[xEdit] - ignore masters - how to do it?

[belegost]

I have a merged patch that has a list of masters longer than Bethesda's intro. I know the usual go-to method for xEdit is creating dummy esp files so it can even open it. However this is feasible only if there is a handful but not like 70+ of them. I am not going to spend several hours checking my mod manager's warning messages and then copying and renaming files just so I can have a look at the records for 30 seconds, because I already know what I'm looking for, I just can't get to it. There must be a better way or a better tool for this specific purpose.

Edited January 5, 2023 by belegost

[RohZima]

3 hours ago, belegost said:

I have a merged patch that has a list of masters longer than Bethesda's intro. I know the usual go-to method for xEdit is creating dummy esp files so it can even open it. However this is feasible only if there is a handful but not like 70+ of them. I am not going to spend several hours checking my mod manager's warning messages and then copying and renaming files just so I can have a look at the records for 30 seconds, because I already know what I'm looking for, I just can't get to it. There must be a better way or a better tool for this specific purpose.

 

I haven't used it but you could try this to remove them: https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/11405/

 

In the CK you can select the masters and do CTRL-Del on them before you load anything. It seems to not check anything, so that would be the easiest brute force method.

[Tlam99]

Use wrye bash.

Just for this, it creates dummy masters, so you can remove masters in xedit.

The just delete them after removing.

[belegost]

52 minutes ago, RohZima said:

 

I haven't used it but you could try this to remove them: https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/11405/

 

That's for Oldrim, unusable in my case. Thanks anyway.

Edited January 5, 2023 by belegost

[belegost]

9 minutes ago, Tlam99 said:

wrye bash

 

I was afraid someone would mention it. I have an unexplained aversion to WryeBash for some reason. Guess I'll have to bite the bullet.

[Tlam99]

You can create the dummies also without it.

But wr does it automatically.

[belegost]

20 minutes ago, Tlam99 said:

But wr does it automatically.

That's exactly what I'm looking for. Though I would've prefered if the file could just be loaded without that, because it potentially creates a mess.

[Seijin8]

7 hours ago, belegost said:

I have a merged patch that has a list of masters longer than Bethesda's intro. I know the usual go-to method for xEdit is creating dummy esp files so it can even open it. However this is feasible only if there is a handful but not like 70+ of them. I am not going to spend several hours checking my mod manager's warning messages and then copying and renaming files just so I can have a look at the records for 30 seconds, because I already know what I'm looking for, I just can't get to it. There must be a better way or a better tool for this specific purpose.

 

Right-click the plugin, near the bottom of the list: "Clean Masters"