Just curious - do you use the latest Wrye Bash v287? I ask because I always get the deactivate NRB message, and I believe Arthmoor added it because of a thread I created and he indicated that that esp could be imported and deactivated.
Yup, v287. (I just double-checked)
UPDATE:The last several replies got me to doubting myself. I decided to attempt another Patch re-build, paying closer attention to that one warning pop-up. Glad I did.
I first re-activated the Road Record esp, so that it again displayed red text background. I then highlighted the Patch and selected REBUILD. The pop-up menu appeared. It indeed told me that the Road Record should be deactivated prior to Patch building. Its warning was higher than and separate from the two mergeable esp offers I'm always given, which is prolly why I didn't notice it earlier. I didn't want to merge those other two esps, so selected NO, then canceled the rebuild.
I next deactivated the Road Record esp, highlighted the Patch, and again selected REBUILD. This time the pop-up made no reference to Road Record, but only the two normal mergeable offers. This made sense to me, since there was now no need for the warning. I elected to go ahead and actually rebuild the Patch. To my surprise, it ended up somewhat larger than before. Not sure if deactivating Road Records first led to the size increase, since my patches have always shown Road Record data as merged regardless of esp condition, but it seems likely.
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