Before, light masters could be treated as normal masters when considering a single mod file. Add one to your masters list, and refer to records within it as you would normally.
With Starfield, they've changed the pattern. You can add a light (and now half/medium) master to a mods master list, but you can no longer reference it as normal.
References to records in Light masters must both:
Have FE as their index FE__
Have the light master load order index in their "middle" section __XXX___
The worst part about this is that knowing whether to do that special behavior ^ now requires knowledge of data within the master mod files themselves at the time of writing, which means:
Exporting mod files is no longer self sufficient. You must have all the other master mod files present at the time of writing
If the master mod flags change later, your written mod referencing them is now corrupt
The new Half/Medium masters I think do the same concepts, except are index FD, and have the FDXX____ pattern instead
Before, light masters could be treated as normal masters when considering a single mod file. Add one to your masters list, and refer to records within it as you would normally.
With Starfield, they've changed the pattern. You can add a light (and now half/medium) master to a mods master list, but you can no longer reference it as normal.
References to records in Light masters must both:
FEas their index FE__The worst part about this is that knowing whether to do that special behavior ^ now requires knowledge of data within the master mod files themselves at the time of writing, which means:
The new Half/Medium masters I think do the same concepts, except are index FD, and have the
FDXX____pattern instead