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Starfield Load Order Worksheet
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Hand-held & Mobile devices
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Are you on a small-screen device? Turn your device on its side.
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Download the Google Sheets App for editing.
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How to use this worksheet
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This worksheet is designed to give you an overview of your load order outside the in-game manager. All Creations on Bethesda.net are MASTER FILES. Do NOT uninstall and continue on the same save!!
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1. Make a copy of this sheet to your Google Drive.
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2. Use the SFLO Blank Template Tab to write down your load order outside the game.
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3. Download creations in the order you have written (your load order).
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For a quick load order to get you into the game, see Example XB LO - Generalist/Pirate. It should work with both Xbox and PC if you aren't using Script Extender.
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📌 Use the name of the Creation from the website and not the file name. It's difficult to share cool creations or to receive assistance with only the file name.
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📢 Did you find a cool Creation? Be sure to write down the website page where you downloaded it so you can share it with others! We want to play too! (It's also helpful when asking for load order assistance.)
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What not to do
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⚠️ Do not remove mods in the middle of your game and continue on the same save. There is no safe way to remove them.
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⚠️ Do not download everything and the dog. That is a good way to meet load order disorder. Not everything is going to play nice together. Each creative has her own ideas about how to mod the game.
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What to do
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✔️ Read descriptions and all documentation of a creation before downloading. Creations are not apps.
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✔️ Plan your character and what you're going to do, then find creations to match your playstyle.
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✔️ Have fun. It's just a game.
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✔️ Share your game and screenshots. Participate in communities.
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✔️ Be kind and considerate to others. If you see someone who needs help, help them.
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What is Load Order?
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Load order is the order in which data files load into Bethesda games. Data files load from top to bottom.
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Load order is used for resolving conflicts between two or more creations. The lowest data file will apply the change and be the conflict winner.
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The Basics
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Remember Install Order and Rule of One
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Use good installation habits by installing in load order from top to bottom to avoid serious conflicts with scripting, models, or textures. Textures, models, instanced data, and mods that merge scripting or script-inject records at run-time cannot be patched with SFEdit. Furthermore, SFEdit is not available to Xbox.
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A record or asset of a data file can only be modified by another record or asset once. Writing everything down will give you an overview of what you've got so you can install in load order.
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Master files versus addons and patches
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A master file is a data file whose records must be read by the game first before any other changes to those records.
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These are data files that can be actual master files or simply a data file that contains the first record to be read by another data file.
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Scripts versus Hard Edits
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Data files that touch the base game records that are not scripted are considered "hard" edits.
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Script-injection is a method of using Starfield's native papyrus language to inject new records. These have a special place in load orders when used with data files that contain hard edits.
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Consider hard edits masters and script-injected records dependents. Hard edits come first to make the initial record changes and then followed by the script-injected data file.
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How to resolve conflicts
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The whole point of load order is conflict resolution. Think of data files as a database of records. Those records can only be changed once.
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The player's five options for conflicts
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1️⃣ Remove the conflicting files - If the conflict causes crashes or if two textures or models are the same, you don't need the hassle. Just remove one or both of them.
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2️⃣ Just play with it like it is - If it's just an override and is harmless, there's no need to do anything.
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3️⃣ Re-sort your load order - Move the offending data file under another one to resolve the conflict and allow records to override.
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4️⃣ Make your own compatibility patch - If functionality is impaired with the topmost and moving does not fix the conflict, it's better to simply reconsider if you need both.
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5️⃣ Use a community-made compatibility patch - If functionality is impaired with the topmost and moving does not fix the conflict, it's better to simply reconsider if you need both.
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How to Install dialogue Mods
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1. Download the dialogue mod you want
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2. Return to the main menu and click ok to refresh the plugins
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3. Hit the Xbox Home button on your controller and Quit the Game completely from the Options Menu.
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4. Return to the game, do not return to a Quick Resume.
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Updating on Xbox is different!
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1. Write down your load order - mods must be put back into the same place
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2. Bookmark the mod before updating
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