This is important to ensure you have a good complete save.

You need this save file to be as clean and perfect as possible.

DO NOT overwrite a previous save slot or use a quicksave. Save using the menu to a new save game slot. Make sure you have turned off optional character modes such as Sneak, Auto-Run, NightEye, etc, and removed anything you have stored in containers related to the mod.(See 'Notes' below for instructions on accessing the TestingHall.) When in doubt, examine the mod ReadMe and/or documentation for instructions or clues, or ask the mod developer directly in a release thread. In the case of broad reaching overhauls, the TestingHall may be safest. Move to an interior space, such as a building or cave that is not in any way related to the mod in question. Wait about 15 seconds after the last message from any mod loading to permit them to finish initializing. Load the save game you want to use as the base of your clean save.I don't have an answer for you, but judging from some discussions I have been reading on the forums, it seems that the game stores different sorts of data in different sorts of ways on your save files than it did in Oblivion and Morrowind, which results in some presumed-to-be 'safe methods' not working properly.Īt least this is the impression that I got.(Assumes you have a good working full save of the game, not a quicksave, which was created with the mod in question active.) So what is the safest method of creating a clean save? One such a crash persistently happens when summoning Bound Swords. I have discovered that deactivating all my mods corrupts my save game, causing many crashes. Activate all mods, including the new one, and start the game. Deactivate all mods, start up Skyrim and load my save.Ĥ. (So no quicksave, autosave or overwrite).ģ. Save my game by creating a new file and shutting the game down. Dismiss all followers and move to an interior cell.Ģ. But attempting to create a clean save appears to corrupt my save instead, provoking many CTD's.

Some mods, like for example, tell you to make a clean save before installing it.

Skryim save game cleaner