Please consider helping others in the comments. We all start somewhere. ****Important Time Saving Info & Notes**** Skyrim SE Playlist : goo.gl/nnFExT *TUTORIAL NAVIGATION* ------------------------------ 0:17 *Introduction* 0:24 -When to create a Merged Patch? 0:46 -Merged Patch vs Merge Plugins 1:14 -Do I need a Bashed Patch? 1:45 *Prerequisites* 1:47 -Clean Mods 2:00 -LOOT 2:10 -Bashed Patch 2:26 -SkyProc and other Patch Generators 3:55 -Patch Patches 4:44 *Merged Patch* 7:17 *Updating the Merged Patch* 7:29 *Merged Patch is Empty* 7:47 *Thank You's and References* *Share & Help Us Grow =)* *NOTES* ------------ *Patch Names* -Skyrim LE Patch Name: TES5Merged -Skyrim SE Patch Name: SSEMerged *"Patch" Mods Safe to Ignore* (no need to remake) -FNIS -DynDOLOD -Dual Sheath Redux MAY NOT be a problem mod for this. Confirmation? -more?

@megahaze5101

6 жыл бұрын

I don't know why I bother watching other channels. I just wasted like an hour! Come here and BOOM! Like I already know!

@inun8917

5 жыл бұрын

I have to say.. loving your OWN post is really cheap lol

@devlin9871

5 жыл бұрын

we need a new video. the new update does not allow me to select more then 1 plugin at a time and I have no idea how to add more. i can not create merged patches or update files properly. this needs to be adressed ASAP. please help.

@Shadowbane900

5 жыл бұрын

@@devlin9871 remove the command line argument -QuickAutoClean

@devlin9871

5 жыл бұрын

Justin Murphy solved it. I was using a bugged version of the program. Update fixed it.

I don't know where the modding community would be without you. Thank you so much for your videos. I am really impressed by your intro logo, by the way. Your design is incredibly unique. Thanks!

I love how well you explain the mods and what they do. Keep up the great work :)

@gamerpoets

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks man = ) Left a quick mention for you in the panel I did with Couchwarrior, Rycon and others yesterday. -Michael

@EthNet34756

6 жыл бұрын

Ultimate Immersion :D

@UltimateImmersion

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much man, appreciate it a lot! Is the video out yet because I didn't find it :)

@gamerpoets

6 жыл бұрын

They still have to edit it. It's only at the end. They asked if I had anyone to mention (other channels) I squeezed you and a few others in there. -Michael

@GrimeReaperMan

6 жыл бұрын

Feels like such a small world sometimes :)

3 Years of enjoying my modded games all thanks to you. Brings tears to my eyes Can't thank you enough...

You guys have been extremely helpful in all my modding and skyrim adventures. Thank you tonnes!

Glad to see you pop up in my feeds again. Great video as always old friend. Cheers!!

@gamerpoets

6 жыл бұрын

Appreciate it Tyler = ) -Michael

Coming back to this in 2022 is pretty neat. Like hey I remember when I had to make all those patches!! Glad to know that the modding scene continues to improve with things like DAR and SPID

This thoroughly demystified every confusing aspect of the process. Thank you!

@gamerpoets

6 жыл бұрын

Welcome = ) -Michael

5 years on, this is still the definitive instruction on the creation of a Merged Patch: how-to and why. Michael, the humble modding guru!

Jeeze dude you go over and beyond with these videos

@gamerpoets

6 жыл бұрын

I just do things how I feel they should be done = ) -Michael

@SerkeysTV

3 жыл бұрын

@@gamerpoets you have earned a permanent spot on my subbed and noto list

This is just amazing, a really well organized tutorial with really great editing. Thank you so much man

@gamerpoets

6 жыл бұрын

Glad the video could help = ) -Michael

Thank you GamerPoets for this video. I've wondered about this for a long time. xedit is the modding tool I knew the least about, and I will now also look at your other xedit video. You all but blew up my mind with this video. I have gained so much information from this video, and I thank you for that. And once again, thank you for all your videos. I would know next to nothing about modding Skyrim without you.

@gamerpoets

6 жыл бұрын

Always happy when community members are getting something out of the videos. Glad to see = ) -Michael

This is the second video of yours that has massively helped me now! Your videos are crystal clear to follow! Thank you so much!

@gamerpoets

3 жыл бұрын

Happy they've helped = )

I remember somewhere in one of your videos about the xedit the method I believe it's called and how you be using those over I think either merge plugins or bash patch and now I learned to use wire dash too well you have a tutorial for that too so that's good I appreciate everything you do as I love Skyrim and I just got into modding it and even though I'm reading the manual for xedit these videos always super helpful thank you for making them

Thanks for this, was refereed to make a merged patch after making the immersive children patcher, really helped. You always explain things very well and cover all the steps

@gamerpoets

5 жыл бұрын

Always happy when the videos help = ) -Michael

Thank you! done a complete reinstall of my hard disk and you are a hair saver, as in no need to pull it out with you around :)

Thank you so much dog, i finally understand merged and bashed patches. Now lets hope this and finally cleaning my masters will help my ctds.

You earned yourself another follower. Thanks for the great video 👍🏻

Your videos are really solid. Thank you for sharing.

Even though I don't use Merged Patches, still gotta stop by and say hello to Michael. Hope all is well with ya my friend and my best to you and yours.

@gamerpoets

6 жыл бұрын

Things are good sir = ) I have no complaints. Hope the same for you. -Michael

Typical GamerPoets quality as always Michael, thank you again sir. :D

@gamerpoets

6 жыл бұрын

I always appreciate the support = ) -Michael

Thank you, as always Michael!

@gamerpoets

6 жыл бұрын

Good to see you sir = ) -Michael

Man you make the best modding videos. Thank god you are doing these.

@gamerpoets

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you Wiggy = ) -Michael

You do the Lord's work. Thank you so much for these sorts of tutorial videos.

@gamerpoets

4 жыл бұрын

welcome = )

Been waiting on this!! Thank you.

@gamerpoets

6 жыл бұрын

welcome = ) -Michael

thank you for these fantastic guides

@gamerpoets

6 жыл бұрын

Welcome Sleep =) -Michael

+GamerPoets THANK YOU! As my current game has continued on, I've encountered slightly more and more black face bugged and purple skinned NPCs that I long since gave up trying to fix by shuffling load order. I resigned myself to silently cringing. During my last trip through Whiterun I noticed that nearly HALF the NPCs had become broken or messed up in SOME small way and I decided I just couldn't take it anymore. I watched a few videos on this topic, but they were either explained poorly, or were CLOSE TO, but not quite, what I was looking for. But your video, by the Nine Divines, has helped me! After following your instructions, I've gone from an amputee-filled, floating-teeth-infested, purple-skinned-people-covered Skyrim to not having seen a single problem in that area at all. Thanks again. :)

Got to say, I could listen to you read the encyclopedia! You sound like a (good) Audible reader! And great video by the way. Not only walked a modding novice like me through this, but did a great job explaining why I was doing this. Going to watch the bashed version next, sure this same comment will apply to both!

@gamerpoets

6 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it Jack = ) The bashed patch video is quite old. You will notice some difference = ) -Michael

Quality Content. Thank You

Great tutorial! What do you do when you are way over the plug-in limit?

GamerPoets Once again I know I can always rely on you, thank you.

I'm so confused maybe someone could help me.. I have a feeling that certain items are not appearing in my game world, and that items added to leveled list by one mod are conflicting with items added to leveled list to another. I remember back when I modded FNV that a merged patch was used to make all items appear in containers and stuff...but that was a long time ago and the tools and whatnot are different. Is this what I need? Or do I need to merge the mods... or create a based patch, w/e that is. Any helkp would be greatly appreciated.

really nice tip at the end , I was wondering why my merged file is blank so I don't need a merged patch good to know!

Hi! thank you for further deepening my understanding of this awesome hobby! I have a question regarding bashed patches. If I make a bashed patch after this, and it prompts me to deactivate mods that can be merged into the bashed patch, will this mess up my merged patch?

Can you do a Smashed Patch guide sometime soon and discuss 1) the differences between and benefits of Smashed patches and Merged/Bashed patches 2) how and when to use custom smash settings, etc.. I've basically been trying to teach myself these things from the ground up in my spare time but I'd really love to hear more from more experienced users like yourself.

@gamerpoets

6 жыл бұрын

Made a basic use video for Smash some months back but never got the "go ahead" from Mator to upload it. Thinking that I may change some stuff around so that it makes use of the github page (mine was created for a Nexus page that hasn't been created yet) and upload it. It doesn't talk about the differences between the patches yet due to Mator still doing some updates to it. I hate creating videos that I know will eventually be obsolete due to needing major updates = ) .. If Mator gets Smash into a full release I'll be working with him to get a full spectrum video of the application out. Until then it's too much to learn (for me.. ,being that I"m always learning stuff for the next video) that I will potentially have to "unlearn" when he updates the program... hope that makes sense. -Michael

When my merged patch finished I got the message "Assertion failure (D:\Projects\TES5Edit\wbImplementation.pas, line 5345" in the right pane, do I need to worry about this?

best skyrim youtuber hands down

Thank you !!!! that was easy.

@gamerpoets

6 жыл бұрын

Welcome = ) -Michael

One more question, kind Sir. At the Master/Plugin Selection window, do I have to checkmark ALL plugins, even the ones I'm not using? This doesn't feel right for some reason, but I'm very beginner at modding.

I've been confused with this for awhile, but if you have something like FNIS (without a patch; not sure what the FNIS Patch is for) do you still have to disable it while making the merged patch. Is having SkyProc necessary for this or not. I've been fiddling around with modded skyrim for awhile, but I still feel very new to all this.

I appreciate the updated video, but I still have only one question: When creating the bashed patch, what tag, if any, does the merged patch get? Am I just not getting it?

How about DynDOLOD. Would that be considered a patch mod? And how about .ghost files from the Bash patch. Considering enabling these would put my plugin count over the limit, how do I include them in a merged patch?

Hello in my skyrim folder i only have dual sheath redux sky proc patch. does that mean that i only need to disable dual sheath and finis?

Amazing guide! But I have one question: why should the merged patch be activated when creating the batched patch? Other sources recommend to deactivate it. Can someone explain why and what is the difference?

Wait a minute. All the modding guides I've been following didn't say you should or could make a merge patch ?. Thank you.

@gamerpoets

6 жыл бұрын

anytime = ) -Michael

so i have survival stats widget and survival options which are showing to be incompatible how can i rememdy this?

The only question I have left is, how do you delete a merged patch from Vortex since it won't be attached to a Mod that can be removed.

@GamerPoets, I know this is a dumb question but after you create the merged patch, you disable the plugins that were merged? TIA!!!

I'm trying to follow Sinitar's guide for FNV, but they have you create the bashed patch first. I can't tell if the intention is to leave the bash selected when running xEdit?? Sinitar doesn't describe that step, just points at this video here. I think it IS included, now that I understand it a bit better, it was just a point of confusion.

When I run WryeBash and go to make a bashed patch after following these steps it tells me to deactivate TES5Merged. Am I supposed to do this or do I leave it enabled?

Can I do 2 merged patches ? one with one half of my mod list and the other one with the other half, I want to get rid of the 253 esp limit of SSEDIT

if i delete the bashed patch do i need to do all the steps like installing wrye bash again? i use vortex

Wait so what mods do i deactivate then all the mods that were place in the merge right?

Good Video I needed this info ty

@gamerpoets

6 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear = ) -Michael

Thanks bro, I am buying a new M.2 SSD when I get home and have a whole week off of work to mod SSE. Very excited

@gamerpoets

6 жыл бұрын

Take your time with it = ) 5 MODS is just what I'm installing, not how I install them. Use those vids as an "awareness" sort of thing and not a guide = ) -Michael

@weaponstroopusaf

6 жыл бұрын

I plan too. I wish I knew more about how to use the CK to patch mods like you mentioned with the 3-D trees mod and the Airborne birds mod I believe in one of your videos recently. I too had that issue and just uninstalled the bird mod and just stuck with the ground bird mods. Is there any literature or videos that could help me gain that knowledge? I am in Michigan now until next week when I will be back to my desktop to actually get some hands on.

@gamerpoets

6 жыл бұрын

once "My Way" is out I'll be showing some of that in the videos. It's hard to show how to do everything because most cases are specific and change person to person based on preference. Hopefully what I show will be able to open things up a bit more for viewers to do things "Their Way". The old New Vegas Edit manual (can't remember the name) is pretty indepth for xEdit but many new things have been implemented since then (still very helpful). FadingSignal has a view youtube videos about the ck that are nice as was as Mator... there aren't a ton of in-depth anything out there because again, i think it has to do with preference. DarkFox is probably the best CK video maker. -Michael

@weaponstroopusaf

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Michael I appreciate the help as always. I will check them out when I am done with this homework. I am working on my IT degree now and in the future, I want to learn some coding and to think all of this started from playing and modding Skyrim lol.

@gamerpoets

6 жыл бұрын

It's funny that happens =) -Michael

Excellent guide as always.

@gamerpoets

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Adam = ) -Michael

@vane909090

5 жыл бұрын

I've been trying to fix my game for a while, then I watched this guide and I finally was able to create a bashed patch that didn't break my game.

So when creating a Bashed patch after the merged patch, Wrye Bash says SSEMerged is "Mergeble, but tagged NoMerge" and leaving it ticked it deactivates SSEMerged, should I keep SSEMerged Deactivated after creating the bashed patch, or should I activate it again?

after merged should i disabled the other plugin if yes how to know which plugin to disable?

Very cool thnx man!

@gamerpoets

6 жыл бұрын

Welcome sir Richard = ) -Michael

Do you disable ASIS before making a merged patch ?

Amazing Tutorial! I would be interested in a Tutorial/Information on the Mator Smash. If you could get something together, that would be great!

@gamerpoets

6 жыл бұрын

I made a video for Smash probably 2 months ago now (basic installation and use) and never got to release it as I"ve been waiting for Mator to give me the go ahead on some touch ups he was going. Perhaps when I get back from vacation I will just adjust it for github (instead of nexus as that is where it will be when it's in a full release) and upload it. -Michael

@KayMonS1

6 жыл бұрын

Great news, thanks for the response!

My head if fkin spinning with all these Bashed patches, merged patches and now SMASHED patches. I just got back into modding SSE. Currently at 77 plugins and everything's going good, even learned how to do xLODgen TEXgen and DyndoLOD with your videos but now a new mods recommended a freaking SMASHED patch and I'm so confused! I tried to find and answer from google but it's all very confusing and not clear to me. Does Smashed patch replace ( is better than ) bashed patch? OR do I first do a BP and after SP and activate both of them?

For some reason, merged patch never works for me. when everytime i try to build a patch, it always give me a same error message - Assertion failure (D:\Projects\TES5Edit\wbImplementation.pas, line 5345) Thought a specific mod is causing the problem and tried to nail it down, but It just doesn't work unless i remove like 20 plugins from the list. Im pretty damn sure none of my plugins are corrupted and there's no major conflict at all. my load order is already pretty stable and all i wanted was some extra stability. After having this issue i moved to mator smash, which is giving me a really good result. so I'm not really desperate in solving this issue but still its pretty damn weird.... just why?? i have 0 problem with smash and bashed patch. why only merged patch is not working.. google also not giving me an answer

So I'm a long time player (Skyrim LE, NMM) and I'm experiencing performance issues on my new(er) computer and am trying to optimize my game. I've never used a merged or bashed patch before, never needed one and had a load order of ~180 mods, but feel this can lighten the load on my new system, as I'm crashing due to memory; same memory as my old system (16gb), but a _lot_ more textures and mods that enhance textures (better gui). So the question is, if I create a merged patch, do I include texture mods that provide an esp as well? What mods should I avoid (other than dynamic patchers like you mentioned) making a merged/bashed patch out of. Thank you.

Hi, do I need to deactivate regular patches like QUASIPC : www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/18369 ? thanks

Is it safe to flag the SSEmerged.esp as an ESL?

you are the MVP

Thanks as always

@gamerpoets

6 жыл бұрын

Welcome = ) -Michael

Just made my first merged patch. Thank you once again.

@gamerpoets

5 жыл бұрын

Welcome = ) -Michael

Is it safe to make a bashed patch during gameplay?

Wait... i'm using Nemesis... so i need to uncheck this mod?

Do you deselect all of the patch options except for leveled lists when you go to make the bashed patch after the merged patch? From what I understand the merged patch takes care of everything else, but I'm also just starting to learn about xEdit, so I want to make sure.

@gamerpoets

5 жыл бұрын

I don't remember = ) I have a very old but still relevant bashed patch video on the channel though its' delivery is less than desirable lol. I don't personally use these patches so the info isn't at the top of my head. -Michael

When you create the Bashed Patch afterwards, do you still leave "Merge Patches" selected as an option for the Bashed Patch Build, or de-select that since you presumably just did that step in this video?

@gamerpoets

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I don't deactivate anything in the Bashed Patch. For Skyrim LE I do some tweaks in the patch based on the STEP wiki stuff (timescale and crime alarm distance changes) but other than that I leave it all how it is. That may change when get deeper into things when I do a "May Way" series with those games but yeah, I leave everything alone pretty much. -Michael

what if you have more than 255 mods?

Is there a switch in xedit, so we can create a merged patch while having more than 255 plugins in our load order? I got 312 active plugins, but 74 of those are esl or esl-flagged. but xedit won't let me add them all to a merged patch. Okay, so which mods are "safe" to leave out of the merged patch?

@gamerpoets

4 жыл бұрын

No switch = ) Every mod is "safe" to leave out of it = ) What you choose to add is up to you.

When I installed the SSEMerged patch I saw that my amount of active plugins did not change. Did I do somthing wrong? My view tab is for it does have master files of mods etc. Do I deactivate those? I'm a bit confused.

@Renanfg

4 жыл бұрын

it wont change, only wrye bash and merge does that

Hi Michael! This was an amazing tutorial. Great work!! I'm using the SEPTIM guide for SE and when you said to delete the FNIS patches I died a little inside because those were so time-consuming and hard to make. Could I get away without doing that?

@gamerpoets

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, you shouldn't need to redo the FNIS ones. I leave notes in the pinned comment as they are presented about stuff like that. FNIS and DynDOLOD are the only ones I know for certain to be "safe" to ignore. -Michael

7:48 Thank you for your time? No...I should thank you for YOUR time. God Bless you for this tutorial.

@gamerpoets

3 жыл бұрын

=)

I have 2 mods that I want to share keywords across. 1 Mod is mine, the other is another modders. His has spells with Magic Effects that have keywords....I want my mod to buff his spells/effects! I added his keywords to my mod's keyword library as well. So in my mod, I have some perks with increased mag/duration for spells that 1)EPMagic_SpellHasKeyword OR SpellHasKeyword (looking for his effects keywords). For some reason, my mods Perk Mag/Duration buffs don't seem to see his magic effect keywords....? Anyone know what I'm missing here?

So what do I do if I got a plugin limit? I can't really seem to make any kind of patch unless I begin to disable mods

@adamcatley4784

3 жыл бұрын

You need to use Merge Plugins www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/69905?tab=files

I'm using Vortex for SSE. How do I know what plugins I can deactivate after building merged & bashed patches?

@gamerpoets

4 жыл бұрын

Might want to try the xEdit Discord if you haven't figured things out by now. Vortex is something that I'm learning on a video to video basis.

Hi Michael, Around 4:59 you said after you received a message "background loader finished" you should go to the left pane... But I always get another message box "select which mod groups you like to activate" In my case; Cutting Room Floor, Guard Dialogue Overhaul, Qw_ISC_CRF Patch, Qw_s3dtrees_CRF Patch, Qw_SofiaFollower_GDO Patch, Qw_SofiaFollower_RDO Patch Unofficial Skyrim Special Edition Patch are all selectable. Should I select them all or ignore them. Because I made with all them activated and later when it was finished LOOT wrote a message under SSEMerged "NoMerge" in green letters. And with that I'm stumped. did SSEDit creat a merged patch or not? 2 years ago I made merged/batched patches regularly but now it seems I have to re-learn alot of stuff.

@gamerpoets

5 жыл бұрын

You can just close it (the window that pops up). You don't need to do anything there. I never have. I need to learn more about mod groups. -Michael

Great video and all, even a freaking noob at modding like me did something good with this one but... what should I do with a load order longer than 255 plugins? Should I try to build my merged mods before doing the Patch?

@IndieDenma

5 жыл бұрын

Do you know more? I have the same question.

@marcbro495

3 жыл бұрын

@@IndieDenma Same question...

Not needed anymore since Smash Patch is like a merge patch + wyre bash level list merge - correct?

@gamerpoets

4 жыл бұрын

If you choose to use a Smash Patch then you don't use this, yes.

Don't know if this was asked already but do I need to turn off DynDOLOD before creating a merged patch or bashed patch or do I keep it on ? (don't have any errors about missing masters)

@gamerpoets

6 жыл бұрын

You shouldn't have to turn it off, no. I just don't list specific cases because I'd confuse people = ) -Michael

Hi there, FNIS gave way to Nemesis. Skyproc gave way to Synthesis and SPID. What about Nemesis, Synthesis and DynDOLOD? Do I have to deactivate their output before creating a merged patch? Thank You!

@igavinwood

8 ай бұрын

I would like to know these things too. I'm hoping that GP will update this guide as his clarity is much appreciated in these topics to those that are tinkering rather than paid professionals.

Very Dumb questions: Does this also apply to the mods that use Nemesis like Combat Gameplay Overhaul and 360 Movement behavior? Should I disable them before making a merged patch?

@SurumeInkwellJr

4 жыл бұрын

I have those mods for SSE and I personally did not disable those mods and the merged patch seems to be created perfectly fine so no

@eazybaby5094

3 жыл бұрын

This was about to be my exact question. Wondering if I need to disable those before the merged patch. Not to mention this video is three years old, so it’s very likely updates were made to take some of these things into consideration. But I’d like to get a for sure answer. It would certainly be less daunting if I didn’t have to delete a bunch of stuff I might accidentally forget lol

Thanks for the great video Can and should I also use mator smash to make a smashed patch to use alongside with the xedit patch and bashed patch?

@spacepillow

5 жыл бұрын

no need to.

@realkarfixer8208

5 жыл бұрын

@@spacepillow You can, the order to build that patches would be Merged (XEdit), then Bashed (Wrye Bash) then Smash. Then you'd want to look at the .esps and see what gets changed and/or overwritten. You may not need to use merge or bash, but I like the Wrye Bashes ability to eliminate unnecessary plugins. In that case, build a Bashed Patch, then Smash. With the 4.X version on Xedit you don't need to backup your plugins for the new patch to show up in the overwrite folder.

I have no idea how much demand there is for it, but I've heard good things about Mator Smash as better alternative to Wrye Bash. That said, it looks a bit more intimidating than Wrye Bash to me and no doubt other users. Maybe consider making a guide for it? In any case, amazing video as always.

@gamerpoets

6 жыл бұрын

I made a video fro Smash probably 2 months ago now (basic installation and use) and never got to release it as I"ve been waiting for Mator to give me the go ahead on some touch ups he was going. Perhaps when I get back from vacation I will just adjust it for github (instead of nexus as that is where it will be when it's in a full release) and upload it. -Michael

GP, is Dyndolod for SSE essentially the same as far as install goes or are there other steps?

@gamerpoets

6 жыл бұрын

Haven't used it yet but I've read that some steps are different. I'll have an SE version of DynDOLOD up at some point. When will be determined on this new gig that I've striving to get works out. -Michael

I thumbed through your tutorials and don't see anything related to merged mods using XEdit. Did I by chance miss them? If there isn't one, is there any tutorials you would recommend? Many thanks in advance!

@gamerpoets

6 жыл бұрын

Nothing about merging things together in xEdit yet. I'll be creating manual merges at the end of each My Way series but that's still a little ways away... have to learn it properly too = ) -Michael

How do I Delete a Merged Patch with Vortex? I have removed some mods from my Special edition load order so I should remake the patch right? the problem is I don't know how to delete plugins without mods.

@gamerpoets

4 жыл бұрын

If it's not in vortex itself then it's in the games data folder. Try to delete it in the data folder itself.

@TeSeguro

4 жыл бұрын

@@gamerpoets Thanks that worked man, I forgot to look game files :)

Would you please make a video about how to use xEdit to make a patch for two mods to get the "Best of Both"? I am specifically looking into ELFX Shadows and the various mods that have mesh conflicts. I'm also certain that I would find other things to patch once I completely understand how.

@gamerpoets

8 ай бұрын

Skyrim can only "shine" a certain amouint of lights on a mesh. Once too many lights hit the mesh it goes black and "flickers". You need to create new (smaller) meshes using a program like 3ds max so that the lights don't all hit this one giant mesh. Or, use the CK to disable/move light sources.

@michaelgrouse7850

8 ай бұрын

@gamerpoets Thanks for the reply! I learned about "mesh splitting" about a chandelier mod's mesh. Makes some sense to me, I can imagine how you would have to be careful about mesh splitting and light arranging to make ELFX work with the 4 lights limit. I recently began to understand that this was one reason why ELFX and ELFX Shadows might alter a mesh. Is it the ONLY reason ELFX would Edit/Create a mesh? Either way, there are times when I would like to "make mods compatible" with things like "Smoking torches and candles" and "HD Horn Candles". I would apparently need to forward STAC changes and HD Horn Candles' shape changes to a patch?, so that the HD Horn Candles would "smoke"? (I've seen that there ARE patches for STAC and other "shape changing" mods) This and other things)

@gamerpoets

8 ай бұрын

I attempted doing this for myself with ELFX back in.... 2018ish? It's possible to do by my god.... it was a nightmare lol. I did one small place and quit. If I wasn't making videos and other stuff it probably would have been less stressful without time contraints. With xEdit you can forward records in patches to allow one mods record to win over the other. It's been a long time since I dug into these things. xEdit discord has a lot of knowledge folks.

¿ puede hacer algo parecido con oblivion y morrowind ? Like the best tutorial in inglish

Can I do this for SkyrimVR? and if so, what should I name it in the "filename without extension" section? Any help would be much appretiated. Thanks.

@gamerpoets

5 жыл бұрын

Check with the xEdit guys on their Discord. Never used VR. -Michael

@vonklinkenhoffn1

5 жыл бұрын

@@gamerpoets Okay, will do. Thanks :)

I was wondering if you play the original Skyrim with all three DLCs do you still name your file SSEMerged? Also how necessary is a bashed patch? One of the mods I downloaded had some kind of compatibility issue/patch for bashed patches I think and at the time I didn't have any bashed patches so I didn't bother with it but if I have to create a bashed patch now then should I go back and deal with it? I can't even remember which mod it was now. Also, I followed your instructions but I can't find the merged patch in NMM? Tysm for making this video!

@gamerpoets

6 жыл бұрын

Skyrim LE = TES5Merged for the name. bashed patch and other patches are generally personal choice. BP helps consolidate leveled lists so that modded items show up at vendors and other places. Created personal patches using xEdit is always the best way to go... and while not hard... its a ton to learn at first. bashed patch and merged patch are the next best option. If a mod tells you not to incorporate it into a patch just deactivate that mod... create the patch.. reactivate the mod. With NMM the patch should be in the data folder (or perhaps a new folder in the data folder was created... tes5edit or something? Its been a while. -Michael

@RainbowEssence-c3w

6 жыл бұрын

Okay, tysm!

Hi.. I have like 225 plugins in SSE using Mod Manager. I would like to reduce the count. Currently game is working fine but adding 1 more mod is causing the game to fail on loading a new game. I still like to add 100+ mod in my SSE, is it possible? If I can manage to reduce esp counts how much can I make it to? like.. 1 or 10 esp merge file for all working 225 esp's? then can it be possible to add more mods like 1000 more mods? How to do it?

@gamerpoets

5 жыл бұрын

I see your post on the other video = ) -Michael

@GamerPoets -- Sorry to necropost, but this is (still) a relevant topic. I'm starting to notice emphatic statements by mod authors (e.g. IcecreamAssassin (Legacy of the Dragonborn) that they do not support merged patches. I'm a bit overwhelmed by seemingly contradictory statements between the myriad of forum posts. Could you do a refined video on this topic based on the state of modding today?

@GamerPoets -- Sorry to necro-post, but all the tutorial I've seen are more than a few years old and assume you're using MO2. Could you post a tutorial for Votex users and are total noobs at this? I'm trying to get started. Vortex urges to use Steam's install location in Program Files (when using Windows 10, like I am), where as MO2, Wrye Bash, etc. urge you to have everything _outside_ of Program Files. I don't even know how to start.

when i select all it tells me too many full masters... and when i make a merged patch without selecting all it tells me "only 253 of 609 masters could be added. master list now contains 253 entries and is full" what should i do?

@EldianDevil137

2 жыл бұрын

it also wont give me the option to remove the leveled lists. it only shows me the file header when i expand the patch

@Riley-ho8ee

Жыл бұрын

@@EldianDevil137 I need an answer to this as well