Tes4Mod:OOO Installation Guide/BAIN

''Installing Oscuro's Oblivion Overhaul with BAIN...''

Prepare Mods
Create BAIN-Friendly Packages

Before you can use BAIN to install these mods, some of the downloads need to be repackaged. The downloaded archives are in any of the following types of formats: BAIN friendly (simple or BAIN-Ready) and not nicely packaged. Each of the archives will be evaluated, reorganized and converted as needed.

Need to Know

You cannot rename subpackages in the Installers tab.
All conversions are done by first extracting the archive to a new (temporary) folder.
The 7-zip "extract to  " is convenient for doing this.
BAIN keeps track of archives by name. If you need to rename a package, right-click on it and rename it through the context menu.

Tips

Extract the archive to a temporary folder because using the "extract here" command often ends with a bunch of loose files in whatever folder you extracted the mod archive in.
Move newly created archives into the Bash Installers folder in order to allow BAIN to detect them.
BAIN cannot do anything with archives within packages or projects.
Right-click on the "Package" header and choose "Open..." to open the Bash Installers folder.
When you select multiple items, 7-zip's add to " .7z" is the folder's name.
If this new archive shares the exact same name as the old archive, when you place it in the Bash Installers folder and overwrite the old archive, you will not have to reposition it in BAIN.

Evaluate and Convert the Packages

It is okay if the names differ.

Evaluation

OMOBS   BCFs only work for the file(s) for which they were made.  Make sure you have downloaded
the right requirements.  Pay attention to version numbers.''

# Put the   file in  .
#* If you are unsure of where this folder is located, right-click on the   in Bash and choose  
# Select the original archive(s) in the Installers tab.
#* Hold   to select multiple files.
# Right-click on the selection and choose 'Conversions > Apply...'

:Note:  has more comprehensive instructions.

Prepare Mods - Repackage Steps
Create BAIN-Friendly Packages by Hand

Before you can use BAIN to install these mods, some of the downloads need to be repackaged. Each of the downloaded archives that is not in a BAIN-friendly format (appears grey in the   tab) will be evaluated, reorganized and converted as needed. These are instructions for one way you could repackage these mods (in this case just OOO 1.33 Complete) by hand.

OOO 1.33 - Initial Evaluation (too much extra stuff)

Core: Plugins, Meshes folder, Textures folder, Sound folder
Docs: Readme, Changelog, Install Instructions, Options, Complete Readme
Other: OOO folder
Extras (or junk): update EXE, Icon, OMOD conversion data

OOO 1.33 - Convert

# Create a folder "00 Core Files"
# Move "Core" items into "00 Core Files"
# Open the OOO folder.
# Append "01 " to the beginning of the Full folder and the Lite.
#* using the same number helps indicate only one or the other should be used
#* This FULL OOO ESP is actually just a copy of the one in the main folder
# Rename the Add-ons folder "02 Options Only for LITE".
# Open the options folder.
# Delete the Harvest Flora folder. It is out-dated and buggy.
# Append "05 " to the beginning of LE's name.
# Append "06 " to the beginning of the Leveled Rates folder.
# Move the two folders up one level.
# Copy the now five folders to the top level (one folder up.)
# Delete the empty OOO folder.
# Create three new folders: "02 Options Only for FULL", "03 Compatibility Options" and "04 Other Options"
# Move the plugins from the "Other Options" folder into the correct folders:
#* Options FULL: DLT_Remover
#* Options Compat: Container Traps Instant Effects, Magic Script Effect Fix, No Guild Ownership
#* Options Other: Water Weeds, Map Markers Stock
# Create a folder "00 Docs"
# Drop the "Docs" items into the "00 Docs" folder
# Create a folder "06 Extras" (or delete the "junk" items)
# Move the "Extras" items into the "07 Extras" folder if you keep these items.
# Select the everything, right-click and (7-zip) add them to "OOO 1.33.7z."
# Move the newly-created archive up into the Bash Installers folder, and delete the temporary folder.

OOO 1.33 - BAIN package
00 Core Files
00 Docs
01 Full
01 Lite
02 Options Only for FULL
02 Options Only for LITE
03 Compatibility Options
04 Other Options
05 Living Economy
06 Level Rates Modified
(07 Extras)

Install Mods
Organize the Packages

The actual package numbers may differ, but it is the relative order that matters.

Based on A General Order for Installing Mods.
 

Configure the packages

Configure the packages, checking plugins and optional data files subpackages as you wish.

A relative package (install) order
OMOBS
Do ''not use optional combat settings.
Use the SI version or the Vanilla version.
UOP
leave the plugin checked or you will see yellow
UOP Supplemental Hotfix
check the plugin
(SI) USIP
check the plugin
OOO 1.33 Complete
Do not'' use the bundled version of Harvest Flora. It has a serious bug that is fixed in the latest version (for which you can find a link in Downloading Mods.)
The bundled version of LE is not the latest, but it is works.
The latest version of LE is available at TESNexus, but a newer more robust alternative is Enhanced Economy.
(Optional) level rate modification
As an alternative, Tejon's Progress mod is highly recommended for controlling skill rate progression, but it is incompatible with Oblivion XP.
See the OOO ReadMe for information about the different optional modules.
OOO 1.34b5 (OOO FULL users)
Seriously, do not install the Waterfish plugin if you have a weak CPU. MMM also contains a WaterLife optional module that should be slightly easier on your system, but any real water life-type mod is going to hit the CPU with a lot of AI packages to process.
You want a fairly good system to run a bunch of AI adding mods, and any system less than "great" is going to feel the effects of adding extra AI to these overhaul-modded setups. (See the System Requirements page for rough guidelines for how your setup suits modded Oblivion.)
OOO 1.33b Lite Patch (OOO LITE users)

Install the Packages

Since they are in the right order you can select all of the packages, click on the selection and choose  . You can right-click on each individual package and choose   as well.

See Also
After Changing a Modified Setup
BAIN Installation
Wrye Bash

External Links
Agiel's Oblivion Plugins - a nearly fully-linked MMMforOOO++ load order;
Martigen's Monster Mod + OOO? - BethSoft thread <-- MMMforOOO setup with BAIN