You simply select maximum strength, click BSA, click select all in the BSA tab, and run it. Optimzer Textures does not even need to be extracted from an archive to work. DDSopt, if configured properly, can work all its magic and do none of its harm but the problem is the configuration process is somewhat involved, and not well suited for the average STEP user.Įnter Optimizer Textures. When I optimized my own game using the tool, I noticed that the on camera blood effects from Enhanced Blood textures were corrupted, for example.
If you select a file that DDSopt is not suited to optimize, than DDSopt can kill the file (read esm, esps, ect). To optimize a BSA you have to extract the BSA into loose files and optimize those, because otherwise DDSopt will ruin the BSA. The reason is DDSopt has problems with exceptions. I think DDSopt can often times be a superior tool, however I think Optimizer Textures would be a better fit for STEP. STEP currently recommends DDSopt for optimizing textures.
