onyxgato Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 I've downloaded several mods such as dark brotherhood addons and it doesn't activate in game. The mods that do work have an esp extension whereas the ones that end with rar do not work. How do I solve this? :wallbash: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bben46 Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 The .rar extension is a file compression program used to shrink the file down to make it easier to send over the internet. Similar to winzip but better. .rar is a for pay program, but it does have a free trial period. I use 7zip to unzip all .rar, winzip, and any other zipped files. It works better than winzip or Rar and It is FREE and available on tesnexus here http://tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=15579 You need to make sure 7zip is the default program for all of the zip type files. Just unzip the files using 7zip into your data folder and 7zip will place the various files in the proper folders. When it unzips, the file will be a .esp file in the data folder and the mesh and texture files will be placed in the data\meshes and data\textures folders where they belong. If you need more info on installing mods, look here http://thenexusforums.com/index.php?showtopic=21998 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onyxgato Posted March 21, 2008 Author Share Posted March 21, 2008 Thanks a lot for the suggestions and the help. I'm an obvious noobie to modding and everything you told me to do worked out perfect and makes the game play even more enjoyable. :thanks: If only I can get used to using the forum reply correctly. :biggrin: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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