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update on esl limits

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 *Light Master (.esl) files are a new optimized file format, introduced in Fallout 4 v1.10. They behave like a normal plugin, except for the following:
 **.esl files cannot be edited in the [[Creation Kit]]. Active development should be done in an normal .esp file.
-**.esl files bypass the 8-bit plugin ID limit (255), by using more of the Form ID for their load order.
+**.esl files allow more plugins to be loaded than the previous 8-bit plugin ID limit (255), by using more of the Form ID for their load order.
 **.esl files have a budget of no more than 2,048 forms, with Form IDs <code>0x800</code> to <code>0xFFF</code> available for use.
-***A maximum of 4096 .esl files can be loaded by the engine at once, but more Form IDs in an .esl file means that less .esl files can be loaded.
+***A absolute maximum of 4096 .esl files can be loaded by the engine at once, but in practice this is difficult to achieve.
-***Using .esl files that each have 2048 Form IDs, the limit drops to about 300 loaded .esl files.
+***331 plugins can be loaded that each contain 2048 ALCH records, but 970+ plugins can be loaded that each contain one CELL record and 2047 REFR records.
+***There may also be a file handle limit, and a reference limit that prevent 4096 .esl files from being loaded.
 **.esl files are merged into plugin slot <code>0xFE</code> at runtime. Their runtime Form ID is <code>0xFE[000](Hex Load Order)[000](Original Form ID)</code>.
 ***Form <code>0xFA0</code> from the 10th loaded .esl file would be <code>0xFE00AFA0</code> at runtime. From the 200th .esl file, it would be <code>0xFE0C8FA0</code>.