This may take hours depending on the amount of bloat. When applied to an already bloated save, it will stop growing further and instead shrink over time as the game processes all queued events. This prevents orphaned OnUpdate() events and the resulting bloated/broken saves when removing certain mods. Note that the official patches have now fixed ash piles and nirnroots not being properly cleaned up.Īnother option to fix already bloated save game files is by using Skyrim Script Extender's (SKSE) ClearInvalidRegistrations console command.Īdd console command ClearInvalidRegistrations to remove invalid OnUpdate() registrations It will be necessary to visit each affected map twice before the cleanup can take effect on existing saves though. The fix also removes bloat from excess flags that have been accumulating. This is due to a bug in CWMapActivatorScript which does not clean up placed flag activators. Civil war map flags are not displaying properly.On exit of the cell or when the cell resets). Ghostly Remains, Ice Piles and Wisp Cores will no longer permanently remain and bloat the save file (they will either disappear.Will access the corpse's inventory to be taken and be cleaned up with Litters the gameworld (the items will still appear to be dropped, but NPCs will no longer drop weapons or shields as separate objects, as these are never cleaned up which greatly adds to save bloating and.

For PC players, install the Unofficial Skyrim Patch.

Skyrim save game cleaner mod