AMidianBorn and Content Addon , can i break in 2 mods?

[koumooo]

I'd very much apreciate if someone could help me with this, cause I  THINK it works as I hoped it would, nut I'm not 100% sure.

 

The S.T.E.P instructions point su to install the content addon over the amidiaborn main mod (with textures + meshes) and then run a bashed patch in the end to make it all work.

 

 

I want to be able to have different profiles , some using the full cahuna, with content addon + bashed patch, while others could use the textures ONLY.

 

So, I installed the Amidiaborn textures as per STEP directions, and then added the hotfix.

 

THEN I added the content addon on a new mod, and placed it right after the first one in Mod Orgnaizer's load order, my thinkign being that when M.O. was run and the virtual file system loaded it would ovewrite the conflicting files of the first mod as if it had been merged.

 

it SEEMs to me that the bashed patch worked.... but after playing a bit ( albeit not that many hours), I;m not 100% certain that all the variants of the armors etc have been seeded .

 

is there a way to check that? also does my method seems valid to the more experienced members here?

 

thanks in advance for your input!

 

 

 

Extra info:  /The context:

 

 

I'm using M.O to run multiple profiles (6!) of Skyrim.

 

2 of them are from before I started using S.T.E.P. ( actually one is used by me and one by my niece...), these are pretty old profiles, having roughly 2/3rds of the STEP mods, sometimes in slightly different configurations to STEP , but I;d like to keep them around ( and playable), hoping I can finsih the game with these character ( plus my niece + roomate will kill me If I destroy her profile..)

 

I was already using the "AMidiaborn Book of silence" mod, with most of the textures added  but without the content add-on ( I didnt felt comfortable using a bashed patch.)

 

2 other profiles are used to run the same character, with identical settings apart from textures , one has all so I can play on my gaming rig, the other ommits a lot or substitutes with LD version so I can play on my laptop the same character. ( the game enhancing mods ,followers etc are identical, I only skimp on textures /meshes when I play on my laptop).

 

These last ones  used till now an almost full assortment of STEP mods, barring the amidiabron content + the FNIs animations. (No bashed patch).

 

1 is for another character with a completely different setup 9( assasin-sneaky mage type) , that I have abandoned for the time being.

 

1 is for a mage archetype , than I want to keep as reference till I rebuild him, using STEP + 1-2 extra packs. Again I want this playable.

 

my problem is, I know I can keep everytihn working by having ( in M.O., 5 different instalaltions of Amidianborn, but I'd like to avoid that, both for the sake of disk room, but also clarity and efficiency ( already got way too many variants of SkyProc mods like ASIS /Automatic variants, the situation is getting out of hand: )

 

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Edited October 3, 2014 by koumooo

[Kelmych]

Do you have a separate folder for the bashed patch for each profile? It helps to do this so when you switch profiles you don't need to immediately rebuild the bashed patch. The only way I know how to check how the armor is distributed is to use TES5Edit. Look at the Leveled Item object in the Amidianborn content plugin and see what the bashed patch did with each item.

[koumooo]

Yes I do.  In fact i've made bash-patches for 2 of the profiles as f now, but this is how I will go on.

 

I've used this method for the last year with SkyProc Patches and has worked without a probelm ( was a lifesaver actually), so I figured that was the way to go.

 

 

of course ido have problems with my patches, things are nto working very well but i'll get to the bottom of their problems...

 

Thanks for the prompt answer..!!

 

I gess I''ll have to fire TES5Edit then..

[koumooo]

ok..back. I think I see some of the options I was expecting to see, ( for example... there are Ebony, gold Ebony and Silver ebony gauntlets, boots, etc..) so it appears that SOME at least of the merges ( or should I say..availability of alternate versions..), did happen.

 

On the other hadn I didnt find some of the other ones ( trying to find elven armors ATm..). I think I;m not at all familiar with TES5Edit yet.. I;ve only done a merge or two and cleaning, blindly following guides from STEP...

 

Also sir, I just realised you are the fine fellow behind the EXCEllent Fallout 3 STEPified guide. Kudos! it has allowed to be to ressurect a game of mine from 6 years ago, and bring it to the modern era..!

Edited October 4, 2014 by koumooo