Skyrim profile manager

[Eudaimonium]

Hey people,

If you are like me and you share your PC with somebody else, like I do with my brother and all, you know it's a bit of a bother to dig through their save files to find your own.

Anyway, here's a small program I wrote as a little learning exercise, so have at it.

Let me know if you manage to find any bugs or if it crashes on you.

Readme file and all included.

http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/27422/

 

[Zeebit]

Will mods work with it?

This is very helpful. I manually copy and paste my save files after playing since my brother also plays skyrim.

 

[Eudaimonium]

This works completely independently from all mods you have installed. I also took care that it correctly works with SKSE files made by Script extender if you have it.

To use it, first copy all the save files you have into the original folder (merge all your folders).

If each player already has seperate quick saves and quick loads, only copy one set, you save your own in folder somewhere else, because this tool assumes the save folder wasn't split so there's only one set of Qsaves.

Tool will ask you in which profile do the saves belong to when splitting. Use the correct profile, and manually copy your own saves into whatever folder is yours.

Then simply select profile, and click set.

After that you can exit the tool.

 

[Bionic-Badger]

Don't you use separate accounts on your computer? Shouldn't Skyrim save its files in your Documents\My Games\Skyrim\Saves folder?

 

[Eudaimonium]

Nah, I hate seperate accounts. They gulp unholy amounts of disk space on C: anyway.

Besides I don't suppose you'd create multiple Windows accounts for every character you play in Skyrim

 

[Bionic-Badger]

Not specifically for Skyrim, but it's more just a benefit of having separate accounts in general. I like having my settings, for all programs, separated so I don't have to return things back to the way I like them when someone else uses them. It also avoid having to use folders or hacks like your profile manager (note: I'm not trying to diss it as one) as organizational band-aids when separate accounts are substantially cleaner. Another nice thing is being able to run programs in the background while someone does something else on another account.

No need to have it all on C:\ either, just create a directory junction to wherever you want the files. You can literally move the entire C:\Users folder, or just parts of it (like I do with my Documents). For games, I have my C:\Steam folder linked to a folder on my L:\ (an SSD), and from there I have other junction pointers to folders on regular hard drives for the games I don't really need to have running on an SSD. For the Documents folder you don't even need directory junctions to move the data to other drives; however, directory junctions are more low-level and nice when you want programs to treat the folders as if they're really there at that location.

Your program would work well for multiple profiles in the same account, but having separate system user accounts really is the the better way for managing all things.

 

[Eudaimonium]

That's true, if you want a higher level of organization like that.

But honestly, how many people do that? Besides, like I said, in Skyrim you're encouraged to play multiple characters or in-game personalities. And since the game itself doesn't have any sort of profile managing or any support regarding that and you're pretty much left to copying the files yourself.

 

[Bionic-Badger]

That's true, if you want a higher level of organization like that.

But honestly, how many people do that? Besides, like I said, in Skyrim you're encouraged to play multiple characters or in-game personalities. And since the game itself doesn't have any sort of profile managing or any support regarding that and you're pretty much left to copying the files yourself.

Almost every person I know does that who shares a computer with others does that especially since it worked rather well since XP. Windows 98 had something like that I believe, but it wasn't so good. I guess it comes down to how you use the machine.

Anyway, your tool is definitely useful for multiple characters.

 

[Eudaimonium]

I dunno, must be the difference between average computer literacy I guess.
I don't know a single person who uses directory junction, myself included.

Hell I never even heard of it before now.

Thanks for sharing the link, BTW. In my constant struggle with HDD space, this will definitely come in useful.

 

[Bionic-Badger]

Yeah, I only know of a few people who use directory junctions. The thing is, those who do know about them find them one of the most useful thing since sliced bread. They've really revolutionized how I lay stuff out on my computer. I even use them for making linked sub-"folders" for library dependencies so that I don't have to specify the location in some other folder. Really convenient.

Here's a handy tool for creating them without the command line.

 

[Eudaimonium]

Well I've got no problem using command line, but I most definitely prefer a UI.

Thanks man!