Player and modder tools provide a rich assortment of features for both novice users up to advanced modders. Listed here are the most used features of such tools.
Novice players should scan the first several sections of this list, but skip the last section (Modding) which focusses on features that only modders will need.
Mod ManagementEdit
- General Mod Management
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- Move, rename, duplicate mod files.
- Wrye Mash
- Install/Uninstall Mods
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- Install and uninstall mods.
- Wrye Mash
Mod ReconciliationEdit
- Leveled List Merging
- Load Ordering
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- Set the relative load order of mods in order to specify which mod wins in case of conflicts.
- Wrye Mash
- Mlox
- Reorder Mods and Reorder Mods++
- Record Merging
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- Merge changes to different parts of the same record by different mods.
- TESTool
SmartMerger
- Dialog Merging (Very Advanced)
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- String together dialog entries from different mods for the same character.
- TESTool
Savegame ManagementEdit
- General Management
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- Move, rename, duplicate savegames.
- Wrye Mash
- Load Masters
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- Reset active mod list to match master mod list of a given save. Prevents accidental addition or removal of mods from list.
- Wrye Mash
ModdingEdit
- BSA Browsing/Editing
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- Browse and edit BSA archives.
- BSA Managers
- Change File Type
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- Change between esp/esm/ess.
- Enchanted Editor
- Change between esp/esm
- Wrye Mash