Like simgirl1010 had put up it's to address the obvious distortion that happened with the last patch. This isn't a major patch or anything. :)
I can only suggest to keep your auto updates off and play in offline mode if it bothers you when there is a update if you don't want to update in the event that you think it may mess with your mods or otherwise. Rather them be patching the game as needed to be addressing any bug fixes.
You definitely take the risk and responsibility of having mods when they always have to be updated due to patching the usual vanilla game.