[TES5edit] Master Question - Cleaning downloaded mods?

[Barracuda4Surf]

Hi guys!

After a looong absence from Skyrim (because of an unplayable game) I am really into it again.

 

And this time I REALLY want to do it right...

So, after discovering LOOT and these many new cool mods, I am asking myself how the best approach to a smoothly running, heavily modded Skyrim game is (sorry, I can't play Skyrim anymore without heavily modding it :D ).

 

Therefore => should I take the risk to try to clean my downloaded mods with TES5edit?? I am watching the tuorial by gopher right now and I realize that it's not THAT easy, respectively damn risky, if I don't know what I am doing...

-.-

 

So are there any basic rules I have to follow, etc. ?

Greetz!

[SchwererGustav]

Im not sure how LOOT works but BOSS shows you what mods need cleaning and which should be left uncleaned.

 

Gopher tells pretty much everything else in his tutorial that is worth knowing.

[elezraita]

If LOOT/BOSS tells you there are ITM and deleted references and you are unsure of whether or not it is safe to clean the mod, search the posts on the mod's page. If there is no answer there, ask the mod author. Honestly, it really is that easy if you are somewhat careful. Make a backup. Be wise; what more can I say?

[Barracuda4Surf]

Okay guys, thank you very much :)

I was a bit afraid to mess with the TES5edit. I tried to read the wiki carefully and so on but as I'm not native english speaker, I am totally unsure of the whole procedure :D

Thanks again, you calmed me down a bit :)

[camaro_69_327]

When you close TesVEdit, is when it asks to save, do not turn off the Back-up feature, this way in the event you mess up a mod you have the original. TESVEdit makes a folder in the DATA folder called...\TES5Edit Backups

[Barracuda4Surf]

Thx camaro_69_327

 

I should load up one mod at a time for cleaning, right? (tick boxes of "skyrim.esm", "update.esm" and "entermodnamehere.esm/esp")?

[SchwererGustav]

yes, only load the mod + the needed masters in TES5Edit to clean them, after you cleaned the file and exit TES5Edit their should be only the mod that needs changes if the master wants to change you did something wrong don't save.

[Barracuda4Surf]

Thank you, SchwererGustav and the others above, thanks to you I am now already in several days of installing (and cleaning)

But now I ran into a load order and compatibility problem with CoT and RLO (posted on nexus-site comments of RLO, too - so: quote)

You posted a load order here: http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/articles/853/?, but I think this doesn't apply for the current version(s) of RLO (and CoT)?

So my LOOT gives me a warning, that's okay but I don't think it gets the load order right.
Here are my esp's/esm's:

ClimatesOfTamriel.esm
ClimatesOfTamriel-Dawnguard-Patch.esp
ClimatesOfTamriel-Dragonborn-Patch.esp
ClimatesOfTamriel-Dungeons-Hazardous.esp (has to be deactivated??)
ClimatesOfTamriel-Nights-Level-2.esp (has to be deactivated??)
ClimatesOfTamriel-Sound.esp
CoT-WeatherPatch.esp
CoT-WeatherPatch_Snow-10.esp

Realistic Lighting Overhaul - Brighter Dungeons.esp
Realistic Lighting Overhaul - Dawnguard Interiors.esp
Realistic Lighting Overhaul - Major City Exteriors.esp
Realistic Lighting Overhaul - Major City Interiors.esp
Realistic Lighting Overhaul - Minor Cities and Town Interiors.esp

I am using both up-to-date versions of respective mods

I appreciate your help and thx in advance!! :smile:

[SchwererGustav]

Their should be a patch to make them work together, your used .esp's look right to me if you use ENB.

[Barracuda4Surf]

Okay, thanks, any info about the patch? And yes, I plan to use ENB