Jellona Posted May 1, 2011 Share Posted May 1, 2011 Heya again! I recently posted a topic about .esp file limit. Evidence suggests there are a limit for .esp/.esm files. Now my question is this: Can you increase the limit somehow as I have kept founding mods that are useful for me and my new and existing characters and as I have deactivated those mods that are unnecessary for me now and I am getting to the other limit here (most of my currently active mods are essential for enjoyable and smooth gameplay :D)? If there is no way to raise this file limit, are there ways to simply merge different .esp files from different mods together providing both mods' equipment/gameplay modification while taking the .esp number down. Thanks in advance to those who can help me :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddah Posted May 1, 2011 Share Posted May 1, 2011 255 is the limit, that included esp and esm files. You also have one dedicated to your save game = 1. so the total is 256. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jellona Posted May 1, 2011 Author Share Posted May 1, 2011 Well currently I have 152 esp/esm files active and if I add one more (absolutely anything) game starts go crazy (meshes/textures disappear, Pip-boy becomes unusable and cant activate console or use ESC key to get to the menu. To only get off the game I have to use Alt + F4 or shutdown the game with system control panel). So whats the problem here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddah Posted May 1, 2011 Share Posted May 1, 2011 Post your load order and tell us what mods you are trying to add....could be a load order problem or a missing master or outdated master. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jellona Posted May 1, 2011 Author Share Posted May 1, 2011 Here it comes! The Mod I am trying to add doesn't really matter (does this with every mod thats on the load order list marked as non-active), but the latest mod I am going to activate is this http://www.newvegasnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=41584 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deathstruck Posted May 7, 2011 Share Posted May 7, 2011 (edited) Sorry for resurrecting this tad old thread, but I have to say I am experiecing the same problem. It's not the mods in my load order(everything's sorted out with BOSS, bash and using a Merged Patch too).I have roughly the same number of them like OP and after crossing that one certain point, game goes bonkers. Seems like Obsidian has shortened the mod cap. :/ Edited May 7, 2011 by Cahir Mawr Dyffryn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quetzlsacatanango Posted May 7, 2011 Share Posted May 7, 2011 This happened on Fallout 3 as well. I did a lot of experimenting and couldn't find anything it followed - OS, 32/64 bit, memory amount, anything. Anecdotal evidence suggested the limit was different for different machines but I couldn't narrow it down further than that. The only way I know to get around it is to disable plugins, or else merge plugins so there are fewer of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jellona Posted May 9, 2011 Author Share Posted May 9, 2011 Yeh I am still waiting for Buddah's possible solution and for the temporary solution I have deactivated some unnecessary mods and searched for merged mods like Project Nevada... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViralDust Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 (edited) I am having the problem you described too. I've tried merging mods using FNVEdit and using Merged Patch, then Copy as Override, but I must be doing something stupid, because it doesn't fix the/my problem - it kind of makes it worse. You also need every file you merged as a master, so it doesn't clean your list at all. Someone must know of a better way(?) Edit - I don't know if anybody is looking at this thread anymore (bumped now, I guess) but would it be possible for the size, instead of the number, of mods to reach a point where there wouldn't be enough memory? I only have ~125 mods, but my game glitches up when I activate them all, and its fine when I don't. I have to Ctl-Alt-Del every time because my Esc doesn't work either, and I keep seeing the Physical Memory figure above 90%. If this was the case, merging mods wouldn't help, because the same amount of stuff is being done, just all in one package, right? Edited May 12, 2011 by ViralDust Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quetzlsacatanango Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 I used fo3 plugin utility to merge plugins for things like all clothing and armor and then unticked the originals.fnv plugin utility does the same thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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