Does anybody know what the maximum save-game size (as seen on HD) is?

[aufisch]

I am having the problem with a long running save-game (level 132) that currently sits at around 43Mb (219 regular plugins, 1510 light plugins). Whenever I continue playing,  I actually loose data. The save game is still loadable and playable, but I continuously loose data (I lost 10 Mb of data so that my save-game was around 30MB. Even though; that save-game was still loadable and playable but I lost map-markers, LotD-armors in the armory and probably a ton more that I haven't found yet).

My settings in EngineFixes.toml:

MaxStdio = 8192

[Experimental]
SaveGameMaxSize = true

I have no idea what those 42MB would calculate if it where uncompressed. Did I reach the (extended) save game limit of 128MB uncompressed?

If not, was anybody ever in the same situation, that they LOST data in a save-game?

[Karna5]

So long as a mod isn't bloating your save file via a bug, I wouldn't worry about it.

In Mount & Blade Bannerlord I recall there was a mod which would add all the NPCs you look at in the encyclopedia into your save game, and over time it would bloat your save file such that it could take minutes to save or load. But that was a bug (and was fixed by the mod).

If nothing is changing your game's save mechanism from what Bethesda programmed, as the mechanism in question is well over a decade old and has been used no doubt a billion times *Laughs* so long as the game is playable and fun for you just keep going.

Level 132 you probably have a lot of stuff saved in your game. As for dropping data, again, if it's still playable and fun, just keep going

[aufisch]

Thanks for the answer. I am a bit worried about the long-term consequences though. I still haven't filled that Museum, need to finish up Midwood-Isle and Vonimheim, do the last side-quests in Bruma, and I am pretty sure I also miss a couple of quests from 3DNPC.....

[Hietanen]

There is apparently a workaround for the 42 MB save file size limit, but it only works on 1.5.97 currently:

https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/107786?tab=files

[aufisch]

Thanks for that link! I didn't know about that. Shame that I scrapped my game and currently working on a new setup. I will certainly include this though.

I tried to like yours and Karna5's posts, but nexus is giving me a "Sorry, there was a problem reacting to this post" error. (Edit; had to reload the page, now it is working)