One Computer, 2 Accounts, 1 game - Skyrim

[Murphy501]

My son and I both want to play Skyrim at different times on one computer. We don't want to be messing with each other's accounts or games... we spent the money for a second Skyrim game but when we load it it shows the same mods in the data folder and shows all of my saved games cluttering up his profile. Is there a way to set this up so that we only see his game and data files/mods when he logs in, and I see only mine when I log in?

[Laptop]

Considered two different Windows user accounts?

[Spawn of Totoro]

Unfortunately, there is not. That is the way the developer made it.

For the saves, best you can do is copy them back and forth as needed.

Originally posted by Laptop65:

Considered two different Windows user accounts?

As far as I am aware, this won't work as they would still use the same files. Worth a try though.

[Murphy501]

dad is moving his copy to a new computer ... so the question now is ... with 2 computers will we still keep seeing each others mods, saves etc?

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[H I G H]

Hmmmm... interesting.... :D

[Laptop]

Originally posted by glitors:

dad is moving his copy to a new computer ... so the question now is ... with 2 computers will we still keep seeing each others mods, saves etc?

For Skyrim? Yes. However you must both make sure you have Steam cloud sync enabled on BOTH computers when you have Steam + Skyrim installed.

Mods will auto carry over provided they are all ones on the Steam Workshop, otherwise you'll have to carry them over manually.

Note that with the same Steam account you cannot both be logged into it at the same time. However with the Family Sharing feature that's arriving soon you'll both be able to log into the same Steam account at the same time but cannot play the same Steam game at the same time. If that makes sense.

[Murphy501]

actually he has his own account, and i have mine, the problem was that I didn't want to keep seeing his saves, and mods, and everything ... I just want to see mine so I'm hoping that with the uninstall / re-install of steam and skyrim that we'll only see our own stuff.

[Laptop]

Originally posted by glitors:

actually he has his own account, and i have mine, the problem was that I didn't want to keep seeing his saves, and mods, and everything ... I just want to see mine so I'm hoping that with the uninstall / re-install of steam and skyrim that we'll only see our own stuff.

Oh I see.

You didn't necessarily need to reinstall all that, but it doesn't matter I guess.

Be sure to find the Skyrim folder in the Documents\my games\skyrim and delete everything in there.

[SicilianCapo]

Originally posted by Laptop65:

Considered two different Windows user accounts?

Slight fork from the current progress of the thread, but in a similar situation, but only having a single PC, do you think that creating a Steam Library under the user's directory could be a solution? Given that both users have different Windows accounts.

User1 creates a Steam Library under their C:\Users\User1 directory
User2 creates a Steam Library under their C:\Users\User2 directory

They install the game to their libraries (total of twice), therefore mods and saves will be independent of the user.

The only problem I can think of, is Steam's configuration for different users. If Steam keeps Steam Libraries relative to the machine, it won't work, but if it keeps it in accordance to the user (Steam or Windows account) that's currently logged in, their Steam Libraries would be independent.

Any input?

[NielsieD]

buy one account that you can enter trough the bethesda launcher instead of the steam launcher, this way you will have to download the game twice, but you wont have the problem of sharing mods and game files

[shiel]

Originally posted by NielsieD:

buy one account that you can enter trough the bethesda launcher instead of the steam launcher, this way you will have to download the game twice, but you wont have the problem of sharing mods and game files

I'm pretty sure they would have figured this out by now considering the post is 7 years old.

[Laptop]

Originally posted by SicilianCapo:

Slight fork from the current progress of the thread, but in a similar situation, but only having a single PC, do you think that creating a Steam Library under the user's directory could be a solution? Given that both users have different Windows accounts.

User1 creates a Steam Library under their C:\Users\User1 directory
User2 creates a Steam Library under their C:\Users\User2 directory

They install the game to their libraries (total of twice), therefore mods and saves will be independent of the user.

The only problem I can think of, is Steam's configuration for different users. If Steam keeps Steam Libraries relative to the machine, it won't work, but if it keeps it in accordance to the user (Steam or Windows account) that's currently logged in, their Steam Libraries would be independent.

Any input?

Well this is over 7 years later but whatever.

Yes what you've suggested would work, however any mods that install into the game's folder will be there for both users. Save files will be per account though.

[Supafly]

Originally posted by shiel:

Originally posted by NielsieD:

buy one account that you can enter trough the bethesda launcher instead of the steam launcher, this way you will have to download the game twice, but you wont have the problem of sharing mods and game files

I'm pretty sure they would have figured this out by now considering the post is 7 years old.

Not to mention those first 3 words = shockingly bad advice. That and good advice has already been provided that would have worked for OP

Originally posted by NielsieD:

buy one account