REQ: Tracking of BA2 files

[Omegacron]

I keep running into the BA2 limit with Fallout4 and have to manually count how many archives are included with each of the last mods I downloaded. Would it be possible to add a feature that either A) counts the total number of BA2 archives (similar to how it does with plugin files), or B) shows how many archives are included with each mod? I assume A would be the easier option, and probably more useful overall.

 

Or, if the limit is how many MB are in BA2 files, show that value. Honestly, I'm not sure exactly how that works, but I'm running into issues at 516 archives loaded. Even one beyond that, and FO4 crashes at the main menu. Having a number to refer to in Vortex would help troubleshoot such things.

 

Thanks!

[showler]

They're still trying to figure out what the "ba2 limit" is all about: https://forums.nexusmods.com/index.php?/topic/12027513-does-fallout-4-have-a-ba2-limit/page-2

[mac2636]

I keep running into the BA2 limit with Fallout4 and have to manually count how many archives are included with each of the last mods I downloaded. Would it be possible to add a feature that either A) counts the total number of BA2 archives (similar to how it does with plugin files), or B) shows how many archives are included with each mod? I assume A would be the easier option, and probably more useful overall.

 

Or, if the limit is how many MB are in BA2 files, show that value. Honestly, I'm not sure exactly how that works, but I'm running into issues at 516 archives loaded. Even one beyond that, and FO4 crashes at the main menu. Having a number to refer to in Vortex would help troubleshoot such things.

 

Thanks!

You can use Windows Powershell to count the number of .ba2 files in a directory. I can't remember the code of the top of my head, but will try to share later today.

[mac2636]

h:





Set-Location \Vortex\Games\fallout4\Stage

Get-ChildItem -Recurse -Include *.ba2 | Group-Object Extension -NoElement









Set-Location \Games\Steam\SteamApps\common\Fallout 4\Data

Get-ChildItem -Recurse -Include *.ba2 | Group-Object Extension -NoElement

[Pickysaurus]

As showler pointed out, we're not 100% sure what the BA2 limit is. If we have concrete information on how to detect it, we can add this to Vortex. It seems to vary from user to user.