How do I combine mods?

[ltknight88]

I've made a few small mods for my own game, and now I'd like to combine them into one in order to save space and mod slots in my load order.

It there a way to take the 5 mods I made, and then combine them into one?

 

Also, is there a way to make changes to a mod that I've downloaded, and then save that mod with the changes?

 

Example, I downloaded an armor mod, I added smithing/crafting recipes and made another copy of that armor with different stats. Can I do a "Save As" on that mod, and then save it someplace so that I can uninstall the mod with NMM and then reinstall it again later, without loosing the changes that I've made?

 

Thanks!

[Skagens]

There is feature called Merge Plugins that, although won't merge the mods and all the assets into one, will merge the esp's of said mods. GamerPoets did a very detailed video about it. It's a bit long but it goes through absolutely everything.

 

As for applying changes, I'm not sure how the process is with NMM but with MO, once you make changes to a mod and then save, MO will alert you that you've made changes and you will have the option to apply them. I would assume you make changes but not as "save as" but rather a regular "save" so the changes are applied for the mod. And then you'd just move the mod somewhere and download the unchanged one again. You would then have 2 mods, one changed and one unchanged.