Should characters have their own save folders? : V - Skyrim

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 9:30 am

Sure, saves me form overwriting the wrong save... Something which really svcks. DA:O got it, and it worked pretty well for me.

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 12:26 pm

meh no need really, I rarely oversaved a save game, just let me name save files and the system is perfect for me.

Not needed for you maybe. But for other people like myself it would be unfathomably useful.

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 10:47 am

Not needed for you maybe. But for other people like myself it would be unfathomably useful.

ya know that pop up that asks if you wanna overwrite is quite useful ;p

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 10:46 pm

ya know that pop up that asks if you wanna overwrite is quite useful ;p

Theres no reason not to have a new save system, so I can't fathom why your're opposed to it.

» Thu Sep 02, 2010 12:57 am

ya know that pop up that asks if you wanna overwrite is quite useful ;p

But see, you have to read that, and a perusal of one of the several "OMG voice act everything, 'coz I can't be arsed to read!!1!!one!!" threads will make the problem with that fairly clear.

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 6:54 pm

How many characters would you be able to save with this idea? How many folders would you have? Three? Five? With the present system, I can save every character I've ever made in the game. I like the possibility of keeping as many characters as I want, in as many saves as I want.

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 2:31 pm

How many characters would you be able to save with this idea? How many folders would you have? Three? Five? With the present system, I can save every character I've ever made in the game. I like the possibility of keeping as many characters as I want, in as many saves as I want.

Dude, they're not just going to 'run out of room' for virtual folders. Both Mass Effect games and Dragon Age: Origins have used this character partitioning with no problems. It's not like it's a difficult thing to implement, and frankly there's no reason not to do it.

Yes please.

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 1:21 pm

But see, you have to read that, and a perusal of one of the several "OMG voice act everything, 'coz I can't be arsed to read!!1!!one!!" threads will make the problem with that fairly clear.

I hope that is sarcasm. There is literally no reason to not have this in Skyrim.

» Thu Sep 02, 2010 1:18 am

Dude, they're not just going to 'run out of room' for virtual folders. Both Mass Effect games and Dragon Age: Origins have used this character partitioning with no problems. It's not like it's a difficult thing to implement, and frankly there's no reason not to do it.

Yes please.

That was my only concern. This sound like a winner then. It would avoid unwanted overwrites, and that's a good thing.

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 6:36 pm

This is a must for me!

On Oblivion i managed to overwrite my level 46 character because the game randomly scrambled my saves and i saved over that character without looking. Ok it was partly me being a [censored], but if they just implemented a system like in Dragon Age it would eradicate the problem.

I don't see why they won't do it.

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 7:49 pm

I hope that is sarcasm. There is literally no reason to not have this in Skyrim.

There's also no reason for you to be unable to name your game saves- but unless you're on PC and know the correct console command, you can't do it. Consider the chances of gamesas writing a game-save-manager in that context and tell me what you come up with. :shrug:

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 1:50 pm

All I see is 'elitism' as the argument against it. Just because you feel superior for your anol retentive save management skills does not mean that the current system can not be greatly improved upon.

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 10:33 am

This is a must.

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 11:32 am

I only ever have a single character at a time, by the time I am "done" playing with one I erase it and start with a new one. It just feels a bit stupid to role play 5 different characters at the same time. If they really were that important, it's easy to use a USB stick once you are finished playing with the character, it's not like you'd have to save everything you do on the USB stick whenever you save the game, only when you know you are going to do a new character.

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 10:01 am

Hehe '' We armless amateurs NEED this''. Welol dont care

» Thu Sep 02, 2010 12:12 am

Yes I would definitely like to see this implemented in skyrim, my nephew once went over my level 47 mage for his level 2 argoniam character called "Death Master" :rolleyes:

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 2:02 pm

I only ever have a single character at a time, by the time I am "done" playing with one I erase it and start with a new one. It just feels a bit stupid to role play 5 different characters at the same time. If they really were that important, it's easy to use a USB stick once you are finished playing with the character, it's not like you'd have to save everything you do on the USB stick whenever you save the game, only when you know you are going to do a new character.

I become tired of a character if I play it too often

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 2:21 pm

Yes!!!!!!!! A million times YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 6:26 pm

YES!!! Genius idea, dear sir, how very genius.
Really, In OB, when I wanted to start a new character just to get the last Achievement I needed for Xbox*, I had to deal with BOTH of their saves in the same darned list.(My usual character and my new one) And I use a f***ton of saves, so this would help. A lot.

*The last achievement was Duke of Dementia for the Shivering Isles expansion. Or was it the Mania one? I forget.

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 11:09 am

This would definitely make things more organized.

Lets hope Beth notices this thread if they havent implemented this feature already

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 7:04 pm

It looks like it will probably be in the game due to the many improvements, and most of their fans want it.....

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 10:25 am

I become tired of a character if I play it too often

Why then would you even want to go back to it later? Just save over it and be done with it

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 11:45 am

Bumping to see more people vote.

» Thu Sep 02, 2010 12:39 am

Bumping to see more people vote.

Well, that just got you an extra yes. I hated the way that, on xbox Oblivion anyway, the last save you made would be at the top of the list, then on the next restart you would have to scroll through two thirds of your saves to find your latest character.

» Thu Sep 02, 2010 1:40 am

now i, personally, only play the game so i can mod in naked elves who enjoy a good dance, but i'm all for a profile system. the one thing i liked about Fallout 3 using GFWL was that i could make profiles up the wazoo and everything would be all nice and clean and sorted but then i stopped using GFWL and my entire save folder went to hell.