I just need an answer to one question. I've been playing Oblivion with my current setup for around 15 hours. I've used quicksaving (and quickloading) and autosaving more or less regularly. Recently, I've found out that using those ways of saving (and loading) is not recommended.

So the question is: should I continue playing with my current character (avoiding quicksaving/autosaving), or should I start a new game? The reason why I'm considering a new game is just that I haven't done much things in the game yet, and I've heard horror stories about savegame corruption and whatnot, so I just wan't to avoid trouble as much as it's possible.
Thanks

If you haven't run into any issues yet its probably fine to just stop using the quick/auto saves and continue onwards. I'd suggest getting an auto-saver like Kuertee's Auto-save and Time, though don't depend on it.

What I do is I use it for "emergency" purposes, but make regular named saves via the console at regular intervals.

@Nephenee13: I suppose that making those saves via the console is the same as in the menu? I don't really mind pressing escape, going to the save menu and saving manually. Thanks for the recommendation for Kuertee's mod, just checking it now.

The advantage of using the console is that you can name the saves, which makes them easier to keep track of.

Will try that as well. Thanks.

I know many people use and recommend various auto-save mods. But you might want to read http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1228478-relz-duke-patricks-safe-save, by Duke Patrick (a very skilled mod maker) first.

In short, he investigated why his save files were causing problems, and concluded it was because all the existing auto-save tools failed to account for all the things that make saves flaky. In the end, he wrote his own, and still eventually recommended using his 'nag' feature instead of timed saving.

-Dubious-

I have a 200+ game I still play, and I still use my quicksave.

I guess mileage varies between users, but most people don't use it. I think you can circumvent problems by occassionally deleting the quicksave and start with a new one. IE, save to a new slot, delete the old quicksave, load up the game and save slot, and then start using quicksave again.

I think I'm going to use Duke's mod, thanks.


Yeah. My last playthrough had around 100 hours, using quicksaves/quickloads regularly with no problems (excluding occasional crashes). And I had around 100 - 150 mods (can't really remember), some of which got deleted, or updated in the process. And I was also adding mods all the time.

Also to be safe don't load your saves after playing. If you died or just want to load another savegame, restart Oblivion.