Cleaning Hearthfire.esm ( Following STEP 2.2.9)

[elfanger]

Hi ,  im new to  modding skyrim and i've got a question about cleaning skyrim masters files, specifically hearthfire.esm

 

> Do i need to load update.esm together with skyrim.esm , skyrim.exe and hearthfire.esm to clean hearthfire.esm?

       im confused due to the conflicting instructions by STEP 2.2.9 & 2 cleaning masters video found on youtube

       and also because when cleaning dawnguard.esm and dragonborn.esm update.esm was automatically loaded with skyrim.esm & skyrim.exe when following STEP 2.2.9 which contained identical instructions

 

STEP instructions :

 

1. Run TES5Edit through Mod Organizer.
2. Right-click the list of plugins and choose [select None].
3. Tick Hearthfires.esm, and click [OK]

 

result :

 

 

If the image is not viewable what happened was that only skyrim.esm ,skyrim.exe and hearthfire.esm is loaded , but not update.esm.

 

Youtube Vid instructions ( by Gopher & CHABAL)

 

but in CHABAL video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0kg9X1Z4jU ( made feb 2015) at 8:02 he checked both skyrim .esm and update.esm 

and in  gopher video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fw3g_N1jcZQ ( made in 2012) at 9:21 he did the same thing as chabal .

 

im curious to whether it actually matters which approach i take. I know i should just follow step but just want to be 100% sure >.<

Edited March 15, 2015 by elfanger

[Nozzer66]

no. Just click the plugin you want to clean. It will load THAT plug in plus any of its masters automatically.

[elfanger]

ok thanks for the reply :)