Mod Memory - How to Gauge

[Friend Bear]

Very simple question:

How do you gauge how much memory a mod will take? Is it safe to judge it by the size of the file(s) going into the gamedata or does that not matter since, even with a larger file, only a small portion of the mod could be running at a moment in game, causing that memory usage?

I realize I can measure it with mods that measure mem usage, etc., but I am wondering how to predetermine, simply, so I don't go through that effort.

Thanks!

[peachoftree]

As far as I'm aware, there is no way to accurately gauge how much memory a given mod will take. However, in general Visual mods take up the most followed by part mods, plugins take up hardly any so add them with impunity!

[Mecripp]

File size don't matter only way, I have found and it's just a rough way is to have a stock install and guess you could delete the stock folder also to get it better then put you mod in and goto debug for right tab think it is and check the memory being used.

[Friend Bear]

Thanks guys I appreciate it.