SSE Help with Archive.exe

[tektran]

So I'm new to modding Skyrim on the PC. I've modded Fallout 4 quite a bit, and have uploaded a couple retexture mods myself. But with Skyrim, all my time until now has been limited to the console version for various reasons. I've spent the past week combing through all the graphical overhauls and texture replacers finding everything I want for my first pc playthrough.

 

I'm not a fan of the increased load times and sometimes stutter that massive amounts of loose files from textures has caused me in the past with Fallout 4, so with that game I learned how to pack up all my texture mods nice and cozy with Archive2, which is extremely simple to use. I imagine Archive isn't that hard either, I'm just having difficulty finding specific answers.

 

In Archive2, I would just go to settings, switch the format to DDS, then set my max archive size to 1500, so as to keep the ba2s around a 1.5gig limit. Then I'd add the folder I want, and boom, done.

 

How do I accomplish this with Archive? I assume, since I'm only putting textures in, I'd only tick the "Texture" box on the left. What about the right? I've read a couple post that said to check every box, except for the Xbox option. But then I've seen another post or two that mentions only checking certain boxes.

 

And how do I limit the bsa file size? On a test run, archiving my loose textures, it created a nice ole giant 17 gig bsa. Feeling like that's gonna cause issues. So I'd like to break it down into smaller chunks.

[Deleted3897072User]

Just tick the compression option.