KonradA Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 I'm thinking of reinstalling Skyrim and try to get the mods I want and install them more correctly this time. But someone told me there's a chance that my current save files might be corrupt. How do I know if it is? And if it is, can I fix it? I'm fairly new to this modding situation so any help would be very appreciated. Thanks in advance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dibthelegend Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 Well if your save files are corrupt, you'll know it lol. Corrupt save files are not able to save properly, and upon loading it will tell you the data is corrupt and it wrongly applies scripts and other nonsense. I think what he means is that they will be "dirty" save games. After loading the saves in your new skyrim, make another new hard save with the characters, and then use something like SaveTool to clean unused scripts from the save file. However if possible, it's always better to start clean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KonradA Posted August 31, 2014 Author Share Posted August 31, 2014 Is there some sort of tutorial for this? It might be "dirty" save files he was talking about, but the again, I'm not sure what it is or how to fix it. SaveTool you say. I'll look into that. How will I know my save file is dirty? I guess that, for instance, armour, weapons and quests will disappear if I don't install the mod again. But that's it, isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dibthelegend Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 (edited) The savetool I was talking about is this: http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/52363/?. A dirty save game has nothing in the actual game that you would notice. A dirty save game is one that has script instances that are abandoned. It causes longer load times and instability/crashes. If you remove any mod that uses scripts such as a quest mod, it will leave behind one of these orphaned instances. Edited September 1, 2014 by Dibthelegend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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