FO4Edit, am i doing it right?

[mlmlars]

i have some mods for my FO4. all from Nexus here and installed with vortex. tracking down CTDs, found FO4Edit. read some guides and recommedations using it to clean up errors.

 

can i just plain use FO4EditQuickAutoClean.exe for every mod one after another?

are there some mods better not been used with AutoClean?

 

i used FO4Edit before and got the result of errors have been found in it, like 17.000 of 900.000 files ir such

[kkkenny1577]

use LOOT to see what mods need cleaning - it will see what files have issues and then use fo4edit clean to those mods.

If mod is fine fo4edit clean won't do anything.

CTDs are another issue and F04edit (use check for conflicts) will assist in you deciding to either move, patch, ignore or delete a mod.

fo4edit guides are old but will give a good idea what to do in some cases

[AugustaCalidia]

Since Vortex uses LOOT, it also includes the LOOT information about mods to be cleaned. Go to the Vortex plugins page, toggle LOOT messages (inlined), right click on a plugin that needs cleaning, and select "Clean with xEdit" from the dropdown menu. (Be sure that xEdit is set up as a tool on the Vortex dashboard.)

 

Heed kkkenny1577's warning that CTDs are a separate issue from mod dirty edits. In my experience, simply cleaning dirty mods never solved a CTD problem. Fortunately, as kkkenny1577 pointed out, xEdit is a kind of Swiss Army knife with multiple functions for dealing with issues like CTDs.

Edited May 14, 2021 by AugustaCalidia