StanIsTheLaw Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 A quick question re followers. I have several mods that alter the housecarls. But I was in a fight and Lydia died, even though I had marked her as essential in a small mod I made. One of the later companion mods I downloaded must have "unticked" her. I am not suing NexusModManager, just letting the game load them in data on start up. Am I right in saying the last mod in that list would be the settings used for things such as companions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunnie Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 yes, the latter in the load order always trumps the former. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanIsTheLaw Posted February 28, 2012 Author Share Posted February 28, 2012 How do i alter the list of mods, Skyrim default data seems to use alphabetical order. I downloaded a mod that says it must come after 2 other mods.? How can i change it?Thanks for any help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunnie Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 Until they release the new official patch, you need to use a mod manager in order to manage the load order for mods. Get the Nexus Mod Manager or Wrye Bash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wulfy1 Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 How do i alter the list of mods, Skyrim default data seems to use alphabetical order. I downloaded a mod that says it must come after 2 other mods.? How can i change it?Thanks for any help.The best way is to use a third party mod manager like the Nexus Mod Manager. It will allow you to determine your own load order. http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/content/modmanager/ Wulf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kromey Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 (edited) How do i alter the list of mods, Skyrim default data seems to use alphabetical order. I downloaded a mod that says it must come after 2 other mods.? How can i change it?Thanks for any help.The really frustrating part of this is that the order you see the files in Skyrim's data window is not the order they're loaded in! They're listed alphabetically, but I understand they're loaded based on "last modified" date (going oldest to newest), which is how some mod managers alter the load order. (The exception is that .esm files are always loaded first, then .esp files; within each grouping, however, "last modified" date determines the order.) Despite always acknowledging the importance of load order, Bethesda's games have never been good at letting you specify the load order. I tend to steer clear of mods that require a specific load order as a result, because I don't use third-party mod managers. Sounds like from Sunnie's post that they're finally going to address that though? About gorram time! Edit: Yup, they did, and it's here already! Edited February 28, 2012 by kromey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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