What happens to the Bmp's when replaced?

[lcm1947]

I have been replacing a lot of these due to using the available and outstanding mods out there and a thought occurred to me. What actually happens to the orginal Bmp's when you override them.. Do they disappear, meaning that they aren't just moved somewhere else on the hard drive. I worry about space on my 20G. hard drive and was just worried about it. Would some kind soul let me know.

[jhdeerslayer]

They're deleted. Always good to back up your BMP's before replacing them since you may not like the new BMP. I back mine up onto a CD or a huge Zip file on my hard drive.

[Schrullenhaft]

Specifically they are over-written. Because you are copying into the BMP directory a file with the same file name it will overwrite the current file - in effect deleting it.

There are several ways of backing up your BMP or WAV directories (depending on how much hard drive space you have). Using a Mod Manager may be a bit easier, but depending on what mods you use this may involve a bit of work if you like to swap mods around a lot.

[Agua]

Yes, just a strongly urged echo of the previous comments: once you arrive at a mod combination that you really think is about perfect, burn a CD copy of the entire .BMP folder.

[lcm1947]

Thank you gentlemen. Appreciate the replys and advice.