Moksha8088 Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 At the bottom of my mod manager is this information: Total Plugins: 159 Active Plugins: 147 The next column says Total Mods: 167 Active Mods: 165 I have wondered what this all means but have never asked. What is the difference between a plugin and a mod and why are some plugins inactive? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nonoodles Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 Hey Moksha :smile: Mod = any modification to the game, inclusive of textures and meshes. Plugin commonly means the mod has an ESP or ESM file (unlike texture/mesh-only mods that, as you know, don't always require an ESP file to affect your game). Inactive mods would mean mods that are...not ticked in your manager, therefore not seen or experienced in ypur game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boombro Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 why are some plugins inactiveYou are maybe using a bashed patch, it merges small, simple tweaks kind of mods into the patch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironbender800 Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 inactive mods can also be dummy esps...like the high res texture packs. still work in game due to the bsa files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moksha8088 Posted December 14, 2015 Author Share Posted December 14, 2015 I think I could relate to the dummy esps. Yeah, I do use a bashed file. Good to have a handle on this stuff in case there is a pop quiz this next Friday. :laugh: Just noticed that nonoodles and I have the same number of posts. Sort of like the Moon being in the seventh house and Jupiter aligning with Falskaar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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