Will STEP work without the full mod list?

[Paradox043]

So I followed STEP Extended and installed almost all the mods, and then added my own. The problem is that I don't want some of the mods that STEP uses, but I do have most of it installed. iirc I have 4 missing mods from the entire STEP catalogue. Can I still use the STEP Patch, or will this cause conflicts in my game? As of right now the game runs fine but I worry about future conflicts that could arise.

[DoubleYou]

Which mods didn't you use?

[Smile44]

It depends on whether or not the mods you have left out are masters for the patch. Have a look in TES5Edit - load up the patch then expand it (+ sign) then click on "File Header" and have a look at the list if one or some of the mods that you didn't install are on that list then you will have a little editing to do. Highly improbable that they will be though. If not then you are good to go.

 

Edited June 15, 2014 by Smile44

[whatrevolution]

It depends on whether or not the mods you have left out are masters for the patch. Have a look in TES5Edit - load up the patch then expand it (+ sign) then click on "File Header" and have a look at the list if one or some of the mods that you didn't install are on that list then you will have a little editing to do. Highly improbable that they will be though. If not then you are good to go.

 

 

That, or Mod Organizer will complain that the patch is missing a master.

 

Regarding the worry about problems down the line: that's a threat regardless of what you do, if you intend to ever update a mod during a play-through, and even more if you will merge two or more ESP/ESM files. Modding isn't particularly clean.

 

In your case, I would use the STEP patches, but with also knowing that you may not be able to take the resulting save games with you to whatever follows STEP 2.2.8. You would instead arrange to play that character in 2.2.8, and later significant change to STEP would mean building a new mod set and a new character. That's more to do with the nature of the beast, than the STEP patches. Those patches are making your STEP 2.2.8 play-through more stable.

Edited June 15, 2014 by whatrevolution