FennecFyre Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 Haven't borked anything yet, but in the event I don't install a mod correctly and my game doesn't work right, is there a way to fix it/remove it/get a clean game without loosing my saves? I've messed up Minecraft several times when modding it, and while that can be fixed with a new .minecraft, my saves are deleted as well. I don't want that to happen in Skyrim, where I've put in far more time strengthening my characters and exploring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kawouter Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 (edited) First of all , ALWAYS read the description of a mod. you want to make sure you read it entirely because most mods offer critical information in the description like compatebility with other mods, known buggs and other things to consider before installing a mod. second use the nexus mod manager as mutch as possible so you can uninstall mods easy. if you dont use the NMM you have to manually delete all the files a mod comes with ( which can be quite a lot ).watch this vid - and there are some things you should know about load orders. watch this vid - . Most information about a mod will be given in its description and the comments. most mods have information on how to uninstall them if you need to please refer to that. Have fun. Edited July 31, 2012 by Kawouter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spinner385 Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 (edited) Saves are saved under C:\Users\xxxx\Documents\My Games\Skyrim\Saves Where xxxx is your computers profile name. Back them up if you have to wipe skyrim and you will still have your saves. Saves do go corrupt sometimes with lots of mods so make hard saves fairly often (Not quick or auto saves). I just had one go bad when I updated skyrim today. Luckily I had a hard save not long before that one that still worked. Edit: it may read "My Documents" instead of "Documents" Edited July 31, 2012 by Spinner385 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragonfire12 Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 Haven't borked anything yet, but in the event I don't install a mod correctly and my game doesn't work right, is there a way to fix it/remove it/get a clean game without loosing my saves? I've messed up Minecraft several times when modding it, and while that can be fixed with a new .minecraft, my saves are deleted as well. I don't want that to happen in Skyrim, where I've put in far more time strengthening my characters and exploring. Something of note. Some mods leave behind clutter in your savegame that will corrupt it. Every now and again, I make a backup of a save game I know is good to a subfolder of the game folder. A mod recently gave all the NPC Toons the grey head bug. I deleted it using NMM but It had corrupted my savegame and the grey head thing wouldn't go away. Savegame often, not auto, New Save. You may lose some time, but you won't lose everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FennecFyre Posted July 31, 2012 Author Share Posted July 31, 2012 @Spinner and Dragon By hard saves, you mean actually going into Save and saving from there, not letting it autosave, correct? I had some crash trouble with Skyrim a while ago so I'm always paranoid about saving frequently anyway. @KawouterI will be looking into Mod Manager, thank you for providing a link! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spinner385 Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 Yeah hit escape and save a new game. Don't rely on hitting F5(Quicksave) or the game doing it for you (auto save). I only use quicksaves right before I get in a big battle to not loose immersion. I disable autosaves altogether cause they slow down the game and can get buggy, up to you though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matth85 Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 Haven't borked anything yet, but in the event I don't install a mod correctly and my game doesn't work right, is there a way to fix it/remove it/get a clean game without loosing my saves? I've messed up Minecraft several times when modding it, and while that can be fixed with a new .minecraft, my saves are deleted as well. I don't want that to happen in Skyrim, where I've put in far more time strengthening my characters and exploring. Both yes and no. Generally if you mess up, it can be fixed by getting the right files back from Skyrimnexus.com. Even then most mistakes are fixed by removing your mod of conflict. If that fails, you simply reinstall Skyrim. It will not affect your saves, which is located in a different location. If you are a little paranoid about it, take a backup of your save folder. Not many mistakes can break your game more than that, exept save game corruption and too big file size. At which your best bet is to start over, and rather use the console to give you the same levels/items you had on previous gameplay. Matth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FennecFyre Posted July 31, 2012 Author Share Posted July 31, 2012 Ah, good to know about the saves. I'll make a backup before I start anything, and take note of the files that come from each mod. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve40 Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 Also look at this clean save procedure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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