


I was quite surprised by this so I started reading around and saw more evidence of mod authors recommending to not clean the masters (including one on this forum) and anecdotes from other users about experiencing problems from cleaning the masters.Īrthmoor is also on record (Reddit IIRC) as saying that he has documented cases of people experiencing issues as a result of cleaning the masters and that he doesn't do it anymore. :)Ī while ago I saw a post on the Nexus by a technically-savvy modder telling a user to not clean the masters. Granted, with SSE there are less possible issues since there are basically no mods that require loading between the official DLC.ĭon't worry, I wouldn't post something this consequential unless I had done my homework first. I can't think of a way that cleaning the DLCs would cause issues, unless the cleaning is bugged or somehow done wrong, but I can think of ways that not cleaning them could cause issues.

Related note, just FYI: the 'accepted wisdom' also applies to the other Bethesda games' DLC, with the exception of TES IV: Oblivion as those are.

Some people do experience problems as a result of cleaning them. However, I didn't have a lot of mods installed on top of STEP. I've cleaned the esms both times I've done a STEP install and I never experienced a problem. But if that is the case, and we agree that cleaning them is unnecessary, then perhaps future versions of the guide could be reconfigured based on this. esms being cleaned then of course that answers both questions above. If certain components of the guide rely on the. Whether STEP should still recommend cleaning the. This isn't a thread for discussing the technical issues of cleaning the. I had a look for any previous discussion about this but I couldn't find anything.Īt the moment, most modding guides still recommend cleaning them although very few state why.īy contrast many mod authors either don't see any benefit in cleaning them or recommend not cleaning them, including those at the pointier end of providing support. esms + Update.esm has moved back to not cleaning them, should the guide be updated to reflect this? Since the 'accepted wisdom' of cleaning the Skyrim SE DLC.
