Tabula Rasa?

[PegasusKoga]

I have a pretty unique situation that i don't think was covered in the faq?  Apologies if it is.

Basically, i haven't touched Skyrim (Oldrim) in nearly five years.  I'm planning on updating the half dozen New Land Mods that i have, add Midwood Isle and New Vominheim to the mix and start with a fresh save (my older characters saves will be borked by the many changes those updates will bring anyway).

That also means that i need to update my five year old Dyndolod files.  My question is, how thorough should i be with something that hasn't been touched in five years?  I'm pretty sure Dyndolod has evolved tremendously since the last time i used it so every one of it's files might be completely obsolete.  To make matter more complex, my whole installation of Skyrim has been copy\pasted from my previous, dying PC so i don't have anything installed through a mod manager.  The only thing i'm sure of as of right now is that i won't need to use the clean save method simply because i'll have deleted those.

[sheson]

10 hours ago, PegasusKoga said:

I have a pretty unique situation that i don't think was covered in the faq?  Apologies if it is.

Basically, i haven't touched Skyrim (Oldrim) in nearly five years.  I'm planning on updating the half dozen New Land Mods that i have, add Midwood Isle and New Vominheim to the mix and start with a fresh save (my older characters saves will be borked by the many changes those updates will bring anyway).

That also means that i need to update my five year old Dyndolod files.  My question is, how thorough should i be with something that hasn't been touched in five years?  I'm pretty sure Dyndolod has evolved tremendously since the last time i used it so every one of it's files might be completely obsolete.  To make matter more complex, my whole installation of Skyrim has been copy\pasted from my previous, dying PC so i don't have anything installed through a mod manager.  The only thing i'm sure of as of right now is that i won't need to use the clean save method simply because i'll have deleted those.

https://dyndolod.info/Updating#New-DynDOLOD-Version
https://dyndolod.info/Installation-Instructions#Uninstallation

https://dyndolod.info
Modding the game and using tools like DynDOLOD requires rudimentary computer and modding skills, like general knowledge of folders, file types, how the game stores mods and assets and how to use a mod manager and using tools like xEdit, ...

The consequences of your decision to not use a mod manager and have a mess instead are yours to solve.

[PegasusKoga]

11 hours ago, sheson said:

https://dyndolod.info/Updating#New-DynDOLOD-Version
https://dyndolod.info/Installation-Instructions#Uninstallation

https://dyndolod.info
Modding the game and using tools like DynDOLOD requires rudimentary computer and modding skills, like general knowledge of folders, file types, how the game stores mods and assets and how to use a mod manager and using tools like xEdit, ...

The consequences of your decision to not use a mod manager and have a mess instead are yours to solve.

Why, thank you!  I guess it's better than getting no answer at all.

Edited October 13, 2023 by PegasusKoga

[PegasusKoga]

On 10/13/2023 at 10:09 PM, PegasusKoga said:

Why, thank you!  I guess it's better than getting no answer at all.

@sheson Apologies for my earlier, flippant remark, it was the middle of the night and i was neck-deep into trying to fix the mess that my data folder had become but i should not have acted as a Karen.

One clarification however, i do use a mod manager (NMM) but it was of no use to me as i had just copy\pasted the entire Skyrim folder from one pc to another with no way to transfer my mod manager files.  That is all.