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Can anyone link the tool for BSARCH?

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Zhunter5000
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Can anyone link the tool for BSARCH?

Post by Zhunter5000 » Sun Sep 16, 2018 5:29 pm

It was the only way I could optimize the textures, and BSARCH alone won't run without a command tool, or something like that. I don't know think the original post containing it exists anymore.

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Re: Can anyone link the tool for BSARCH?

Post by GreyBeard00 » Mon Sep 17, 2018 4:35 am

bsarch needs to be run from a command window or a batch file. type cmd to open the command window

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Re: Can anyone link the tool for BSARCH?

Post by Zhunter5000 » Wed Sep 19, 2018 11:25 am

Yea but if I do it closes. There was a cmd file meant for it.

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Re: Can anyone link the tool for BSARCH?

Post by FiftyTifty » Wed Sep 19, 2018 2:48 pm

You're not opening it with command prompt. Navigate to the folder where you have bsarch.exe, then hold shift and right-click the middle of the window -> Open Command Prompt Here -> Type in bsarch and press enter to get instructions on how to use the tool.

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Re: Can anyone link the tool for BSARCH?

Post by Zhunter5000 » Thu Sep 20, 2018 11:46 am

Ok i'll try it

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Re: Can anyone link the tool for BSARCH?

Post by Zhunter5000 » Thu Sep 20, 2018 11:51 am

MajinCry wrote:
Wed Sep 19, 2018 2:48 pm
You're not opening it with command prompt. Navigate to the folder where you have bsarch.exe, then hold shift and right-click the middle of the window -> Open Command Prompt Here -> Type in bsarch and press enter to get instructions on how to use the tool.
Yea it works but it's fairly complicated for me. There was a instruction.txt file somewhere that was for NV only, and it worked like a charm. That's what i'm trying to find, but it was in a reply on a post.

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Re: Can anyone link the tool for BSARCH?

Post by FiftyTifty » Thu Sep 20, 2018 9:26 pm

The Nexus page for it has instructions: https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/64745

EXAMPLES
If <folder> or <archive> include spaces then embed them in quotes

* Show archive info including hex flags values to be used with -af and -ff
bsarch d:\somepath\somefile.bsa
* Dump extended files information from archive
bsarch "d:\game\mod - main.bsa" -dump
* Unpack archive into the same folder where archive is located
bsarch unpack d:\mymod\new.bsa
* Unpack archive into the specified folder
bsarch unpack d:\mymod\new.bsa "d:\unpacked archive\data"
* Create Skyrim Special Edition compressed archive
bsarch pack "d:\my mod\data" "d:\my mod\data\new.bsa" -sse -z
* Create Fallout New Vegas uncompressed archive with custom flags
bsarch pack "d:\my mod\data" "d:\my mod\new.bsa" -fnv -af:0x83 -ff:0x113
* Create Fallout 4 uncompressed textures archive
bsarch pack "d:\my mod\data" "d:\my mod\new.ba2" -fo4dds

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