How to position plugins manually using Wrye Bash

[MattKelly77]

Well met

 

I'm 0.2% experience of modding so please bear with me.

 

So have modded Oblivion. I have used Wrye Bash and use BOSS to sort load order out.

 

In the BOSS log, it says "The following plugins were not found in the masterlist, and must be positioned manually". Please can someone advise how I manually position plugins using Wrye Bash?

 

Many many thanks for any help you may be able to offer.

 

 

[Striker879]

Simplest way is to use the BOSS GUI to create User Rules for the unrecognized mods.

 

To get an idea where to put the mods in your existing load order open the BOSS Masterlist in Notepad and look for similar mods. Use that as a starting point for setting up your User Rule for that mod (Load After or Load Before in the User Rules setup dialogue).

 

The game uses date and timestamp to determine load order.

 

- Edit - It's best to only use one tool for loader (i.e. just BOSS or only Wrye Bash but not both) but in WB you can just drag and drop mods to different positions in your load order. Things will get complicated if you run BOSS again and/or install more mods.

[MattKelly77]

Ah

 

Thankyou Striker879

 

I had only been using BOSS.exe to perform the BOSS log. Found the BOSS_gui.exe and followed your guidance and have successfully levelled to 0.3% modding experience now. I have been able to move the plugin to where I think it should be. Despite repositioning that unrecognised plugin, the ongoing location specific crashing of the game continues. I will look for answers first but may need to post for further wisdom.

 

Many thanks again

[Striker879]

Crashing is often a symptom of a missing master.

 

To determine if that's the case single left click the mod you suspect in Wrye Bash and then look in the Masters box (lower right of the WB window if I recall correctly). That tells you all of that mod's masters ... make sure your User Rule loads it after all of the listed masters.

 

Another possible problem can occur if you have Lock Load Order set in WB (WB will then undo your BOSS load order with the last that WB has registered). Just confirm that the mod appears in the correct spot in the WB list.

 

- Edit - Strike the missing master hypothesis ... a reading 101 problem occurred.

 

Location based crashing can be a bit of a bear to sort out. Sometimes waiting in an interior space completely unrelated to the mod for 72 hours and a bit for good measure will allow you to visit the problem cell.