» Sat Feb 19, 2011 2:31 am
To make compatibility patches, or to use or alter content from other plugins, just loading the relevant plugins isn't quite what you need to do. You have two options.
1. Use the http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=36370 by shadeMe. Any plugins you load in addition to the active plugin will automatically become masters of the active plugin (or new plugin, if that's the case), and so your active plugin will work as a patch. In this case, do not load any plugins at all other than what you need to accomplish your task, or you will create unnecessary dependencies. This requires OBSE.
2. Use the techniques described in this http://cs.elderscrolls.com/constwiki/index.php/De-Isolation_Tutorial, which is how we all did it before the CSE was born.
Either way, what you should understand is that, by default, the CS will not save any changes to content originating from any loaded plugins unless they are the "active" plugin. And, as you've probably discovered, you can only have one of those at a time. The only way to get those changes to stick is to make the plugins masters of the active plugin.