ok so i have like 171 mods installed and whenever i add one more like dragbodys races all textures go missing and red exclamation marks and the races mod dont replace nothing or when i add any other mod most textures goes missing and i get a pop up message saying to many active plugins! please remove plugins and keep mods under 134 something like that. I never knew there was a limit. is there a way to bypass this or if this is a bug to plz fix it?

Yeah there's a cap on how many mods you can have.
There's a program called merge plugins that does exactly what its name says, it merges plugins. Maybe you could try merging some so you wont pass the limit.
But I would recommend trying to remove some unnecessary plugins, and also I'm surprised how you can run the game with that amount of plugins and not having conflicts or crashes.

thats so stupid -.- Do you know where i can install this merge plugins and how can i use them to my advantage?

strange,i´m running 200 plugins withiut problems, do use mod organizer with mergedpatch?

I use NMM and FOMOD but mainly NMM and no i dont use mereged patch

maybe you should give it a try

u know where i can download it or can u give me a link?

But my question is how do you merge them?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOT283m__UA

Video I've made on merging mods in xEdit

KSI Carbon Core wrote:

My question is how the hell you guys manage to run so many mods? Get rid of anything and everything you don't need, cannot stress that enough. I guess you could merge mods but I'd prefer to keep my load order as light as possible.

I generally run about 50 plug-ins at once.

This. Like I don't see how anyone would NEED that many mods. I always clean my load order up every now and then, removing anything unnecessary or something that simply doesn't get used at all.

@"KSI Carbon Core" That same I wonder ... I, the mods I use, are ARMS, Armor (see real military uniforms) Textures and animations and some to change the immersion and the environment, but I do not get to 171 ... buff me It is surprising that the PC has not yet exploded like a bomb, lol

If you are not too keen on merging your mods, I'd suggest installing NVEC. One huge all-in-one modpack.

rogerrabbit130 wrote:

KSI Carbon Core wrote:

My question is how the hell you guys manage to run so many mods? Get rid of anything and everything you don't need, cannot stress that enough. I guess you could merge mods but I'd prefer to keep my load order as light as possible.

I generally run about 50 plug-ins at once.

This. Like I don't see how anyone would NEED that many mods. I always clean my load order up every now and then, removing anything unnecessary or something that simply doesn't get used at all.

I´ve close to 200 plugins cuz i´m running ttw and some mods like pnv,arwen,eve etc and they all need patches to work with each other,got no problems so far

to the OP thank you for posting the answers i have seen in this thread has helped me on my own side ov issues im sorry i am un able to help you i just wanted to say thanks to everyone whom has posted here.

Install Merge Plugins Standalone and make sure to install Archive Invalidation invalidated. Usually that fixes the red exclamation marks in my game.

KSI Carbon Core wrote:

My question is how the hell you guys manage to run so many mods? Get rid of anything and everything you don't need, cannot stress that enough. I guess you could merge mods but I'd prefer to keep my load order as light as possible.

I generally run about 50 plug-ins at once.

Currently I have 131 active plugins for New Vegas (126 for Fallout 3) and my game is running perfectly with the exception of few random crashes. If I go past 135 or so I can get those exclamation points at times. I can't think myself playing New Vegas just with 50 active plugins, I have way too much mods I can't play without. Though I had over 140, but I got rid of some smaller mods I found unnecessary or got bored of them.

I came across this guy running over 800 mods with merged plugins and patches.

Spoiler:

hollowtips18 wrote:

But my question is how do you merge them?

You could get "Merge Plugins xEdit Script" for FNVEdit. Or "Merge Plugins Standalone" like NeoSnow told you to.

Spoiler:

It's a really simple script which merges plugins together into a single plugin file and does it automatically. But you can't merge anything with everything though without tweaking and trial & error. You can try it for simple .esp's or similar mods, like weapon mods should be safe to merge without a hassle. Or if any mod uses more than one .esp.

I have used it for "New Vegas Uncut" and mods which adds more NPCs.

Betterdeadthanred wrote:

If you are not too keen on merging your mods, I'd suggest installing NVEC. One huge all-in-one modpack.

I'd rather use mods separately. NVEC is pretty outdated.

Well, I don't care how much plugins I have as far as my game is working .

I am curious, I got the red exclamation, missing textures at around 135 esp. I know its the limit because I can remove a mod and the issue will resolve itself. This was before I started merging my mods and cant see how anyone would have more than 135? I use MO.