enrell Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 As above After running BOSS, there were few instructions given to clean up the 'dirty-edits' using the TES4edit. Should we do it? Would it affect the whole flow of the mods? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MShoap13 Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 (edited) Dirty edits are duplicate entries that exactly match the master file of the plugin. Not only are they unnecessary but they increase the amount of resources Oblivion uses (very, very slightly) and can cause issues where one mod modifies an entry, then a mod loaded afterwards (due to BOSSes suggested load order) re-rewrites the entry back to normal resulting in a broken mod. Clean away, just be sure to make backups before altering any plugin in any way. Edited October 5, 2011 by MShoap13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enrell Posted October 5, 2011 Author Share Posted October 5, 2011 Dirty edits are duplicate entries that exactly match the master file of the plugin. Not only are they unnecessary but they increase the amount of resources Oblivion uses (very, very slightly) and can cause issues where one mod modifies an entry, then a mod loaded afterwards (due to BOSSes suggested load order) re-rewrites the entry back to normal resulting in a broken mod. Clean away, just be sure to make backups before altering any plugin in any way. thanks man. will edit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueOrigin Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 Just make note of something, even when you do clean it, BOSS will keep suggesting that it has dirty edits. All it does is say that they are there, it doesnt check for them or anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrinklyninja Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 (edited) Just make note of something, even when you do clean it, BOSS will keep suggesting that it has dirty edits. All it does is say that they are there, it doesnt check for them or anything.Incorrect. BOSS only does that for plugins that it doesn't have CRC information for. The required info is all laid out and explained in the readme. If you're getting those messages not disappearing, it's because you haven't reported their plugins' information to us as requested in the relevant official BOSS thread. Edited October 5, 2011 by wrinklyninja Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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