-button). File settings will affect only newly added files, not those already present). Texture-optimized archives improve the way textures are handled by the game, optimizing performances and VRAM usage. ba2 for bsaextractor), and Jon (Nifskope, B.A.E.): Here are two quotes from ianpatt (f4se, originally dumped. There are two types of ba2 archives: general, and texture. General archives can contain anything, while texture archives are optimized for storing textures. There is no significant size advantage when comparing the two, but texture archives store textures in a more intelligent way that is friendlier to the runtime texture streamer. When reading a DDS file, finding the lower resolution textures requires seeking to, and therefore decompressing most of the file. #How to use bethesda creation kit archive#.#How to use bethesda creation kit install#.