One of the most prominent representatives of the game industry, fully supporting custom modifications, is Bethesda Game Studios, which presented the world with The Elder Scrolls series.
The fifth part of the series, Skyrim, is still very popular among players around the world, which is a merit not only of developers, but also of fashion builders. To date, there are more than ten thousand additions of various functionality and complexity, and the number of installed add-ons for an average fan is about two hundred.
The appearance of such a number of modifications would sooner or later lead to the creation of special programs for managing additional game content. One of these utilities is Wrye Bash, which has a rich set of functions and settings. The program is quite difficult to learn, but learning how to use Wrye Bash for both ordinary players and enthusiasts is definitely worth it.
Program features
The main purpose of the utility is full control over the process of installing and removing new game modifications while carefully interacting with the script component and saving the original game files. A very useful option that allows you not to litter the Data folder with thousands of files.
Additional functionality of the program:
- Work with Saving - creating several configurations with individual settings and a list of installed add-ons. Given that the maximum allowable number of modifications installed in the game is 255, the ability to create your own list of mods for each of the saves / characters will come in handy for many players.
- Sorting add-ons (changing boot order). A considerable part of the modifications uses the resources of the game (or other add-ons) and, if necessary, refers to the storage location of these files - the so-called master file, which must be installed and located higher in the download list. When installing the next mod with such connections, the program will warn the user about the need to adjust the file position in the list.
- Combining modifications, editing level lists. In this case, using Wrye Bash, as a rule, makes sense to prevent conflict situations, as a result of which files from add-ons "overlap" each other, or when the mod limit is exceeded (for example, combining 10 types of weapons from different add-ons into one esp file )
- Game configuration file editor. Eliminates the need to go to these files manually. May be required when installing some global add-ons.
- Mod developer tools.
How to install wrye bash
The program is free, therefore it is freely available and can be downloaded from any resource. The installation process looks like this:
- Run the downloaded installation file, click Next.
- Mark the game for which the program is installed, leave the other items unchanged.
- As the path, specify the root directory of the game, click Next, followed by Install.
- Make sure that everything is done correctly: in the root directory of the game, the installer will create the Mopy directory, in the Data directory - the file Bashed Patch 0.esp. Sometimes the program does not create it, in this case you need to forcefully copy Bashed Patch, Skyrim.esp from ... Mopy \ templates \ Skyrim there, and then rename it to Bashed Patch, 0.esp.
- Run the program.
Controls
The main menu is located at the bottom of the program window. The first icon on the left is responsible for launching the game in conjunction with a script expander (Skyrim Script Extender), the next - for closing the Wrye Bash when the game starts. Accordingly, you can put or remove a mark on them. Clicking on the third icon launches the game.
The following are the settings, help, launch scan and document browser icons. The rest of the buttons, the user can set himself. As a rule, utilities necessary for modders and players (Boss or Nexus Mod Manager for example) get here. They may appear there when installing Wrye Bash (it depends on their settings), manually added by creating a program shortcut in the directory ... Mopy \ Apps.
How to use Wrye Bash
To master all the functionality of the program will turn out far from immediately. Fashion designers will even have to study English-language instructions. Wrye Bash for ordinary players is more accessible to use.
The main program window is divided into two parts. On the left are all modifications to the game installed in the boot order (this order is changed right here by simply dragging and dropping or using the appropriate utilities). In the same part of the window, information from other tabs of the program is displayed. The right part displays detailed information about the components of the game.
Each of the modifications is marked in color: the esm archives are in blue, regular esp archives are in black, the combined modifications are highlighted in green, and the available modifications are highlighted in purple. The colors of the cells of each modification carry different information:
- The green cell indicates the correct location of the mod in relation to the master file.
- An orange cell indicates a violation of the file order recorded in the addon. It should be borne in mind that often the required file order does not affect the game.
- The pink cell indicates the absence of the desired master file or its incorrect location.
- Check mark in the cell - installed and active modification.
- + signals that the mod has been processed with a bash patch.
- A dot is an import sign.
- There is no check mark - the addon is disabled.
Modifications processed using the patch (most often it is a matter of combining several mods into one) is controlled by the file Bashed Patch, 0.esp. This file should always be at the very bottom of the list, which will avoid errors and conflicts in the game.
Install Mods
To install add-ons, the program has a tab "Installers". It is initially empty. To install mods, Wrye Bash, like other utilities, has a special directory created at the installation stage in the same directory as the game folder (... Mods \ Bash Installers). Here you need to put all the necessary archives with additions, and then click on the tab. The program will take some time to load all the modifications.
It supports both automatic installation (if the modmaker wishes to make his modification appropriate), as well as manual. Using an automatic installation, using Wrye Bash is usually not difficult: you just need to click RMB on the desired archive and then click the "Master Installer". Depending on the complexity of the modification, you will be prompted to configure options for its installation, then click Apply. In manual mode, you need to mark the add-ons of interest, call the context menu and click "Install."
In those cases when the archive has content that is not supported by the program (archive in the archive, for example), it will be grayed out. In this case, you can still try to install the modification, here, unpacking this archive and starting the installation. Wrye Bash will not be able to install the mod only when the structure of the file location is violated (does not match the game).
When installing an add-on, color signs should also be paid attention to:
- White color - the archive is supported by the program, and the mod can be installed.
- Gray color - the program cannot recognize the file.
- Green color - the program captures the full correspondence between its settings and files in the game directory.
- Yellow color - the files are in place, but there are compatibility problems, or a change or replacement of one or more mod files after installation is recorded.
- Red color - one or several modification files are not in the directory.
- A cross on any field indicates damage to the archive.
Removing Mods
To remove the addon, just call its context menu and click "Uninstall". If the modification files were changed by another add-on, the program will not delete them.