600 mb save files?

[eleventyhundred3]

So I've been having terrible loading times, and i noticed it after i stopped playing for maybe a month give or take then came back to it. I just checked my save files after a lot of troubleshooting and saw my last reasonable file sizes were about 14,000 kb aka 14 mb (i think)
Then one save, the first one from the soul cairin, was 300,000 kb. Then it kept jumping up FAST and is now 600,000 kb. That seems....a little too big to me :/
My load order:

Skyrim.esm
Update.esm
Dawnguard.esm
HearthFires.esm
Dragonborn.esm
Unofficial Skyrim Legendary Edition Patch.esp
RaceCompatibility.esm
HighResTexturePack01.esp
HighResTexturePack02.esp
HighResTexturePack03.esp
Volkihar Knight.esp
Perfect Legionnaire - Full Helmet.esp
Perfect Legionnaire - Troops Re-equipment.esp
AOS.esp
The Ningheim.esp
dD - Enhanced Blood Main.esp
dD-Reduced Wound Size.esp
AOS2_EBT Patch.esp
Auto Unequip Ammo.esp
Chesko_WearableLantern.esp
SkyHUD.esp
12FemaleBrows.esp
dD-Dragonborn-Dawnguard-EBT Patch.esp
dD-Medium Script Range.esp
dD-Reduced Splatter Size.esp
lanterns of skyrim - all in one.esp
RaceCompatibilityUSKPOverride.esp
Brows.esp
KS Hairdos - HDT.esp
XPMSE.esp
ktxcompleteskyforge.esp
FNIS.esp
RaceMenu.esp
RaceMenuPlugin.esp
improvedquestbooks.esp
improvedskillbooks.esp
UnreadBooksGlow.esp
a quality world map - with roads.esp
barenziahquestmarkers.esp
SkyUI.esp
dd - realistic ragdoll force - realistic.esp
faster vanilla horses.esp
Here There Be Monsters.esp
UFO - Ultimate Follower Overhaul.esp
StaticMeshImprovementMod.esp
killthemgenerals.esp
better embers.esp
reduced distance npc greetings.esp
enhancedlightingforrealisticlighting.esp
samuraiarmor.esp
TheEyesOfBeauty.esp

 

So update: I ended up getting rid of like 1 or 2 mods, nothing worked, so i deleted like 2-3 hours of progress before the issue began, and this time around it just doesn't do that anymore....that was absolutely insane but at least now i know how to clean my saves :))

Edited November 13, 2020 by eleventyhundred3

[Shadeybladey]

600 MB? :ohmy:

 

Sounds like you have runaway Save Bloat due maybe to a bad script going haywire.

 

14 MB is perfectly normal, and it's normal for saved file size to gently increase as time goes buy.

 

I have Skyrim LE and have:

 

Skyrim.esm
Update.esm
Dawnguard.esm
HearthFires.esm
Dragonborn.esm
Unofficial Skyrim Legendary Edition Patch.esp
HighResTexturePack01.esp
HighResTexturePack02.esp
HighResTexturePack03.esp
dD - Enhanced Blood Main.esp
Chesko_WearableLantern.esp
lanterns of skyrim - all in one.esp
UnreadBooksGlow.esp
a quality world map - with roads.esp
SkyUI.esp
dd - realistic ragdoll force - realistic.esp
UFO - Ultimate Follower Overhaul.esp

 

 

So I'm pretty sure those are OK, assuming we have the same editions.

 

:sad:

[eleventyhundred3]

Yeah it jumped from 14 mb to 300 mb the very next save and increased from there to currently 650 mb, im very unsure what to do

[Shadeybladey]

In the past, for a few years after release, there was much talk of how to identify the mod/mods causing such a problem. I'm sure there's a large archive here.

 

The idea is that if scripts are not perfectly done and have certain commands in them badly handled, the script might do something like search a wide area for, say, dragons and activate a dragon attack. If there are no dragons, there is no attack. But the search can be saved in the saved file and make it bigger and bigger. This causes huge loading times, lag and crashes.

 

That's just a very rough example. You seem to have a lot of graphics and item mods, so they should be fine.

 

All I can suggest is:

 

* Did you add any mods just before the bloat? If so, try removing it completely and go back to the last save before adding that mod.

 

* are you able to tell which mods have scripts in them?

 

* how far had you got in the game?

 

 

The first tip is always use the most recently updated mod and make sure the mods are for the edition of Skyrim you are using. Checking the mod author's page may also reveal any reported issues.

 

Good Luck!