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                        ESLs (<b>Elder Scrolls Light</b> Plugin) are a type of plugin used in Fallout 4 and Skyrim Special Edition, they allow plugins within a certain size to have an index limited to <strong>4096 instead of 256</strong>.
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                        <li>To be flagged ESL, a plugin <strong>can't have more than 4095 new records</strong> (the range is from 001->FFF).</li>
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                            <li>If a plugin's header is version 0.95, the max amount of new records is 2048 (800->FFF).</li>
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                                <li>Voiced dialogue overrides in a light plugin might result in <strong>silent dialogue audio</strong>.</li>
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                        <li>Working with ESL plugins in Creation Kit might result in more work due to the <strong>CK totally ignoring ESL</strong> space when creating new records. This means that after making new records in CK you'll have to compact forms in xEdit.</li>
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                        <li>If you haven't already, read the <a href="https://moddinglinked.com/xedit.html">xEdit guide</a> to avoid confusion with the next steps.</li>
                        <li>Add <span class="card-basic">-PseudoESL</span> to the arguments field of xEdit in MO2.</li>
                        <li>Run xEdit and load <strong>all of your mods</strong>.</li>
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                        <li>Click <b>OK</b> and wait for it to process everything.</li>
                        <li><strong>Close xEdit</strong>, if it asks you to <strong>save</strong> then that means the plugins listed received the ESL flag.</li>
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