Mod articles
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Settlement mods tend to be fickle. A lot can go wrong, even if the mod author did everything correctly. In this article, I want to talk about the usual problems, their causes, and potential solutions.
General
For mod authors: I recommend to have a look at this tutorial. While it doesn't cover every aspect of settlement creation, it explains the most important ones. Especially the part about the Quest is relevant.
There are a few points I'd like to add:
Don't use ESL files for settlement mods. If there is a mod conflict, an ESL file will always lose it, while a settlement mod must win. You can use an ESL-Flagged-ESP in most cases, except...
If you are creating a new interior settlement (built from scratch, not a vanilla interior turned into a...