DukeofDingos Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 Hey everyone! I was recently re-modding a new install of Skyrim via the NMM, when a question popped into my head, so I thought I'd ask you fine folks what your experience has been with this. When installing multiple texture mods, sometimes there are file conflicts. Usually it happens when a new mod you're installing tries to overwrite files that earlier installed texture packs/mods had installed. The client then gives you a pop up window with options. You can overwrite/not overwrite a single file, or overwrite/not overwrite the conflicts for that particular earlier installed mod, or overwrite/not overwrite all the conflicted files. Personally, I always choose to overwrite/not overwrite per mod, as I know the mods I install are generally specialized texture packs that I chose and prefer to keep intact. Do any of you perform your overwrites on a file by file basis? Or even choose to overwrite all, rather than individually or by mod? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodsman30 Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 Your heading for problems overwriting never is good.. plan, research, mod your game.. modding without a plan you might as well start a thread up asking for help on how your game crashes and wont load. not being mean just telling you what will happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukeofDingos Posted June 29, 2016 Author Share Posted June 29, 2016 No worries, I know you're not being mean. I'm just curious about what specific action people take in that situation. I'm not currently setting up any mods after a successful run of modding, but definitely ran into situations where, say, I installed a full flora overhaul then found some trees I specifically liked after the fact, and used those to overwrite the overhaul textures. I'm very careful with it, and haven't had trouble yet. But I'm not looking for help on it. That wasn't the point. I'm actually curious to know precisely what people do in that situation. In your case, what do you do? What do you do when you hit a conflict? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodsman30 Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 Most overwrite with the newest mod they downloaded. I don't overwrite I find an alternative or find something that is compatible with my existing mods. Only time I overwrite is an updated to an existing mod but that really depends on the update I may just uninstall the current version and install the newest version depends on mod author and update. This leaves me with no conflicts and save me from pulling out my hair :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grospolina Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 I generally do the same as you and choose whether or not to overwrite per mod. It's easy enough to disable/re-enable and choose overwrites differently if something goes wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diggydug Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 Depends on the mods. Sometimes I'll do it for an individual texture but usually I do or don't based off of the mod in question. Never a "Yes to all" or "No to all". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aragorn58 Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 There is no problem on picking and choosing which files to overwrite on a new game. If you follow the S.T.E.P. procedure, they recommend the order you install mods, and what files to overwrite. The problem comes when you install something new that replaces something you may already have during a current play-through. As the game pulls info from your save file and if things are missing it will complain about it. This happens mostly with mods that are scripted or add new items. I have changed some textures during a play through without any issues. When changing textures you are only changing the appearance of the item not removing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moksha8088 Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 When I installed the Rustic Clothing mod, I kept it from overwriting two outfits from the Skyrim 2K mod since those two outfits looked better than the rustic versions. However, I did that only after examining both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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