WraithSlayer Posted July 20, 2015 Posted July 20, 2015 I'll have to remove the Unofficial Skyrim patch master-dependency from some of my mods because the upcoming unified unofficial patch will make it obsolete. My first thought was using TES5Edit, but it seems that according to some, this may break the ESP, though I'm not sure how reliable that source is. So my question is the following: Given that my mods don't actually reference any forms in the USKP (the only reason for the dependency is so I wouldn't overwrite USKP edits), would it be safe to remove the USKP master from my mods?
jacb Posted July 20, 2015 Posted July 20, 2015 It depends on what kind of unified patch that would be. Thing is: in mod every "new" record comes with its own ID (be it new item, keyword, NPC or whatever). Those IDs referenced by dependant mods. So, if unified patch will keep same record IDs that were used in previous unofficial patches it'll be fine. Otherwise mod (assuming you'll change master name and not delete it outright) will reference wrong IDs in new patch and it will mess things up pretty good. If you simply delete master record without removing all references to said master, it might break mod because it will reference something with no idea what that is. And if you manage to remove all references to unofficial patches from your mod prior to removing it from master list (only way to remove it in tes5edit, AFAIK) it should be fine, but ultimately depends on the mod itself - how much did it need that particular record you removed. The right way would be to load all unofficial patches (including new one) and manualy check every dependant mod, editing records as nessecary, so that all your mods would reference only new unofficial patch instead of old ones. If new patch compatible - you'll see it right away and that would simplify things alot, if not... well, I hope you'll enjoy your adventures in a wonderous world of tes5edit =) Hope I made it clear enough to understand...
Groovtama Posted July 20, 2015 Posted July 20, 2015 I would just wait till the merged patches comes and replace the refernce tof the mods to the merged one and clean the masters. Removing unoffical patches references just so they are aremoved is not a good idea.
WraithSlayer Posted July 20, 2015 Author Posted July 20, 2015 I would just wait till the merged patches comes and replace the refernce tof the mods to the merged one and clean the masters. Removing unoffical patches references just so they are aremoved is not a good idea. Yes that would be best, but problem is, the unified patch will have Dawnguard, Hearthfire and Dragonborn as dependencies, which would carry over to my mods. As such, I'm leaning more towards ditching the USKP requirement entirely, seeing as my mods don't really reference many USKP forms, if any at all.
Groovtama Posted July 20, 2015 Posted July 20, 2015 if there is no reference, just do clean master on them, if there are still references to something the master will not be deleted. You will probably have to do two versions, or do a le vrsion only, I do not see any good general script solution for that problem, only mastering and forwarding.
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