Quite Unusual Save-game bloat

[ILiveOnAsAPillow]

I’m going to try to make this as quick and simple as possible. Basically, I’ve been having some strange save-game bloat happening. First off, these are the mods I had installed when I noticed the issue (random freezes happening every minute or so for about 3 seconds, gradually getting worse):

Animated Prostitution - Skyrim - Animated prostitution

BadMedicine v1.1 C4b

Better Females by Bella

Better Males

br_assassins_creed_pack

Calientes Female Body -CBBE-

CBBEv3M body replacer

CHSBHC - BBP

cloaks of Skyrim

Enhanced Blood Textures

Feminine Running and new dash animation

followers can relax

fores new idles in Skyrim - FNIS Behavior Files

Fores new idles in Skyrim - FNIS Idle Spells

Immersive Armors

Jeans for CBBEv3 - Julia Sets

KillerKeos Skimpy CBBEv3 Armor Set

Newmiller Casual bikini v2_22 for CHSBHC

Nightingale Crossbow

Populated Cities

Push-up sexy bikinis CBBEv3

Realistic Lighting with customization

Riverside Lodge with Sauna (Hoarder version)

Static Mesh improvement mod

Triss amor retextured

UFO - Ultimate follower overhaul

Killable Children

~~~STEAM WORKSHOP SUBSCRIBED MODS~~~

Throwing Weapons - Death from afar

Improved Followers

~~~Also have Dawnguard~~~

 

With these very mods installed, I went from the normal 11.MB save file to 16MB, 18MB, 30MB, 44MB (getting to 112MB eventually) with every real save. In between these saves was simple wandering, hunting, or bandit slaying. I noticed this very bad save bloat after installing Riverside Lodge with Sauna Hoarder Edition. Of course, hoping to fix this, I deactivated this mod, and ALL other mods. After loading a vanilla Skyrim, and running around (hunting, wandering, etc.), the bloating continued, not worse or better than before. Disappointed, I checked my main Data file, seeing that it was 14GB, I uninstalled Skyrim completely and reinstalled (Nexus just deactivates a mod, and not uninstalls it from Data) with Steam. Loading Skyrim again after that, without installing mods yet, the bloating continued. Then, I installed all the above mods again, and the bloating didn’t change from before.

Now of course I could simply start over, but knowing I have 200+ hours, a finished “No Stone Unturned’ quest, and a level 55 Redguard babe, that’s not really an option. Starting over would be my last resort, and I mean very, very last.

 

Any feedback appreciated.

[ILiveOnAsAPillow]

Not 1 view? Is Nexus b0rked?

[fms1]

AFAIK there's no way to fix an already corrupted save file, there are a few mods that may prevent bloat like the Unofficial patch and Possessive Corpses, Idk if it would be redundant in using both or not, here's links.

 

Unofficial Skyrim Patch

Possessive Corpses no more lazy zombies and shy nirnroots

[jazzak25]

I'll give you a list of the mods it is not, there should be no issue. The issue comes however from updating mods to newer versions most of the time as in some cases scripts change or disappear among other things and causes quite a few issues. I'm on a clean save however, waiting a few months for another playthrough until all the mods are compatible. Apart from that there are tricks you could try that i saw somewhere else in this forum from memory, I know there was an issue with quicksaving in general which was causing problems and to try and avoid it, but know texture mods are not really to blame, more esp files.

 

ESPs i have that aren't victims of save bloat, (though on a clean save) are:

- AP

- Enhanced Blood Textures

- FNIS

- SMIM

- U.F.O

 

Also, Immersive armors is good but did lag my above average rig quite a bit so i had to deactivate it, didn't play it long enough to see if it save bloated, but i doubt it.