"Better Cities.esp is not active"

[richardcheimison]

I downloaded all the parts to the Better Cities mod, installed them using the Wrye Bash wizard as instructed in the ReadMe, used BOSS to determine the mod order, and built a Bashed Patch. I started a completely new character. Immediately "Better Cities.esp is not active" - which is, in fact, objectively false because all six of the ESPs are indeed active. I have absolutely no other mods which affect terrain, cities, or even textures.

 

I'm getting really annoyed at all the bulls*** you have to go to just to get a damn Oblivion mod to work and I'm about to just write it off and delete it unless someone can give me a straightforward way to fix this nonsense message.

 

I absolutely 100% did download and install, exactly as instructed, the resource package for Better Cities, as well as the current ESP and the update; that can not possibly be the cause of this message. If lacking one of those is what is supposed to cause this message then there must be something wrong with the installer or the mod. The only other mods I have are a couple that affect levelled lists, character leveling and better character faces - nothing which ought to have any relationship to the content handled by Better Cities, nor was there at any point any indication of incompatibility or errors in Wrye Bash or BOSS.

Edited July 22, 2019 by richardcheimison

[ReverendFelix]

Load order please...

[theamiablearcona]

It's a real shame that people can't go into very, very simple and like sec by sec step by step details because I know nothing about computers or pc gaming or modding or files or anything and all this is like a totally different language. It sucks no one can sit down and help someone.

[Oblivionaddicted]

It seems like you forgot to tick the plugins in your mod manager.