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[edit] Modifications Elsewhere

What should be done now to the rest of the wiki where all these problems are referenced? Should some standard phrase such as "(this issue fixed with Patch v1.1)" now be appended to any glitches that have been fixed? Can we assume that Bethesda's list of fixes is accurate, or should we verify that the fixes are working and then post info accordingly? --Nephele 14:59, 6 June 2006 (EDT)

[edit] Knights of the Nine: Oblivion Downloadable Content Collection

I recently bought the collection of the downloadable plug-ins from my local electronic gaming store but was disappointed to find that the version of the patch (Version 1.1.511) included in the pack, was for the US version of the game and not my country's version, ie the patch was Oblivion_v1.1FinalEnglish.exe designed for the US instead of Oblivion_v1.1UKEnglish.exe, which is for the UK, English-speaking Europe and Australia (my location).
Maybe we could include a warning or some information on the patch page to assist anyone else with a similar problem.
Saint 06:27, 21 January 2007 (EST)

[edit] New patch?

I've heard that there is a new patch for the 360, is there one for pc as well? I go and check it out, I guess this page needs some updating..--Viccce 11:38, 23 March 2007 (EDT)

The page is current with the latest patches available. A new patch for both PC and 360 is due out Monday, 30 April 2007, but there's probably not a need to update the page until it's actually released. 65.14.2.104 12:26, 26 April 2007 (EDT)

[edit] Regarding Duping with Arrows

I just installed the patch and found that I can no longer dupe items using arrows. I don't see this listed in the "bug fix" area of the patch description, but I think it should be mentioned in the article. I would have duped a bunch of soul gems before I installed the patch, had I known (=

uhm.. you're wrong. it is noted at version 1.1.511. So it is really redundant to state it at patch 1.2 —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 82.75.238.188 (talk • contribs).

uhm.. you're wrong. There are two patches. The newly released one is version 1.2; the old one is version 1.1.511. Try reading the article and checking out the Bethesda links. --Nephele 22:25, 26 March 2007 (EDT)
yes, but doesn't patch 1.2 include everything that was in previous patches, it wouln't make sense if they wouldn't —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 82.75.238.188 (talk • contribs).

ok, but is there any other loop hole through this patch? Is there a method of duplication that got through and is still usable?

Uh, I have those patches installed and I can still dupe with arrows... I'm playing the PC version. --Briareus 21:25, 11 April 2007 (EDT)

[edit] Utter Patch Disappointment

This might be better placed in Gripes but since it solely pertains to the patch I'll put it here for the time being. I'm looking for anyone that can either tell me I'm missing something (as in this is a 1.2 beta patch) or share my raging disappointment with patch 1.2. I honestly wouldn't even know where to begin.

First and foremost, some of the most utterly common, blatantly ridiculous bugs aren't even addressed here, in fact hardly anything is, a few rare quest bruises and a pepper-effect for distant detail that isn't even as good as the existing user-made plug-ins (fact). I was going to name off an entire list but there's already to many numerous ones you can refer to and compare to see if a bug was fixed, our own Glitches page has a nice sized one and at least two archived different lists in addition. What happened here Bethesda?

Mostly I'm upset because a particular glitch was not fixed and isn't even really being addressed at all by Bethesda, the frozen animations glitch. I caught this bug at 290 hours of gameplay, it makes all animations stutter or freeze entirely, this includes fire, smoke, sediment, splashing, all spell casting, oblivion gates, Frostcrag Spire's rotating tower, air particles that float around rooms, you name it. There is no permanent fix and it is widely, widely known and encountered, usually above 200 hours. Currently I'm pushing 500 hours with my character, so I've lived with this experience shattering flaw for about 200 hours of play, I'm tired of it and I even stopped playing for a few months because of it, however temptation is sweet and I was lured back in with Knights of the Nine and put on my best "ignore" face.

Oblivion is a massive achievement on all levels, but as time goes on and quests/items accumulate, all sorts of game breaking flaws start happening. Unfortunately, it's a game that's supposed to be played for an unspeakable amount of time, that's it's main draw and the massive core of the immersion aspect. I waited a long time for a second patch to fix this and a few other bugs I've been stuck with (that also weren't fixed) and this is the garbage we get. I'm not going to make this any longer than needs be but for Gods sake, the Unofficial Patch had almost 800, EIGHT HUNDRED, various bug fixes last I checked. Bethesda even had a roadmap of glitches to follow. Who knows what it's up to at this point, or God forbid, what the Shivering Isles Unofficial patch will contain. Anyways, I just really needed to vent and get others opinions on this diabolical swindle of a cat turd patch. I am disgusted and am looking forward so much less to the Isles knowing quite possibly everything there will be stuttering like Stanley and other preposterously stupid things will be happening causing me to reload rather than role play my character. --AlbinoMudcrab 03:43, 27 March 2007 (EDT)


*shrugs* At least we get patches... quite a few of the games I own don't even get patched, and if they do, it's to "fix" online cheating or in the form of map packs and whatnot. Either way, patches aren't a big deal for me, and due to my Restart-itis, I doubt I'd ever get a character past 255 hours. --Talon Lardner 00:32, 29 March 2007 (EDT)
I didn't know about this bug, maybe you should put it into the Glitches page? Grandmaster z0b 01:29, 29 March 2007 (EDT)
I hear you on that one, I'm in the same boat with many games that just seem to get forgotten about after they're released, or yes, just fix some online balancing issues or exploit. Actually my previous post was a little demeaning. The distant texture fix is actually really great for people that aren't into community mods or tweaking their game and I don't know if the patches get applied to the 360 but if so, that's the majority of players and you would have to be grateful if that was the case and were playing on a 360.
I will admit that the stuttering is better, some things seem to not stutter anymore but the majority, 70-80%, still suffers from it to some degree or another. I still encounter stopped animations frequently but on the usual "choppy" animations they are noticeably quicker or don't occur to such a massive degree as before patching. My overall game runs noticeably better but load times seem to have increased very slightly (not enough to even be bothered by it though for the improvement).
So, I didn't want to sound as disgusted as I did before, but I'm still slightly disappointed, especially given the unofficial patch list. I'm about to start Shivering Isles here shortly after this post so we'll see how that goes, I feel a little bit energetic/nervous for some reason. Also, considering the game has given me as many hours of game play that it is has for $50 bucks, I really have very little to complain about at all. --AlbinoMudcrab 01:53, 29 March 2007 (EDT)
So is the glitch overall game stuttering or a particular frozen animations glitch? Grandmaster z0b 02:00, 29 March 2007 (EDT)
This is a particular glitch/bug that Bethesda has known about forever, apparently it happens with the save file. I now understand that this also happens on the 360 which makes the lack-of acknowledgment even stranger, apparently it gets bad enough to where some save games go entirely corrupt, although as I said I played almost 200 hours with it and this never happened to me personally. I don't know how else to explain it, it's not game stuttering, only the animations stutter. You open a door and it goes frame by frame slower then faster, depending on how you move the cam/view around, going into third-person seems to make it move faster. Same with any animation, you cast a fireball and you can literally run circles around it as it's moving. The list goes on. I think it was submitted to the Glitches page a long time ago, it's been prominently on the official elderscrolls forum in at least five separate discussions. The choices are temporary fix, or hex editing the save file, which is the same thing except manual. Check it out.
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User Patch on TESNexus --AlbinoMudcrab 03:34, 29 March 2007 (EDT)
edit:Ha ha ha ha haaaaa! ...bows and exits --AlbinoMudcrab 15:07, 8 April 2007 (EDT)

[edit] Broken Mods

I don't know if this article already exists elsewhere, but it might not hurt to wiki-fy the information here[1]

[edit] Oblivion v1.2.0416 patch for UK/Australia?

Um, anyone know where it is? I didn't install the 1.2 update because I've been waiting for it.


[edit] Will the patch work on all accounts and only needs to be downloaded once?

One of my accounts on my Xbox 360 can't seem to connect to Xbox Live (The one with all of my oblivion files) would you only need to download it once and for the patch to work on all accounts? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 65.93.223.239 (talk • contribs).

I believe it only needs to be downloaded once and will automatically be available to all accounts. If you're in doubt, check under options/video and see what version is listed for your main oblivion account after you've downloaded the patch. --NepheleTalk 22:53, 1 May 2007 (EDT)

[edit] Dumb Question, but need help!

I just got the final version patch off the main site but I don't know how to install it. Just for reference I do not have any of the older patches as I was waiting for the final one to come out. It would be much appreciated if someone could help me. -May 02, 2007

Just double click the exe and it should install itself with no problems. Post bakc if you need more advice, and good luck! -Lordsword 8 12:44, 2 May 2007 (EDT)
Whenever I try to run the patch, it sits on 0% and locks up. Has this happened to anyone else?
Check that you have the correct patch for your area. Go to www.elderscrolls.com and then downloads and check if you have the correct one.--130.95.128.51 00:54, 11 May 2007 (EDT)
I'm pretty sure I downloaded the right one. English(American). Wouldn't it tell me if I had the wrong version? Anyway, I noticed when it locks up, it creates a very big file at some point... really annoying...68.239.143.110 02:23, 11 May 2007 (EDT)
This is going to sound basic, but how long have you waited when it "locked-up"? If you have given it a substantial time then disregard this post. I don't know what your PC specs are but it does take a RAW minute to begin progressing in the percentage bar. Basically, if you haven't, just sit there, give it at least 30 minutes to "show" progress. It takes a good time to start but once it does, the patch will just run through to 100% pretty quick. --AlbinoMudcrab 02:40, 11 May 2007 (EDT)

I just got KOTN, however, I had installed the 1.2.o416 before I put on KOTN. Would the V 1.1 patch included in need to be installed? And if so would it overwrite the 1.2.0416 patch? Please help. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Stjimmycloud9 (talk • contribs).

No, you do not need to install any more patches. The 1.2.0416 patch includes all of the updates in the 1.1 patch. --NepheleTalk 11:42, 30 June 2007 (EDT)
Actually, 1.2.0416 doesn't contain launcher executable as one in 1.1.511, which means you will not get video presets in launcher setup. Since it is easier to simply click the "very high" settings button than to move each and every slide to the max in the game options, it is recomended to first update the game to 1.1.511 (because it will update the launcher), and then to 1.2.0416. In few words: jumping from 1.0 to 1.2.0415 doesn't update the launcher.

[edit] Patch Confusion

I'm very confused... i bought boblivion a while ago... i thought it was without any patches... but it turned out to be the 1.1.511 edition... i didn't notice it at that point, but later when i bought the knights of the nine edition... it wouldn't update properly, first i thought it was because i had Vista, but then i noticed the little writing in the lower left corner of the screen where it stood: 1.1.511... i had no idea what it meant so i checked it up and found out it was a patch... now i'm trying to find out if i can install the knights of the nine without having to update it from the cd.

can i do it

[edit] GOTYV

dose the game of the year version on xbox360 have any of the patches?--Marleysexton 15:54, 15 January 2008 (EST)

It should be fully patched to version 1.2.0416 (aka 1.2.1). Since I haven't purchased it myself I can't confirm, but it must be at least 1.2.0214 (aka 1.2) just to run Shivering Isles, and there is absolutely no reason why Bethesda would want to distribute a version of the game with the Reference Bug after they had fixed the problem. If you have GOTY yourself, you can easily check the version by following the instructions in the article. --NepheleTalk 16:17, 15 January 2008 (EST)

[edit] patch 1.2.0214

Does absaloutley anyone know where I can find patch 1.2.0214?!

I've looked everywhere, it's like it never existed or something.

Can anyone help me out?! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 88.111.121.24 (talk • contribs).

It's not available any more. Install the latest patch, 1.2.0416, which contains all fixes from the previous patches. –Rpeh•T•C•E• 00:41, 7 April 2008 (EDT)


[edit] mages guild glitch

really not sure where to post this, but here goes: in the mages guild in Leyawiin, go into the south room on the ground floor. when you jump / walk on the window ledge, it makes the noise it would if you were standing in water. but when you hit the ledge or place items on it, you will see that its clearly stone. this should be added to a list of glitches, but even after an exhaustive search i cannot find it.

ps. sorry for the disgraceful grammar and spelling. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 172.143.39.238 (talk • contribs).

[edit] Vanilla Patch Problem

Not sure if this has been discussed before but i've got a problem with the latest patch. I have vanilla oblivion for the pc and have clocked nearly 400hrs. I didn't have any issues with the form id bug or anything else really but decided to update to 1.2.0416 just in case. I downloaded the correct patch and tried to install it but got the "old file not found" error. This confused me a bit as i thought this was only an issue if you have installed SI or a previous patch. (please forgive me but i forget which version i was running but i have had the game for about 12mths).

The next night i thought i'd play for a bit before trying the reinstall fix. When i loaded the last save i noticed the version had indeed changed to 1.2.0416 on the menu screen. After the game loaded to my horror the ground textures had lost most of their colour (with grass turned off the ground is mostly purple). Interestingly the entire oblivion map seems to be superimposed on the ground ! Since then i have tried to reinstall but to no avail. The patch still won't run and the ground is still purple.

Some points to possibly consider are: i made some minor changes to the .ini file, namely enabe 3.0 shaders and some other minor tweaks but i've backed up the original so it shouldn't be an issue hopefully. I've also backed up the some 200 save files i have so they should be safe. Has anyone heard of this happening before? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Hellfire (talk • contribs).

You've probably installed the wrong localisation of the patch, such as trying to install the US patch on the UK version, or vice versa. Did you download the 1.2.0416English patch, or the 1.2.0416UK patch? The first of these is for the US version only. --Gaebrial 07:49, 22 April 2008 (EDT)

OK then, pretty sure i downloaded the english version from the official site, didn't realise there was a localisation issue there as i would assume i have the UK version being in Australia. Thanks for that i shall try downloading again..121.210.69.103 08:10, 22 April 2008 (EDT)

Thank you Gaebrial ! My ground is green again and all is well in Cyrodiil..Funny how the American version is called English when the "Real" English version is UK..(no offense dear US readers, we really like you down here, go the 49nrs!)

Hi, I have just downloaded the latest patch for the xbox 360 to fix a problem with 'Mystery at Harlun's Watch' quest in which the bodies do not appear in swampy cave, but now I have the latest patch they still do not appear, does anyone know why this is or what I have to do to fix it? The bug was supposedly fixed in patch 1.1.511 and as I have the latest it should be included.

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