Thanks,
wetblanket, valuable information indeed.
Update:
BAIN, FOMM & the (infamous) hud_main_menu.xmlWe have talked about the "hud_main_menu.xml" before; at the moment, I have 3 mods installed that add four changes to this file. Here they are, added manually:
<!-- BEGIN Added by Advanced Recon Thermal Nightvision --> <!-- END Added by Advanced Recon Thermal Nightvision --> <!-- BEGIN Added by Powered Power Armor --> <!-- END Added by Powered Power Armor --> <!-- BEGIN Added by Arwen's Realism Tweaks --> <!-- END Added by Arwen's Realism Tweaks -->
At first, I simply left the XMLs that added the changes for every single mod within the BAIN-folders, since I changed the XML in the end after all installations were done in FOMM with the Unified Hud Project (UHP) anyway. And yes, I didn't forget to add DarnUI prior to UHP but after the XML-switchers.
However, that procedure proved to be a fickle state of affairs. Depending on the installation-order, the UHP did not produce a stable result - I crashed more than once during the start screens. But when I overwrote the "hud_main_menu.xml" manually with one that already included the changes made by DarnUI, and added the necessary changes for the mods by hands, I had a stable result every time.
So, I deleted all "hud_main_menu.xml" from the packages and relied on a late installation of DarnUI and UHP via FOMM. That worked better but the result was still not always stable.
So, now I have added a BAIN Installer that includes a Vanilla-"hud_main_menu.xml", one with DarnUI changes and one for the mods that I am most likely adding to any LO. I install this package last and haven't had a problem in three repeats.