Discuss Skyrim

[fseal]

Ugh, well I've run into the dredded 18meg save game bug that more and more people seem to be having (sometimes not till 19 or 20 meg but somewhere in there is the magic number).

Game becomes pretty much unplayable as more and more "cells" cause instant CTD when they come into view or are entered.

Tried about 30 things to fix it, noone has found anything that actually works yet.

185 hours of play and it's dead.. kind of sad. Game is just not playable at this point. Posted in bethesda forums and offered my save games if they will help. Praying for a patch but moving onto batman arkham city till if/when they fix it.

 

[sygnus21]

Wow it's interesting that you say that. I've not seen, nor heard of that bug, but I just looked at my saves noticed that the further you get into the game the larger the save files get :huh:

Right mow I'm at level 49 and my last save file is 13meg where my first save file was only 3meg. I also notice the autosave and quicksave files are inline with the last save file - 13meg.

Seeing that these files increase in size the further you go I sure hope I don't run into this bug or there is a fix or explaination for it.

Thanks for the info.

 

[vierasniper]

im starting think half of all this ''bugs'' are made up. Most could be do to setting and hardware. or pebkac. i have never heard of the save file bug. i really haven't seen any issues. just saying.

 

[fseal]

The save file bug is only now starting to appear on forums becuase it takes 150 to 200+ hours of game play and a save file of 18+ megs to run into it. A lot of people never even make it that far and for most people it takes a month or more to get that much time in.

 

[vierasniper]

i have a wee bit over 150 hours and i come in at 7 megs per save. surely its something else.

 

[FredeGail]

You guys heard about, "took the arrow to my knee"-joke?

 

[fseal]

i have a wee bit over 150 hours and i come in at 7 megs per save. surely its something else.

Different people play at different rates... I'd guess maybe you are going slower than I am? Or possibly spending less time on horseback running through cells? (There seems to be a problem of bloat caused by reentering outdoor cells often). How many saves do you have as well? My top save is number 1615. I saved a LOT, possibly there is a bloat problem there too. I've finished probably 90% of the quests and found/cleared 95% of the dungeons on the map.

Your not having at problems because your save file is still "small" (same as me when mine was that small), when it reaches 18-20 meg, if you play it that far, then we'll see what happens

 

[sygnus21]

I've moved a fair amount of my saves but I only have 255 saves total thus far. Heck I save a lot but nowhere near what you do to have 1600+ saves :shock:

Though I've got a fair amount of time I've not hit every cave or ruin on the map. I did finish the main quest, the civil war, join the companions, mage college, currently finishing the thieves guild, and did quite a few odds and ends here and there. That equals 245 hours at level 49.

BTW my first save file was only 3meg and now 244 saves later its at 13meg.

 

[M1GU31]

You guys heard about, "took the arrow to my knee"-joke?

yes and its geting old since it's spammed all over youtube lol

 

[sygnus21]

Ugh, well I've run into the dredded 18meg save game bug that more and more people seem to be having (sometimes not till 19 or 20 meg but somewhere in there is the magic number).

Game becomes pretty much unplayable as more and more "cells" cause instant CTD when they come into view or are entered.

Tried about 30 things to fix it, noone has found anything that actually works yet.

185 hours of play and it's dead.. kind of sad. Game is just not playable at this point. Posted in bethesda forums and offered my save games if they will help. Praying for a patch but moving onto batman arkham city till if/when they fix it.

Save Game Size CTD confirmed - Steam Users' Forums

 

[Airbot]

I'm about 390 saves in so far, at about 15.5 MB's. One hundred twenty something hours in..

 

[smarteyeball]

im starting think half of all this ''bugs'' are made up. Most could be do to setting and hardware. or pebkac. i have never heard of the save file bug. i really haven't seen any issues. just saying.

lol, famous last words again. Every time I said I hadn't encountered a bug, bam! Goodbye smug, hello bug

That equals 245 hours at level 49.

Damn - I'm only 120hrs @ level 50. Lovers stone + paying for training really accelerated that process after all...

I must be a prolific save gamer, because I'm at 1200+ @10.5mb (culled to 22 actual save game files)

 

[Alsisgevat]

Level 8 now......"sigh" I finished the main quist on the other caracter save, but I can't seem to replay it, Every time I start a new game the caracter creation is so fun for me that I spend hours on it,then run to white run do a few stuf,then restart again as a mage,or a thief and so haha, but I finally made the perfect character, SHE is the girl nerds drool over, kids would hang posters of her on walls haha.

Anyway I was level 50 on other save, and over 200hours, but I did not get that bug.

 

[rigz]

hey friends what is the system requirements for this game?? can it also work on my humble system??haha..and does it require internet connections?i saw this game when i purchased Dead Space 2

 

[BugMeister]

Minimum Skyrim specs are shown here:
Skyrim PC Specs Announced - News - www.GameInformer.com

full rundown of specs and quality expected for gfx cards, including laptops, here:
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:System_Requirements

 

[rigz]

Thanks

 

[fseal]

Anyway I was level 50 on other save, and over 200hours, but I did not get that bug.

How big is your largest save file?

 

[Alsisgevat]

Anyway I was level 50 on other save, and over 200hours, but I did not get that bug.

How big is your largest save file?

19mb

 

[fseal]

That's about there, my biggest problem area is markarth understone keep. though there are a couple of other places I can;t go now as well. Supposedly gets worse the longer you go on.

I'm hoping that once the construction set is released that someone can built a garbage cleaner for the save files since they use the same format as the game database. (There are MANY examples but one such type of bloating garbage is that enemy dropped weapons /never/ clean up. Also Ash piles never cleanup. Nirnroot glows multiply on every cell load and never clean up etc...)

I'm betting that'll probably happen before an official patch that fixes the garbage collection "in world".

 

[sygnus21]

OK, I'm officially bored with the game. I'm currently a level 51 Dark Elf with a destruction, and light Amor skill of 100, two handed skill of 90 and blah blah blah.....

Anyway I've read posts where people have basically cheated their way to a stronger character by using tricks and tweaks to create stronger weapons, armor, and potions. Why??? I really can't see what this brings to the game because at level 51 I've yet to find any foe capable of seriously challenging me, even when I was at level 48! My character was already too strong once I hit the mid 40's.

Right now the only armor I basically use are those obtained through the Thieves Guild quest - Nightingale or the Guild Master armor (use for perks like sneak and weight increase). Anyway the Nightingale armor is pretty high in protection - 300 plus. Couple it with a nice powerful sword and some destruction magic and that's all she wrote. BTW I haven't even done the Dark Brotherhood quest so who knows what kind of armor there is there!!!

Then there's the constant Dragon attacks - I've got 20 Dragon Shouts (unlocked) and 36 dragon souls. Geez, enough with the dragons!!! Especially around Winterhold College. Damn, I've killed at least 20 of them in that area alone. In fact they're becoming so prevalent there that I just ignore them by staying inside the colledge for 24 hours until they're gone.

Anyway great game but after a while it just becomes repetitive, and unchallenging after 255+ hours.





Note that some of my stats haven't unlocked as posted here - http://www.sevenforums.com/gaming/198691-discuss-skyrim-34.html#post1695168

I know there's still tons of stuff to do in the game and I'll continue to play, but not at the pace I was earlier. Time to find another game.

Peace