can I merge estrus in a way other mods can still detect it?

[NotKinkyEnough]

if I want to merge all the estrus things to save on esp limit, is there a particular name I should give the merged esp so that other mods can detect it is present? Or is there some other way to make that work

[Just Don't]

No. Never merge stuff that is required by other mods. You would need to manually update any mod requiring the merged plugins to the new plugin. Forever. And even then chances are something is going to end poorly.

 

Why are you so desperate about esp limit? You can have 254 esp+esm files and thousands of esl or esp-esl plugins on top of that. If you're near the 250 esp+esm you could look into flagging some plugins as esl or esp-esl instead (and again, not quest mods or stuff that is usually required by other mods, I'm talking simple stuff like outfits or simple record edits).

[NotKinkyEnough]

2 hours ago, Just Don't said:

No. Never merge stuff that is required by other mods. You would need to manually update any mod requiring the merged plugins to the new plugin. Forever. And even then chances are something is going to end poorly.

 

Why are you so desperate about esp limit? You can have 254 esp+esm files and thousands of esl or esp-esl plugins on top of that. If you're near the 250 esp+esm you could look into flagging some plugins as esl or esp-esl instead (and again, not quest mods or stuff that is usually required by other mods, I'm talking simple stuff like outfits or simple record edits).

 

ok thanks, I'll leave it as is or leave it out. I thought that might be the answer but hoped to squeeze a bit more in to my mod build.

 

I am 'desperate' about the esp limit because I am close to the esp limit at 250, even after I have merged what I think was safe to merge, and esl / espfe -ified everything what will allow it. I doubt I am the only one.