Assassinborn Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 (edited) My Skyrim recently started running at about 15 frames per second, so I searched around and found my save game got a *little* bloated, about 1.30 gigs in fact. You may begin your cringe now. I understand the gravity of a bloated save of these proportions, and am willing to accept if my current player character is FUBAR, I'm not that far with him anyway and would be willing to start over. The problem is though, before I started him I had a bunch of different characters that I used for testing mods and what not, including an earlier playthrough I did that also was lost due to installing and un-installing mods incorrectly (I was VERY green to modding in general) which also had it's band of test characters, now their spirits have come back to haunt me. And before I started my current character, I deleted all of those old character's saves manually through the game. The big issue though, is the fact that this bloat will not go away, every time I try a new game it's got the same amount of bloat as the last, like it's stuck in the game, or in my mods. So the question is, where can one find a guide for removing this bloat? I wouldn't expect anyone to walk me through this step by step as it's a pretty monumental amount of bloat, so all I'm really asking for is some web page or technical support site for this kind of thing that I can use to start cutting down the bloat myself, and hopefully save my character in the process if I can. Edited August 30, 2015 by Assassinborn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackShruikan Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 My Skyrim recently started running at about 15 frames per second, so I searched around and found my save game got a *little* bloated, about 1.30 gigs in fact. You may begin your cringe now. I understand the gravity of a bloated save of these proportions, and am willing to accept if my current player character is FUBAR, I'm not that far with him anyway and would be willing to start over. The problem is though, before I started him I had a bunch of different characters that I used for testing mods and what not, including an earlier playthrough I did that also was lost due to installing and un-installing mods incorrectly (I was VERY green to modding in general) which also had it's band of test characters, now their spirits have come back to haunt me. And before I started my current character, I deleted all of those old character's saves manually through the game. The big issue though, is the fact that this bloat will not go away, every time I try a new game it's got the same amount of bloat as the last, like it's stuck in the game, or in my mods. So the question is, where can one find a guide for removing this bloat? I wouldn't expect anyone to walk me through this step by step as it's a pretty monumental amount of bloat, so all I'm really asking for is some web page or technical support site for this kind of thing that I can use to start cutting down the bloat myself, and hopefully save my character in the process if I can.http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/52363/? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saurusmaximus Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 The above link will help clean your save, but only temporarily. If you're getting that kind of bloat (I'm frankly surprised your game would even start) you have much bigger issues. If you aren't already, start using LOOT to check your load order. LOOT, in my opinion, is just a starting point however. I would also suggest you get friendly with TES5Edit and Wrye Bash. Also I recommend reading this, and this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Assassinborn Posted August 31, 2015 Author Share Posted August 31, 2015 The above link will help clean your save, but only temporarily. If you're getting that kind of bloat (I'm frankly surprised your game would even start) you have much bigger issues. If you aren't already, start using LOOT to check your load order. LOOT, in my opinion, is just a starting point however. I would also suggest you get friendly with TES5Edit and Wrye Bash. Also I recommend reading this, and this.Thanks for the response, I'll get to reading/watching right away. Also if you'd like more info on my predicament, I had another thread open when I first encountered problems. http://forums.nexusmods.com/index.php?/topic/3172834-frames-per-second-stuck-at-159/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Assassinborn Posted August 31, 2015 Author Share Posted August 31, 2015 (edited) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6sh5lr8zMc All is clear now, the dark tendrils that were once invisible to me are now crept around my Skyrim directory, all the bad mods, errors and orphaned scripts conglomerated into an abysmal amalgam of evil, the likes of which rival the dour darkness of Hermaeus Mora. Born of my hand once feeble and green to the throes and dangers of modding, these demons have come back to haunt me from the realm of dead files. There is no saving the sinking ship, the crumbling keep, the burning bridge, there is only to begin anew now. The slate must be wiped clean, the issues eradicated, the dissenters, purged, burn it all down. Thank you wise ones, for showing me the path, but now I must find my destination. TO WAR http://orig01.deviantart.net/6456/f/2013/027/9/1/fire_by_freaky__like__vivi-d5sxsac.gif Edited August 31, 2015 by Assassinborn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saurusmaximus Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 That is the most poetic response I've ever seen. Your welcome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Assassinborn Posted August 31, 2015 Author Share Posted August 31, 2015 That is the most poetic response I've ever seen. Your welcome!Oh do excuse me, that's my inner writer manifesting itself. I've just been dealing with this problem for almost a week now, and to finally have found the solution feels a little empowering, even if this means alot of work for me with getting everything back to the way it was. For real though thanks, I don't know if I'd have been able to narrow down the issue without the help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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