BlackJackal

i really appreciate it. thank you again. :) this guide has been a godsend for reinvigorating skyrim for me. albiet a bit technical.

AH! OK! thanbk you so much! This section right here is what i was confused about and was not in the guide. after the pre-smash and actual smash, what do i do with the deactivated plugins and parent mods? Start Merge Plugins through MO2: 1. In the window that appears, right-click and choose deselect all. 2. Scroll down to the bottom. Now, activate ONLY the mods that were deactivated by Wrye Bash and that you moved to the bottom of MO2's right pane. 3. Highlight all the mods you just activated. Right click, a menu opens up click on Masters and activate Masters in that menu. 4. If the Okay button at the bottom does not become usable, scroll up until you see a mod in red ITALICS (NOT BOLD) and click that. Do this until all italicized mods are checked. The OK button should now be usable.

yes. im probably missing something thats staring me in the face, i know it. are the plugins i deactivated in MO2 in the previous steps of the pre smash section, the ones i am pre smashing?

i have been following the guide to the letter. i have no mods outside the guide and all the mods that are listed inside the guide. and have been re-reading it over and over. i do not know what im missing. the 185 is what the background loader of Merge plugins standalone's background loader is saying. the Pre Smash patch section of the guide does not say what mods to merge. that is why im confused.

If i fix plugin errors in Merge Plugins Standalone for the Unofficial Skyrim Special Edition Patch.esp. what will it do? i dont want to overwrite it if it ends up breaking the file. USSEP is not a mod i want to really mess around with editing.

ive been at a dead stop on building the mod list. i think im just going to ignore all errors in the pre smash patch and see what happens i guess.

EDIT2: so i tried to creat a Pre smash patch in merge plugins standalone by adding all the plugins that were not part of the deactivated selections and the original skyrim.esm, update.esm, dawnguard.esm, hearthfire.esm, and dragonborn.esm. Out of 185 plugins 180 errors were found. i did not resolve them because im not entirely sure what will happen when i do. especially because the Unofficial Skyrim Special Edition Patch.esp was one that was found to have errors.

EDIT: am i supposed to Pre smash all the mods including the deactivated plugins if not what plugins do i include? because the deactivated plugins are appearing in the merge plugins check list. i think there may be step missing.

im at the Pre Smash Patch section of the guide now, but im a little confused. after step 11 it says to run Merge Plugins Stand alone. but are the Deactivated plugins in MO2's Right Pane supposed to be appearing in the Merge Plugins Check list?

ok i was able to complete the merge for the MLU as normal just like the others. but when i made the Miscellaneous Merged i got an error. idk what it means. Exception EinvalidPointer in module MergePlugins.exe at 00005E69. invalid pointer operation i Deleted the merge from MO2 and rebuilt the Miscellaneous Merge and it did not reoccur. sooooo....idk what happened. but it seemed to have resolved itself.

i did follow you guide and had all the mods in the same load order. i did not think to run loot though since i was just mergeing a small amount of mods. and sorted them manually. but that did seem to work thanks, its really appreciated.

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Im on the Miscellaneous Merged section of the Merge page and when i start up Merge Plugins Standalone it finds all the mods i selected in the check list. but once the Program finishes loading, iNeed Bruma Patch.esp is missing from the Plugins pane. so i cant merge it. 1) https://imgur.com/VHjLEon 2 https://imgur.com/ybbVbOI

thanks, there are so many mods i cant keep track of everything.

i must have missed your post sorry.

ok, so i am loading the files to be merged for the KYE Patches Merge, but kye_skytes_Patch.esp requires the SkyTEST - RealisticAnimals&Predators.esp to be active. however under the special instructions for SkyTest it says specifically not to install that esp. what do i do? Do not install the following file(s) and/or folder(s): SkyTEST-RealisticAnimals&Predators.espSkyTEST-RealisticAnimals&Predators.txtEven if i activate it just for the merging and deactivate it afterwards its still a dependency for that .esp.

yeah, i found them just b4 u posted. but thank you. lol

i think you misunderstand. i dont know where do download those files. i dont have them to make the merge patches and i dont know where to download them. EDIT: So after a nights sleep to let my brain cool down from working on this for hours. i found out that the kye_Skytest_Patch.esp and the kye_sic_Patch.esp are found in the Know your enemy mod. that might want to be added somewhere.

after 2 weeks i finally made it to the Merging page of the guide. but i got stuck on the first section. i cant seem to find the mod(s) that have these files. kye_skytest_patch.esp - (KYE Patches) kye_sic_patch.esp - (KYE Patches)there are so many patches and i couldn't find them on the guide. im hoping i am just blind. but could someone point me towards them?

Interesting NPC's - 3dNPC - Overhaul has been removed or hidden by the author on Nexus. https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/9638 Located on Guide at: https://wiki.step-project.com/User:DarkladyLexy/Lexys_LOTD_SE#.5BInteresting_NPCs_-_3DNPC_-_Overhaul.5D

well darn, thanks for bringing that up. i didnt want to start downloading CBBE versions to find out they dont work. i guess ill have to live with UNP. I dont expect this but maybe the creators of the mod guide can eventually implement Modular sections of the guide. like choosing CBBE vs UNP for example. lol just a thought.

thanks. so, what would happen then if i used WICO from the guide with CBBE? WICO only files are based on UNP. idk what would be a cbbe replacement.

are the UNP options for the mods mandatory for this guide or can we choose CBBE options?

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thanks for the help, i seemed to some how missed that section.