WRYE BASH VS OBMM INSTALL
WRYE BASH VS OBMM MOD

These mods are intended for installation with the Oblivion Mod Manager or Nexus Mod.

WRYE BASH VS OBMM INSTALL

I'm pretty sure there are other things that I still haven't mentioned yet, but aren't as important. The simplest way to install Wrye Bash is using the installer. Also, there are plenty of mods that support BAIN installation which usually means they come with the necessary installing wizard or the files are simply organized in the BAIN format. Also BAIN has a feature that once you uninstall a mod that has files that overwrite the original ones, it returns the old files afterwards. It also has the feature of showing when there are conflicts on what files. Wrye Bash also includes BAIN installation method which is very useful for texture mods and BAIN also has its own install order which can be used to determine which files get overwritten or not. Using OBMM or LOOT helps deal with conflicts. Since the program itself relies on the load order that is defined by the user. The purpose of the bashed patch is to merge not only changes to the leveled lists, but to pretty much everything else. Which when created allows the user to fine tune a lot of details of what goes in to it. One of it's most valuable features is the bashed patch. Wrye Bash is the best tool available for all Elder Scroll games. I spend weeks to get a stable FCOM installation and I finally got a virtually crash free setup once I a) switched to boss and b) stripped down the bash options to a minimum Loot support for oblivion is minimal to say the least. I'd stay away from 'import cells' which might screw up nav meshes and -see above- import npc faces.ДЄnd finally, trust the fcom pros at beth forums and use boss, not loot, to sort your LO. Dont follow any step guide to the letter, use your brain to decide what you need and what you want to merge. If you *need* a bashed patch pretty much depends if you have mods that add items/creatures to leveled lists, mods like OOO/MMM/Frans certainly need a merged patch. You dont need and you dont want to install mods with bash.

In one case bash assigned a 2g hair length to a npc which unsurprisingly made the engine crash.indeed a bit hard to render xD Is it really a good idea to merge npc faces? Does it even make sense?ДЄlways check your patch for errors with TesEdit and if TesEdit complains about illegal records, take that serious. The less you merge and the more you resolve conflicts via load order, the better. Bash is not a NASA sponsored AI program, it tries to merge records according to some formal rules and it often gets it wrong. In my not so limited experience with bash, be very wary with bashed patches.

Wrye bash vs obmm