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Thomas Kaira
post Feb 8 2011, 06:45 AM
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First off, some useful links and utilities:

The Bethesda Oblivion Mods forum, this is where you'll want to go for all the latest news and updates on the mountains of unofficial content we all take for granted. If I don't have the answer you're looking for, chances are one of the many people here do.

Oblivion Mod Manager, I don't think I need to explain this one. wink.gif

Better Oblivion Sorting Software, this is a well maintained utility that reads the mods you have installed and suggests the best order to load them in to avoid the inevitable conflicts. This is another must-have.

Wrye Bash, the Swiss army knife of Oblivion modding, and I swear by it. It's intimidating at first, but surprisingly easy to use once you figure out how it works. Finally, Once you figure out BAIN, you will never need to worry about installation problems again.

Wrye Bash Pictorial Guide for Newbies, if you are just starting Bash, it can be very easy to get lost in how much it does. This will help you get on the right foot.

TES4Edit, a very important tool. Most of its features don't concern the end user, but its ability to clean up dirty and unneeded edits in a plugin is invaluable.

TES4Edit Cleaning Guide at the TESCS Wiki. It contains a comprehensive list of mods that need to be cleaned, mods that are already clean, and mods that should not be cleaned, as well as a comprehensive guide on how to actually do it.

So, it seems I have become "Mr. Modder" around these here parts, so I've decided to open this little thread if you have any questions for me. Questions about making modding easier for yourself, how to use a specific tool, if you've encountered a rather irksome problem and can't figure out what to do about it, or if you want to make your game perform a bit better. I will be the first to admit I'm not a professional modder, as I don't make my own mods. I do have the experience needed to maintain a heavy load order with minimal issues, as well as understanding a few advanced tricks to squeeze every last drop of performance out of the game, so I do know what I'm talking about. wink.gif

If anyone has any doubts, this is my load order:



So with that, ask away. smile.gif

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Thomas Kaira   TK's Mod Questions Thread   Feb 8 2011, 06:45 AM
TheOtherRick   Thanks for starting this thread TK. :goodjob: You ...   Feb 9 2011, 03:54 AM
Thomas Kaira   The code for spoiler boxes is [*/spoiler] tags (re...   Feb 9 2011, 04:23 AM
TheOtherRick   OK...so Step 1 completed! Thank you for the qu...   Feb 9 2011, 04:51 AM
Thomas Kaira   1. In conjunction with. Occasionally BOSS will hap...   Feb 9 2011, 05:02 AM
TheOtherRick   ... Just watch out for a few of the mods that are...   Feb 9 2011, 03:41 PM
Thomas Kaira   Confusion here...Why would there even be a mod th...   Feb 9 2011, 08:57 PM
Acadian   Wow, TK knows mods, and can cook too! :P T...   Feb 9 2011, 02:37 PM
mALX   Thank you so much for starting this thread TK ...   Feb 9 2011, 03:45 PM
mALX   When you have just downloaded a mod, unzipped it -...   Feb 11 2011, 02:22 PM
Thomas Kaira   Actually, I do not recommend manual installation, ...   Feb 11 2011, 05:36 PM
mALX   Actually, I do not recommend manual installation,...   Feb 11 2011, 05:50 PM
Thomas Kaira   OBMM and OBSE don't touch anything inside the ...   Feb 11 2011, 06:24 PM
mALX   OBMM and OBSE don't touch anything inside the...   Feb 12 2011, 06:46 PM
Thomas Kaira   Default music tracks: Battle folder: -battle_01 t...   Feb 12 2011, 07:19 PM
mALX   Default music tracks: Battle folder: -battle_01 ...   Feb 12 2011, 09:32 PM
Thomas Kaira   They should be in the music folder, unless the wer...   Feb 12 2011, 09:40 PM
mALX   They should be in the music folder, unless the we...   Feb 12 2011, 10:21 PM
Thomas Kaira   Not sure I follow. Do you have the battle_01 throu...   Feb 12 2011, 10:24 PM
mALX   Never mind, they are playing their sucky music now...   Feb 12 2011, 10:25 PM
mALX   Okay, what they have done is number theirs so they...   Feb 12 2011, 10:29 PM
Thomas Kaira   Yup, go ahead and let Maxical give 'em an expl...   Feb 12 2011, 10:30 PM
mALX   Just in case, I am moving them to a folder on my d...   Feb 12 2011, 10:33 PM
mALX   Next time I am attacked by a mudcrab or am dungeon...   Feb 12 2011, 10:48 PM
TheOtherRick   Alright...I have downloaded and briefly scanned ov...   Feb 18 2011, 02:24 PM
Thomas Kaira   The "Data" folder provided in Bash will ...   Feb 18 2011, 07:40 PM
King Coin   Well I added this mod to my game: http://www.tesne...   Feb 18 2011, 07:57 PM
Thomas Kaira   That download doesn't provide the extra resour...   Feb 18 2011, 08:37 PM
King Coin   That would be nice if they had mentioned that. The...   Feb 18 2011, 08:43 PM
King Coin   Well I grabbed the mesh/texture pack and applied t...   Feb 19 2011, 05:46 PM
Thomas Kaira   That's because you didn't set the BSAs up ...   Feb 19 2011, 07:36 PM
King Coin   THANK YOU!!!! They skimped that O...   Feb 20 2011, 02:21 AM
Thomas Kaira   Archiveinvalidation Invalidated! It's a ...   Feb 20 2011, 02:31 AM
King Coin   Ok this isn't a pressing problem, it's jus...   Feb 22 2011, 08:56 PM
Thomas Kaira   That's why you don't want to mix-and-match...   Feb 22 2011, 09:59 PM
King Coin   This is going to be lol. I'm sure I have lots ...   Feb 23 2011, 12:23 AM
Thomas Kaira   These two mods are what's causing the problem:...   Feb 23 2011, 01:06 AM
King Coin   thanks. I'll just deal with it because I don...   Feb 23 2011, 01:09 AM
Thomas Kaira   thanks. I'll just deal with it because I don...   Feb 23 2011, 01:11 AM
King Coin   Find any other problems with my load order? everyt...   Feb 23 2011, 01:29 AM
Thomas Kaira   I've provided the link to BOSS (Better Oblivio...   Feb 23 2011, 01:37 AM
King Coin   That sucker completely changed the load order lol....   Feb 23 2011, 01:59 AM
Thomas Kaira   Quick bulletin on how to improve your game's p...   Feb 24 2011, 01:12 AM
King Coin   Nice. I'll consider turning them off, I have h...   Feb 24 2011, 01:24 AM
mALX   Can you turn it off by going to the game menu opti...   Feb 24 2011, 02:15 AM
Thomas Kaira   In the video settings, the option is Water Reflect...   Feb 24 2011, 03:06 AM
mALX   In the video settings, the option is Water Reflec...   Feb 24 2011, 03:34 AM
Thomas Kaira   What card model do you have?   Feb 24 2011, 03:57 AM
mALX   What card model do you have? 8600GT   Feb 24 2011, 04:13 AM
Thomas Kaira   Latest for XP Latest for Vista/7 x32 Latest for V...   Feb 24 2011, 05:02 AM
mALX   Latest for XP Latest for Vista/7 x32 Latest for ...   Feb 24 2011, 05:24 AM
Bolzmania   This a very pointless comment but I also have 8600...   Mar 9 2011, 07:01 PM
mALX   I wonder if when you have to do a System Restore i...   Mar 11 2011, 10:05 PM
Thomas Kaira   Did you try undoing your System Restore? There sho...   Mar 11 2011, 10:12 PM
mALX   Did you try undoing your System Restore? There sh...   Mar 11 2011, 10:25 PM
Thomas Kaira   System restore only deals with the system files in...   Mar 11 2011, 10:41 PM
mALX   System restore only deals with the system files i...   Mar 11 2011, 10:56 PM
TheOtherRick   System restore only deals with the system files i...   Mar 13 2011, 08:36 PM
Thomas Kaira   [quote name='Thomas Kaira' post='125453' date='Ma...   Mar 13 2011, 11:39 PM
mALX   Ok, I just blue-screened again, and got the info (...   Mar 14 2011, 04:13 AM
TheOtherRick   Ok, I just blue-screened again, and got the info ...   Mar 14 2011, 04:56 AM
mALX   Ok, I just blue-screened again, and got the info...   Mar 14 2011, 05:00 AM
Thomas Kaira   @mALX: I have posted my response to your problems ...   Mar 14 2011, 05:21 AM
TheOtherRick   Okay then....new mod question...Is there a Better ...   Mar 17 2011, 10:39 PM
Thomas Kaira   Okay then....new mod question...Is there a Better...   Mar 23 2011, 11:16 PM
Thomas Kaira   Plenty. The best IMHO are EVE HGEC and Robert...   Mar 17 2011, 10:50 PM
Thomas Kaira   Quick update from me: I have recently exorcised a...   Mar 19 2011, 08:16 AM
TheOtherRick   Quick update from me: I have recently exorcised ...   Mar 23 2011, 02:34 PM
SubRosa   Quick update from me: I have recently exorcised ...   Mar 24 2011, 12:16 AM
mALX   GAAAAH! I use GE Force NVidia 8600 GT - .....   Mar 23 2011, 04:38 PM
Thomas Kaira   That's one of the downsides of playing a heavi...   Mar 24 2011, 09:18 AM
Thomas Kaira   Alright guys, this time I have a question for you....   Apr 10 2011, 10:45 PM
mALX   King Coin downloaded one of the Sutch mods and had...   Apr 10 2011, 10:59 PM
King Coin   King Coin downloaded one of the Sutch mods and ha...   Apr 11 2011, 02:09 AM
Thomas Kaira   That's why I'm only interested in the abov...   Apr 10 2011, 11:18 PM
haute ecole rider   So I downloaded nearly all the stuff mentioned in ...   Apr 16 2011, 12:30 AM
Thomas Kaira   "Unable to load CTL file" errors mean th...   Apr 16 2011, 01:08 AM
SubRosa   Also, make sure you have installed the constructi...   Apr 16 2011, 03:21 AM
haute ecole rider   That was the problem - I had the CS in its own sub...   Apr 16 2011, 03:40 PM
Thomas Kaira   Rider, I'd also recommend you check out this w...   Apr 16 2011, 07:03 PM
haute ecole rider   How does one add shadows? In one tutorial it says ...   Apr 17 2011, 02:38 AM
Thomas Kaira   You can also just tick the checkbox in the vertex ...   Apr 17 2011, 03:04 AM
haute ecole rider   These are very simple questions with potentially v...   Apr 18 2011, 03:41 AM
SubRosa   The first is very simple. Just open the CS, go to ...   Apr 18 2011, 04:15 AM
haute ecole rider   The first is very simple. Just open the CS, go to...   Apr 18 2011, 04:25 AM
Thomas Kaira   Actually what I want to do is change a small part...   Apr 18 2011, 04:33 AM
Thomas Kaira   I've actually had the idea of making a sort of...   Apr 18 2011, 04:21 AM
haute ecole rider   I've actually had the idea of making a sort o...   Apr 18 2011, 04:27 AM
mALX   You can change the height of specific NPCs in the ...   Apr 18 2011, 04:51 AM
Thomas Kaira   Just don't get TOO carried away, you can screw...   Apr 18 2011, 04:54 AM
haute ecole rider   I only want to modify specific NPC's heights t...   Apr 18 2011, 02:20 PM
mALX   I only want to modify specific NPC's heights ...   Apr 18 2011, 03:36 PM
Thomas Kaira   OBMM's BSA utilities are much easier to use th...   Apr 18 2011, 02:29 PM
haute ecole rider   @ mALX: I already have the list of scale heights f...   Apr 18 2011, 03:53 PM
Thomas Kaira   @TK: I had already downloaded OBMM, but haven...   Apr 18 2011, 08:37 PM
haute ecole rider   I actually got GIMP to work with .dds files on my ...   Apr 18 2011, 08:54 PM
Thomas Kaira   You need to extract the mesh from the BSA first. T...   Apr 18 2011, 09:06 PM
haute ecole rider   Okay, now I'm getting very frustrated. I down...   Apr 18 2011, 11:55 PM
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haute ecole rider   So when I download the install package and save it...   Apr 19 2011, 12:36 AM
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