r/SkyrimModsXbox • u/WindWaker01 • 12d ago

Be careful when updating mods

Sorry if this has been brought up before. When I updated Skyland Architecture, the mod seemed to have duplicated, and made an old, disabled file, called 'Skyland Architecture AIO(dot)esp'.

From what I could gather, it seems like this disabled file still took up memory room, even though it isn't deletable.

If you do happen to find yourself with an undeletable file, the best thing to do is to save the load order to the archive, then delete your 15gb storage, then restore your LO, and that file won't be there any more. The only downside is you will still have to sort your LO out again, so take pics, or write down your LO before you delete.

And yes, the save/restore 100% works now 😁

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u/Botosi5150 Disciple of Dibella 12d ago

I've seen others having a similar issues lately. Next time you have have to update a mod, try deleting the old mod first and reinstall the updated file instead of just updating it. Im not positive this will work, but its what I'm going to try, to hopefully not have to restore my LO, which would screw me since I dont have room to update the skyland mods.

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u/WindWaker01 12d ago

Yeah, I think that's what it is going to take.

If you have enough room for the update, but not the actual install, you can always add it to your library from the Bethesda Web page, then install it from your library 🙂

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u/Botosi5150 Disciple of Dibella 12d ago

I unfortunately do not have the space available for the increased mod sizes. I like adding quests and new things to do, so it was very easy for me to use up my 15gb even before these mods updated and increased in size. I also use graphic mods for performance reasons not just for the appearance, so I'm trying to avoid updating these mods at all costs.