

There are lots of benefits from using the merged version, you will be able to switch weapons faster as it takes less amount of time for the game to actually load the files, it can eliminate or reduce stutters and decrease loading times (although not everyone will notice this, but this is only achieved by packing files in.

The reason behind this, is to decrease load order build-up and increase game performance. I've made this entirely for my personal use, and i've been building it for quite a while now until it was polished enough to use it. There's also no need to extract Skin Packs files, just replace the original. You can safely use the merged plugin without packing the files into the archives BUT you still need to extract the files from the original mods that are originally packed, so it's entirely up to you.Īs for skin packs or any addon (like the AK5C Skin Packs) that might come out to any of the weapons in the merged patch, you won't be able to use them unless I make a compatibility patch, wich will be done eventually, as it's rather simple to do it.

ba2 archive isn't absolutely necessary, although it's the best practice.
