Can I prevent mod data from being saved?

[user1679]

If I want to temporarily spawn an NPC, is there a way to prevent this NPC from being saved to the game save file?

I don't want to remove it because I want it to be available for the player's entire session but I don't want it saved because it's supposed to be a random spawn.


Thanks!

[euclid]

Obviously you need a mod to spawn the NPC. This mod will leave traces in your saved game. However, once you've removed (disabled) the mod it is possible to create a "clean" saved game. The NPC (and everything you've spawned) will still be there unless you despwn those before saving. Also note that you need to stop all your mod-related scripts as they also will be stored in the saved game.

Hope that helps.

Cheers Euclid

[user1679]

Obviously you need a mod to spawn the NPC. This mod will leave traces in your saved game. However, once you've removed (disabled) the mod it is possible to create a "clean" saved game. The NPC (and everything you've spawned) will still be there unless you despwn those before saving. Also note that you need to stop all your mod-related scripts as they also will be stored in the saved game.

Hope that helps.

Cheers Euclid

Thank you. What I was looking for was exactly that, despawn before saving. I haven't been able to identify the event (probably md.Save ?) that fires before the save so I can do the despawn.

I think alternatively I can use the Start event instead of GameStart and despawn the NPC at that time too. I found the Start event by accident while trying to trace where and when variables are loaded.