On Skyrim, it seems very difficult to manage multiple characters. Their quicksaves overwrite each other and you have to trace back the date of when you last did a "full save" to load a different character.
Outside of swapping the save files, is there a better way to manage multiple characters?
5 Answers
Use the Skyrim Character Manager.
It modifies your ini file upon startup and lets you choose between characters.
1You could also use the Profile Manager it works the same way as the Skyrim Character manager, but has more features and works on more games.
Wrye Bash have a profile feature, that not only manage the saves, but also the mods activated with them.
To use it, got to the save tab, right click on a column header, then profile->manage profile. This allows you to create new profiles. You can then move or copy saves to a profile, and it will remember the activated mods when switching.
Skyrim Special Edition now allows you to load specific characters' save files.
I personally manage my character save files by saving with the console. You can name the saves whatever you like using this method, and I just continually overwrite the same save state. For example, lets say I have a Khajiit melee assassin, I would use the console to save like so:
save stabbytabby
If I want to reload from that save:
load stabbytabby
From the home menu of the game, these show up like normal save entries, but with the custom names you give them, rather than dates.
