Skyrim Special Edition
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Carlos Leyva

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Deletes old save files. Can manage multiple characters.
An alternative way to do "rotating" saves.

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If you have played Skyrim long enough (like 3 hours) you will eventually find a game breaking bug that would require to load an old save game; sometimes, a really old one.
And it eventually becomes annoying to manage those save files and knowing what to delete and what not.

This program helps with that decision.

Overview
I used to use a mod that automatically saved my game each n (configurable) minutes and once I had a configurable number of save files, it started to discard the oldest one so I would never exceed a certain number of save files (that functionality was called "Rotating files").

Then came AE along and we all know what happened >:(

This was my solution to that problem.
Combined with SSE Engine Fixes and RegularQuicksaves = true to turn quick saves into normal saves, this can be used to simulate that rotating files functionality when double clicking this app periodically.

If you have many save files around, this app will delete some of them based on configurable rules. 
By default, it keeps the most recent 10 saves and after them it keeps only files made each 15 minutes, leaving a maximum of 35 of those save files (45 in total. 10 that weren't touched and the 35 "rotating" ones); all of this is done on a per character basis.

You can change those settings in DeleteSaves.ini.

Installation
Extract the app inside the folder where your save files are, run the app each time you consider you have too many save files.

Configuration options
Change these in DeleteSaves.ini.

  • recentSavesToPreserve - How many "most recent" saves you want to preserve. Default: 10.
  • maxSavesToLeave - How many "rotating" files you want to keep. Default: 35.
  • minuteSpan - How much time there will be between "rotating" saves. Default: 15 minutes.
  • sendToRecycleBin - If true, files will be sent to the recycle bin, but the deleting operation is slow as hell. Set to false to outright delete the files, which is waaay faster. Default: true, but false is suggested once you are used to use this app and fully trust in it.