The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

BSA Optimization Project - Skyrim's BSAs
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ferferga  [developer] Jun 2, 2016 @ 8:25am
Questions & Answers
Hello guys!

Let's keep this thread for commenting bugs or issues you find in the BSAOP files, or just for asking, in order to have a tidy comments section. That way, we can have that section for people telling how they like BSAOP, why and suggestions and this section for bug reporting.

This is the main support thread of all the BSAOP file collection. All the future BSAOP files (if any) will have the support and the main documentation in this file.

Hope that you understand! Thank you very much!
Last edited by ferferga; Jun 2, 2016 @ 12:33pm
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ParkerVR Jun 5, 2016 @ 3:19pm 
The textures affected by your mod show up weird. Weird as in as if they were replaced by a random texture. I followed your mod instructions and it is not working...
ferferga  [developer] Jun 6, 2016 @ 7:34am 
Originally posted by Parker Chace:
The textures affected by your mod show up weird. Weird as in as if they were replaced by a random texture. I followed your mod instructions and it is not working...

Where exactly? Could you please show me your load order and a screenshot? Main version or the High Resolution BSAs?

Thanks in advance!
Last edited by ferferga; Jun 6, 2016 @ 7:35am
Henry c/VAC Oct 7, 2016 @ 6:30pm 
i have problems with missing textures in the game (purpe/pink objects weapons and that stuff) since i install the BSAOP High Resolution Textures mod and i follow the instructions in the same order that you can see at the description of the mod , also the dragon symbol that shows in the main menu it´s also purple/pink color, help pls i really want to try this mod PD: i have compatibility problems with the unofficial high resolution patch mod, the game close befor it shows the main menu. :steamsad:

here i leave you a link with some screenshots i take ingame and some pictures of the load order of my mods so you can check if i did something wrong there, i hope you see this , thanks

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bx8jg68pbg5cb2tpNmR5OEtEYXM
ferferga  [developer] Oct 22, 2016 @ 7:37am 
Originally posted by henryx60:
i have problems with missing textures in the game (purpe/pink objects weapons and that stuff) since i install the BSAOP High Resolution Textures mod and i follow the instructions in the same order that you can see at the description of the mod , also the dragon symbol that shows in the main menu it´s also purple/pink color, help pls i really want to try this mod PD: i have compatibility problems with the unofficial high resolution patch mod, the game close befor it shows the main menu. :steamsad:

here i leave you a link with some screenshots i take ingame and some pictures of the load order of my mods so you can check if i did something wrong there, i hope you see this , thanks

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bx8jg68pbg5cb2tpNmR5OEtEYXM

Okay, just to tell you that I've seen this photos long time ago, but right lately I'm pretty busy with personal life. I wanted to reply you before, but I forgot, sorry :(.
Just to say you that maybe I have some time next weekend to take a look :)

Hope you can understand :)

Thank you very much for your pictures! Have a nice weekend!
Last edited by ferferga; Oct 22, 2016 @ 7:40am
Henry c/VAC Oct 22, 2016 @ 2:23pm 
Oh men don't worry it's just a mod if you need time take how many time is necessary. Good luck:)
grandmas ghost Nov 18, 2016 @ 10:11pm 
Hello. I have just downloaded and installed you mod, and what I've noticed is that all of the textures load and show up beauifully except for the textures of the creatures. Horkers, spiders, etc. show up lavender-colored, while the people and everything else shows up fine. Do you know any solution to this?

Actually, now that I've played some more, several texures have been found missing. I'm assuming it has to do with the cache, as only textures that were not present at the last save are missing.
Last edited by grandmas ghost; Nov 18, 2016 @ 10:15pm
ferferga  [developer] Nov 28, 2016 @ 1:22pm 
Originally posted by Grandma's Ghost:
Hello. I have just downloaded and installed you mod, and what I've noticed is that all of the textures load and show up beauifully except for the textures of the creatures. Horkers, spiders, etc. show up lavender-colored, while the people and everything else shows up fine. Do you know any solution to this?

Actually, now that I've played some more, several texures have been found missing. I'm assuming it has to do with the cache, as only textures that were not present at the last save are missing.

Do you use the Hi-Res DLC version, right?

Originally posted by henryx60:
Oh men don't worry it's just a mod if you need time take how many time is necessary. Good luck:)

Thank you for your kind words :). Still looking into it! ;)
ferferga  [developer] Jan 7, 2017 @ 10:57am 
Hello again, guys! You may be wondering where I am :). First of all, happy new year everybody :). Second, I have bad news and good news for you. Let's start with the bad ones.

I've been investigating these days what is the cause of the purple textures... Unfortunately, Skyrim has some awkwards limitations that make that kinds of bugs arise when you less expect them...

The purple textures have many causes. It could be due to low VRAM (and it would lead to a CTD afterwards). It could be also to missing or broken models/textures. My mods were packed using the original textures from the Hi-Res DLC so I have two ideas for this:

1. Maybe you don't have the 3 DLCs?
2. Maybe it's truly my fault and I have packed badly something or I had a corruption somewhere... Or perhaps Skyrim Launcher corrupted the files, that could be also an option...

So, I need you guys to tell me if you have the 3 dlcs and if you have at least 1 GB of VRAM (check if you supply the recommended requisites for Skyrim and the minimum for the Hi-Res DLC). The Hi-Res pack features textures for each DLC, so I need to split them in different files for every DLC or make the mod dependent in the Legendary Edition. That is my fault as well, as I should pack them in a different way to diferentiate them... But not everything is lost, because after this is solved, the textures would appear correctly after you exit and re-enter the cell (the interior or exterior space where your character is already). No savegame corruption or bad :).

The good news is that I have a new version of the mod that is really exciting (at least for me). I will create different flavours for the mod. One version called "Original" will contain the BSA files with the original textures (no mip-mapping or changes, just vanilla, untouched textures). Another version called "Performance" will contain optimized and compressed textures, courtesy of the STEP team, and another one called "Super Performance" will contain the same optimized textures, but even more optimized and compressed, for the lowest-end PCs. No quality loss in the textures of the "Original" and "Performance" versions (only a slight quality loss in the "Super Performance" version). First of all, the "Original" version will be published as a new update in the actual "Skyrim's BSAs" version. The rest of versions will be published as separate files. The "Original" version will be published tomorrow (if I have time to pack and sort some things) or the next week (if the studies let me do so, if not, as soon as possible).

The answers you give me here would help me to know what to do next with the Hi-Res version of the mod. They are appreciated :).

Thank you very much for all the kind support!

PS: Remember to subscribe to the "News and updates" discussion here: http://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/discussion/695212271/350532536101882085/

Whenever the new update is published, you need to re-run the installation script (BSAOP_Install.vbs), so it's a good practice to get a notification when this mod is updated and re-run the script :).
Last edited by ferferga; Jan 7, 2017 @ 11:01am
Henry c/VAC Jan 7, 2017 @ 3:59pm 
i have 2 gb of VRAM and the 3 DLC´s :whiterun: :c
ferferga  [developer] Jan 8, 2017 @ 1:34am 
I'll friend you to troubleshoot the issue via chat. Hope you don't mind :)
Henry c/VAC Jan 8, 2017 @ 11:42pm 
Originally posted by ferferga:
I'll friend you to troubleshoot the issue via chat. Hope you don't mind :)

I have no problem with that, but I have not actually installed Skyrim because I recently changed my computer :steamsad:
ferferga  [developer] Jan 20, 2017 @ 11:44am 
New update released!! Check that out! Everything should be fixed now! :)
ferferga  [developer] Jun 19, 2018 @ 5:24am 
For all of you guys who are having problems while installing it or using it:

After all this long time, I finally got some free time to create a new partition on my PC and install a fresh-new Windows installation on it for testing this. That means that I had a completely fresh Skyrim installation (no mods, no SKSE, nothing, just vanilla). I followed the instructions of my own mod's descriptions to install each of the BSAOP version, and they all worked perfectly on new games and even existing games (which I had because they were downloaded from the Steam Cloud's backup)

So, I discard any problem on Steam's side or Skyrim's side, because as I said, everything went as expected in my clean installation of Skyrim. I would like to help all of you who are having troubles with this, but please, check that you followed all the instructions properly.

Have a nice day!
PS: I'm posting this on every BSAOP thread, I don't want this to be unnoticed. Sorry if you had multiple notifications in your Steam dashboard :)
Last edited by ferferga; Jun 19, 2018 @ 5:24am
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