Merged or Bashed Patch?

Post by **Ellewah** » Wed Jun 24, 2015 8:02 am

"I don't know where else to ask but here, sorry if this is the wrong section."

So as the title says, what is better creating a "Merged Patch" in FNVEdit or a "Bashed Patch" in Wrye Flash or even both?

Thanks in advance!

Post by **Puppettron** » Wed Jun 24, 2015 11:27 am

merged patch.

Post by TJ » Wed Jun 24, 2015 1:29 pm

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merged patch.

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Post by **RoyBatty** » Wed Jun 24, 2015 4:19 pm

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merged patch.

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Post by **Ellewah** » Wed Jun 24, 2015 4:45 pm

Hehe thanks everyone, Merged patch it is then!

Post by **Arkngt** » Sun Jun 28, 2015 12:21 pm

Both.

Post by **kaliban** » Thu Jul 02, 2015 7:35 pm

what is wrong with a bashed patch? it merges items and whatnot

Post by TJ » Thu Jul 02, 2015 7:42 pm

In all honesty xEdit looks at almost all records comparatively. You get a more whole patch using that. If you know what you're doing and care to spend the time you can stamp out every single conflict in the game with it. Compare that to a bashed patch's "we'll handle this for you, even if it's not done right. Hey, your lists are merged. So what if we added shit back in that was removed for a reason" and it really just doesn't stack up.

Post by **kaliban** » Fri Jul 03, 2015 12:03 am

that is what the delev and relev bash tags are for

actually wrye flash by valda is better than wrye bash 305 or 306 by sharlikan and his team

Post by **Arkngt** » Fri Jul 03, 2015 12:12 am

I think they work well together and do different things, so I'm not sure why you should choose either or. Two things I like about the Bashed Patch:

1. You can merge quite a few small mods, saving esp-slots.

2. And what I use it specifically for: you can use several different "make up" mods (i.e. hairs, eyes, eyelashes) at the same time just by tagging them with hair, eyes etc. and merging the records in Race Records. Without a Bashed Patch, you'd have to really merge the mods (thus all compilations of a zillion hair and eyes mods etc.) or make a manual patch.

I also think the Bashed Patch handles leveled lists better than a Merged Patch, unless you make the latter manually. Not sure about the last point as I'm no expert on such things (to say the least), but I've read it. (And when checking in FNVEdit, it handles more leveled lists than the Merged Patch).

Anyway, I'd use it for point 2 alone - and I see no reason not to use it as it doesn't conflict with the Merged Patch what I can see.

One example of leveled lists that the Merged Patch doesn't handle but the Bashed Patch does: