#How to add mods to oblivion through steam install
This is a problem because when you install the game through Steam, all of the game's vanilla BSAs have their Date Modified set to the install date. In Oblivion, loose files will only override content inside of a BSA if the loose file has a more recent Date Modified timestamp than the BSA. There are no exceptions to either of these rules. Moreover, BSAs that are loaded later will override BSAs that are loaded earlier, in the event that different versions of the same file exist in multiple BSAs. In Skyrim, "loose files," or files that aren't packaged in a BSA, will always override files in a BSA. Unfortunately, Oblivion has a few problems - which SkyBSA fixes! Bethesda uses BSAs to package the content for their games, and in Skyrim, where BSAs actually work, mod authors usually package their content in them for compactness and cleanliness. In short, it totally removes the need to mess around with file timestamps.īSAs, or Bethesda Softworks Archives, are a proprietary archive format similar to a ZIP or RAR file. SkyBSA is an OBSE DLL that patches how Oblivion handles BSAs versus loose files, in order to force the game to behave more like Skyrim.