DIRTY Plugins Are Affecting Your Modding! | SSEEdit Plugin Cleaning Skyrim SE Guide

[@alyson-c]

For someone who is COMPLETELY new to modding, and in her fifties, this took me a while to get my head around, whilst also fixing the orraneous trip-ups that came along with my individual setup (like having to restart my Steam copy of Skyrim SE to allow SSEEdit (xEdit) to do it's thing), but I got there in the end and am so glad that I found YOUR modding series, rather than relied on fudging around different modding videos, as I was, trying out different things for myself. This is when I am so thankful for KZbin - there's always someone who does it better if you look hard enough. Thank you for sharing your knowledge - I, for one, am very grateful and appreciative.

[@SometimesBuddha]

I think it’s so badass that some older people enjoy immersing themselves in amazing video games.

[@aicavehub]

Thank you.

[@clark985]

Jit

[@Brian_STL19]

@@SometimesBuddha as someone in my early 40s I feel the need to say we in our 40s and 50s are the ones making the games you enjoy. I plan to play till I just no longer can

[@serfera369]

i had to SLOW thew video to the slowest setting playspeed for a bit but i finally got it lol u got this :) im learning with u xoxo

[@hadeus113]

You are REALLY helping me get back into Modding with Mod Organizer 2 (the right way). Thank you for everything man!

[@aicavehub]

You're welcome my dude!

[@AbirZenith]

I still don't see what MO2 offers that Vortex doesn't :/

[@hadeus113]

@@AbirZenith Ive used it since Mod Organizer 1 - so I am not well versed in the intrinsicts of differenxes between the two. MO2 allows you to keep your vanilla skyrim files untouched by any of your mods by using a virtual file system. So this keeps your skyrim data directory from being corrupted by a mess of mod files. Not sure if vortex offers that or not...but i knoe Ye old nexus mod manager didnt. That was a mess.

[@aicavehub]

Drag and drop installation order.

[@UltimateGamerCC]

@@AbirZenith MO2 just works ever so much smoother, meanwhile Vortex works like the Nexus mods website, when it feels like it...

[@TheBakerBro]

The timing for this video could not have been more perfect for me, as I first found this series 3 days ago

[@tm23822]

God, I just recently decided to make the jump from oldrim to sse and I decided this time I'd learn to mod correctly (instead of the 'lets use NMM and put some spit and duct tape' method I've used since I was a kid and maaan, does this series explain why my shit was always so unstable no matter what I did. Thank you so much for this series !

[@natebush8217]

I won't lie..this is the best damned modding guide I've ever seen! Thank you so much!

[@MiraBene]

Hey just a small remark, I was having struggle cleaning the files until I realised i wasn't using the auto-clean mode but the normal mode of SSEEdit. I realised at some point, and should have paid more attention to the guide, but maybe insisting on using the AUTO-CLEAN mode would be a good idea for other people with the same attention-span as mine :-p (and btw, these tutorials keep getting better and better at each new video!)

[@aielias89]

Thanks for the feedback, I'll be sure to keep that in mind when I update these videos!

[@stardaggerrihannsu2363]

Yeah, listening and following the instructions always yields better results!

[@ericb2ars]

Ooooh, so THIS is why my plugins were still showing as dirty in LOOT. Thank you so much!

[@tonts5329]

That idea for keeping a copy of Cleaned Masters seems so obvious in hindsight. Thanks for the tip.

[@darknoisepilot]

I've tried three guides before this (Skyrim Ultimate, Nordic, and Tuco), and although I learned a lot from trying them, I ended up at a dead-end with each of them. This guide is exactly what I needed. Thank you.

[@aielias89]

You're welcome! Check out my discord if you ever need help or get to something not yet covered!

[@darknoisepilot]

@@aielias89 on it already 😉

[@e.l.2734]

I'm so happy because I actually thought getting into MO2 would be way more time consuming than I can deal with right now, yet your videos are making it a breeze!

[@shaund8283]

Your videos are exceptional, thanks to you my wife understands how to navigate a modded skyrim, something she couldn't do a year ago, keep up the great work man.

[@oslo7972]

Thank you so much for your tutorials! Right now, I'm going through a lot that I wont get too deep into. Having your tutorials to follow along and finally mod skyrim the right way is both relieving and gratifying, helping me distract myself and feel content with what I'm doing.

[@qd5683]

Excellent series - I am following along step by step. It was so satisfying to clean those 4 masters and get rid of those yellow warning boxes. Then that final touch of creating a mod from the 4 of them to overwrite the DLCs was perfect. Thanks.

[@jamesbaxter5147]

Completely New to Modding Skyrim. After watching this series TWICE (I accidentally installed Steam on my Hard-drive, and for some reason my NVIDIA game driver deleted itself), I got everything working perfectly and now think I could explain this to anyone. Excellent work, thank you so much.

[@JJ-dr1ut]

I learned so much of this stuff the hard way and wasn't sure where to start to get back into skyrim modding after like a year away from it. Your guides have been awesome and would've made this infinitely easier back when I first started, so thank very much!

[@Gwiz1377]

Just wanna say thank you so much for your videos! I just recently built my first rig with the intention to mod Skyrim. This is my first time to attempt modding and your videos made it super easy to understand and follow. Great job and thanks again!! :)

[@aicavehub]

Cleaning on version 4.0.3 of xEdit has a critical bug where exterior world spaces are broken. Please clean on version 4.0.3b or newer to avoid this. You can find it here (cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/518048160526893057/697385383528366130/xEdit_4.0.3b.7z) if it's not officially released yet. The autocleaning process should now clean everything correctly _including Dawnguard_ so no additional steps are required.

[@npc6817]

sorry to bother you but I keep getting this error: Fatal: Error loading plugin list: and I don't undersand why

[@GhostOfSnuffles]

Navmeshing is a beast of a topic in and of itself. In blackreach for example there's navmeshing poylgons floating in the air and stuck to those glowing fungus tendrils dangling from the roof. Bethesda did an absolute hatchet job in that regard and it's no small miracle NPC's can find there way around at all. In many cases a modder deleting Bethesda's default navmeshing is usually followed by them laying down a new one by hand to ensure NPC's can path smoothly. I can't count the number of house and quest mods broken by well intention mod users assuming just because TesEdit points to a change in navmeshing that there's an issue that needs to be resolved when the changes were the fix in the first place. I don't know why but most mod authors loath navmeshing so when i joined the modding community when Nexus mod's launched near '07 i took on the task of laying down navmeshing and did so without a single complaint for the better part of a decade and spanning two games. Then a couple of well meaning but ill informed mod authors released tools that made mod users feel like they were contributing to the community by making "fixes" to mods that had worked for years perfectly fine before they came along. Then within the span of a couple of months literally hundreds of mod authors got flooded with complaints that their mods were suddenly breaking only to find out it was because people had watched a Gohpervids tutorial on how to Tes5Edit and decided that a 15 minute tutorial mode them smarter then the people who were doing things hands on for years. The fact is it's perfectly fine and should be common practice to clean your own mods you made yourself but if it's not your mod you should leave them as-is.

[@MCPunk55]

I'd like to add a little hint to help you keep track of downloaded and installed mods. In the Downloads tab, you can right click on any mod and select "Hide Installed". It will remove them from the list, not the disk. This helps you keep track of the mods you still have to install.

[@renwargner3174]

Dude i'm scared, my LOOT gave me exact same amount of ITM records for ALL of the plugins which needs to be cleaned...Damn Skyrim, You're scaary.

[@junabreo4283]

“This file does not have an app associated with it for performing this action. Please install or, if already installed, create a. Association.” Is what it reads when I attempt to extract the manual download file for SSSEEDIT. Thank you so much for the guides so far!!

[@TheEphemeralMammal]

I have tried and abandoned Vortex. Your guide is helping me see the light - MO2 or die! :D Much respect and admiration to you, and thanks for your generous time.

[@sedition4267]

Can't thank you enough. My game hasn't run this smoothly since I first installed and played an unmodded game. I was shocked at how many mods were dirty as hell, though I shouldn't be with as many mods that I've tried and rearranged.

[@williamofdallas]

Right after using SSE Edit Quick Auto Clean for the first time, I got this warning from MO2: "There are files in your overwrite mod (No guided fix) There are currently files in your Overwrite directory. These files are typically newly created files, usually generated by an external mod tool (i.e. Wrye Bash, xEdit, FNIS, ...). Creation Club ESL files will also end up here when downloaded. Any files in Overwrite will take top priority when loading your mod files and will always overwrite any other mod in your profile. It is recommended that you review the files in Overwrite and move any relevant files to a new or existing mod. You can do this by double-clicking the Overwrite mod and dragging files from the Overwrite window to a mod entry in the main mod list. It is also possible to move all current Overwrite files to a new mod by right-clicking on the Overwrite mod. Not all files in Overwrite need to be removed, but there are several reasons to do so. Some generated files will be directly related to the active mods in your profile and will be incompatible with different mod setups. Since Overwrite is always active, this could cause conflicts between profiles. Additionally, moving relevant game files into a normal mod will give you greater control over those files. Some files can live safely in Overwrite, such as basic logs and cache files. It is up to you to understand how best to manage these files. If you do not wish to see this warning and understand how to handle your Overwrite directory, you can open the Mod Organizer settings and disable this warning under the "Diagnose Basic" plugin configuration." Is this anything to worry about? I've gone ahead and turned off the warning in the settings like it suggested.

[@testos2701]

Good stuff, be careful this could stop the game from working, I did mostly the auto clean because there were a lot of issues, even though the game worked fine but after the cleaning it stopped the game from loading, good thing I had a backup.

[@Stanbacchus]

Sir, your instructions are quick but with enough use of the button, are revealed to be spot on.. so thanks again.

[@aicavehub]

In the description is a link to the writing guide

[@rogerfederer5942]

Thank's a lot ! I spent my last 3 hours optimizing skyrim se and your guide helped me finish the process ! now I hope my random CTD will be patched at 90-100% ^^

[@Duca1414]

This man is god! Without him I would spent hours and hours learning and trying to mode, and probably still would not mode it correctly. With his help and few tutorials I have easy installed over 40 mods and game runs perfectly. I was using NMM before but I see now that MO2 is much better. Big thanks mate! Keep up the good work.

[@tomdy8121]

Very helpful specially for players like me who just started modding. Great tutorial!

[@Genesis.1-1]

You have erased hours of frustration in less than 10 minutes. THANK YOU!

[@liamyancey1557]

major benefit of these bit by bit videos for someone like me are nuggets like this archiving of the cleaned setup...ive always been blessed to have overly adequate storage solutions so i respect my situation is not for everyone...but since the early days of Freelancer Modding ive been prone to zipping entire folder sets at once while setting up a mod configuration so if i mucked a setup i simply deleted the entire structure and unzipped the previous...works welll BUT ONLY IF YOU HAVE SPACE so not suggesting that for just anyone...but im weird...sometimes i have more fun modding a game than playing it at all...getting the mods to work together is more fun in some weird way...so back to this video...just this one nugget lets me create such an incremental start set for ANY experimentation i may decide to mess with...KUDOS mate and thnx in advance for more to come

[@ElPescadorTejano]

I thought i knew about modding until I decided to watch your videos. many thanks, friend

[@johnny2552]

One of the only series I need to watch on 0.25 speed x.x

[@GoodNight0wl]

I have no idea what I'm doing , so this is super helpful.

[@dakotakinert1994]

Massive respect to people smart enough and dedicated enough for creating mods! My goodness. You are amazing ai cave, for stepping down to our level to help us pc peasants!!!!

[@mrcokez1]

thank you for making these videos for the greater good of the skyrim modding community. i really appreciate these tutorials

[@mymanyramblings8750]

Thank you SO much for this awesome series! It has been a huge help for me!

[@augustday9483]

Creating a cleaned DLC mod is brilliant.

[@ltcshow6175]

Thanks for the videos very helpful although this one seems quite fast I'll try and follow along a little bit later after I've grabbed a bunch more mods.

[@dd4nt388]

So, the dawnguard clean, just clean it twice? Its all that I need right now! Hahahahha! Perfect video man! Thank you so much for this.

[@dd4nt388]

@@aielias89 Thank you so so so much! ;D

[@Stoic_Boom]

What was his response?! I’m having the same issue! What should I dooooooo???!!!!!

[@dd4nt388]

@@Stoic_Boom Hey man! You have to clean it 2 times. One just like every other one and the second time, follow these steps. kzbin.info/www/bejne/l6qof4KsZcmiqbs

[@benjaminbatton2605]

@@Stoic_Boom I found this which worked for me from wiki.step-project.com/User:DarkladyLexy/Lexys_LOTD_SE_Prerequisites#Clean_the_Bethesda_ESM.27s Manual SSEEdit Cleaning For Dawnguard.esm Also Required: Open SSEEdit and load only Dawnguard.esm Once loaded Left click and open CELL > Block 5 > Sub-Block 3 > select 00016BCF. Scroll down the view window on the right to find XEZN subrecord referring to RiftenRatwayZone [ECZN:0009FBB9]. Right click and select Remove. Next Left click and open CELL > Block 2 > Sub-Block 1 > select 0001FA4C. Right click and select Remove. Last Left click and open CELL > Block 8 > Sub-Block 1. Right click and select Remove. Click the [X] in the upper right hand corner, uncheck "Backup plugins", and click [OK]. Once you have finished the cleaning process Navigate to Mod Organizer 2/mods folder and create new folder called Cleaned Vanilla ESMs Navigate back to your Skyrim Special Edition DATA folder and Cut and Paste these files: Update.esm Dawnguard.esm HearthFires.esm Dragonborn.esm Into the newly created Cleaned Vanilla ESMs Inside MO2/Mods folder.

[@kyredneckoutdoors]

JUAT WANTED TO SAY THANKS FOR ALL YOUR VIDEOS

[@saroskalon7732]

You are a GOD! Thank you so much for your clear, concise guides!

[@Booobaa910]

i am glad over 100++ mod and only main dlc that need to be clean

[@williamofdallas]

Your video tutorials have been so helpful, thank you so much.

[@tris1559]

This serie is really great, Thank you for the help, I definitely subscribed to your channel

[@tris1559]

@@aielias89 indeed it is ;) (Wilburgur is my Hero)

[@brianr.6376]

Some mods that are stated by loot to be dirty are not supposed to be cleaned. Learned it the hard way.

[@chucknut88]

Excellent video. I wish you would include how to install on Vortex. Keep up the great work!

[@aicavehub]

MO2 is the better choice. Installation is in the very beginning of the playlist.

[@Liam_10490]

thank you so much for this, I was really stuck. You have earned a sub my friend, keep up the amazing work :)

[@dersupra]

Thank you man, I have learned a lot. I just threw Vortex in file 13..

[@romaniachin6751]

this is the 1st time i had to set 0.25 video speed to actually follow what you did there haha you're fast man! But it keeps your video length short & efficient. Nice 1 - it get's more complex with each video but you explain it so well tnx man. Even the noobiest noob could follow i am sure! (Like me)... :)

[@theprofanedflame6601]

I consider this man my modding sensei

[@mattt4080]

The interesting parts of this video start at 1:24

[@kennethpedersen9335]

Great guide, easy to understand :) But I think it would be a good idea to tell/show that Dawnguard.esm needs manual cleaning aswell ;)

[@MultiAstat]

God bless you! Your guide is absolutely awesome!

[@BlackDyedWhite]

Thanks man it really helped me ! subscribed !

[@CourageousRetreat]

So glad I found your videos! They are very helpful. May I ask what you think of Vortex as a mod manager?

[@aielias89]

Thanks! Vortex is better than NMM but MO2 is still the best if you want to be serious about modding. :)

[@donfolstar]

I may be mistaken, but my grandpappy taught me that ITM is a problem when: Mod 1 - modifies some stuff Mod 2 - has ITM records for the same stuff = anything Mod 1 modified that is ITM in 2 is going to be overwritten. Mod conflicts are a thing, but in this case they are happening for no reason.

[@aielias89]

What you are describing are just normal record overwrites between mods. ITM records are records that already exist in the base Skyrim.esm and therefore are just unnecessary duplicate edits in a mod. In he description you gave, the issue is that the records in Skyrim.esm are being overwritten by Mod 1 but Mod 2 reverts them back because they are duplicates of the ones found in Skyrim.esm. So yes, i guess you are describing the issue correctly. Still even if you didn't have Mod 1 for the time being, if you were to get it later and sorted it properly it would cause issues which is why it's best to just get rid of all ITM records of the get go. Especially those in the DLC which you already are using. :)

[@sterlingnerdling]

Another solid video.

[@guillermopeitton4359]

Big big thanks to you , you're amazing man!

[@1jd11]

Hey you should do a Fallout 4 version of modding guide, would be great to help me out too on that. Thanks great channel!

[@aicavehub]

Oof, this one's going to take me a while still. Many of the concepts in my SSE 2019 guides directly correlate over.

[@Aphex51]

Thank you sir. Very helpful.

[@Psykrom]

Alright, I missed the step to run sseedit with mo2, hilarious, but thanks for the headsup.

[@robertjensen1048]

May I give some tiny advice? If you're able to, run a spell checker on the titles and captions you have in your video.

[@eminyild]

looking for new vids! thanks for your efforts

[@aielias89]

[@serfera369]

AI Cave, ur videos man! ive had several skyrim modding playthroughs but im still really new to it all (2017 to current) but this is the very 1st time ive followed a guide and actually took the modding seriously, I love this community so much. Bethesda has a jewl of a following, they better take care of it.

[@zweihander7465]

dude, your guides are epic and helpful but...the last 2 minutes of this video you flew through i could barely keep up

[@seibaraion1404]

Just came back to the game, checked out “a few” (about a hundred) mods, using nexus mod manager like old time, new game. Crash after 30hrs, try to fix, new game. Crash after 30hrs, try to fix, new game. Crash after 30hrs, rage quit. Now I’m here T^T you’re my only hope. Is there anything else should I do my research on or I’m good to start modding the game?

[@seibaraion1404]

Ai Elias okay, thanks a lot. I’m looking forward to your future videos.

[@user-ze7hp2jf5x]

What about the creation club things he add there like fish,survival,curios and adv? do I clean those too?

[@covertstryker35]

That was real simple!

[@jormungandr2]

Great video, but you where really fast at the end there. I needed to rewatch it several times to keep up with what you where doing. Still it's great stuff and I'm trying to learn as much as possible to make my game better in all aspects.

[@aicavehub]

Noted!

[@leinadnm837]

Nice video bro, thank you so much

[@aicavehub]

Always welcome

[@Rovashagaming]

Thank you so much for this =)

[@OldManDankers2e]

Excellent video. Really helped me out. I have one question though. What do you do if it leaves cache files in the overwrite folder?

[@daveirish8890]

Wow Thank Goodness we Have A Pause button On your Great Videos... Physically A Work out....lol

[@mistrmorj]

Okay, okay, this actually happened - you said "please consider liking and subscribing" and I just thought to myself for a brief moment there "well, if that helps such a great guy such as yourself, why not?". And so here was the story of this comment. Safety and Peace be upon you. Farewell.

[@timothyalton3821]

im pretty sure this is why i crash in one spot in dawnguard most of the time (legendary edtion)

[@stevestoddard8130]

THANK YOU! THANK YOU SO MUCH!

[@aielias89]

You're welcome my dude!

[@danielsimongalea8408]

Is this guide applicable for oldrim? Thanks for the informative guides!

[@electricvortex9107]

I did this with Vortex!

[@AhriOfAstora]

I love you, thank you for this

[@darthkahn45]

Honestly at this point it feels like it'd be quicker to just nuke everything and reinstall skyrim and every mod one by oneWait I can't do that cos i'm currently guarding against Bathesdas new bullshiit update.

[@brock4035]

I have over 5000 itm records and 1 or 2 udr's so I hope this can help fix my very unstable game will update if it does.

[@Valkaneer]

Fantastic Series, I hope you make a few more of these types! I've run into 2 issues so far while trying to install Mods. The first, I was when trying to install "Rudy ENB" There are a lot of different download options and they are rar files, so I am finding this one a lot more difficult, also, what If I want to try one of the many other options for Rudy ENB, if this mod install works like SKSE which I am not sure if it does, and if it does not show up in MO2 how do I switch between them. 2nd and last issue "Revenge Of the Enemies 2016 Modified SE" this Mod Req says: Unofficial Skyrim Special Edition Patch and Wrye Bash. Now Wrye Bash seems to be another tool, but its a mod tool like Mo2, so In this case, I am taking it "Revenge Of the Enemies" is not compatible and thus not something we can use in our Mod Build?

[@jujubear9909]

Thank you for the guide! A little new to the Skyrim modding party but this video helped nonetheless. Left my stuff uncleaned because I thought the cleaning process was so daunting then it turns out to be super trivial xD Also, if anyone cares to answer, why does his LOOT program here look very different from the one I'm using? Is it just a visual thing?

[@MCENTYRE]

liked and subbed

[@aicavehub]

Thank you

[@mtpstv94]

Only clean what you know is safe to clean. Leave the rest alone.

[@TioClotildo]

Except for the dlcs, no installed mod appear on the list. what can I do?

[@majfauxpas]

It's 'References', but good video :)

[@Metaljonus]

My PRECIOUSSSSSS

[@sloppytacoftw]

On the sseedit when I’m cleaning a plug-in it stays in the still applying filter and has been going for 20 minutes

[@Rogue_Trooper970]

Your videos are teaching me many wonders....your spelling makes my eyes bleed.....referEnces!....it's references lol. Thanks for all the great work man. I made a terrible first attempt at modding and you're currently in the process of saving my ass!

[@lgsyokedicisi]

electricity was cut suddenly when im cleaning hearthfires.esm. after i tried to clean again it "assertion failure (P:\TES5Edit\wblmplementation.pas, line 10181)" showed up during the cleaning. then i deleted hearthfires.esm manually and verified files at steam (steam reinstalled hearthfires.esm and other .esm files those i cleaned before hearthfires.esm). so i started cleaning all over but same issue happened again, "assertion failure (P:\TES5Edit\wblmplementation.pas, line 10181)" showed up.

[@aielias89]

No clue man. My only advise is to try reinstalling SSEEdit and if it still persists, reinstalling the other masters as well.

[@Lettuce_Play]

Have you or anyone noticed that after cleaning a file (I wanted to test this out by cleaning one file, which was the Prometheus no snow under roof), it now takes about 6 to 10 seconds before the timer counts down when you use the "wait" (pressing T on Keyboard) feature? It wasn't always so. So what I did, was deleted that Prometheus mod, then reinstalled it to get that "hasn't been cleaned error" message (to revert back to how it was before), but now it still takes that 6 - 10 seconds before the timer counts down. EDIT: And now suddenly, as if by magic, everything is back to normal again. I wanted to do a test first of all, and I started a new game. I know it autosaves as soon as you step off that cart during the execution/character creation. No Pause at all, just a the super brief one like usual when it does any kind of save. I then hit the quicksave, pretty quick and normal like usual. I loaded up my main high level game and now it saves/quicksaves all quickly again. And when I use the wait feature, the counter starts after maybe a second at most, so everything is back to normal again. I'm also using original Prometheus no snow mod BEFORE I cleaned it mind you. I'm not using that SSEEDIT ever again LOL, but that could just be me?

[@hadeus113]

Are 'Bashed Patches' still required for heavily modded Skyrim? I'm aiming on running between 50-100.

[@aicavehub]

Short answer: yes. Long answer: No if you don't want items dispersed throughout your leveled lists. Extra long answer: Yes, and you will have to make manual tweaks on top of that to make sure that any items from mods like Beyond Skyrim Bruma don't get mixed into your normal leveled lists.

[@barricadedpurifier]

SSEedit starts in 4:25

[@taxace111]

I believed i followed all the step in your videos but when i run SSEEditquickautoclean i get this message "Fatal: Could not open registry Key:\SOFTWARE\Bethesda\Softworks\SkyremSpecialEdition\ This can happen after Steam Updates, run the games launcher to restore registry settings." I try it and still gives me the same message.

[@FractionalVoid]

you sound similar to charlie slimecicle

[@eddyfransson6043]

Really helpful guide but i have one question. when I cleaned all the dlc i notice some files in the overwrite folder, are they important or can I just delete them?

[@aicavehub]

This video could help kzbin.info/www/bejne/l6qof4KsZcmiqbs

[@aielias89]

If there are no esms in there it should all just be the SSEEdit Cashe, it is safe to delete that.

[@seanthiar]

you don't need loot for dirty plugins - sseedit point the dirty plugins out by itself.

[@anzaigon]

How did you move the mods and also the the categories like that bug fixes where the name of what it does is on top

[@mozzarellacheese2281]

i just wanted to be the high king of skyrim...