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About this mod
Empty ESPs to act as stand-ins for the minor official dlcs for modding purposes
- Permissions and credits
Empty ESPs with the same name as the official DLCs to enable programs like xEdit to load mods that rely on these DLCs for anyone who accidentally bought the Game of the Year edition instead of the Game of the Year Double Stuffed Super Special Deluxe Edition with Chocolate Sauce.
You might want this if, for instance, a mod you are interested in using has a compatibility patch for all DLCs bundled into one ESP. You might want to clean the plugin in xEdit to remove references to DLCs you don't own, but xEdit will not allow you to load the file in the first place with missing masters. These dummy esps will trick xEdit into letting you load the files.
As of right now this covers Battlehorn Castle, Frostcrag Spire, Horse Armor, Mehrunes Razor, the Orrery, Thieves Den, and Vile Lair. If you somehow own some but not all of these, I recommend deleting the .esps from this mod corresponding to the content you own before enabling this in your mod manager.
This does not cover Shivering Isles or Knights of the Nine, as the use case for someone who needs dummy plugins for those DLCs seems much more niche. If you do need those, it's an incredibly simple process to do it yourself:
-open xEdit
-right click anywhere in the left panel
-click "Create new file..."
-click the checkbox beside <new file>.esp
-name your new file to match the name of the esp for the DLC you want to spoof (Either "Knights" or "DLCShiveringIsles")
This is the process I used to create the .esps for this file. It's super easy and I'm basically just uploading it to save anyone who needs it about 3 minutes of typing.
You might want this if, for instance, a mod you are interested in using has a compatibility patch for all DLCs bundled into one ESP. You might want to clean the plugin in xEdit to remove references to DLCs you don't own, but xEdit will not allow you to load the file in the first place with missing masters. These dummy esps will trick xEdit into letting you load the files.
As of right now this covers Battlehorn Castle, Frostcrag Spire, Horse Armor, Mehrunes Razor, the Orrery, Thieves Den, and Vile Lair. If you somehow own some but not all of these, I recommend deleting the .esps from this mod corresponding to the content you own before enabling this in your mod manager.
This does not cover Shivering Isles or Knights of the Nine, as the use case for someone who needs dummy plugins for those DLCs seems much more niche. If you do need those, it's an incredibly simple process to do it yourself:
-open xEdit
-right click anywhere in the left panel
-click "Create new file..."
-click the checkbox beside <new file>.esp
-name your new file to match the name of the esp for the DLC you want to spoof (Either "Knights" or "DLCShiveringIsles")
This is the process I used to create the .esps for this file. It's super easy and I'm basically just uploading it to save anyone who needs it about 3 minutes of typing.