NEWS GamerPoets fully detailed step-by-step guide on how to install Texture Optimization Project.
!!!~IMPORTANT~!!!
When you finish saving a repacked .ba2 file, go into folder "1" and delete everything there before extracting another vanilla .ba2 file to folder "1" OBJECTIVE Fallout 4 Texture Optimization Project(TOP) is tasked with improving you PC's Framerates Per Second(FPS) without sacrificing too much visual fidelity(save for close ups visuals). To accomplish this, I have replaced the high-resolution textures with properly compressed and resized textures.
All of this is done manually, one texture at a time, to ensure that any buggy files are fixed and the end goal will be a MUCH BETTER playing game ESPECIALLY for people with a low to mid tier PC with only a MINOR loss in texture quality.
Extra Info:
Vanilla textures are HUGE: 2048x2048 ground textures, 2048x2048 plant textures, and 4096x2048 tree textures, so on and so forth. Most entry level gaming computers cannot handle this.
Therefore, what I have done is fix that problem while retaining the vanilla art style all the while, reducing the texture size and using proper compression on textures. This leads to a VERY impressive micro-stutter fix and sometimes removal!
The mod is a VERY good FPS boost for low to mid-grade computers with anywhere up to Overclocked i7-3770ks and Overclocked gtx770s seeing massive improvements! Also, it is the BEST fps boost you can get for the quality retained, without making the game look like complete garbage, which is PERFECT for low to mid-tier computers.
Furthermore, it can even improve framerate stability, even on some higher end graphics cards!
--Note: To truly test how much of an FPS improvement you are getting from this mod, don't stand still, looking at a wall, and call that your FPS. Test your FPS while fighting, walking through cities, open fields, tunnels, etc.
PLEASE TAKE A THOROUGH LOOK AT THE STICKIED COMMENTS AND THE BUGS SECTION BEFORE POSTING QUESTIONS/PROBLEMS. THANK YOU.
INSTALLATION PROCESS ----Securing Assets---- If every step was followed in this guide you should have a buttery-smooth Fallout4! Congratulations!
As a completely Optional recommendation I recommend including
FAR - Faraway Area Reform into this process as well!
...even though SparrowPrince left the nexus for an unknown reason... :'(
(It may be possible to use
B.A.E. - Bethesda Archive Extractor instead of Archive2. However, since I have not, and will not, test it, any bugs that happen because of it, do not post comments about it)
Credits GamerPoets for being outstandingly helpful by creating a comprehensive installation video for all of us! :D
Cruzifixio for the outstanding graphical image design of the mod logo! :D
Commander19 for tidying up the original description for this mod and showing me some tips for using BBCODE! Very appreciated!
Gopher for the video tutorials, which really help people understand how to do things.
Zapper215 for reworking the BBCODE and rewording the .ba2 Repackaging Guide, and being a BBCODE Wizard! ;D