Follower mod potentially causing irreversible damage to my save game

[TheDragonBorn]

Hello everyone! I have an issue I have been trying to solve on my own but the youtube vids I'm finding that cover this issue, don't quite fit exactly what I'm experiencing.

A few of my follower mods from tullius channel give me this warning when I run loot "This plugin contains records that have FormIDs outside the valid range for an ESL plugin\. Using this plugin will cause irreversible damage to your game saves" I would like to know how to fix it. I am just not understanding the youtube video I found on that particular matter.

In the video I watched, the youtubers mod didn't have the esl flag and so he added it. I figured since my follower mods have that already I would just skip that part, and he adds skyrim esm. as a master to the mod he is using in his demonstration, my mods already has that as a master file. 

He utilized those simple steps and his issue was resolved, meanwhile I'm still stuck here trying to figure out the first step to fixing mine. Any advice would be appreciated

[Tlam99]

You cannot just set tze esl flag.

The form id's must be in the range 00000800 and 000008FFF.

Above this range it defines the adress in the FE table.

The form id's muwt be compacted first before set the flag.

Compacting shifts all id' into the esl range (except overwrites)

 

[travelmedic]

You can do this in xEdit/TES5Edit pretty easily.

 

However, if another mod uses that follower mod as a master, doing this will screw everything up.  Also, this probably also only works for simple followers, not for anything with custom dialogue or other special features.

 

Run xEdit after you've saved a backup copy of your file somewhere, just in case.

 

Right click on the troublesome mod with the esl flag with the invalid FormIDs.

 

About halfway down the list of options in the menu that opens up, you'll see "Renumber FormIDs from..." and click that

 

It should give you an option to start at some particular number and say in parentheses "goal ESL".  Click OK

 

Save.

[travelmedic]

Not all plugin files can or should be set to have an esl flag btw.

 

Like I said, nothing with custom dialogue, probably nothing with scripts.

[TheDragonBorn]

On 9/18/2022 at 2:02 PM, travelmedic said:

Not all plugin files can or should be set to have an esl flag btw.

 

Like I said, nothing with custom dialogue, probably nothing with scripts.

thank you!!! this worked like a charm