Buying a save?

[LoveMeSomeUlfric7]

Ok, please dont shoot me down here. This is my first post at Lovers Lab and I am already scared of the trolls coming out to shame me.  I am not proud to be asking for this but I am so new to pc and so far, Skyrim modding has been a crazy pit of stress for a non savvy techaphobic. 

 

I have been on tutorials for months now, and still I am so lost.  

I have gotten save game bloat twice now, even though I have never uninstalled any mods, I always console save and exit and I use the SKSE Clear invalids fix.

 

I am hoping to clear out my files again and buy a new save that was set up for me by an experienced modder. Someone that is familiar with creating female characters, tweaking .ini preferences and maybe running TES5edit since that is way over my head at this time.

 

Hoping for someone experienced in character creation, visual must haves for one of those ridiculously colorful Skyrim's, and whatever mods are necessary for me to get animated with Ulfric Stormcloak. 

 

Thanks for your advice and I would appreciate no one replying just to trash talk the Great Bear of Eastmarch & future High King of all Skyrim.  Talos Bless you! 

[Ark of Truth]

Rule number 12 - Goes both ways I far as I know.

 

"We are a free and open community; members requiring payment for mods, support, or putting anything behind a paywall will be removed without warning. Donation buttons/links to support an author is fine, so long as nothing is promised, given, or rewarded other than a sense of satisfaction for supporting an author or owner of content."

 

[Deep Red]

Firstly, welcome to LL!

 

You don't have to buy any kind of saved file. If you want a new, good-looking female save, I'm sure many of our members here would be more than happy to create a new character for you free of charge. Charging for services around here is generally frowned upon around here.

 

To get you started and give you a clue to as what you could do to make a decent (and I say decent and not beautiful because people have a wildly varying definition of beauty) character, visit this thread. There you will find examples of what people have made using easily accessible mods both here and on the Nexus. Most posts will also list out the mods they used to achieve their results.

 

Other than that, feel free to ask around or PM people who have posted a screenie of their character which has caught your eye.

[Jexsam]

But... but I love trash-talking Ulfric!

[Vulon]

Buying a save would likely end up disappointing you in the long run. There's virtually no way to set up a perfectly stable game without being extremely careful, and even if you know exactly what you're doing, you're still likely to end up having to deal with issues that crop up. If you really want a stable game at all costs, I'd recommend avoiding most script-heavy mods and keeping your load order as minimal as possible. Only use mods you feel you absolutely need. Furthermore, if a new mod piques your interest, make sure you know what you're getting into. Read the comments/description and keep an eye out for mentions of bugs and conflicts. 

[LoveMeSomeUlfric7]

Rule number 12 - Goes both ways I far as I know.

 

"We are a free and open community; members requiring payment for mods, support, or putting anything behind a paywall will be removed without warning. Donation buttons/links to support an author is fine, so long as nothing is promised, given, or rewarded other than a sense of satisfaction for supporting an author or owner of content."

 

Ark of Truth, I am so sorry to disrespect like that on my first post, I absolutely did not intend to be violating on here already and now I feel like a jerk! 

 

I  shamefully admit, I did read the rule, I was just crossing my fingers and really hoping that it meant no charging for mods and hoping it was cool to offer freely. 

Again, I hope the community accepts my apology.

 

I just did not want to start out, like,  "Hey, nice to meet everyone, now can someone make me a save because my Skyrim is about to self destruct?"

Good looking out putting me back in place, before I get myself in trouble, if I havent managed that already.

 

 

[LoveMeSomeUlfric7]

Firstly, welcome to LL!

 

You don't have to buy any kind of saved file. If you want a new, good-looking female save, I'm sure many of our members here would be more than happy to create a new character for you free of charge. Charging for services around here is generally frowned upon around here.

 

To get you started and give you a clue to as what you could do to make a decent (and I say decent and not beautiful because people have a wildly varying definition of beauty) character, visit this thread. There you will find examples of what people have made using easily accessible mods both here and on the Nexus. Most posts will also list out the mods they used to achieve their results.

 

Other than that, feel free to ask around or PM people who have posted a screenie of their character which has caught your eye.

Johnnyred, thank you so much for clarifying and for welcoming me to your site. although I dig your style, I must admit, I prefer my character to be more beautiful than decent. 

 

As much time and effort as I have put into Skyrim, the last thing that I wish for is to look just as ragged on Skyrim as I feel in reality after a session of stressing myself crazy trying to get my game in order.  

 

Oh my goodness, I just checked out your screenshots and they are nothing to fuck with! I don't think anyone would look her way and say "decent".  Your character is a work of art! You inspire me.   

 

 Really though, thanks again, I appreciate your guidance, noble Dovahkiin! Nice to meet you! 

[Deep Red]

Johnnyred, thank you so much for clarifying and for welcoming me to your site. although I dig your style, I must admit, I prefer my character to be more beautiful than decent. 

 

As much time and effort as I have put into Skyrim, the last thing that I wish for is to look just as ragged on Skyrim as I feel in reality after a session of stressing myself crazy trying to get my game in order.  

 

Oh my goodness, I just checked out your screenshots and they are nothing to fuck with! I don't think anyone would look her way and say "decent".  Your character is a work of art! You inspire me.   

 

 Really though, thanks again, I appreciate your guidance, noble Dovahkiin! Nice to meet you! 

Glad to be of help. Should you need anything, feel free to ask in that thread or ask in the "Where can I find...?" thread. Don't be afraid to ask members personally if you find anything on their posts/screenies that you like. Most of the time, a lot of us are more than happy to share knowledge or goodies.

 

Also, there's no such thing as a weird fetish here on LL. There's bound to be someone on here that shares a common interest.

[RitualClarity]

Welcome to LL. Hope you enjoy your stay!!!!!!

 

Don't worry about asking for help. Try your best and really try to understand what information is being given. If you don't understand ask questions. I don't know of any member here that will "troll you" because you are new and need help. That is what this site is for. I can't tell you how many times I have pointed out a overlooked requirement or step for those that are new. (even some that aren't and should have realized their mistake... )

 

We all will come across various issues that we need help with regardless of skill level or experience. Any time I have see those members  who are polite, patient, and willing to work to solve their problems, questions etc have always been helped by the members here. Sometimes it might take some time for someone to be able to help depending on the complexity of the issue and the need. Sometimes their answers might not help or resolve the issue so forgive us if that happens. We, like you aren't perfect, and will make mistakes.

 

I am currently like you and are confused with the various instructions regarding the mods for Skyrim. When I start modding it I realize that I will probably screw it up several times during the process of learning the mods and what can and cannot be done. It was the same way with FNV and Sexout mods. In time you will understand these mods and even start to understanding mods in general. If you keep a nice backup of your Data/Game folder you should be fine in the event that you have to restart or reload the mods from scratch.

 

Have patience and determination and you to can and will be able to make those "beautiful" characters and have a great time modding the game. Many here started like you with little knowledge on modding and some have even moved into creating mods now.

 

 

 

 

[ousnius]

Well first of all, about the visual stuff. Do you think you can tell us what kinda hardware's in your PC? That way I know what's possible with it.

If you don't know where to find that kinda stuff, search for the "dxdiag.exe" program, which is installed by default, and take a look at the processor, the memory and the display device (in the "Display" tab).

 

My visuals: http://static2.nexusmods.com/110/images/4291759-1372846234.jpg

[LoveMeSomeUlfric7]

The bad thing about using someone else's save is that any mods they have that you do not are potential save breakers. If by chance someone actually did a clean save (that means no mods at all of any kind) your still looking at a possible no load. unlike Oblivion, Skyrim saves a crap-ton of info (much of it unnecessary imho) that is all potential game breakers.

For a clean save with as little bloat as possible I usually De-activate all mods, make a character, save it to a different place on my HDD then re-activate all mods and go from there. Just don't add or subtract any mods in between. Making a character is easy, just go in make the basic male or female character and save, once that's done go into the console type showracemenu and tweak to your hearts content. with ECE (Enhanced Character Edit) and (Racemenu) you have a ton of options and with the SG hair packs and Apachii Skyhair there's no end to the possibilities. Then there's all the beauty mods you can check out but be warned, if your not willing to spend a little time to make the character you want, don't expect to get it done for you. half the fun of skyrim or any game for that matter that even gives you the option of character creation is tweaking your character as much as tweaking the game itself. Modders are a godsend to games like this, they make the "possibilities" possible and give the tools to us all to build our own worlds far beyond anything the developers envisioned, Sexy time or not. Can you imagine the cost of just one game, if all modders charged for there time and content? you would only ever buy one game.

 

Thank you, Mogie56. This is my character so far. I've been working on her for a few months now.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=174490723  

I thought I was doing good until I saw some of these screenshots on here! Some of them are so pretty!

 

hahaha! You know, I'm really so new to this that I did not realize, when people ask for a save game, that they just mean the "save" file itself and that would'nt affect my data folder!

Now that I am thinking about it, it would be impossible to have someone help me with Tes5edit or any of the intricate (for me) save game bloat fixes without someone actually working on my pc.  

I am such a dork  

 

Well, it appears I am in over my head. I so wont last a week on here before you guys rip me to shreds. lol. 

 

Speaking of which, if anyone reads this and would like to amuse themselves by watching on as a girl who has not gamed seriously since power pad on Nintendo attempts to mod Skyrim, feel free to friend me so you may waller in my noobiness.

[RitualClarity]

 

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=174490723 

I thought I was doing good until I saw some of these screenshots on here! Some of them are so pretty!

 

That screenshot isn't bad at all. Nice solid start for skyrim.

 

[LoveMeSomeUlfric7]

Well first of all, about the visual stuff. Do you think you can tell us what kinda hardware's in your PC? That way I know what's possible with it.

If you don't know where to find that kinda stuff, search for the "dxdiag.exe" program, which is installed by default, and take a look at the processor, the memory and the display device (in the "Display" tab).

 

My visuals: http://static2.nexusmods.com/110/images/4291759-1372846234.jpg

Your visuals!!! My goodness! ....and is that a french manicure?! Classy, indeed, cell!

I would love to check out your shots if you have some loaded somewhere that I could see them!

 

Ok, now, dont laugh, I just bought my pc second hand and know nothing about it. 

I can say I do not have a dedicated graphics card & psu yet. 

 

Here are my specs and forgive if I write something unnecessary or leave something out.

 

Shuttle Xpc case sh61r000.1000

250 psu

win7 HP 64bit

Intel core 1.3

Dual core 3.30   9hz

8gb DDR#RAM

2.0 TB SATA3 hard drive

haupage 

usb 3.0 HDMI

optical audio  ESATA

[Call me Mark]

Or you can try out some of the saves here

http://www.loverslab.com/topic/8169-beautiful-women-and-how-to-make-them/

 

It's practically free HAHA

 

[Ark of Truth]

Your power supply is a bit.......small. You sure you have that down right? I'm surprised it even powers up.

[RitualClarity]

 

Here are my specs and forgive if I write something unnecessary or leave something out.

 

Shuttle Xpc case sh61r000.1000

250 psu

win7 HP 64bit

Intel core 1.3

Dual core 3.30   9hz

8gb DDR#RAM

2.0 TB SATA3 hard drive

haupage 

usb 3.0 HDMI

optical audio  ESATA

I forgive you ... you left out the graphic card specs.

That is important there might be some limitations to the graphics you can use currently. The computer likely won't be able to be upgraded even if it did have a dedicated graphic card (that is a separate one) because the power supply is so small . that is the trade off of having such a small computer. Years ago I used to have one myself. Nice little computers even then. However I sort of melted the raid controller on the motherboard because of upgrades which caused so much heat it cause the hardware to fail. So my advice is to keep the little guy (or gal your preference ) just the way you found him / her. There is a lot of improvements with settings and such that can get a great deal of performance out of this computer.

[ousnius]

 

Your visuals!!! My goodness! ....and is that a french manicure?! Classy, indeed, cell! 

Here are my specs and forgive if I write something unnecessary or leave something out.

 

Shuttle Xpc case sh61r000.1000

250 psu

win7 HP 64bit

Intel core 1.3

Dual core 3.30   9hz

8gb DDR#RAM

2.0 TB SATA3 hard drive

haupage 

usb 3.0 HDMI

optical audio  ESATA

 

 

Thank you!

 

While your PC is not "bad", having no dedicated graphics card, especially for Skyrim, will greatly reduce your modding scope.

(not enough video memory for textures and processing power for lighting mods like K ENB, which I use)

 

Possible upgrade: Power supply (PSU) with with more power than 250W + a kinda recent, dedicated NVIDIA or AMD graphics card. But I'm not sure if that is even possible with your PC.

 

In short: You can install a few character mods with good performance, but no big lighting or world enhancement mods like a powerful ENB or something like Skyrim HD/SMIM.

[RitualClarity]

Your power supply is a bit.......small. You sure you have that down right? I'm surprised it even powers up.

 

Some of the cases come with 200 to 350 power supplies, at least they use to. Not much you can do for upgrades. They are designed for small quiet computing. Keep in mind that they are running a iTX board and not a full ATX or even a mATX board so they don't require as much power. Some iTX case only come with 200 watts. (lets not even get into the actual amps on the rail!!! )

[RitualClarity]

 

Is there such a thing as an external psu?!

The graphics screen just says Intel HD internal graphics...  I am trying again to figure out my psu...  I think that 250psu is all I came up with when I went to the shuttle site and looked up this model, but maybe I have it wrong? 

 

 

I don't believe that there is an external PSU for this machine. Might be, it has been a very long time since I used Shuttles.

 

It is likely that the Graphic is stating it is using Intel HD graphics. They aren't bad just not as good as you might want to use for higher end modding in Skyrim and other games.

 

The 250 psu sounds about right for the regular case given. I am assuming that either you built it or someone else built it. d

 

I went to the site and can't be sure based on the numbers that you given me but

If the shuttle is one of these two found on this link then you might be in luck because after clicking on one of them you can go to a page where there is a tab for accessories. In the accessories there is an option for a 500 watt upgrade. I didn't see any specs on the upgrade. I wouldn't get it unless you could get in contact with them and get some specs related to the power supply. Namely amps on the 12+ volt rail etc. With these anyone here can help you find a decent graphic card. Keep in mind you will also have to know the space available where the graphic card goes. It is also likely that you r hapague card is there and would have to be removed causing you to loose some of the functions that that card gave you. Finally you would have pay someone to put in the power supply or do it yourself. easy for most individuals but if you didn't build it or aren't comfortable working on the hardware it can be frustrating and problematic. these cases are very small and the plugs can be very hard to get to. If you aren't comfortable and know what your doing you can forget a plug and it won't work.

 

Perhaps you should first try modding and getting confortable with what you can do with the game. Post your issues the members here that have modded Skyrim can tell if there are graphic issues from normal modding issues. If indeed you need to upgrade. .. my advice is if you plan on modding heavily is to custom build a computer using a standard sized case and standard sized components. It is easier and cheaper. Not to mention you can get so much better components, providing you have the money to pay for them.

 

Edit:

That is strange.. the link went bad .. Oh well there is a contact link that might help you both figure out what you have and what you can safely do to upgrade.

Lets try a different link

[LoveMeSomeUlfric7]

 

 

Your visuals!!! My goodness! ....and is that a french manicure?! Classy, indeed, cell! 

Here are my specs and forgive if I write something unnecessary or leave something out.

 

Shuttle Xpc case sh61r000.1000

250 psu

win7 HP 64bit

Intel core 1.3

Dual core 3.30   9hz

8gb DDR#RAM

2.0 TB SATA3 hard drive

haupage 

usb 3.0 HDMI

optical audio  ESATA

 

 

Thank you!

 

While your PC is not "bad", having no dedicated graphics card, especially for Skyrim, will greatly reduce your modding scope.

(not enough video memory for textures and processing power for lighting mods like K ENB, which I use)

 

Possible upgrade: Power supply (PSU) with with more power than 250W + a kinda recent, dedicated NVIDIA or AMD graphics card. But I'm not sure if that is even possible with your PC.

 

In short: You can install a few character mods with good performance, but no big lighting or world enhancement mods like a powerful ENB or something like Skyrim HD/SMIM.

 

Well, I have already helped myself to SMIM. I didnt even go "lite".  I do not have any other enb's or lighting mods or HD packets, though. I did notice when I installed my last face mod that I got weird blocky shadows all over my body and everywhere else for that matter, sometimes. I guess Im pushing it. 

 

ok. I named my rig Ethell because to me, she is a fragile little old woman. Someone before had suggested a 500watt PSU and a certain NVIDIA 1gb card. I will have to look into whether or not that would be too much on poor ol Ethell. 

 

Thank you so much, cell. I appreciate it. Sending you a friend request.. hope that's cool

[WaxenFigure]

 

The discussion has digressed into a hardware check (which is a good thing for someone new) but the base problem you are talking about is Save Game Bloat which is usually caused by a mod script.

 

The question is how big are your save games getting and what mods are you loading. If any of the mods you are using are the cause of the bloat then hopefully someone here will recognize the problem mod(s) and then we can offer suggestions for fixing or replacement.

 

And as the others have said welcome to Lovers Lab.

[bafao]

Buying or using someone else's save is not really an option. You need to have the exact same list of mods, otherwise you will definitely have trouble with the save sooner or later.

 

You don't really have to know very much about Computers to mod your game the way you want. It definitely helps, but it's not required.

 

To achieve the result you want, all you need is the luck to find the mods for it.

 

Here is my first female character. I created her a few days ago:

 

http://i42.tinypic.com/280s9rd.jpg

http://i40.tinypic.com/eiw1fn.jpg

 

If you like her and you are interested, I can write the list of mods I used and guide you on how to install them.

 

If she is not your cup of tea, others have already suggested a thread where people post their characters and the mods used to make them.

 

Also, after you create your character, you will probabily want to get some equipment for him or her. Here are two very good websites that post armor mods.

 

http://dragonporn.ldblog.jp/

http://modtype.doorblog.jp/

 

You can look through all the posts if you are patient or, depending on your body mod, you can simply write "UNP" or "CBBE" in the search bar to narrow the search down.

 

Good luck!

[LoveMeSomeUlfric7]

The discussion has digressed into a hardware check (which is a good thing for someone new) but the base problem you are talking about is Save Game Bloat which is usually caused by a mod script.

 

The question is how big are your save games getting and what mods are you loading. If any of the mods you are using are the cause of the bloat then hopefully someone here will recognize the problem mod(s) and then we can offer suggestions for fixing or replacement.

 

And as the others have said welcome to Lovers Lab.

First of all thank you very much for getting me back on the most important topic here.

Especially now that I know I have no choice but to face this dragon that is save game bloat.

 

My first save was 150MB. The SKSE fix got it down to like 40MB, before I reinstalled altogether. 

*I had never uninstalled a mod on that save but was told that an active Build your own home was the cause, possibly.  I have none of the same mods this time, besides the UO patches. 

 

So I then paid a repair tech who used to mod back in the MW days to clear out everything "Skyrim" and re-install. I thought I was good to go until about 5 days ago, when I finally found my Save folder and saw my new game was 57MB. I applied the SKSE fix, waited a month in Breezehome and deleted some saves to no avail whatsoever. It climbed to 75MB in a couple days.

 

A couple days ago, I deleted some more saves and brought it down to 38MB. It climbed back to 46MB in a day.    I keep about 10 saves, usually, now about 7.

 

So not realizing that mods increase save file size like crazy, I added SMIM to the madness yesterday and now Im sitting at 54MB

[bafao]

First of all than kyou very much for getting me back on the most important topic here.

Especially now that I know I have no choice but to face this dragon that is save game bloat.

 

My first save was 150MB. The SKSE fix got it down to like 40MB, before I reinstalled altogether. 

*I had never uninstalled a mod on that save but was told that an active Build your own home was the cause, possibly.  I have none of the same mods this time, besides the UO patches. 

 

So I then paid a repair tech who used to mod back in the MW days to clear out everything "Skyrim" and re-install. I thought I was good to go until about 5 days ago, when I finally found my Save folder and saw my new game was 57MB. I applied the SKSE fix, waited a month in Breezehome and deleted some saves to no avail whatsoever. It climbed to 75MB in a couple days.

 

A couple days ago, I deleted some more saves and brought it down to 38MB. It climbed back to 46MB in a day.    I keep about 10 saves, usually, now about 7.

 

So not realizing that mods increase save file size like crazy, I added SMIM to the madness yesterday and now Im sitting at 54MB

 

 

Can you go to %LOCALAPPDATA%\Skyrim and upload or write the contents of the loadorder.txt file?

 

It's probably an old, no longer supported mod that is messing up your save game every time and you'd be better off without it.

[WaxenFigure]

Wow, my largest save ever only got to 21mb and I run a number of mods with scripts. One possible way to find the problem mod is to turn on script logging:

 

Instructions for enabling logging in Skyrim

Find Skyrim.ini in your "My Documents" folder. Open it up in Notepad or your preferred text editor. 
Then make the following changes and save it. 
You'll find the logs inside the "My Documents\My Games\Skyrim\Logs\" folder the next time you run the game. 
The most recent log will always be named "Papyrus.0.log"

[Papyrus]
fPostLoadUpdateTimeMS=500.0
bEnableLogging=1
bEnableTrace=1
bLoadDebugInformation=1

To disable logging again just change the "=1" to "=0" for the three values marked "=" above.

Try logging a short session in the game and then posting the log here (if it's really huge just post a smaller section of it).

 

Also, the list of mods you are using will help. One of them is a real beast if its caused your saves to bloat like that.