[GUIDE] Manual Cleaning Skyrim and Skyrim Special Edition Master files

[yian]

Here is my results. I am using Skyrm Special Edition 1.5.16 update from November 8th, and xedit 3.2.1

 

Update.esm
[Removing "Identical to Master" records done] Processed Records: 17495, Removed Records: 228, Elapsed Time: 00:00
[undeleting and Disabling References done] Processed Records: 17267, Undeleted Records: 91, Elapsed Time: 00:00

 

Dawnguard.esm
1st clean :
[Removing "Identical to Master" records done] Processed Records: 98676, Removed Records: 621, Elapsed Time: 00:00
[undeleting and Disabling References done] Processed Records: 98055, Undeleted Records: 82, Elapsed Time: 00:02
<Warning: Plugin contains 57 deleted NavMeshes which can not be undeleted>
2nd clean
[Removing "Identical to Master" records done] Processed Records: 98054, Removed Records: 6, Elapsed Time: 00:00
[undeleting and Disabling References done] Processed Records: 98048, Undeleted Records: 0, Elapsed Time: 00:02
<Warning: Plugin contains 57 deleted NavMeshes which can not be undeleted>

 

Hearthfires.esm
[Removing "Identical to Master" records done] Processed Records: 17830, Removed Records: 178, Elapsed Time: 00:00
[undeleting and Disabling References done] Processed Records: 17652, Undeleted Records: 11, Elapsed Time: 00:00
<Warning: Plugin contains 5 deleted NavMeshes which can not be undeleted>

 

Dragonborn.esm
[Removing "Identical to Master" records done] Processed Records: 214498, Removed Records: 69, Elapsed Time: 00:00
[undeleting and Disabling References done] Processed Records: 214429, Undeleted Records: 8, Elapsed Time: 00:02
<Warning: Plugin contains 1 deleted NavMeshes which can not be undeleted>

[Niborino9409]

Can this be seen as an unofficial help/support page or should I make a new thread?

 

Edit: Nevermind, I realized my question isn't about the .ESMs but my own mod.

Edited November 28, 2017 by Niborino9409

[JimmyRJump]

Pico-bello guide. Thank you ;)

[redtrolley]

I've newly installed SSE and have followed your instructions to clean my masters. My CRCs are different. I guess they've updated since your guide was written.

 

After the automatic and manual clean, this is what I ended up with.

 

Update.esm - 720EAC2B

Dawnguard.esm - 5E276A10

HearthFires.esm - 39C80A37

Dragonborn.esm - 7C7D9763

[JimmyRJump]

Can this guide be used to clean Fallout 4 Master Files as well? Asking because LOOT almost gets a stroke every time I let it sort FO4 load order after I updated the game and the links provided by LOOT in the dirty plugs points at TES5Edit Cleaning Guide on Creation Kit.

[ff7legend]

Very informative guide. Thanks a million for this.

[sopmac45]

Very nice .... got a question : tried to do this and Update and Dawnguard are giving an error, saying something like : file cannot be deleted from \steam\steamapps\common\Skyrim Special Edition ....

 

.... I cleaned Dawnguard twice and still is saying that .... tried to clean cache files to be reacquired, use LOOT and clean again and still same error .... please help !!

[MacBran]

Is cleaning the update and DLC .esm required anymore with the 1.5.39 version of SSE ?
Because, after the new update, I try to clean this 4 esm, but SSEEdit find nothing but some "deleted NavMeshes which can not be undeleted"...

Update.esm:
[Filtering done] Processed Records: 905943 Elapsed Time: 00:19
[Removing "Identical to Master" records done] Processed Records: 17267, Removed Records: 0, Elapsed Time: 00:00
[undeleting and Disabling References done] Processed Records: 17267, Undeleted Records: 0, Elapsed Time: 00:00

Dawnguard.esm:
[Filtering done] Processed Records: 1003989 Elapsed Time: 00:24
[Removing "Identical to Master" records done] Processed Records: 98045, Removed Records: 0, Elapsed Time: 00:00
[undeleting and Disabling References done] Processed Records: 98045, Undeleted Records: 0, Elapsed Time: 00:02
<Warning: Plugin contains 57 deleted NavMeshes which can not be undeleted>

HearthFires.esm:
[Filtering done] Processed Records: 923596 Elapsed Time: 00:21
[Removing "Identical to Master" records done] Processed Records: 17652, Removed Records: 0, Elapsed Time: 00:00
[undeleting and Disabling References done] Processed Records: 17652, Undeleted Records: 0, Elapsed Time: 00:00
<Warning: Plugin contains 5 deleted NavMeshes which can not be undeleted>

Dragonborn.esm:
[Filtering done] Processed Records: 1120373 Elapsed Time: 00:22
[Removing "Identical to Master" records done] Processed Records: 214429, Removed Records: 0, Elapsed Time: 00:00
[undeleting and Disabling References done] Processed Records: 214429, Undeleted Records: 0, Elapsed Time: 00:03
<Warning: Plugin contains 1 deleted NavMeshes which can not be undeleted>

So, did I make something wrong, or did Bethesda clean the esm this time ?

[Vrakyas]

They still need to be cleaned. Maybe you still haven't downloaded the 1.5.39 update?

[MacBran]

They still need to be cleaned. Maybe you still haven't downloaded the 1.5.39 update?

Yes I have dowloaded the 1.5.39 update.

I have found my problem.

I use Mod Organizer 2. The last time I clean the esm, MO put the cleaned file in its overwrite folder. And when I tried to do the cleanup yesterday, SSEEdit take this files, which where already cleaned...

This time, I remove this old files, and SSEEdit find the last ones.

That I have to clean.

 

May I put the result here, so someone could confirm its OK, and other people could compare with their own result ?