Naming your saves. : V

» Thu Jun 07, 2012 3:37 am

This needs to happen. I keep alot of saves from specific moments in the game, and different characters. You could do it in Morrowind, and ever since Oblivion, I keep having to dig through long lists of saves trying to determine what goes where.

It's just a small thing, but I would find it quite useful.

Thoughts?

» Thu Jun 07, 2012 2:45 am

Are you on a PC? If so, there's a cure for that.

Otherwise, you're right. Bethesda should implement a way to have the players name and seperate their savefiles per character.

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 1:44 pm

I only find it a pain on my ps3 if I've been jumping back and forth between a few characters that are all at roughly the same point in the game (almost never happens)... When saving there is a whole separate list for different characters which prevents saving over other character saves...

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 4:30 pm

I have the same problem on PC. I've found no way to name my saves.

» Thu Jun 07, 2012 3:07 am

I have the same problem on PC. I've found no way to name my saves.

Your saves are in C:\Users\[UserName]\Documents\My Games\Skyrim\Saves

You can back them up or rename as you wish.

» Thu Jun 07, 2012 1:14 am

I have the same problem on PC. I've found no way to name my saves.

Do this:

1. Open your console
2. Type: save "Name your save file to whatever you want" (using the quotation marks)
3. Close your console
4. Enjoy your named savefiles

Here's what I did for my main savefile:

save "Bjorn the Fearless"

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 7:48 pm

People also complained -- frequently -- about being unable to name their saved games in Oblivion. Naming your saves is a basic and convenient offering. I guess technology is moving beyond basic and convenient offerings.

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 11:21 pm

Do this:

1. Open your console
2. Type: save "Name your save file to whatever you want" (using the quotation marks)
3. Close your console
4. Enjoy your named savefiles

Here's what I did for my main savefile:

save "Bjorn the Fearless"

No PC for me. So no console.

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 5:59 pm

They used to let you do that back in Morrowind, no idea why they stopped. It was one of my favorite little things about Morrowind.

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 10:42 pm

I can't understand why named saves aren't standard, when we could do that in Morrowind. Is that progress????

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 1:32 pm

Do this: 1. Open your console 2. Type: save "Name your save file to whatever you want" (using the quotation marks) 3. Close your console 4. Enjoy your named savefiles Here's what I did for my main savefile: save "Bjorn the Fearless"

You only need the quotes if your save name contain spaces though :foodndrink:

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 7:57 pm

You only need the quotes if your save name contain spaces though :foodndrink:

That's why I put them in there with the examples that I gave (in case anyone tried to space their named saves) :thumbsup:

» Thu Jun 07, 2012 3:14 am

If you rename the save game, its name will be shown unparsed.

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 8:43 pm

I miss being able to name saves. Sure, give me a suggested name like they do now, but let me type over it. I mean you can do this when you make an enchanted item, so it's not like both the console or PC interfaces can't support this.

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 7:21 pm

What CCNA said. Named saves rock, automatically generated names do not. Having multiple characters is a pain in the ass when you can't name your saves and using the console every time is annoying.

» Thu Jun 07, 2012 2:01 am

Character slots would make it so much easier as well. It's not hard to do :confused:

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