Bigvaughn Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 Im having difficultly uninstalling this mod. No matter what I do it won't stop, even if I uncheck the esp file everything in the mod is still active and if I remove the mod manually by going through Skyrim data I get a CTD when launching Skyrim. Nothing I do seems to work. I'm using the Whiterun Merchant version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doeetfgt Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 Try reinstalling the mod via Nexus Mod Manager and uninstalling it in the same way. It's safer than manually deleting file. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigvaughn Posted July 5, 2014 Author Share Posted July 5, 2014 I downloaded it manually and when I use the mod manager like you suggested it only overwrites the files, I don't think It gets rid of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigvaughn Posted July 5, 2014 Author Share Posted July 5, 2014 Don't know if this helps or no but the esp file can be un-checked and the mod will still be active but if I remove the esp from my data folder Skyrim crashes to desktop on launch. Just the esp and nothing else I have no clue why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doeetfgt Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 Of course, cause the files the mod has added rely on the esp to function properly, or so I've understood (I don't make mods, I just install sh!ttons of them.)Installing the mod with NMM should indeed overwrite the manually installed files. The point is that once they have all been overwritten, NMM can make sure to uninstall all of the files, since you may have missed some when uninstalling manually. Always remove both the files and the esp, or keep both - they are reliant on each other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigvaughn Posted July 6, 2014 Author Share Posted July 6, 2014 (edited) I've gone through and manually deleted every file from colorful magic with help of Nexus Mod Manger to find all the loose files. The game will crash unless the ColorfulMagic.esp is in my data folder, active or unactive from mod manager. Even when it is unactive all parts of the mod are working in my game, except after manually deleting it characters from the mod are still active but invisible. I don't understand how this mod still persists to work after deleting everything and not even activating the esp file in mod manager. It just simply won't stop. I'm starting to think the only way to fix this is to completely re-install Skyrim from scratch because verifying game cache in Steam finds nothing wrong. Even if every single part of this mod is removed from my data folder my game crashes from the main menu, before I even load a save so clean saving wouldn't be an issue. The esp literally just has to be hanging in my data folder and it's like it turns itself on. Thanks for your help and patience btw, this is just really frustrating me as I've never had an issue with a mod like this before. Edited July 6, 2014 by Bigvaughn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livipup Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 (edited) The mod clearly has some latent scripts lying around in your save game. I'd bet in a new character you wouldn't have any issues. Either download a save file cleaner, or, if you don't know enough to use one, suck it up and deal with it. There's nothing else you can do to fix scripts left over from old mods. Edited July 6, 2014 by InfinityPeon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigvaughn Posted July 6, 2014 Author Share Posted July 6, 2014 I use Save Tool frequently to clean all my saves when uninstalling a script heavy mod and as I said earlier my game crashes from the main logo, I can't even open a save. And I've already prepared for completely rebuilding Skyrim with a clean wipe. I just came here to see if anyone else ever had this problem so it won't be duplicated. I've been modding since Morrowind so I know how scripts and such work. To be clear: The crash I am experiencing happens as soon as the Skyrim logo is seen, the menu does not come up and I cannot load a save. This occurs when ColorfulMagic.esp is not in the Skyrim Data folder.When making a new save with ColorfulMagic.esp unchecked the mod will still be present in the new save. I've tried clean saving. Script deleting via Save Tool. Removing all mod parts from data folder (Meshes, Textures, Scripts, etc.) It's like the mod itself has become linked to Skyrim.esm or something. And again i'm prepared to re-install Skyrim and all my mods, I just want to find the cause of this so it won't be repeated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigvaughn Posted July 7, 2014 Author Share Posted July 7, 2014 (edited) Solved:This was a nexus mod manager issue. Mod Manager would enable Colorful Magic even if it had been unchecked and when deleted, Mod Manager still believed the mod was active and needed to be loaded but that would simply crashed the game.Fixed by using the "Disable all the active plugins" feature. Edited July 7, 2014 by Bigvaughn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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