Creation kit not saving changes

[yazoo1]

Just started to learn on how to use the creation kit and made some changes to a follower like their name and stats. When i uninstall the mod and then reinstalled it, the changes i made were reverted back to how the follower originally was. Are the changes permanent?

[Vaelka]

So you installed a mod (I'm assuming with NMM?), edited it in the creation kit, uninstalled it, then reinstalled it?

 

Basically what happened is NMM keeps mods in a separate folder and when it installs them, it copies them from that folder into your Skyrim/Data. When it uninstalls, it simply removes the copied versions.

 

Now, when you made your changes in the CK, the version in Skyrim/Data was updated to reflect the changes. However, when you uninstalled the mod, your changed version was deleted and when NMM reinstalled, it used the version from its own mod folder.

 

To avoid this, you can change the version in NMM's folder or simply keep a backup of the version you want and re-add it to Skyrim/Data as needed.

[yazoo1]

So you installed a mod (I'm assuming with NMM?), edited it in the creation kit, uninstalled it, then reinstalled it?

 

Basically what happened is NMM keeps mods in a separate folder and when it installs them, it copies them from that folder into your Skyrim/Data. When it uninstalls, it simply removes the copied versions.

 

Now, when you made your changes in the CK, the version in Skyrim/Data was updated to reflect the changes. However, when you uninstalled the mod, your changed version was deleted and when NMM reinstalled, it used the version from its own mod folder.

 

To avoid this, you can change the version in NMM's folder or simply keep a backup of the version you want and re-add it to Skyrim/Data as needed.

oh ok, forgot that stuff gets deleted from the data folder when uninstalling. So am i suppose to use CK to edit the mod then look for the edited mod from data folder then copy and paste to the original to overwrite? Or is there a way to edit the mod then make a complete copy of it of the edited one from CK? New to this, any help is great thanks

[Vaelka]

Sure thing!

 

To your first question, the answer is yes. I'm not sure I understand the second.

 

Another good thing to do is to keep a new folder on your desktop of all the .esp files you have edited, so that if you ever accidentally delete the mod from your manager, you will have copies of your changes saved separately.

 

You can avoid the confusion by just keeping the mods installed too. Just edit the files and play the game.