Caution: Removing Creation Club Content

[Vlad 254]

For the newest version of the game which is 1.6.xxx the 4 free Creation Club mods that are included in the base game have been coded into the game's Master Files not to mention you might not be able to use the Unofficial Skyrim Special Edition Patch (USSEP) UNLESS the 4 Free Creation Club items are present in your game. Some other mods also follow this rule.

The USSEP is also a requirement for the USCCP and many other mods.
As of June 18th 2022 when patching your modded game garthand's Unofficial Skyrim Creation Club Content Patches[www.nexusmods.com] (USCCP) will handle CC content with the exception of the 4 Free Creations which will be handled by the Unofficial Skyrim Special Edition Patch[www.afkmods.com]

BUT I do not use mods, I'm ONLY playing the VANILLA GAME!
For Vanilla users see the section titled "Anniversary DLC (Removing)" in this guide

CAUTION
So my advice would be if you're modding this game and contemplating removing the CC items be prepared to have a broken game at some point, or at the very least when you either update your game or verify the integrity of your game Steam will reinstall any removed CC content.

You might say "No problem I simply won't use the USSEP".
Remember that if you do this you'll not be able to install some of your favorite mods because they absolutely require the USSEP.

And if you feel you must remove some CC content first and foremost you have been warned. But it's your game to mod (or break) as you wish. That said if you are hell bent on doing so use one of the following tools and DO NOT remove the 4 Free CC items (Fishing, Rare Curios, Survival Mode, and Saints & Seducers).: otherwise you'll end up with a broken game due to the Unofficial Patch listing them as "Required". And remember, many mods depend on the Unofficial Patch and will not function without that content because the Unofficial patch requires it.

Use these tools at your own risk
Update.esm does indeed contain several of the changes for the Creation Club as well, so removing it (CC Content) will likely break things.
This first mod will remove all of the CC content with the exception of the 4 mentioned above.
Remove all Creation Club but the 4 additional masters by ULIX3S
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/58783

This mod will allow you to pick & choose your CC content but be careful not to remove the 4 mods mentioned above:
Anniversary Edition Content Picker by DarkFox127
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/58890

The above options are good options but regardless of which tool you choose you need to be aware of how removing CC content will effect your game so as to not break it.

Regarding the full $20.00 upgrade purchase
Q: Can't I pick which content I want on install?

A: After your purchase Creation Club content should download automatically once prompted at the game's main menu. However, if for some reason this does not happen you have a couple of fixes.

1. Try signing in, then open the Creation Club page from the Main Menu, and select "Download All".

2. If they aren't showing up, and you've made the purchase form inside the game, exit the game and relaunch it, then it should appear in the Download options.

What about downgrading all the way back to SSE v1.5.97?
SSE 1.5.97 is not a supported version and some key mods like the USSEP only have versions for 1.6. This is not to say you absolutely should not downgrade but you should be aware of this. Here's halgari's latest version for this task Unofficial Skyrim Downloader[www.nexusmods.com]

Is there a Skyrim Anniversary Edition or is it really a DLC?
More discussion on this[www.afkmods.com]

[Vlad 254]

Update

The Unofficial Skyrim Special Edition Patch[www.nexusmods.com] updated on June 18th to now include the 4 free Creation Club items that come with the 1.6.xxx base game free update (Fishing, Survival Mod, Rare Curios, and Saints & Seducers). and as per Arthmoor; "I'd suggest waiting on Garthand to update his package. He's been notified of the update so it's only a matter of when he has the time to do the work."

And the wait is over (looks like garthand was prepared).

The Unofficial Skyrim Creation Club Content Patches[www.nexusmods.com] updated on June 19th which of course includes fixes for the remaining 70 Creation Club items in the paid Anniversary upgrade. As per garthand; "6.7 is now live with updates to account for the USSEP update!"

[Vlad 254]

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[smr1957]

Thanks, Vlad! Subscribed.
Am adding to my pinned topic Helpful Links and References, Introduction.

[bLaCkShAd0w]

This is interesting, I assumed you would need all of the CC enabled to be able to use the CC patch.

Originally posted by garthand:

This mod contains an installer where you can select which Creation Club items you have, and apply patches for just those items. You do NOT need every Creation Club item to use these patches. If you do have every item, feel free to select the merged patch at the bottom of the installer list.

[Vlad 254]

Originally posted by bLaCkShAd0w:

This is interesting, I assumed you would need all of the CC enabled to be able to use the CC patch.

Originally posted by garthand:

This mod contains an installer where you can select which Creation Club items you have, and apply patches for just those items. You do NOT need every Creation Club item to use these patches. If you do have every item, feel free to select the merged patch at the bottom of the installer list.

The USSEP Team will be handling the Fishing and since it will be part of the patch you'll at least need it in order to mod properly.

[Vlad 254]

Then of course, in order to use garthand's patch you'll need the USSEP.

[Quevik]

I wouldn't mind this if the USSEP team at least kept the pre-CC version avail as well. The fact that they remove all previous versions and force people to use the CC is kinda silly.

[Alstack]

Subscribed! Nice to see Vlad on watch. Someone need to replace the tennis balls on the walker now and then.

[StreamWhenGuy]

Originally posted by Quevik:

I wouldn't mind this if the USSEP team at least kept the pre-CC version avail as well. The fact that they remove all previous versions and force people to use the CC is kinda silly.

I hate when mod makers do that. You can still pull it out if you know how though. USSEP v4.2.5b. [www.nexusmods.com]

[Vlad 254]

Originally posted by StreamWhenGuy:

Originally posted by Quevik:

I wouldn't mind this if the USSEP team at least kept the pre-CC version avail as well. The fact that they remove all previous versions and force people to use the CC is kinda silly.

I hate when mod makers do that. You can still pull it out if you know how though. USSEP v4.2.5b. [www.nexusmods.com]

Irrelevant for the game version in this discussion. Will not work with 1.6.xxx

[StreamWhenGuy]

Originally posted by Vlad 254:

Irrelevant for the game version in this discussion. Will not work with 1.6.xxx

Dude asked, I answered. I think they know that it's for SE only judging by the question.

[StreamWhenGuy]

Ok I think I messed up something. Misread. My bad. Just woke up. Anyway, there's a pre-AE version of USSEP. There you go.

[Vlad 254]

Originally posted by StreamWhenGuy:

Originally posted by Vlad 254:

Irrelevant for the game version in this discussion. Will not work with 1.6.xxx

Dude asked, I answered. I think they know that it's for SE only judging by the question.

Nobody asked anything about 1.5.97
This is about 1.6 which is what he was asking about.

No harm no foul, just saying.

[StreamWhenGuy]

Originally posted by Vlad 254:

Nobody asked anything about 1.5.97
This is about 1.6 which is what he was asking about.

No harm no foul, just saying.

Yeah, got ya. You can't remove CC content and keep the current game version with any pre-AE version of USSEP installed, can you? I'd just simply stick to 1.5.97 if CC content isn't needed. That's what I do. I assume any versions of USSEP above 4.2.5b won't work since Arthmoor made CC plugins as masters. That's somewhat messed up

[Vlad 254]

Originally posted by StreamWhenGuy:

Originally posted by Vlad 254:

Nobody asked anything about 1.5.97
This is about 1.6 which is what he was asking about.

No harm no foul, just saying.

Yeah, got ya. You can't remove CC content and keep the current game version with any pre-AE version of USSEP installed, can you? I'd just simply stick to 1.5.97 if CC content isn't needed. That's what I do. I assume any versions of USSEP above 4.2.5b won't work since Arthmoor made CC plugins as masters. That's somewhat messed up :laughing_yeti:

IIRC there is a downgrade patcher this will let you keep the CC content but play on v1.5.97
So many options out there and I'm not keeping up with them all right now as I focus on some guides for 1.6