Mods with .esp and .esm

[Leodoidao]

Greetings.

I have figured out that many people are splitting their mods into .esp and .esm files. I have seen some people claiming that this reduces CTDs. Is that true?? Splitting mods in .esp and .esm files makes them more stable?? Why?? And how should I do the trick??

[Hanaisse]

From what I've read, it was more of a hack than necessity to get around the Navmesh bug. Now that that's fixed in 1.6 it won't be necessary.

[WillieSea]

We shall see if its still necessary.

I provide both and ESP and an ESM for my mod.

The reason was mostly the 'navmesh bug' with the ESP where it would conflict with other mods in the vicinity and crash the game.

[Arthmoor]

From what I've read, it was more of a hack than necessity to get around the Navmesh bug. Now that that's fixed in 1.6 it won't be necessary.

Pretty much this. Other people were also doing it because they thought the grey face NPC bug wasn't fixed either.

There's a place for .esm/.esp pairing, but mods generally editing Tamriel really aren't it because that just eats up your slot limit twice as fast.