Do mods like SPID and BOS take a lot of performance to run?

[rmfranco]

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I've got quite a few of both now, and I'm wondering if I should cut back before my next playthough, to stop issues before they may start.

[Ilja]

SPID reads configuration on load. That shouldn't cause you any problems at all, unless your load is filled with events that would crash it anyway. If that is the case, then SPID would be least of your problems.

I am not sure where you point at with BOS, unless you mean BOS HD texture replacement. I have never used that one myself. My bodies are built in BodySlide, so I am using CBBE/3BA compatible textures. Of course textures have some drain, but body textures do not usually cause problems, unless the computer is a potato with chihuahua acting as it's CPU.

[SpeedFreak1972]

Be weary of spid I had quite a few bad mods in that regard especially with armor mods that use spid I had at least one instance of instant ctd when I came near As for BOS never had an issue

Also with a certain spid versions I had really bad fps slowdowns

[Ilja]

Oh, did he mean Base Object Swapper?
Shows where my head is this morning.

[Corinze]

I've had zero issue with SPID, mods using spid can be an issue, before you even download a mod with spid as a hard requirement, read through all the comments to get an idea of what to expect.

BOS by design is a game breaking mod if used incorrectly. I would recommend not using it. unless it is a requirement for another mod.

To answer your you question at face value, it depends.
If you have a 10 yearold budget build, yes performance will be noticed. In stead of SPID a bashed patch using Wybash might be more user friendly. might!
Any heftier builds even older ones should not have any noticeable impacts. With any mods that do work in the background don't go and install 20 of them. Slowly add them in and test as you go.
gl

[rmfranco]

I just got this computer back in March.
Yes, Base Object Swapper.