Skyrim Character Save Mod
I started using character manager v2 today only to find out that it didn't work and deleted all my characters instead. Is there a way to get my characters back?
Izzo'Load' & 'Save' ingame changed so you can only see saves depending the currently played character This mod would be useful for the overview when you got about +1500 Saves and 20 characters (as example).
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I assume you're talking about this program Skyrim Character Manager V2 by SlipperyFish.
From the discussion this seems to be an abandoned utility with a bunch of problems, not something that should be used.
This (copied verbatim from the discussion) should allow you to uninstall it. All credits to sydlet:
Okay. For everyone who can't get rid of this mod and want your saves back to normal:
- Go to Documents > My Games > Skyrim.
- Should see a file called 'Skyrim.ini' (without quotes)
- Open the file (enable admin rights if it won't let you edit the file) and look for a line called 'SLocalSavePath=Saves'. If you have this mod installed, it'll say, for example, 'SLocalSavePath=SavesBob' or something to that effect.
- Get rid of the character's name, changing it back to 'SLocalSavePath=Saves'.
- Save the file and open the folder named Saves. You should have a bunch of folders inside with each of your characters' names.
- Open the folder, pick a character, move or copy/paste their saves back to the main folder.
- Start the game and try to load a save. If you moved all your characters' saves back over, you should see all of them, from every character instead of just the one.
Besides that the description says it creates a backup on start up, I can't seem to find where it puts that in the description, you could look around your My Documents/My Games/Skyrim folder, that would be a sensible place to put it.
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The mod configuration menu (or MCM) included in SkyUI is amazing, but it resets all mods back to default settings every time I start a new character. I have a lot of mods and I'm forced to spend maybe even an hour per character setting things up again in the MCM due to the 104 mods I have, most of which are pretty large.
Is there a way I could copy all of my mod settings from my earlier character to my new game?
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No, there's no way to import your settings from one save to another. The only mods that save their settings across saves are SKSE/other external plugins that store their configuration as .ini files.
Consider writing your settings down so you can quickly enter them again without pondering every one of them.
kotekzotkotekzotMaybe you could setup the settings in a very early save and then start multiple characters from that save?
I guess you might not be able to save a Skyrim save before choosing race and name? Maybe a mod would allow you to change your name and race?
From my understanding there is no way to transfer config files from one save to another. What I did is installed Skyrim unbound, (an alternate start mod found on the nexus) after the intro your in a screen overlooking Helgan from there you can set all your mods up and create a save that you'll start all new characters from. Its not a perfect solution but its worked for me just don't forget to store that save file somewhere so you can use it next time you want to playthrough the game again. Its also easy to update the configs if you update, add, or remove a mod.
Start a new game. Set up all the stuff basic personal preferences with your mods after quickly making a character with no customizations. Save the game and write down the number of the file. Now, whenever you want to start a new character, open the console and type showracemenu, this lets you create your character.
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