save number ?

[June raven]

so iam at save 18 now

1. when i got back to lets say save 10 and then save. the save file becomes save 19 .. shouldnt it be save 11 ? is this normal ?

2. if its normal then what happens when people start new game using the save 1 character creation .. what will be their next save ? save 2 or save xxx (whatever their last save was in previous game)

3. what happens when you go above 999 saves

[Clever Monkey]

as long as you have 1 save in your folder it will save from the last save there.

a new game will save with the number after whatever save is in your folder.

at some point it will probably start throwing letters into the save numbers. I do not know as the most I ever have is 20-25 deleting all but the last 5 or so with other key points saved. I always delete all saves when stating new and I do that often

[Evilcheesewheel]

What happens when you go above 999 saves is it goes to 1000.
I should probably delete some of my saves.

[June raven]

Originally posted by Clever Monkey:

as long as you have 1 save in your folder it will save from the last save there.

a new game will save with the number after whatever save is in your folder.

at some point it will probably start throwing letters into the save numbers. I do not know as the most I ever have is 20-25 deleting all but the last 5 or so with other key points saved. I always delete all saves when stating new and I do that often

Wait how is your most number 20 - 25 ..
i just started this game and im already at 18

[Clever Monkey]

that is what I keep without deleting. I do not use auto saves or quicksaves and usually save about every 10 minutes. most of my plays are 20-30 hours so if you do the math I rarely get over the save number of 200.

and yes save and save often. I was once told to save what you are not willing to lose. 10 minutes is usually 3-4 because I know what to expect.

[Rez Elwin]

I'm at 300-somthing and nothing happens, it will hit 1000 and continue going. The only time one should be concered is if the save files are getting very large/bloating. My largest is 11mb, which it still pretty low.

[June raven]

Originally posted by Clever Monkey:

that is what I keep without deleting. I do not use auto saves or quicksaves and usually save about every 10 minutes. most of my plays are 20-30 hours so if you do the math I rarely get over the save number of 200.

and yes save and save often. I was once told to save what you are not willing to lose. 10 minutes is usually 3-4 because I know what to expect.

Sorry if im troubling you :)
but im confused
you said you have never gone over 20 - 25 save number .. but thats impossible for me because once i touch a save number i can never go back ..

[June raven]

Originally posted by Rez Elwin:

I'm at 300-somthing and nothing happens, it will hit 1000 and continue going. The only time one should be concered is if the save files are getting very large/bloating. My largest is 11mb, which it still pretty low.

Yes around 25 mb should be scary right?

[Rez Elwin]

Originally posted by June 47:

Originally posted by Rez Elwin:

I'm at 300-somthing and nothing happens, it will hit 1000 and continue going. The only time one should be concered is if the save files are getting very large/bloating. My largest is 11mb, which it still pretty low.

Yes around 25 mb should be scary right?

Ya thats getting pretty big anything after like 20mb is bad. When saves reach that size usually things start happening like increased load times and stuttering. That file size should never be reached unless you have a lot of scripts running.

[Clever Monkey]

ok, so every new game I delete all saves and start at 001. I then save upto 10-15 and delete say 2-6. my next save would still be 16. around save 30 I will keep 7 and delete 8-14. still having save 15 but maybe deleting 16-21. my next save is 31. on so on. by the time my 20 hour game is over I may be around save 200 but only have 20-25 saves in my folder.
these saves could be 185-200. 163, 110, 99, 47, 44, 22, 1.
if I save again it would be 201. now I think I am confused.

I think 305 mb would definitely be a problem
http://steamcommunity.com/app/72850/discussions/0/535152276592106660/
Follow the advice given by Ilja

[Rez Elwin]

Originally posted by Clever Monkey:

ok, so every new game I delete all saves and start at 001. I then save upto 10-15 and delete say 2-6. my next save would still be 16. around save 30 I will keep 7 and delete 8-14. still having save 15 but maybe deleting 16-21. my next save is 31. on so on. by the time my 20 hour game is over I may be around save 200 but only have 20-25 saves in my folder.
these saves could be 185-200. 163, 110, 99, 47, 44, 22, 1.
if I save again it would be 201. now I think I am confused.

I think 305 mb would definitely be a problem
http://steamcommunity.com/app/72850/discussions/0/535152276592106660/
Follow the advice given by Ilja

Thats just how saves work, when I said I was at 300-somthing I ment as the # of the save not that many save files. And this transfer between Chracters aswell. Say my Nord is on save 300, if I switch over to my dark elf on save 244 and save then it would be Dark elf save 301.

[Docsprock]

Ive got about 1200 saves. (Save #1194 right now.) No problems here.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=742622758

[June raven]

Originally posted by Clever Monkey:

ok, so every new game I delete all saves and start at 001. I then save upto 10-15 and delete say 2-6. my next save would still be 16. around save 30 I will keep 7 and delete 8-14. still having save 15 but maybe deleting 16-21. my next save is 31. on so on. by the time my 20 hour game is over I may be around save 200 but only have 20-25 saves in my folder.
these saves could be 185-200. 163, 110, 99, 47, 44, 22, 1.
if I save again it would be 201. now I think I am confused.

I think 305 mb would definitely be a problem
http://steamcommunity.com/app/72850/discussions/0/535152276592106660/
Follow the advice given by Ilja

Ohh you meant 20 - 25 different save files .. i thought you said 20 25 save number.. that confused me.. so in your single playthrough you go upto 180 - 200 save number.. ok got it thanx !

[June raven]

Originally posted by Rez Elwin:

Thats just how saves work, when I said I was at 300-somthing I ment as the # of the save not that many save files. And this transfer between Chracters aswell. Say my Nord is on save 300, if I switch over to my dark elf on save 244 and save then it would be Dark elf save 301.

Thanx for making it more clear now :')

[June raven]

Originally posted by Docsprock:

Ive got about 1200 saves. (Save #1194 right now.) No problems here.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=742622758

1200 sounds great :D
Thanx for sharing !

[beans]

I'm about to find out what happens when you go over 9999 saves, if it means anything.

The only problem with having a lot of saves is that the game will try to load two things from every save. One, some basic info about it (the name of the save), and two, an image of the save. This is pretty performance friendly at first, but once you get into the range of a thousand saves or more, the main menu will lag like hell and there may be noticeable slowdown issues in-game on menus and such. Thus, I'd recommend moving your saves into another folder every 500 saves or so, just to make sure you don't run into any issues.