Difference between revisions of "TES5Edit Mod Cleaning Tutorial"

In the picture we can see the original mod content, yet untouched and when unfiltered:  

The picture shows the REFR record for a Nirnroot which is identical to the one on the master. Notice the change in text color to Dark Gray there too.  

But, in order to be sure about their 'equality' we can select 'Hide no conflict rows' from the popup context.  

And lo! nothing is shown, confirming the first suspicion that those records are, in fact, identical.

So, we can proceed with the cleaning.

Notice that all top level options must be unchecked, and only can be selected the one called 'Conflict status inherited by parent', after that choose OK again and the program will apply the filter ''(which now it takes only a few seconds, since the program has cached some of the information from the first filtering step done before)'' and when the filtering is finished, go to the left pane (the tree) and select the mod (in our case: CleanModsDemo.esp), right click on it and choose 'Remove "Identical to Master" records.'  

As you can check for yourself, the records shown are the same that were shown when first filtering. Notice the removal of CELL and LAND records when they aren't needed anymore.

Right click again on the plugin you are cleaning and select “Undelete and Disable References.” Again, check the Messages tab to see what was changed. Make a note of the number of Identical to Master" records that were removed and the number of undeleted and disabled references for later when reporting the plugin to the BOSS team.

That way, in case something goes wrong (maybe you delete a group record forgetting that within it was some important edit,) then, as soon as you notice it, you can roll back to the previous save file, or open it as a new mod and copy the editions back. Thus, it is important to stress this point: save often, and only do edits in chunks and save every one separately. In that way, you can go back to any point you wish.

Another thing to notice is that the original mod (Dawnguard.esm) is left untouched until you exit the program:

At which point the program will rename the old original file as a 'backup' file, and the new 'save' file as the original mod. (Notice the reduction in size? Those were the extra Landscape records now removed.)