how to back up my saved character?

[junjo75]

I have a level 29 toon that I want to backup because I want to start over w/ a new character. I just want to make sure I do it right. Basically all I did was go to:

 

C:\Users\Nate\Documents\My Games\Skyrim

 

and I copied the "Skyrim" folder to "Skyrim - backup" and kept it in the same location. Is this going to work? If I decide to come back a month from now and play my level 29 character, will it be a problem?

[CarlCorey]

Your saved games are, by default in the directory C:\Users\Nate\Documents\My Games\Skyrim\Saves. That's the directory to back up. The save files remember what mods you have loaded and you will be warned if one or more is missing when you load an old save.

 

You can change the location of your save files by editing skyrim.ini. You can edit (or add, if they aren't there) these lines:

 

[General]

sLocalSavePath=<whatever path you want relative to C:\Users\Nate\Documents\My Games\Skyrim>

 

So when I start a new character, I create a new directory like C:\Users\<MyName>\Documents\My Games\Skyrim\MySaves\CharacterName. I've got a save file in the "regular" save directory that I made just before the character creation and execution scene that I copy into the new directory. I then edit skyrim.ini to point to the new directory:

 

[General]

sLocalSavePath=MySaves\CharacterName\

 

(note the final backslash!) start Skyrim and load the saved game.

 

There are utilities that can do all this for you. This one comes to mind. I used a version of that one with the Fallout games and it worked well but, if you do an advanced search of the Nexus for mods with the word "manager" you'll find pages of mods to choose from. I've just gotten used to the control of doing "by hand".

[junjo75]

Your saved games are, by default in the directory C:\Users\Nate\Documents\My Games\Skyrim\Saves. That's the directory to back up. The save files remember what mods you have loaded and you will be warned if one or more is missing when you load an old save.

 

You can change the location of your save files by editing skyrim.ini. You can edit (or add, if they aren't there) these lines:

 

[General]

sLocalSavePath=<whatever path you want relative to C:\Users\Nate\Documents\My Games\Skyrim>

 

So when I start a new character, I create a new directory like C:\Users\<MyName>\Documents\My Games\Skyrim\MySaves\CharacterName. I've got a save file in the "regular" save directory that I made just before the character creation and execution scene that I copy into the new directory. I then edit skyrim.ini to point to the new directory:

 

[General]

sLocalSavePath=MySaves\CharacterName\

 

(note the final backslash!) start Skyrim and load the saved game.

 

There are utilities that can do all this for you. This one comes to mind. I used a version of that one with the Fallout games and it worked well but, if you do an advanced search of the Nexus for mods with the word "manager" you'll find pages of mods to choose from. I've just gotten used to the control of doing "by hand".

 

Thanks bro, I'll check these out!