Hi,

Just to get an idea, can you all post the hours you've logged on a particular character vs the size of it's latest save file?

To get the ball rolling, I have 298 hours on my one and only character who's save file is a fairly reasonable 12.4MB.




298 hours/12.4MB

400 hours, 18.5 MB.

40.03.38, 5,126 kb.

75 hours, 7.4MB

My oldest save is from 60 hours in, which is 12 MB. My most recent file of 80 hours in is also around 12 MB. It seems to be fairly stable at that size.

Xbox 360: 62.4 hours | 7.3mb

Friend on PS3: 39.6 hours | 43mb

Protip: Go into Breezehome (or probably any player house) and just let the game run for a few hours with your character standing there if you want to reduce the file size.

125h - 16.6mb

JMC002: any problems with loading times / getting stuck on loading screen?

None. Before 1.4, I had any number of CTD issues but everything is working fine now. My only problem is one of my 580s overheating but that's a problem with the card. Skyrim is running great! That's with the high-res texture pack and a few simple mods.

First toone I deleted the whole save file. Was just messed up. 2nd toone 123 hrs file save 13.5KB. 3rd 179 hrs 16.6KB. Current toone is at 29 hrs 6.1KB.

274 hours - 13.1 mb

As a side note, I doubt that the size of the save file counts for anything (except taking up a little HD space); junk data *IN* the file did cause problems - pre 1.4 - but that issue seems to have been well and truly fixed.

94:31 clocked up and an 8.33MB save file.

Does everyone remember the Fbomb from oblivion? that was... fun...

11.2 mb @ around 80 hrs before 1.4 patch. 10.6 immediately after patching. Now up to 12.5 mb @ 222 hrs.

Bloat in 1.4 on my fresh character is down considerably that said they could definitely change corpses to possess their shields and weapons so an addon isn't need as well as do something about the arrow cap.

I'm 163 hours in and my save is 8.2MB. I don't use destruction magic a lot so there's really not many ash piles around. Also, I'm primarily an archer so any arrows laying around, I pick up.

Yeah level 21 6.9 MB no mods and I have been picking up any weapons and shields dropped and arrows etc. Also a stealth character so I have been sneaking past whole packs of enemies.

Hmmm ok, you all have normal size save files. I have a heavily modded skyrim, script dragon, skse etc. I hadto abandon my level 9 toon because the save file got to 58mb. This caused serious problems such as dips in fps from solid 60 to 5. CTD when nearing major places. I re-rolled several other toons to makes sure the save files were the problem. Now my new toon of level 2 and 23 mins game time has a save file of 3mb!

System specs.......
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System Information
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Time of this report: 2/17/2012, 14:24:09
Machine name: SHAYNE-PC
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_gdr.110622-1506)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: System manufacturer
System Model: System Product Name
BIOS: BIOS Date: 07/06/09 22:13:26 Ver: 04.06
Processor: AMD Phenom™ II X4 945 Processor (4 CPUs), ~3.0GHz
Memory: 4096MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 4096MB RAM
Page File: 2339MB used, 5848MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
DxDiag Version: 6.01.7601.17514 32bit Unicode
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DxDiag Notes
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Display Tab 1: No problems found.
Sound Tab 1: No problems found.
Sound Tab 2: No problems found.
Sound Tab 3: No problems found.
Input Tab: No problems found.
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DirectX Debug Levels
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Direct3D: 0/4 (retail)
DirectDraw: 0/4 (retail)
DirectInput: 0/5 (retail)
DirectMusic: 0/5 (retail)
DirectPlay: 0/9 (retail)
DirectSound: 0/5 (retail)
DirectShow: 0/6 (retail)
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Display Devices
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Card name: AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series
Manufacturer: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Chip type: ATI display adapter (0x6738)
DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_6738&SUBSYS_174B174B&REV_00
Display Memory: 2803 MB
Dedicated Memory: 1012 MB
Shared Memory: 1791 MB
Current Mode: 1920 x 1080 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor Name: Generic PnP Monitor
Monitor Model: 2436
Monitor Id: AOC2436
Native Mode: 1920 x 1080(p) (60.000Hz)
Output Type: HD15
Driver Name: aticfx64.dll,aticfx64.dll,aticfx64.dll,aticfx32,aticfx32,aticfx32,atiumd64.dll,atidxx64.dll,atidxx64.dll,atiumdag,atidxx32,atidxx32,atiumdva,atiumd6a.cap,atitmm64.dll
Driver File Version: 8.17.0010.1114 (English)
Driver Version: 8.930.0.0
DDI Version: 11

181 hours, 13.4MB.