Help idk why i cant move these mods!

[victoria87543]

I have these mods acting like DLCs idk, i cant move them away from the top plugin order or move them in LOOT. Are they suppose to be like this?? I dont understand why "Whiterun Forest Borealis" is there or "Realistic Water 2" I need to move them but it wont let me.

 

 

[DoctorKaizeld]

Well I mean why do you need to move them? Considering they are at the top and appear to be restricted to the esm section they can be set lower then they are.

[Algabar]

The file from "Realistic Water Two" is definitely an ESM - which means that it is a master file. Master files HAVE to be loaded before regular plugins. I assume that the other files you mentioned are also flagged as "ESM", although they show the extension .esp, which belongs to normal plugins. Files like these are resource files and are "master files" on purpose.

 

You definitely DON'T need to move them. It is correct that the .esp plugin of Realistic Water Two should be as low as possible in your load order. But that's the .esp plugin - not the .ESM shown in your screenshots.

[victoria87543]

Ok i see, and the reason im saying i "needed" to move them is becuase my game does a weird thing with patches and loads better if patches are DIRECTLY next to the mods they need. Why? idk just does lmao

[Algabar]

It's difficult to say something definitive without a load order.

 

Basic rule is that patches MUST be loaded after all plugins they're patching. Usually "after" doesn't mean they need to be loaded directly after the mods that need patching. If patches are that "load order sensitive", there could be conflicts / Interferences between them and other mods.