Why Can I Not Swap Between Different Character Saves?!

[lavender_rose]

I know plenty of other people who have played Morrowind and Oblivion with different characters (not all in one game of course). They will play Charater A for a little while, then switch to Character B for a little while, and some even swap to Character C before going back to Character A's saves. No matter how well my games are set up, I have NEVER been able to do that without one character or the other's save games crashing.

It started with Morrowind, which was why I ended up turning new characters I thought of into companions and placing them in Aeronwen's game. Since Oblivion has been running perfectly, I took a chance and went in on my Hidden Elf scout to play through more of the main quest as well as the Fighters and Mage guild quests (since Aeronwen and Neldor don't like to join factions). And now...my Aeronwen saves crash on load, all except "Save #1; right out of character creation".

*long deep sigh*

It will be awhile before I continue my main game since I'm not thrilled over having to replay the first two weeks. Granted the same thing happen when I was creating Constance. I made her as a player character first because it was far easier to shape her face that way than in the construction set. After she was all done my Aeronwen saves no longer loaded.

So, yeah...I'm just going to play my scout a bit more and see the main quest before redoing Aeronwen's game.

But again...WHY does this happen when every other Elder Scrolls player I know can freely swap between their character saves? I know Aeronwen has a territorial nature, but come on!

Comments

[darth_eldritch]

Wow, I have no idea what could cause that. It doesn't even make sense.

[lavender_rose]

No it doesn't, and it's been a long time problem. The time with Constance was really strange because I didn't do much with her. Just had her wander around in game a bit to make sure I was happy with her appearance before importing her face into the Companion Constance mod. Then I loaded Aeronwen's last save and "boom" all the saves except for the first one started crashing.

The reason I went in on my Hidden Elf was that I wanted to see what the world is like when the Oblivion portals start spawning. Apparently that was enough to kill my main game.

[darth_eldritch]

That is something you don't want to miss. Also the gates are fun to explore and close.

[lavender_rose]

One of my concerns was if the gates continue to spawn even after the main quest is finished. I've read on different forums that they do, and in other places I've heard they don't. I don't want to ever touch the MQ in Aeronwen's game if it means there will always be gates opening. Hence the reason I hoped in on my Hidden Elf to have her get to the point where the gates start spawning.

[darth_eldritch]

Once you complete the main quest, any and all gates are closed, whether or not you go into them. I don't know who is claiming the gates keep spawning.

Furby once completed the main quest at level 4 to get the gates out of the way so she could play the game without them.

[lavender_rose]

Good to know. What I had been thinking of doing is after seeing the main quest on my agent character, possibly do the main quest "off camera" in Aeronwen's game, so they see these historic events happening, but at not involved with it themselves.

[darth_eldritch]

That sounds good. So you can get a screenie or two of gates.

[darth_eldritch]

Here is information on the gates.

Oblivion Gates.


If you scroll down and look at a map, there is, of course, a gate neat Highwood that might open. I use a mod called BFGs Open All the Gates to open all 100 gates.

[lavender_rose]

Thank you! That is exactly what I needed. And I'm glad that the post I saw about the gates "forever opening" was incorrect. I started imagining my serene farm(s) being forever disturbed by invading daedra once I reached the point of the main quest where the gates start spawning.

[darth_eldritch]

You're welcome.

That commenter's game must be severely bugged.