What is the best BA2 Packer-Extracter

[tuxagent7]

 

So from personal experience, what is the best program to unpack and repack BSA2 for fallout 4 ?

 

I am trying to merge some files with Zmerge

 

When unpacking there may have some corrup files and make my fallout 4 crashes

 

So what i want to do is unpack files, merge them as loose files then with another programs repack them to see what happens

 

Yeah i know about 4096 esl files but still i like a clean load order and see it as a experiment

 

Thank you for contributing your knowledge

[Dorabella]

You can try this  BSA Browser  He says it also supports fallout IV

[tuxagent7]

32 minutes ago, Lestat1627 said:

You can try this  BSA Browser

 

Yup but it can only extract just like BSA Extract.  

 

Love the added right click mouse button in the windows explorer, don't like that it create a new directory instead of extracting right in there

 

BSA Extract, i like the drop down menu simple just drag and drop extract  would love to make it go in the same directory instead of having to choose it.

 

 

[Dorabella]

14 minutes ago, tuxagent7 said:

BSA Extract, i like the drop down menu simple just drag and drop extract  would love to make it go in the same directory instead of having to choose it.

I usually extract the BSAs in their own folder

[tuxagent7]

I know there is a packer with the cK

 

But wondering if there is anything else that do the job

[izzyknows]

10 minutes ago, tuxagent7 said:

I know there is a packer with the cK

 

But wondering if there is anything else that do the job

I never use the CK archive tool.. always failed in some way.

I use the Fallout 4 Tools from the F4SE folks. Works like a charm.

 

Edit: It works with the command line, but it has a UI. Thank God.. cause I hate command line shite. hehehe

[tuxagent7]

13 minutes ago, izzyknows said:

I use the Fallout 4 Tools from the F4SE folks. Works like a charm.

 

To make a BA2 ? (packing) It seem only to extract

 

Lol to extract we have this tool, Bsa Extract and Bsa Browser

[izzyknows]

39 minutes ago, tuxagent7 said:

 

To make a BA2 ? (packing) It seem only to extract

 

Lol to extract we have this tool, Bsa Extract and Bsa Browser

It does both, and very quickly.

You can also pack compressed and uncompressed files in the same ba2. Say you want compressed meshes, but uncompressed sound files... not a problem.

[tuxagent7]

Whaaa ? I misread the txt file then i didnt know that tool could do both, i shall try again !

[izzyknows]

It will run from anywhere... at least through the GUI. I think the command line it needs to be in the Fallout4 folder.... maybe.. not sure.

[tuxagent7]

18 minutes ago, izzyknows said:

It will run from anywhere... at least through the GUI. I think the command line it needs to be in the Fallout4 folder.... maybe.. not sure.

 

 

Yeah i think so because i tried to start it up everywhere else and it does nothing

 

Thanks ! Ill try to install it in fallout root and report back

[tuxagent7]

Ok the link you gave me from the F4SE teams is only a BSA : a command-line tool to extract the contents of ba2 files

 

 

What you are talking about is Archive2 and that is the program that you get when you install the ck for Fallout 4

 

I don't know how to get this program anywhere else

 

It goes in the Tool folder in the base game when creation kit is installed

[tuxagent7]

I must download the bethesda laucher and install the creation kit to have it

 

I don't really want to do that

 

Also don't remember my Bethesda password

 

Is there any other utility ?

[izzyknows]

Wrong tool! Give me a minute...