question about changing character name

[Kurron]

does changing your character's name via the race menu mid-game have any known issues, aesthetic or otherwise?

[djjohnjarvis]

No, it has no more affect than changing a characters appearance via the race menu does which I have done before mid-game and had no troubles. Although I've never tried a different name I should imagine the only other thing it does is change the name of the save. The best thing to do is make another save for before you change the name and see if it's ok and if it works fine then it should be fine throughout the rest of the playthrough.

[Kurron]

thanks for the help o/

[MidevalGuy]

To add to what djjohnjarvis wrote...

 

You can tell Skyrim what folder to save your save games in by adjusting the Skyrim.ini in your Documents\My Games\Skyrim\Saves folder:

 

 

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[General]

SLocalSavePath=Saves\Prisoner\

sLanguage=ENGLISH

 

You can create another folder (your character's name) and then move all your saves into it and then change the .ini file so it reads...

 

[General]

SLocalSavePath=Saves\<CHARACTER NAME>\

sLanguage=ENGLISH

Just move all of the saves with your character's name into this folder. This is a good way to manage multiple characters/profiles without the fear of overriding master saves and autosaves.

NOTE: Do not delete the Prisoner folder, or any saves that have "Prisoner" in them. This is the default save the game uses right before you use the RaceMenu to choose and name your character. It is the best way to start a new game because it skips the long carriage ride to Helgen, too.

So, make sure you do all of this AFTER you have chosen your race and named your character. Just change the ini file and move all of the saves associated with your character into the character name folder and you should be good to go.

Edited September 25, 2013 by MidevalGuy