Dubnoman Posted May 28, 2013 Posted May 28, 2013 I put down Skyrim about 4-5 months ago. I decided to pick up the game again recently and want to start a new game. I updated some mods, including a few that are script based. I use NMM. I uninstalled old versions of the mods and installed the new versions. I'm going to start a new game, but I remember reading somewhere that someone said if you uninstall several or many mods and plan to start a new game, you should reinstall Skyrim just to be safe. Should I do that? Should I take the time to reinstall Skyrim and then install all my mods again just to be safe? Or is that not necessary?
Jeir Posted May 28, 2013 Posted May 28, 2013 If you're starting a new game, then there's no need to reinstall Skyrim if you're certain that all the files from the uninstalled mods are gone.
Dubnoman Posted May 28, 2013 Author Posted May 28, 2013 If you're starting a new game, then there's no need to reinstall Skyrim if you're certain that all the files from the uninstalled mods are gone. I used NMM. I have some mods with scripts, like convenient horses. For example, with convenient horses, I had version 4.5 installed and I wanted version 4.6, so I downloaded version 4.6, uninstalled version 4.5 on NMM, and then installed version 4.6. I uninstalled (old versions) or some other script based mods (via NMM) and then installed the new versions via NMM. I probably dealt with no more than five script based mods (uninstall old version and install new version). Should I be fine? Also, did I update to new versions of mods correctly? Or did I end up doing it wrong?
Jeir Posted May 28, 2013 Posted May 28, 2013 I tend to update mods without uninstalling older versions (unless, of course, the mod author says that the old versions must be removed), and I have yet to have issues. ^_^Assuming NMM is better at uninstalling mods now than it was in earlier versions (I wont use it, so I wouldn't know), you should be fine.
Georgiegril Posted May 28, 2013 Posted May 28, 2013 Mods like Convenient horses include very specific instructions about updating, removal, etc. That information is there to help you avoid script-related problems.Any time you decide to update any mod, or remove any mod, re-rereading everything the mod author provides may save your game.
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