A saving issue that might be a bit deeper then the other ones.

[ShogunSorrow]

Hello, I'm fairly new to forums but I'm not that new to modding. I recently decided I wanted to return to Skyrim with all this Skyrim Remastered hype, in hopes the community was not well dead. But to avoid a wall of text of why I am here and playing in 2016 I will cut to the problem.

 

The issue: The game simply won't save anything in the Saves folder, it disappears into Narnia like I never pressed F5 or Create New Save in the game or issued a command to save via console. Even natural auto-saves don't show. It's literally nowhere on my PC.

 

What I tried so far:

My Skyrim game, both modded, clean installed, and pretty much every other version or alteration of Skyrim folders, properties and file ownership claiming attempts result to my game not saving a shred of content. The game does it's typical autosaves, console saves, setting saves, quicksaves, you name it, but no matter what I do or change I cannot get a new file. I jumped forum to forum, some people had the same issue but when I tried their solutions of changing it or making it so it's not in the state of read-only, nothing. I know my PC is capable of making new data because I have other games that save just fine and I recently rolled a new character and saved her appearance via a mod. So I concluded that I have space and that there is something I'm missing or doing wrong. I downloaded a small command prompt button that lets me 'Take Ownership' of files too, but that also did not help. Pretty much everything a typical 'Skyrim will not save' post content that I saw did not work for my case. I done like 4-5 clean installs. Pretty much purged everything, including mods. I done a good 13 restarts, deleted Window's 10 OneDrive, and disabled Steam cloud saving on this game.

 

Things that may or may not add to this: I have the latest NMM, every time I launch it, it'll give me the Missing INI. warning, I slam on the 'Okay' dialogue and move on knowing I have an INI but an empty Saves file due to me being unable to make any, fully able to download mods and all that hoo-ha. NMM works but it gives me that warning all the time.

 

My file locations: My saves are located in the typical My Games>Skyrim>Saves along with the prefs INI in the same folder. My game is steam associated so it's C:\program files(x86)\steam\steamapps\common\Skyrim. I have all the DLCs. I'm NOT using remastered, I'm using the Skyrim I have will all the DLCs. I'm using the latest version of SKSE and I have BOSS but only use it when I add in new mods or have an issue. BOSS tells me my load order is fine and I really don't think this is a mod issue at all because I can save and play just fine a year or two ago.

 

PC Specs:

 

 

Load Order Logs (If you have human morals your probably don't want to read this. I'm a sadist lady.): 0 0 Skyrim.esm

1 1 Update.esm

2 2 Dawnguard.esm

3 3 HearthFires.esm

4 4 Dragonborn.esm

5 5 Falskaar.esm

6 6 SexLab.esm

7 7 ApachiiHair.esm

8 8 SkyUI.esp

9 9 RaceMenu.esp

10 a RaceMenuPlugin.esp

11 b dD - Realistic Ragdoll Force - Realistic.esp

12 c R18Pn - Ritter Armor - Heavy.esp

13 d WeightlessScrolls.esp

14 e WeightlessPotions.esp

15 f WeightlessOreIngotsPeltsGems.esp

16 10 WeightlessDwemerSmeltables.esp

17 11 WeightlessDragonClaws.esp

18 12 WeightlessDragonBones.esp

19 13 WeightlessCraftedPotions.esp

20 14 WeightlessAlchemyIngredients.esp

21 15 WeightlessFood.esp

22 16 Civil War Aftermath.esp

23 17 zMirai_DB.esp

24 18 VioLens.esp

25 19 No Vampire Cure on Rumors.esp

26 1a MoonAndStar_MAS.esp

27 1b LocalizedGuildJobs.esp

28 1c zMirai.esp

29 1d Wintermyst - Enchantments of Skyrim.esp

30 1e Unique Unique.esp

31 1f Brawl Bugs CE.esp

32 20 AmazingFollowerTweaks.esp

33 21 SexLab Theft and Seduction.esp ( Yep, I'm one of those type of people.)

34 22 LearnAlchemyFromRecipes.esp

35 23 chfshPlayerVoicesets.esp

36 24 A Tragedy In Black - Enchanting Remastered - TheGreyLight.esp

37 25 Better Vampires.esp

38 26 Dragon Soul Relinquishment.esp

39 27 AgentOfRighteousMight.esp

40 28 DawnguardArsenal.esp

41 29 SexLab-AmorousAdventures.esp (Because Serana is waifu.)

42 2a summersetisles.esp

43 2b vMYC_MeetYourCharacters.esp

44 2c GiftsOfAkatosh.esp

45 2d ChrisRichardz Anime Eyes.esp

46 2e Imperious - Races of Skyrim.esp

47 2f NormalVampireFaces.esp

48 30 SexLabDefeat.esp (Putting people is bags and dropping them off in waterfalls FTW!)

49 31 VTSS.esp

50 32 SexLab Romance.esp (Leaving people to die in ropes is funny. Really the only reason I do this.)

51 33 FNIS.esp

Conclusion:

Hope someone helps soon, this is the last time I'm dabbling with modded games. I'll be slow to respond but am willing to pretty much try anything at this rate.

SIDE NOTE:// I'm sorry if I broke like 7+ rules of your forum, I'm fairly new and understand if I violated your rules in any way and meant zero offense.

[ShogunSorrow]

I need help, this is attempt day two.

[saurusmaximus]

How much room is available on your hard drive?

 

So, the Saves folder does exist in your My Games/Skyrim directory, you just can't write to it, correct? Also, are the .ini files there or not?

[ShogunSorrow]

Yes, they are and yes everything is I the right spot both inis and Saves. It`s 334GB free of 444GB. Its not writing them, I checked via PC searches/scans.

[Bugnexus7]

Shot in the dark, but here goes.

 

It sounds like the game is not ALLOWED to write saves to the Saves folder. Make sure it is in the correct location (Libraries/Documents/My Games/Skyrim/Saves).

 

Right click the Saves folder and select "properties"...

 

Make sure you have NOT changed the permissions for the save folder, the folder it is in, or the Documents folder.

 

Make sure the FOLDER is set to Read-Only (click "Advanced" under attributes, and check "Allow files in this folder to have contents indexed..."

 

Make sure it is NOT shared.

 

The Saves folder should have the same permissions as your system settings, ie "Full Control" listed under permissions.

 

Under Group or User names you should see the following...

 

__________________________________________________

 

SYSTEM

Hive_Mind (Hive_Mind-PC\Hive_MInd)

Administrators (Hive_Mind-PC\Administrators)

 

_________________________________________________

If you see something different, this is more than likely the problem.

 

If you have a problem that you think is related to the folder itself, you can go to the "Previous Versions" tab and try and restore an older version of the file that is stored in Windows backup (Windows will actually extract JUST that file from the Restore file if you tell it to! This is only usefull if the Save folder worked back when the restore file was created, but might be worth a try anyway.)

 

While "Take Ownership" gives you full control of files, it does not change any of the settings. By the way, you must Take Ownership of files to fully index them for searches--For that reason, I "Take Ownership" of my ENTIRE hard drive. It is possible the game is putting the saves somewhere else (but HIGHLY unlikely), so if you take ownership of your entire drive, then you can search ALL the contents, including the CONTENTS of files!

 

I hope that helps you figure this out,

Bug

 

[ShogunSorrow]

The location of my Saves is slightly different, it's:

 

This PC >OS (C:) > Users > Raven > Documents > My Games > Skyrim > Saves

 

 

 

Could that factor anything? I don't think I have a libraries..

[Bugnexus7]

"Could that factor anything? I don't think I have a libraries.."

 

No, for your OS, that is correct.

 

Here is something you can try to rule out the folder settings.

 

Find another application on your computer that creates files (of any kind) and tell that application to save something in the exact same folder as your Skyrim saves. Ex, Open an image in paint and save it there.

 

If it can do it, then the problem is not the folder settings.

[ShogunSorrow]

The problem isn't folder settings, I just now confirmed it. ( as I was drawing a new rose anyways.)

[Bugnexus7]

So, let me understand the situation correctly.

 

Right now, there is NO "Continue" to click in the Main game Menu, only "New" as a selection?

 

You go into the jail cell (Live another life), create a character, hit Escape to open the main menu, use the save function and nothing appears in the upper left of the game screen telling you it saved? Or, you get the message in game that it saved, but there is nothing actually in the folder when you check?

 

What happens if you do a manual save from the main game menu (escape), then go to the "LOAD" tab? Is there no file to load either? Or is only AFTER you CLOSE the game there is no save file?

 

Do you have a second monitor that you can open the folder on one monitor, then play and save on the other monitor? If you can, you should see the actual save file being created the moment it does so.

 

Also, SKSE makes a save file alongside the actual save file--Are you using SKSE?

 

 

Bug

[Bugnexus7]

Are you using SSE? (Skyrim Special Edition)

 

If you are, read this...

 

http://gameranx.com/features/id/80172/article/skyrim-special-edition-how-to-transfer-your-old-save-files-on-pc/

 

The saves are in a different folder.

 

Are you using a desktop shortcut that is opening the wrong version of Skyrim for the saves folder you are looking in?

 

:pinch:

Edited November 14, 2016 by Bugnexus7