#How to use tes5edit with mod organizer 2 mods
There are several mods that utilize an ESP only to "activate" the provided BSA. If a BSA file is used, then an ESP file is needed so that Skyrim can load the BSA. textures and scripts) can use either a BSA or loose files for these resources. Instead just deselect the BSA in Mod Organizer, this achieves the same effect.
#How to use tes5edit with mod organizer 2 install
In v0.12 of Mod Organizer it will ask whether you want to extract a BSA when you install a mod with one. Mod Organizer has a built-in BSA extraction feature. If using this process during mod installation, rename or delete the source BSA so that the associated ESP doesn't use it and instead relies on the newly extracted loose files.Once that disappears the extracted files should appear in the destination folder. Click (BSAopt) or (DDSopt) and another window should appear with two progress bars.Otherwise, click and navigate to the desired directory. To achieve this, all you need to do is type "." (a singular period without quotes) in the bottom text box. Generally one would extract the files to the same directory the BSA is located in. You must next specify where to extract the files.
Now that the BSA is opened in your program of choice, DDSopt users will need to click the menu on the top bar and select.Make sure " Always use this selected program to open this kind of file" is selected and click BSAopt or DDSopt should then appear highlighted in the "Open with" dialog box.Click then find and select "BSAopt.exe" or "DDSopt.exe".Next choose "Select a program from a list of installed programs" and click.This only needs to be done once and then BSAs can be opened by simply double-clicking them. (Optional but recommended for general use) Set BSA archives to be opened with BSAopt or DDSopt by default.Instructions for extracting BSAs using either program are as follows: Instructions for installation and initial setup of BSAopt are available here, and instructions for setup of DDSopt are found in DDSopt Configuration. If you don't mind having another application installed, BSAopt is easier to use and doesn't require potential configuration changes every time it's used. The difference between the programs is that because DDSopt is primarily used to alter the files it is extracting, it requires an extra step to use purely as an extraction tool. Both BSAopt and DDSopt are built off of the same architecture, but DDSopt has a different primary purpose: optimizing textures.