» Fri May 25, 2012 1:50 am The common 'backout' plan is as follows:
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1) Load game with uGridsToLoad at the ‘safe’ setting – the one it was at when you saved.
2) Load the save, which should load correctly.
3) Open the console and type the following:
setini “ugridstoload:general” 5
saveini
refreshini
This has restored the uGridsToLoad setting to its default while your save is already open.
4) Save the game. The save you create now will work at any uGrids setting from the default up.
1) Load game with uGridsToLoad at the ‘safe’ setting – the one it was at when you saved.
2) Load the save, which should load correctly.
3) Open the console and type the following:
setini “ugridstoload:general” 5
saveini
refreshini
This has restored the uGridsToLoad setting to its default while your save is already open.
4) Save the game. The save you create now will work at any uGrids setting from the default up.
There are common problems with this. First, running saveini in your console will cause your loading screens to have a red tint, among other issues. saveini basically outputs every ini setting there is to your ini files. Beyond the red screen, it's a pain to tweak after that as there are far too many non-useful, non-used settings present.
The second issue is many, like myself can't type quotation marks in the console. No idea why, but quotes simply don't 'do anything' when I type them. I've read a few other posts with the same problem. The above solution then doesn't work because you can't use the setini command.
TL;DR - here is a MUCH better solution, which doesn't cause unwanted effects to your ini file, and is just as easy:
1. alt-tab out of your game (if you don't have any other apps open to alt-tab to, press control-alt-delete and start task manager which will get you back to windows)
2. open Skyrim.ini, modify ugridstoload=5, or whatever lower value you want. SAVE the file
3. alt-tab back into your game
4. open the console (~), type refreshini - this will reload the ini settings into Skyrim, with the lower ugrids value
5. close the console, save your game
6. restart Skyrim and load your game
2. open Skyrim.ini, modify ugridstoload=5, or whatever lower value you want. SAVE the file
3. alt-tab back into your game
4. open the console (~), type refreshini - this will reload the ini settings into Skyrim, with the lower ugrids value
5. close the console, save your game
6. restart Skyrim and load your game
It's the same principle as the more 'popular' roll-back plan, but has the advantage of no screwed up .ini file, and an easy workaround for those who can't get quotes to work in the console. The main principle is you want to have TESV.exe load the ini file containing the lower ugrids value before you save your game. That way the save game contains the proper lower settings so when you reload it won't blow up.
Anyway - I just thought I would share, since I've read at least 3 posts across the forums this a.m. where people can't back out properly or have adverse effects. I discovered the above through trial and error when quotes don't work for me in the console.
