Morrowind Mod:TES Plugin Conflict Detector

TES Plugin Conflict Detector is primarily used for detecting and dealing with mod conflicts, but also has powerful global search abilities which can be used across multiple mods.

• Version: 0.31 [2002?] No longer updated.
• Author: Ely VanReen Soto
• Download: Hosted
• Recommended for both modders and players.

Mod Management

• Mod conflict reporting and resolution. For help interpreting conflict reports look at Mod File Format.
  • Generate list of all conflicts between selected mods.
  • Allow easy resolution of conflicts by deletion or copying from one mod to the other.
  • Also allow not-so-easy resolution by hex editing.
  • Conflict determination can be done on one on one basis, or by groups.
• Quick view of:
  • All records in a mod(s).
  • All global changes (vs. esms) of a mod(s).
• Find any object by name or string of data in any set of mods.

TESPCD vs. TESTool

• Both TesTool and TESPCD help resolve conflicts, but in completely different ways.
  • TESTool is automatic, which makes it simple and fast to use. But it may end up automatically "correcting" something that shouldn't be corrected.
  • TESPCD generally provides more control over cleaning, but it doesn't clean cell references, while TESTool does.

Tips and Techniques

• The hex view can be used to double check Enchanted Editor's hex view -- which may be incorrect.^{[verification needed — Any comments by our regular MW editors?]}
• The Find Object command is very useful when you need to match a savegame problem against your list of mods.
  • E.g., suppose that one of your mods is suddenly granting a massive killer spell to most NPCs...
    • In game, determine the name of the spell. (Go to inventory view and hover over the spell effect icon in your magic inventory.)
    • Go to TESPCD, load up your active mods, then do a Find Object search with the name of the spell.

Screenshots

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  Single Versus

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  Choose Master

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  Conflict Report

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  Conflict-'Original File'

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  Conflict-'Esp File'

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  Conflict-'Overriding File'

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  Options-Operations Tab

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  Options-Conflicts Tab