Will deleting un-used save files make the game run faster?

[Cheeseknees]

Skyrim has been running more slowly lately and I was wondering if deleting old files will fix anything.

[VAMPIRE WOLF]

yes and check across from add a game delet old load ups keep up to date on only

[VAMPIRE WOLF]

it look like this 0 of 1 loading

[VAMPIRE WOLF]

try this to stay in game delet all saves then make a new save right away

[beans]

Yes, though it seems to only be menu lag.

I had over 1000 saves at one point (8000+ in total). Almost all of my menu lag issues completely went away once I moved the saves into an external folder.

[Cheeseknees]

So I delete ALL files and make a new save? How risky is it?

[beans]

Originally posted by Unfrosted_Poptart:

So I delete ALL files and make a new save? How risky is it?

Don't do that. Delete all but the last 3 or 4 saves.

Technically, you could delete every save (because the game doesn't constantly write to the most recent save file), but if you crashed right then and there you'd lose everything.

[Cheeseknees]

Originally posted by PeggleFrank:

Originally posted by Unfrosted_Poptart:

So I delete ALL files and make a new save? How risky is it?

Don't do that. Delete all but the last 3 or 4 saves.

Technically, you could delete every save (because the game doesn't constantly write to the most recent save file), but if you crashed right then and there you'd lose everything.

Alright Thanks

[wowszer]

Delete saves only after you make a copy of them somewhere else. If you run into a problem, moving an older save back in can help you save more time restarting a game than going back 10 or 20 hours. The first time you do it you will think "Damn", the 10th time you run into a similar problem, you will say "Whew"

[papajack_papajohn]

I delete all my autosaves, on each character and delete each character I either hardly use or never use. Speeds up the game like you would not believe.