Merged File CK Error Message

[cleavagesweat]

hey does anyone know what this error popup in CK means? I merged a bunch of individual NPC replacers into a single esp and everything works fine but i'm not sure if this error message is important and if I should address it or if its superfluous. any advice is appreciated.

[valcon767]

it means that the merged mod (or something. in it) is to large for the CK to load.

 

if everything in the merged mod works correctly you can (probably) play with it anyway, it just means that you cannot edit that merged mod with the CK.

 

to get rid of that error you would have to recreate the merged mod with less stuff merged in it (so the CK can load it properly).

 

[cleavagesweat]

4 minutes ago, valcon767 said:

it means that the merged mod (or something. in it) is to large for the CK to load.

 

if everything in the merged mod works correctly you can (probably) play with it anyway, it just means that you cannot edit that merged mod with the CK.

 

to get rid of that error you would have to recreate the merged mod with less stuff merged in it (so the CK can load it properly).

 

oic ok - so if I want to edit it i'd have to stick with xEdit from now on

[Blaze69]

I think it doesn't actually refer to the plugin itself, but to the plugin description instead.

 

ESPs and ESMs have a "Description" and "Author" fields that can be read from a mod manager or in the Data window of the CK alongside the master plugins and stuff. When Merge Plugins creates, well, a merged plugin, it writes the name of all the original plugins in the merged one's description, and seems like the CK can only process a specfic amount of characters in that description (hence the "Max size is 512" bit).

 

So if your description is too long (because your merged a lot of plugins), the CK can't load the description and throws that error. But you can try opening the merged plugin in xEdit and simply deleting the Description field from the file header. That should get rid of the error in the CK and should allow you to edit the merged plugin just fine in it.

[cleavagesweat]

30 minutes ago, Blaze69 said:

I think it doesn't actually refer to the plugin itself, but to the plugin description instead.

 

ESPs and ESMs have a "Description" and "Author" fields that can be read from a mod manager or in the Data window of the CK alongside the master plugins and stuff. When Merge Plugins creates, well, a merged plugin, it writes the name of all the original plugins in the merged one's description, and seems like the CK can only process a specfic amount of characters in that description (hence the "Max size is 512" bit).

 

So if your description is too long (because your merged a lot of plugins), the CK can't load the description and throws that error. But you can try opening the merged plugin in xEdit and simply deleting the Description field from the file header. That should get rid of the error in the CK and should allow you to edit the merged plugin just fine in it.

wow that's great! i'll try that and see if that fixes it! thanx to you both!

[cleavagesweat]

yup - it was just the file header had all the names of the merged esps thanx!!!

[valcon767]

well heck........ that is good information to learn

i have a couple that i will have to try that on myself (now that i know about it)

thanks Blaze69