Need some advice: Disable, Remove, or Start Over?

[JamesRook]

I definitely went way overboard with mods, have bounced off the limit several times but am now down to 245 active plugins. Unfortunately, my game now stalls and freezes while playing. I'd like some advice as to what the best way to resolve the freezes is. Should I just start disabling mods until things get better? Should I unload those disabled mods? Should I just do a wipe of the game files and start fresh with a new download of the game and then do new installs of the mods I can't live without?

[Kodiak412]

The best success I have had whenever I started have "issues" with my game due to mods is this.

 

Make a list of the mods that you cannot live without and see what they all are. Get rid of any duplicate mods. For instance if you have 3 mods that alter Piper, get rid of 2 and only roll with one. This stands for all the mods that do similar things or alter similar areas. This is conflict heaven.

 

Now uninstall every mod and go to a secure small indoor location (different cell) and make a new clean save. The little root cellar in Sanctuary is great for this. Back up this save.

 

Now uninstall the game and redownload it. This may be overkill but I have done this with great results.

 

Now reinstall the new "paired down mod list" and load that new clean save. Make a new save in this same interior area with all the mods loaded and exit the game.

 

Reenter the game from this new save that you created with the new mod list and start to play from there. You should know fairly quickly if things get better.

 

Make no mistake this will require at least a half of a day worth of work, but this should help you even if you still need to fiddle around with the mods because there are still some issues. At least you will know that you have tried to resolve any conflict as best you could.

 

Also remember that if you are trying to address mod conflicts just unchecking the box is usually not enough. You should completely uninstall the mod, and make a new save with that mod gone. Rinse and repeat until you find your issue.

 

Good luck!

[JamesRook]

Thanks for the reply. Kind of thought something like this was in the cards. I have a lot of building mods and overbuilt a lot of settlements so I'll probably start with eliminating those I don't use that often. I think the eventual plan will be to do as you suggest and do a fresh install with only selected mods. Thanks again.