Oblivion Mod:Programmers

Outdated Tech: This list of programmers/projects is from the early months of Oblivion analysis and toolmaking and is now out of date. For current tools see the main Modding page.

While TESCS for Oblivion CS4 is quite powerful, there are a number of times when it's desirable to go outside CS4's limitations and deal more directly with the data files that Oblivion depends on. This page is focused on information and programs related to this effort. While regular users may find this page interesting for following WIPs and locating tools, the page is primarily geared to support the programmers working on the issues.

Projects

Topic	Experts	Info/See Also	Tools
BSA File Format List, unpack and pack BSA archives.	GhostWheel Rick Timeslip Vasiliy		BSA Unpacker Updated TES4BSA BSA Commander
Co-Executables Hack into the engine to extend scripting, etc.	Rick ianpatt		Oblivion Script Extender(OBSE)
Esp/Esm Conversion Convert from esp to esm and vice versa.	AME ScripterRon Wrye	Solved.	Tes4 Plugin Utility Wrye Bash
Face Transplanation Replace the PC's face.	Wrye Rick ResetGun	Save File Format ACHR change-subrecord.	Wrye Bash (0.06 or higher) Oblivion Face Exchange Lite
FormIds What they are, how they effect modding and how to deal with them.	Wrye	ESF: FormId Problems	N/A
Mod File Format Structure of esm/esp files.	GhostWheel Dave Humphrey Wrye	GhostWheel: Tes4.xml	Nothing yet.
Mod Integration Making separate mods to work together.	Wrye		N/A
Mod Merging Merge several mods together.	Henry Morgan ScripterRon Wrye	ESF: Merging Plugins	Tes4 Plugin Utility
Mod Translation Translate a mod into a different language.	Sir Dragon	Nothing yet.	TES4 Mod Translator
Object Merging Merge changes to same object from different mods.		Nothing yet.	Nothing yet.
Save Game Updater Adjust for merged mods, etc.	Rick Wrye	Mod Integration	Nothing yet.
Save File Format Structure of save files.	Rick ResetGun Wrye	ESF: Save File Format	Save File API and Viewer 010 Editor Templates/Scripts
Total Conversions Building a completely new game using the Oblivion engine.	Erstam Sinister Shadows	ESF:New Worldspace
Unleveling NPCs Unlevel NPCs in save games, so that releveling mods can affect them.		Save NPC	Wrye Bash (0.16 or higher)
Wishlist Technical wishlist for Bethesda Softworks developers.		CS4 Wiki: Wish List	N/A

Programmers

Programmer	Current Projects	Past Projects
AME-Oxinetex Home (German)	Mod Merger [WIP] Discuss Physically merges records, which isn't sufficient for true mod merging. Oblivion File Changer Download Command line interface. Hard to use. Command line esp/esm converter.
GhostWheel Home Platform: None	TES4BSA Download Command line only. Lists, unpacks Oblivion BSA archives. Mod File Format Download	BSAPackUtility [Morrowind] Lists, packs, unpacks Morrowind BSA archives. TES Plugin Tool Clean, merge dialogs, merge objects,
Hayden, Farren		Enchanted Editor [Morrowind] Mid-low level editor for Morrowind mod and save files.
Humphrey, Dave Uesp	Mod File Format UESP Owner/Sysop Talk ObEdit Alternate editor TES4 Code Library Low level C++ code for handling Oblivion files	UESP Creator/Author Morrowind File Format
Kyorisu Home	Save Management
Morgan, Henry	Mod Merger [WIP] Discuss
ResetGun Platform: .NET	Oblivion Face Exchange Lite Save File Format UESP Save File API and Viewer [WIP] Collection of classes with source code Interactive save file viewer (you may export data to file) Save record format is not yet fully decoded
Rick UESP	Save File Format UESP BSA File Format UESP Updated TES4BSA Download Discuss Updated version of ghostwheel's TES4BSA. Command line only. Lists, unpacks Oblivion BSA archives.
ScripterRon Contact: Elder Scrolls Forum Platform: Java	Tes4 Plugin Utility Discuss Mod merging. Merges master lists for mods, and adjusts formids and editorids. Esp/esm conversion.
Timeslip Home Platform: .Net	Oblivion Mod Manager Download Discuss TESsnip Discuss Crashes trying to load some complex plugins BSA unpacker Discuss Plugin conflict detector Only scans for duplicate EDID's. No other conflicts are detected.	Exe optimizer Morrowind Graphics Extender (MGE)
Visiliy Home	BSA Commander Download
Wrye Home Contact: Elder Scrolls Forums Platform: Python	Wrye Bash Download Discuss Oblivion File and save game management. Esp/esm conversion. Analysis Read Papers on FormIds, Mod Merging, etc. UESP Sysop Talk	Wrye Mash [Morrowind] Mod and save game management. Doubing prevention/repair. General mod and save file manipulation. Analysis