Persistentify Those Plugins
⚪ Last updated 2024⚠️ Install Order · 5 steps
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 0.6% endorsement rate
- 🏆 #2 of 27 Modders Resources mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
Eddoursul's personal version on ModPub
as well! More info in pinned comments.
Designed to be a more intelligent implementation than its inspiration, the ESMifyer, which took a blanket approach to how it handled actor references (and only actor references). While that approach did help keep affected actors functional, it also dramatically lessened the benefit of what converting a plugin to a master is intended to accomplish.
The "Persistentifyer" (name may change) not only targets all relevant reference types that may need to be updated (currently ACHR/REFR/PHZD), but also uses a number of filters to cut out every false positive it can conceivably target without live human intervention, using the same logic the Creation Kit does regarding persistence. This list of filters continues to grow as we discover more edge cases in the various mods we test.
Ideally this script is intended to be used as a Modders Resource, encouraging and teaching Mod Authors (alongside the future accompanying documentation) how to implement "best practice" persistence in master files the way Bethesda originally intended. It can however also be substituted for the ESMifyer in any similar use case, applying persistence flagging to a more refined list of references and lowering those persistent reference handle counts even further.
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[]To enable plugin edits with this Beta version, find the dryRun line under USER SETTINGS and change it to false .
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]To also enable ESM flagging of the plugin, find ESMify under USER SETTINGS and change it to true . - Most non-author users will only need to change those two settings. The rest are primarily author tools.
See pinned comment for a "quick" FAQ.
More information to be added, including logic pathing and related reasoning, after non-beta release is complete.
Visit the Github repo for development progress, bug reporting, and non-release versions.
Persistentify Those Plugins is an xEdit script inspired by ESMIfyer that updates reference types (ACHR/REFR/PHZD) with filters to reduce false positives. It's a modder's resource for cleaning up plugin references, with 884 endorsements and 143,301 downloads, last updated in April 2024.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Community-trusted with 884 endorsements and over 143k downloads.
- Actively maintained, last updated in April 2024.
- Fills a niche for modders needing reference cleanup without manual work.
⚠️ Cons
- Requires xEdit knowledge, so it's not for casual players.
- Only covers three reference types, which may not be enough for all mods.
- Potential compatibility risk with other xEdit scripts if used together.
For mod authors and advanced modders who use xEdit and need to clean up plugin references. Skip if you're a player looking for gameplay or visual mods—this is a tool, not a content mod.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Run this script in xEdit after loading your plugin to see which references get flagged.
- Test on a backup of your plugin first to ensure the filters don't remove needed references.
- Combine with other xEdit scripts like ESMIfyer for comprehensive plugin cleaning.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Skyrim Mods
- Author
- FelesNoctis-Eddoursul
- Version
- 0.20.1
- Downloads
- 143,301
- Endorsements
- 884
- Category
- Modders Resources
- Created
- 10/8/2022
- Updated
- 4/9/2024
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