Restart Skyrim from where I am now

[moogenflap]

Hi everyone,

 

Sorry if this has been asked before, I have been searching forums for a similar thread but couldn't find one..

 

So basically my game is a mess, accumulations of many mods, conflicts that has made Skyrim almost unplayable, buggy, CTDs, weird things happening and yes - completely my own doing. I have tried to follow readmes as much as possible to make sure I have done things correctly for installing over the past year and half but.. yeah so many steam updates, mod updates, mods on top of mods etc. etc - Skyrim is not in a great state right now..

 

So, what I'm wondering is, can anyone point me in the direction of a few god type mods where I can completely re-install Skyrim and then do the following:

 

If it is possible, I want to be able to continue from similar to where I am now:

 

Start a fresh game, new re-install,,, re-create character the same (obviously no mod needed):

 

Install mod to put my Skills Level as previously - Level 68

Set all skill perks to what they are currently at

Flag all missions completed to where I am now

Flag all current missions

Reveal the map locations

Set gold to about 9000 (currently got)

 

Not too fussed about items, can live with loosing those...

 

Any suggestions most appreciated

 

Thanks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[shadowruin]

alot of that can be done simply using console commands. no mods needed. just have to search the web for specific console commands related to the changes u want to make. i know this dosent solve 100% of your problem but it is a start and since the majority of your problems came from mod issues, this will save you from having to deal with more mods. also i suggest to you, in the future, if and when u do decide to start modding your game again to get BOSS and skyrimedit. BOSS will adjust your load order to minimize conflicts and will tell you if your mods need some cleaning. there are video toturials (Gopher had some good ones) on how to do this and it dosent take too too long and is worth it to minimize CTD's and corrupted saves. i wish you the best of luck because im sure you have invested over 400+ hours and dont want to lose it all.

[Luinithil]

You don't need a mod to get your skill level and perks back. Just use the Skyrim Perk Calculator and Respec tool, get a BAT file with the appropriate console commands to get back your character level, and individual skill levels (adjust to match actual skill level where needed) for you to start with. Then you can modify that bat file with the needed additional console commands to get back the spells you already learned, attributes, all your gear and items (make sure to get the right FormIDs and quantities), gold, etc.

 

Start a new game, redo your character, get through Helgen with NO MODS ON, make a save at level 1 outside Helgen as insurance policy against when you next need to restart your character, then use your BAT file in the console whenever-- I usually do it after I'm done speaking to Alvor because MQ tends to be fragile. You can add your mods before or after using the BAT file but I usually do it after I've used the BAT file and made a save, again so that it's easier to restart of one of those mods decides to make trouble. I've done this more than 10 times, and nearly have it down to an art by now LOL.

 

Revealing already found locations, flag completed missions and currently started quests, etc.? Can't be done with the console or other means without risking breaking your game again, I'm afraid. COC might help you with the locations, but again, I don't think that's very safe. Otherwise-- yeah. Use BOSS on your load order, TES5Edit to clean your mods of dirty edits and merged patches, Wrye Bash for bashed patching, and make sure to have a good mod manager to hand (Wrye Bash is a good one, or Mod Organizer)-- NMM's conflict detection leaves much to be desired, I'm afraid.

 

You can avoid Steam updates to your mods by subscribing to Steam Workshop, getting the mods, save the relevant files outside of \Data (I say to do this because I can't remember if unsubscribing removes the files from your computer as well)-- then turn off Steam's auto-update for Skyrim files and mods; to be doubly sure, unsubscribe from the mods you have so Steam can't change things on you, and make a note of where those Workshop mods came from. You can then use your mod manager of choice to manually install those Workshop mods like you would any mod from the Nexus.

 

Finally, use SKSE if you haven't already--it has a feature that allows you to reduce savebloat and Papyrus errors by mopping up orphaned onUpdate events (caused by unclean uninstallations with scripts still running) in your saves. Install SKSE, create an SKSE.ini file with these lines in it:

 

 

 [General]
    ClearInvalidRegistrations=1
 

[moogenflap]

Thanks guys this is really great info, I am going to do a full restart today and do as suggested, I can problably live without any map locations visible. Really though, I think one of the main things will be to try find a way to flag missions complete without breaking anything, really don't want to have to do them all again.., but if theres no alternative, then well, maybe best just starting from the beginning anyway,

 

Also, I didnt know about boss until later and tes5edit, possible that the damage was already done.. , I also tried to clean a few mods, but it seemed to make things more unstable..

 

Thinking abot it, might be an idea going with SkyRe mod, give a new experience to the game

 

Anyway, thanks again!

Edited April 27, 2013 by moogenflap