Two totally seperate Skyrim games?

Marshall Hurtado · Nov 28, 2013

I actually have a few questions:

I have skyrim installed on my secondary hard drive.
I want to freshly install skyrim in a DIFFERENT location on the SAME drive OR on my primary drive, so that way i have a primary skyrim install for normal gaming and then a SECOND install for mod tests/seperate mods.
How does the Skyrim documents play into this? I know theyre on the primary drive under "my documents" but, how can i make it so Install #1 (primary) interacts with the "my documents" save files and ini settings (which it does by default) and how can i have two different skyrim document locations? so the second test install only interacts with a new document location?

sorry if this sounds confusing.

for lack of a better example:

i want skyrim A to interact with document A and i want Skyrim B to interact with document B.

any ideas?

Pummel · Nov 29, 2013

You would need to install it first, and then create document B folder, then go to the registry and update the path. Also update many other registry settings so the system no longer thinks the game is already installed, this way it will allow you to install it a second time.
The registry is usually a huge mess. Takes forever to find all relevant entries.

Why not create a second Windows user and install it there again? This way all save files etc. should be separated.

jaguarskx · Nov 29, 2013

Try the Skyrim Character Manager V2 mod:

http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/2119/?

jaguarskx · Nov 29, 2013

If you want to use the same character in for both regular play and testing, then you can use the showracemenu command to rename your character.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-_gKFtXz74&noredirect=1

For example, if the name of your character is Conan The Destroyer, use the showracemenu command and change it to Conan The Guinea Pig, then save the game.

Marshall Hurtado · Nov 29, 2013

Pummel :

i completely forgot about this solution. wow. wouldnt the new user have skyrim installed? considering i always install it for "all users". wouldnt it just be an untouched version of skyrim? that way i can use the second user to test mods and such, with seperate saves and characters.

bystander · Nov 30, 2013

If all else fails, you could have two installs of Windows on different drives. Then you just have to dual boot to one or the other install.

Pummel · Dec 1, 2013

Marshall Hurtado :

If you install it for all users, then yes, no need to install it again.

Most games that support multiple users, have all the save games/mods/texture packs and all the other customisation, saved in the document folder rather than the game installation folder. If this is the case with Skyrim as well, then go ahead and create a second user, this should solve your issue.

Marshall Hurtado · Dec 3, 2013

Pummel :

Marshall Hurtado :

If you install it for all users, then yes, no need to install it again.

Most games that support multiple users, have all the save games/mods/texture packs and all the other customisation, saved in the document folder rather than the game installation folder. If this is the case with Skyrim as well, then go ahead and create a second user, this should solve your issue.

much obliged, pummel. worked perfectly.

Search

Two totally seperate Skyrim games?

Marshall Hurtado

Honorable

Pummel

Pummel

Honorable

jaguarskx

Titan

jaguarskx

Titan

Marshall Hurtado

Honorable

bystander

Champion

Pummel

Honorable

Marshall Hurtado

Honorable

TRENDING THREADS

Latest posts

Moderators online

Share this page