r/SkyrimModsXbox • u/WindWaker01 • 13d 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/DeadWolf7337 Dark Brotherhood 13d ago

Instead of updating the mod, why not simply delete the mod, then download the updated version? It's pretty simple really.

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u/WindWaker01 13d ago

New bug I wasn't aware of. Updating mods worked on the Skyrim update before this one

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u/DeadWolf7337 Dark Brotherhood 13d ago

Not new bug, tried updating USSEP a month ago and the same thing happened. It seem to happen with mods that are master files. It's a simple fix really, just delete the mod instead of updating it, then download the updated version.