Oblivion talk:Technical Support

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Problem
Game randomly crashes, no specific points. High end computer, fresh install.
Cause
Unknown
Solution
Unknown
Workaround
Unknown
Problem
The game crashes ('performed an illegal operation...') on exit.
Cause
Unknown
Solution
I found that if you first quit to the main menu, then quit to desktop you do not get this error. [ajrichie@gmail.com]
Workaround
You were already quitting the game anyway, didn't you?
[This does matter. Changes to video and audio settings and updates to the index number for the next screenshot will not be saved when Oblivion crashes on exit. --67.105.209.72 01:05, 22 December 2008 (EST)]
Some people have reported that using the console 'qqq' command to quit fixes the problem.
Problem
Framerate drops below 1fps during certain special effects (example: Turn Undead spell). Otherwise the game runs fine.
Cause
May be a video card issue, as others with ATI cards have experienced the same issue.
Solution
Unknown
Workaround
Disabling the Refraction Shader solves the framerate issue, but replaces spell effects with black blocks, which hinders gameplay.
Workaround
You can leave refraction shaders on if you set antialiasing options in the ati control panel instead of in game. You get the refraction effect and no FPS issues.

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[edit] Xbox360 Freeze

My Oblivion game freezes about two seconds after completely loading a save file. I only have once character and one save file for that character (I accidently deleted the autosave file when cleaning up the saved games list last time I was on, and a new one hasn't created itself since) so I can't be sure if this is only happening with that one character. has anyone ever experienced this before?—68.219.194.56 18:17, 8 January 2009 (EST)

[edit] Oldblivion

Would this "mod" be allowed here? It's basically a shader tweak to make Oblivion run on really low end graphics cards (GeForce 3, 4, etc.) and increase performance by downgrading (reverse engineering) the 2.0 shaders to the 1.0 version (the package doesn't modify your original Oblivion install). If it is allowed, where would be the best place to post it? I use the mod myself because my system doesn't meet the minimum requirements, but with Oldblivion I can actually play the game quite well, while maintaining a lot of the visual qualities of the game. Mensch 08:16, 18 April 2006 (EDT)

I think it should definitely make an appearance in the "performance tweaking" section.--Vook 09:21, 1 May 2006 (EDT)

[edit] Mouse wheel reassigner

There was that mod that allowed remapping mouse wheel to switching between sets or hotkeys I think. Anybody remembers the name/link?

Mage Scroll

[edit] Game controller "look" issues

How do I get the right stick of a game controller (logitech, bog-standard Playstation-lookalike controller) to "look" for me (i.e. what the mouse is doing by default). I can assign buttons and the left stick works fine, but without the right-stick-look function it's useless.

Any suggestions?

- Try xpadder, its a free game pad mapping program that you can map it to the mouse (right stick) and pretty much make any other button equal anything you cn do on a keyboard or mouse. its fantastic! works in vista too!! the only issue i have is that my d-pad is a little messed up now, inthat, when i press left its shows right on the screen, not a big deal though. I only use my d-pad for quick select of wepons and spells. They have most common game pad blank maps avail for download and you just add your button maps. All you do is set up your game pad profile, then leave the program running in the sys try while ou play the game.

[edit] Codec issues and mpeg2dmx.ax

Dunno how well known this fix is… Anyway, FYI

If you're experiencing random crashes (often when entering or leaving an area) check the debug information. If you see "mpeg2dmx.ax" or, less commonly, "mmswitch.ax" as the culprit, simply go to Windows folder\system32\ and rename both files by adding ".old" to the filename, i.e. mpeg2dmx.ax to mpeg2dms.ax.old

I believe my problem was caused by installing "Universal Codec Pack" some time ago. Problems solved now, except now it crashes on close, though I really don't care. I have heard that uninstalling DVDXCopy Gold also fixes this bug, but I never had it so I can't say...

i still have the problem you smart computer pplz should figure this out —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 208.100.147.54 (talk • contribs).

Hmm. Interesting. Say, where do you find this debug information? Tiijahk, Ninjasin 85.144.249.144 15:22, 25 June 2008 (EDT)

[edit] Crash issue

Having problem with skills...If i get any skill level normally, it is ok... But if i get it from anywhere else (say as quest reward), game will crash on sight.. Anyone has solution for that d of thing? Thanks

[edit] Sound and Video Issues

When I played Oblivion for PC, I had a few problems. Sometimes the sound would just dissapear, especially after I attacked someone. Also, after the sewer tutorial, my weapon starts to dissapear and reappear(like flashing) in 1st-person when I exit the sewer tunnels. --76.21.54.178 15:33, 5 January 2007 (EST)

Omg theres hope! finally i found someone that had the same problem! That stinks i have the same problem. Mine eventually stretched every texture. Then i reinstalled and that stops. But the flashing and ringing sounds continued, AARRGH!!—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.127.123.161 (talk • contribs).

[edit] Graphics Card

Would oblivion EVEN begin to work (with LOWEST settings AND oldblivion) with my comp's gaphics card? it's a Intel extreme graphics II (5 years old)—The preceding unsigned comment was added by maiq the liar (talk • contribs).

If you can run Morrowind on the card, then it SHOULD be sufficient for Oblivion (with Oldblivion). Other than that, I couldn't tell you. Actually, I've found Oblivion is MORE stable than Morrowind on my sub-standard hardware, though that may be partly due to differences in how the two games handle memory. (Morrowind remembers every single thing you do everywhere from the moment you make your character. Oblivion resets most cells after a week or so, so it stores less information in your save file, thus using less memory and making the game more stable. At least that's my theory.) --TheRealLurlock Talk 19:53, 13 January 2007 (EST)
Yeah, that's an integrated graphics card that doesn't even support pixel shaders. Basically, pigs could fly, hell could freeze over, Jesus could return to the earth, and I could get a date, but you'd still be at least 5 miracles short of having that computer run Oblivion even with Oldblivion. --Ratwar 00:15, 14 January 2007 (EST)
Really dont know...

My parents probably wouldn't let me get MW-PC- We have XBOX GotY. (wierd how its not 360 compatible.)

-m'aiq the liar 23:23, 13 January 2007 (EST)

Just Great.

An integrated graphics card? Crap. I'd assume that means you can't remove it. *kicks computer* And Nvidias are some 200$ already, I think. Maybe that guy who built his kid a computer down the street can help me get it out.

I just wanted it for modding anyway. *kicks X360*—The preceding unsigned comment was added by maiq the liar (talk • contribs).

Well, you can't remove it, but you can turn it off. Of course, getting a new graphics card would depend on your available expansions slots. --Ratwar 21:52, 14 January 2007 (EST)
Aaaaand I don't know about that either. (HP pavilion f1703, lols)

-m'aiq the liar 18:37, 15 January 2007 (EST)

That's actually your monitor's model number. --Ratwar 19:42, 15 January 2007 (EST)
Oh.
In that case *checks comp tower*
A730N. looks alot like my old dead
A465C, with 3.000GHz and a intel graphics media acellerator (not sure if its graphics card, the extreme grpahics II is the graphics card on my A465C.)—The preceding unsigned comment was added by maiq the liar (talk • contribs).

[edit] White Screen While Playing Oblivion

When I try playing Oblivion on my computer, (2.4GHz processor, 1GB RAM, Diamond Stealth Radeon 9250 256MB graphics card) the screen is white except for the HUD. I know this is a problem with the graphics card cuz when I went to install the latest driver for it I decided to check how my integrated graphics would handle it. My integrated graphics is a nVidea 128MB, and according to the box my motherboard came in its either a GeForce 6150 or a nForce 430. It does not do that white screen thing on the integrated but runs really slow.

The Radeon 9250 doesn't support pixel shader 2.0. You'll need to download Oldblivion to get the game to run on the Radeon 9250. Either way, don't expect much of a performance boost from the Radeon, that's an old card. --Ratwar 16:59, 23 January 2007 (EST)
This should be in a FAQ somewhere. I had the same problem with my Radeon 8500 back when I first bought this game. (It's also led me to the conclusion that I will never buy a Radeon card again.) --TheRealLurlock Talk 22:19, 23 January 2007 (EST)
Actually, on a whole, Radeons are much better for Oblivion than the Geforce series. Your card was just a bit older than dirty.--Ratwar 17:00, 24 January 2007 (EST)
thanks for the help
If i use my integrated video with old oldblivion do you think i would get a performance boost. BTY oldblivion worked
Over the Radeon 9250? I wouldn't bet on it, but I'm fairly sure that it would get a small performance boost over what it did without Oldblivion --Ratwar 17:33, 24 January 2007 (EST)
Ok, hay thanks allot you guys! I LOVE THIS GAME!!!!!

Hi, I'm getting this whitescreen problem with a certain mod (a very popular one at that, Tears of the Fiend). Whenever I enter a dream sequence the game goes pure white while playing but if a character talks to me in the dream then the colour comes back normal. I have an 8800GT 512, AMD X2-3800, 2GB fast DDR RAM and WinXP SP2. I've contacted the author and he's said that in the 2 years of the mod's history he's not heard of this problem, and all my searches show this whitescreen problem to be with low-end cards. I'm playing with HDR, no AA and have tried disabling all mods bar this one, letting oblivion generate a new .ini file for me, but nothing works - it ONLY happens during these dream sequences in this mod. It's driving me crazy!

[edit] Crash on open

No matter what I do, Oblivion will not run on the computer in my room. I get a non-specific "encounted a problem and has to close, sucks to be you" error message, and in the details it reads:

Exception Information Code: 0xc000001d Flags: 0x00000000 Record: 0x0000000000000000 Address: 0x00000000009caa80 <insert hundreds of lines of random hex codes and other info>

I've reinstalled it, on 3 different hard drives, I've gotten new drivers for EVERYTHING, I run it in a vacuum with no tasks in the background, I turned all the graphics options to the lowest. NOTHING! I also get the same error when I try to run the Construction Set, as well as: Black & White 2, Scorched 3D, Uru: Ages Beyond Myst and America's Army 2.7 runs, but barely and looks REALLY BAD. Also, Civilization IV looks like crap. I have all the latest patches for the above software, as well. I've spent nearly a month doing battle with the Ubisoft guys about Uru, and this isn't user error. I'm running an Nvidia Geforce 7600, if that helps anyone.

-Desperate and Dejected

You'll need to buy a new video card: the Geforce 7600 isn't supported by Oblivion (see Oblivion FAQs for the supported video cards). --NepheleTalk 23:43, 7 May 2007 (EDT)
Prepare to welcome another electronics vendor to the world of hurt that accompanies angry female nerds with law classes... Bloody bastards guaranteed the shit would work.. *grumbles and wanders off, smashing things* - Desperate
Actually, it definitely isn't your video card... What operating system are you running? Windows Vista? --Ratwar 01:52, 9 May 2007 (EDT)
Thanks for correcting me on that one, Ratwar, and thanks for updating the System Requirements page with all the new cards so it's not necessary to read up on chipset details to make sense of things :) And sorry for the red herring, Desperate and Dejected. I hope you haven't bitten off the heads of too many video card salespeople yet ;) --NepheleTalk 02:36, 9 May 2007 (EDT)
I hadn't called yet, was just getting out the phone book and thought I'd check back here. In any case, I'm running windows XP Home edition with service pack 2. - Desperate

Hey, I had this exact same problem... did you guys ever find a solution? I admit, I did originally get the error message on a Windows Vista operating system, but now I've downgraded to Windows XP Professional, and I'm STILL getting it... so... Any clue what's going on? - Armeis

Are you getting the same exact error message as in a Code: 0xc000001d? If so, the problem is most likely caused by RAM being screwed up somewhere. Since the OS appears to be running easily, I'd say it is most likely your video RAM. Download Windows Memory Diagnostic and run it using the instructions on that page. Run the extensive test and see if it comes back with any errors. --Ratwar 21:46, 14 October 2007 (EDT)

[edit] Failed Textures or something like that

I recently came across a problem when trying to play Oblivion. I tried loading one of my save files, but before the area completely loaded, the game crashed. When I started a new game to see if there was something else to the problem, the entire area where the game starts in was black. The characters and walls were all just black. The eyes however, were some wierd rainbow around a point. And the cell window along with the room's torch flame were visible. Also, I noticed the Level Up text file looked screwy. Anyone encounter this problem and get a fix for it? Or do I need to reinstall? --71.112.161.131 20:14, 12 May 2007 (EDT)

- Actually, I solved my own problem. Turns out I had my video card forcing Oblivion to run with 1.4 shaders instead of 2.0 shaders. Silly me. --71.112.161.131 02:34, 14 May 2007 (EDT)

[edit] Need to use 1.1 shaders with oblivion WITHOUT oldblivion

So I gots me a crappy Nvidia video card... I'm laying that out right now. It's Nvidia Quadro4 700 blah blah blah, its 64 MB memory and has 1.1 shaders I believe. I've been playing oblivion for awhile with oldblivion but recently upgraded oblivion to version 1.2... unfortanetly oldblivion doesn't work with 1.2. And even more unfortanetly a number of mods I really wanted to use REQUIRE 1.2.

I search up the net to find out if it's possible to play oblivion with old shaders without oldblivion. Found this. I change all of the settings it says in the oblivion.ini file, I change the nvidia settings (however, ... "On the Additional D3D settings page, set Max Frames to Render Ahead to 0. I can't overstate this. 0 is your friend here, and is probably the single biggest factor in Oblivion performance I've found so far." ... I couldn't find the addictional d3d settings page on my nvidia control panel... perhaps it's named something else? :P) and I start up oblivion...

Nothing's instantly crashed yet so it's all good. I start a new game, and well, it's weird...

Before I got oldblivion I had graphic problems that from others I found were textbook... everythings black except your characters eyes (all rainbow-y) except with my system everything was white. not much difference. but THIS time I start up the game and I can see the black outline of my characters body, their hair is a combination of cyan and white, and all the walls are rendered white with gray scale texture... aka no texture.

Any help with this? lol. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.66.94.141 (talk • contribs).

Well, I can say right now, that fix won't work. If his fix for cards lacking pixel shaders 2.0 worked, people would simply change the .ini file, and not use Oldblivion. His fix apparently doesn't work for textures, which is why your game lacks them. I'm afraid your best option is to wait for a new version of oldblivion. --Ratwar 02:16, 14 June 2007 (EDT)

[edit] Oghma Infinium level-up crash

After I have read the Oghma Infinium (The Path of Spirit) and thus got my Strength and Intelligence over 100, the game always crashes after I press the "exit" button in the level-up screen (after choosing 3 attributes to increase). Valaggar 06:06, 17 June 2007 (EDT)

I have the same problem with vampirism. It makes my Speed higher than 100 right after I press "Exit" in the level-up screen, so the Oblivion crashes. Now my character has a bad case of insomnia. Loremdale 04:55, 20 May 2008 (EDT)

[edit] Game crashing randomly

Random crashes with error message "Oblivion has stopped working..."

Crashes happen most often upon exit when immediately quitting after arriving at main menu upon game startup.

Can't seem to access the problem. Does not have similar symptoms as most diagnosed crash cases in forums on google search.

I think it's a new strain of bugware affecting high-end users where a godly computer is not enough.

Game Specs Oblivion V.1.2.0416 1680x1050 no AA, on HDR Lighting and Ultra High Detail settings.

System Specs Vista 32-Bit Core2Duo E6420 (no oc) Nvidia Geforce 8800GTX (factory oc 610/1000) 2x 1GB DDR2/667 ram CM RealPower 450W psu

Judging from my specs everything should be fine, i'm well above the recommended specs, yet it crashes. I suspect it's the vista os.

But I may have missed something. Oh, the frustration -_-'

--218.186.10.10 03:25, 21 June 2007 (EDT)

Hmmm, Vista is definitely the cause of the errors upon exiting Oblivion. They had the same problem with Oblivion on XP, but that was eventually patched. I haven't worried about it much, as in game crashes don't appear to be noticeably increased. --Ratwar 00:18, 21 June 2007 (EDT)
The crash on exit I can live with. As a matter of fact, the Unofficial patch I just installed fixed this. Unfortunately i'm still crashing after a random amount of game play, or immediately upon loading a game. Nothing more perplexing than having a high end PC unable to smoothly run your favourite games. And you think your problems end when you upgrade your PC... --218.186.10.10 03:25, 21 June 2007 (EDT)

[edit] DVD Problems

Problem:

Ever since I bought Oblivion, the DVD takes 2 or 3 minutes to spool up before the computer recognizes it. I can hear the reader inside the DVD moving and searching the disk. After the 2 or 3 minutes the drive picks it up fine and works like normal. I also have Shivering Isles, and the DVD isn't even recognized. The drive has never had any problems with any other disks, and continues to work for everything but the Oblivion DVD’s. Is there some kind of protection on the disk that is causing problems for the drive? Has anyone had this problem before? Are there any solutions to this bizarre problem?

I used to get that kind of problem - not with Oblivion - on my old computer. Some discs would work and others wouldn't. The list of non-working discs grew until nothing would work at which point I bought a new DVD drive and everything was fine. In other words, my drive was gradually failing. I'd say the solution is to buy a new DVD-ROM. If you can try your disc in a different drive, that might confirm or rule out this suggestion. --RpehTalk 09:33, 9 July 2007 (EDT)


[edit] Oblivion newly crashes on startup

I'm sorry to post this here, because i'm not sure if it's the right place to put it, but I'm desperate. If you have any suggestions of Solutions, I'd be grateful

Problem: I click on Oblivion.exe, and the Launcher appears. With only Oblivion.esm selected, I click Play. A small window appears in the upper-left corner of my monitor. Then the screen goes black. So far so good. I'm expecting the "Bethesda" video. However, I get my Desktop instead, with an error message telling me that "Oblivion has encountered a problem and needs to close." I've been having this problem since I was trying to create a mod with TCS and accidentally loaded it along with another .esp (Glenvar Castle, to be precise). Upon trying to save, I was given the errors: "assert at C:\Projects\TES4\TES Shared\TESObjectCell.cpp,1545" and "Failed to CreateGroupData for CELL form 'Wilderness' (00006027)". I also get the error "Shader 1 is leaking with 2 references on shutdown" when I try to quit TCS...

Things I've tried:

  • Reinstalling Oblivion (3 times)
  • Backuping the Oblivion folder and installing it again
  • Emptying My Documents/My Games/Oblivion and restarting it
  • Uninstalling "Operation Optimization"

My Specs:

  • WinXP SP2
  • Intel Pentium 4, 1.8GHz
  • 768 MB
  • Video: RADEON 9600 Series, Omega drivers latest, 256 MB
  • Oblivion: Latest Patch + Operation Optimization

Thanks, 82.76.5.241 06:56, 8 July 2007 (EDT)


Edit solution here too?I got same problem,i've googled for hours,and can't find solution.. -Draconidas —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Draconidas (talk • contribs).


I got the same problem too and i cant find a thing even if some 1 can post a link for a site that helps or somehting cause im geting really anoyed cause
i just spent all my allowance on it if any body can help plz do so u can email me at brando132@shaw.ca or just edit here —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.64.148.164 (talk • contribs) on 10. September 2008.


A friend of mine is also having this problem. Help please! 10/11/08.

I had the same problem until about half an hour ago. I tried everything up to and including reinstalling Oblivion from scratch. Finally, after uninstalling Oblivion for...I think it was the eighth time, I found out that the My Documents\My Games\Oblivion folder was still there. So I deleted it and reinstalled Oblivion, and now it works! Of course, you mentioned that you've already tried something like that, so it might not work for you. But for anyone else having a similar problem, try that first. If that doesn't work, search for any Oblivion-related file left on your computer after uninstalling and try deleting that. I'm pretty sure the problem is caused by corrupted files, and that they aren't deleted when you uninstall the game. -Rycr 15:27, 19 April 2009 (EDT)

[edit] Problems Playing Oblivion

When I have installed oblivion and I click play it says there is no disk in drive d: but I have oblivion in the dvd drive what do I do

Does your computer have multiple DVD or Hard Drives? --Ratwar 14:28, 18 October 2007 (EDT)

I am using an External DVD Drive

Well, then you need to select that drive on the screen where it says 'there is no disk in drive d:' --Ratwar 17:55, 19 October 2007 (EDT)

How doI do that

(Yeah, old question. I had a similar problem once, so this might help someone else.)
There isn't anywhere to "select" a drive for Oblivion to look at. If it's looking at the wrong drive, you'll have to actually change your drive letters so that the DVD drive you're putting your disk into will be called whatever the drive Oblivion is looking at is called now. Here's how to do it in Windows XP (you will probably need to be an admin to do this): go to start menu>control panel>administrative tools>computer management. In the left pane of the window this brings up, select Disk Management (it's under Storage). This will make a list of your drives appear in the right pane. Right-click the one that's called d:\ right now.* Select "change drive letter and paths" from the context menu that pops up. Click the button that says "change." In the drop-down box full of letters, pick one that's not taken by any drives yet. Hit OK and OK again. Now right-click the drive your Oblivion disk goes in. Do the same thing again, renaming that one to D. Oblivion should now see your disk and allow you to play.
You'll probably want to change it back when you're done playing, because other programs may know where to expect your DVD drive to be. If the drive originally in d:\ was a hard drive, you probably have things installed on it that expect all their files to be on d:\ as well.
*Two problems can happen here: 1) d:\ could be the drive you boot Windows from. If that's the case, you're screwed. In theory, you can tell Oblivion to look at another drive letter by changing a registry key, but I never found the one. 2) d:\ could already be the DVD drive you put your Oblivion disk in. If that's the case, renaming things makes no sense to do. Your problem is either a broken DVD drive or a very scratched disk. Hope you made a backup. --67.105.209.72 01:26, 22 December 2008 (EST)

[edit] White Screen

When I try to play oblivion on my computer, everything works fine until I'm actually playing. The screen is white, and I can barely see the tan cups and bones on the ground. I have a radeon 9100 videocard, and oldblivion does not work. I just got oblivion for my birthday and im really annoyed. Somebody please help! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 72.159.133.21 (talk • contribs).

Oblivion has very steep requirements for the video card. If you don't have a video card with the features that Oblivion needs, then there's no way anybody can help make Oblivion work. You'll have to upgrade your video card; System Requirements provides a complete list of which video chipsets work. --NepheleTalk 11:01, 8 November 2007 (EST)

Nephele, this is the third time you haven't understood what I'm saying. According to the box, my card meets the system requirements, and even though it doesn't work it should work with oldblivion according to the site.Please don't treat me like I'm stupid!-Mr. V 15:11, 8 November 2007 (EST)

My apologies that in responding once I've somehow managed to disappoint you three times. I'm just trying to help by providing what information I know in response to the question that I see written. If you're finding that your questions aren't getting answered the way you'd like, you could try wording your questions more carefully so that there's less chance of them being misinterpreted.
As for the question at hand, I'm not sure where you're seeing that a radeon 9100 card is supported by Oblivion. On the box, I do not see any mention of the 9100 series, nor do I see it listed at Oblivion FAQs. The lowest numbered radeon card that I can see in either place is the 9500 series. On the System Requirements page I can only see the 9000 and 9200 series, both of which are listed as Oldblivion only. I'll admit to having a hard time keeping track of video chipsets, but it seems reasonable to assume that the 9100 series would fall in the same class as the 9000 and 9200 series and therefore would not qualify as meeting Oblivion's requirements. So I don't understand why you say that "According to the box, my card meets the system requirements".
Oldblivion is a third-party product that might not work for any of countless reasons, and your initial question gave no information about the errors that you received or other problems that you had related to Oldblivion, making it pretty hard to provide any type of response as to what the problem might be. And this is not an Oldblivion support site. But just to throw out one bit of information, I have heard that Oldblivion no longer works if you have installed the most recent Oblivion patches. Therefore if you wish to use Oldblivion, you probably need to stick to an original release of the game and you will not be able to install Shivering Isles.
Nevertheless, I'll still stick to my original advice: your best option is to upgrade your video card. There is very little that can be done to work around not having the right hardware. --NepheleTalk 16:09, 8 November 2007 (EST)

Oldblivion does nothing to change the game, and i'd love to change my video card, but I play on a notebook so unfortunately that's not possible.My video card Seems that it is supported since it is direct 3d and has 128 mb

[edit] Sewer Crash

When I go into the sewers when I start the game after the emperor is killed, the game crashes. Anyone know why? If you do would you tell me how to fix it?

I'd suggest a reinstall. --Ratwar 12:03, 10 November 2007 (EST)
This has to do with the shaders (and your graphics card I guess). I have had the same problem (playing the game on an Intel chipset). The following may work: Download your latest drivers. If the game still crashes, open your Oblivion.ini file. Press ctrl+f and search for 'bUseWaterShader'. Switch it to 0. You will now have purple water in the game but your game should work. - Roguelike

[edit] Weird

i have just installed shivering isles and removed alot of mods. Its all ok until random crashes in certain areas (waterfront, once in weynon priory) But when i get the xerxes book and go to the temple after jauffre talks to me, the colors either invert or become completely illegable?

hey i have a question?

i have recently installed oblivion on my new windows vista and i tried to transfer the save file from my old computer to the new one through a burnable disk. then when i try to load the save file it says "master are not loaded that need to be loaded" or something like that. I had the master file checked. so i tried putting the master file from my old computer onto the new one and that still didnt work im sort of stumped right now if i could just get the that save file to work i could back back ups

Okay, you're dealing with two different meanings for "master". You think it means master as in Oblivion.esm. Understandable, but actually, that error message means your save file's masters. A save's masters are every single .esp and .esm you had loaded when you saved. Depending on how many mods you had and how big they were, you might be able to play just fine without them. (For example, if one just added a couple of simple items to the game world, you should be able to keep playing and you just won't have those items anymore. But if you had big overhaul mods, or your character was a race that you added with a mod, you're better off starting over than trying to continue that save without those mods.) If you ever need to be completely sure that you can transfer a game to a new Oblivion install, you should back up your entire Oblivion\Data\ directory (which can be huge, so I'd just resign myself to starting over instead) along with your saves. --67.105.209.72 01:37, 22 December 2008 (EST)

[edit] Blue and White Boxes

I have been playing oblivion for about a month with no problems, but randomly the screen became full of light blue and white boxes that fill the screen like a grid and distort everything. When it first happened i moved to another area and it went away but now it never goes away and i cant see anything. It now happens from the first screen with 'continue' 'load' etc. Im thinking it may be to do with the graphics card as it is happening in other games too. Any ideas?

[edit] Oblivion and Construction Set close becasue of a problem

Every time I try to run Oblivion or the construction set a little box pops up and says a problem has stopped the program from working. I don't know how to fix this, I also checked for solutions on my computer and there are none and when I check details it says:

Problem signature

Problem Event Name: APPCRASH

Application Name: Oblivion.exe

Application Version: 0.1.0.228

Application Timestamp: 44045dcb

Fault Module Name: Oblivion.exe

Fault Module Version: 0.1.0.228

Fault Module Timestamp: 44045dcb

Exception Code: c0000005

Exception Offset: 000912a6

OS Version: 6.0.6000.2.0.0.768.3

Locale ID: 4105

Additional Information 1: 0eae

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Does any one know what to do?

Hmmm... You're running Windows Vista, right? Does the account you're using have administrator access? Oh, and what graphics card are you using? --Ratwar 13:47, 19 December 2007 (EST)


I just got the computer on Sunday, and it is an administrator account I'm on. The graphics card is Mobile Intel 965 Express Chipset Family.

Yeah, the graphics card is your problem. It won't run on that, and since you appear to be using a laptop, you can't really upgrade it. --Ratwar 16:00, 19 December 2007 (EST)


Ok...thanks for the help.

>>i have same problem, my pc pentium4 3.0 ,nvidia6200tc ,ram 1gb. first, i installed it and no problem happened, but two months later when i uninstaled it , this problem occured. What must i do?

Please indent your posts according to what it's replying to, and sign your comments with —~~~~ (Alt+0151 for the —) Sorry I couldn't help you.—Sam324 20:16, 4 April 2008 (EDT)

[edit] ritual of dementia, Problems with finding syl.

Question has been moved to more appropriate location, namely Shivering talk:Ritual of Dementia#Problems Finding Syl --NepheleTalk 02:18, 2 February 2008 (EST)

[edit] HELP PLEASE

My Oblivion crashes on opening. I read the problems others have had but my problem doesn't seem to be any of these. Oblivion opens. I go to "load" a saved game. It loads, the "tips" come up and when the bar is full (completely loaded) the screen goes blank for a few moments, then returns to my desktop with the little error message. This is what the error message says:

Error signature: AppName:oblivion.exe AppVer:1.1.0.511 ModName:oblivion.exe ModVer:1.1.0.511 Offset:001435e1

I know that the game works just fine with my computer. I've spent many hours on it collectively. I rarely play the game for more than an hour at a time, but I really love to relax at night and play. If anyone can help, please help me. Even if you know what the problem is, but can't do anything about it, tell me what it is so I can figure something out. I'm so sad and frustrated.

Garnet e-mail= si1vara@hotmail.com

Does this problem occur with all saves, or just specific saves? --Ratwar 01:04, 4 February 2008 (EST)
Some saves are just like the one described. The rest load the game and it works for 30 seconds to 2 minutes before giving the black screen and error message. Sometimes these ones make my computer freeze completely.
-Garnet
That's odd, very odd. I'd recommend posting about your problems over here: http://www.bethsoft.com/bgsforums/index.php?showforum=23
I really don't know the problem, but the people over there may be able to help you. --Ratwar 02:24, 4 February 2008 (EST)
Alright. I did that. Thanks.

[edit] XBox 360 File Date/Time Setting

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Problem
My most recent savegames do not appear at the top of the list any more, but instead appear randomly further down the list of saved games.
Cause
On the 360 there is a chance it may be because the date and time are not set correctly.
Solution
Set the date and time correctly.

Someone should probably post instructions on how to set file date/time on the 360. I can't as I don't own a 360 and don't know how. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Sam324 (talk • contribs).

[edit] Random PS3 Crash

What happened: As I exited a shop, the screen went black in the transition and there was a few seconds of music before the PlayStation became completely unresponsive. I had to turn it off as a result. The loading screan may have popped up and suddenly reappeared, but I don't remember everything in detail.

What I was doing at the time: Having finally gotten around to finishing Unfriendly Competition, I was running back and forth between the Market District and Green Emperor Way to sell stuff I pillaged off of the corpses of Agarmir and his gay boyfriend.

Other Details: This is the first time either the game or the PS3 (they're both fairly new) has ever crashed on me. I noticed earlier in the same session of gameplay that a few greeting voiceovers were possibly broken, a greeting would suddenly stop after the first syllable or there was no voiceover at all.

My thoughts I think the broken voiceovers could be a result of me interrupting a loading or saving process at some point in time, but the problems only appeared within the last several minutes of the session. (Gromir the Wasted) 24.2.171.37 14:17, 17 May 2008 (EDT)

[edit] Second PS3 Crash

What happened: The game froze silently in the middle of battle. Different from the last crash, as the screen froze. The last one had the screen go to black. Again, the PlayStation was completely unresponsive.

What I was doing at the time: Travelling through the Jerall Mountains to Bruma (I have a severe bounty on my head, so guards will attack me upon sight. I was going to sneak into Bruma, fence stuff to Ongar, and get money to pay my bounty back to Armand.). I was attacked by some bears, and by a stroke of luck led them to a Daedric Shrine, whose worshipers helped me fight the bears. The game froze in the middle of battle.

Other Details: I heard some corrupt sounds during the battle, the EEEN-SCREECH-STATIC sounds you sometimes hear if some idiot takes a game out of a gameboy while it is still on. I think they may have been sound files that belonged to the Daedra worshipers, because the bears didn't make them. THe incomplete voiceovers I heard shortly before the first crash didn't occur again after said crash.

My Thoughts: I definitely think I've corrupted something at one point in time. Or, because the previous crash occurred while loading the game, said crash may have damaged the game by accident. (Gromir the Wasted) 24.2.171.37 18:15, 23 May 2008 (EDT)

[edit] Black Screen

I get a black screen when i am in sneak and looking around at different things around the room. Sometimes it is a chest, or table but it is not too bad. It is just weird and i dont know what to do about it --68.81.38.129 20:56, 13 May 2008 (EDT)

I have the same problem, the blank screen is triggered by looking at random objects, sometimes even parts of the walls. I figured that when you have you weapon drawn while sneaking this problem is not present. Loremdale 04:44, 20 May 2008 (EDT)
I also have this problem on my newer nVidia 8800GT, but it was never a problem on the 6800. I don't know if it might be a driver issue, or a hardware issue, or what. But it seems to be video-related in some manner, so I thought I'd add that to the discussion. Also, it seems that it's location-related, as the few times I've gotten it elsewhere, it'll be a different colour...like in Oblivion itself (the realm, not the game), it's red. --Robin Hood (Talk • E-mail • Contribs) 14:31, 20 May 2008 (EDT)
I'm having the same problem. nVidia 8600GT, certain views cause a blank screen. I have only observed the effect in interior cells. It occurs only when the camera is pointing in very specific directions. Changing the Camera height by jumping or crouching can 'pop' the screen back to rendering, moving has a similar effect. I cannot find a pattern to predict the blank screen. --Dobbs_Head 10:07, 22 June 2008
It seems I've developed some new information on this topic. First, thanks to this mod, I now know that turning Interior Shadows down to 0 (all the way to the left) "cures" the problem. What's more important to note, however, is that an out-of-the-box installation of Oblivion does not exhibit this behaviour! As soon as I installed Shivering Isles, however, the behaviour occurred. Noticeably, if you rename the Data\Shaders folder, the problem occurs all the time in any mode, so that may be related, or it might just be a red herring. Hopefully this will help lead to a solution. --Robin Hood (Talk • E-mail • Contribs) 01:21, 27 June 2008 (EDT)

[edit] 100%

During play, Oblivion just frezzes. When I go to the Task Manager, (I have Vista by the way, and a Quad Core) it shows that the cpu was running at 100% a tiny while ago, most likely when Oblivion froze. Can anyone help? Please? ( I did the multi-threading tweaks if that helps.) 99.237.166.44 12:59, 3 June 2008 (EDT)

[edit] Battle Crash

My game sometimes makes something go wrong, and I have to alt tab in and then out of the game to fix it, and most of the time, it doesn't work, or I'm dead.

It only happens in battles with enemies that cast spells, and ALWAYS happens if I cast Minor Healing.

bsound and bmusic are both turned off. I'm using oldblivion, else everything is white. Help please? 85.144.249.144 14:18, 25 June 2008 (EDT)Tiijahk, Ninjasin.

FIXED! If anyone else has this problem, use the spellstrip mod!

[edit] Could I buy some lag?

Whenever I get in a weapon store, my game starts lagging. It's probably the weapons, because when I look down (or up), it doesn't lag, and when looking at some weapons it doesn't lag either, like when I drop my own weapons and look at them. Why, and can/how do I fix it?

Sounds like a driver issue, what graphics card are you using?--Ratwar 11:35, 3 July 2008 (EDT)

I have no idea, but it didn't happen before I installed some mods. It's probably OOO, but if I can fix it by deleting it, then screw it. I have robbed two weapon stores even with the lag. But how do I check my driver?

[edit] problem-peoples faces flashing white

high end computer, just installed, help?

Do you have the latest drivers? What Graphics card are you using?--Ratwar 11:35, 3 July 2008 (EDT)


-im using 7950gt, im not sure if ive got the latest drivers as i only just got the pc, ill be setting up the internet soon, so ill try downloading the latest drivers then.

[edit] Crash, just like Kvatch

I'm trying to rid Kvatch of the Daedra, together with the o-so-1337 Kvatch gaurds, and it crashes after about 2 minutes of beast-slaughtering. Why? I don't like it when the game crashes. Think of how many people will die now I can't help Kvatch! So please help me help Martin, and those other guys in the Kvatch church.

It now also happens in the nature :( Oh, the joy. It now even happens as soon as I press space to enter the portal in the arch-mage's lobby!

Cro, Orc Warrior 85.144.249.144 13:54, 3 July 2008 (EDT)

[edit] Oblivion Crashes when Entering houses!

Help, when i play oblivion, i got out of the sewers and i was going to the first mission and when i get into the door, the game freezes and goes on a black screen and says oblivion has stopped working, help me everyone.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ive got a high end laptop Acer Aspire 6920 gemstone

2GB RAM

NVIDIA GeForce 9500GS 512mb

320MB HDD

HD ACER CINECRYSTAL LCD SCREEN

intel core 2 duo 2.1gz 2.1gz

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 144.134.133.234 (talk • contribs).

[edit] Similar to another Glitch

Problem

I'm playing Oblivion GOTY on PS3, I completed everything in Elder Scrolls and saved in the Shivering Islands. I also placed the Duskfang on Display at my house. I was at the mission where I need to relight the Torch in Shivering Islands. When I try to load my game, it goes to the Loading Screen, than just freezes. All the other Saves work fine. by 64.228.209.247 (I moved it here from inside a similar problem.) It seems like it's a corrupted save, but I'm not that good at this stuff, any better thoughts? I'm also wonderng if their specific situation is special, but I don't think so.-Puddle Talk•Contribs. 13:06, 11 July 2008 (EDT)

[edit] options menu

for some reason i cant change video options from the ingame menu any more (e.g tree fade diistance, actor fade) i change them and the game acepts the changes and aplies them, but the next time i play oblivion, the changes are undone, i can keep changes from the launcher menu e.g hdr, atialising, but not these. Any suggestions?

I assume your game crashes when you quit, right?. That means it can't save your settings, so you have to save them manually. Open the console and type "saveini".Infinity 08:24, 7 August 2008 (EDT)


yeah, it does crash on exit, thanks for your help

[edit] Please, help me

I bought Elder Scrolls for the PC today, and installed it just fine, no troubles. But every time I go to play it, a window pops up saying "Oblivion has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience." And I can never play it. I don't know how to fix this, I don't know what to do. I just got it today, and I've got no idea how to fix it. I've tried to unistall it, restart it, re-install it, I've tried different settings, nothing's worked. I don't know how to get my info, I've got no clue about my computor, I'm really not tech-savy. I'm sorry I can't offer more info, but any help at all would be really appreciated. Please, please, please, help me if you can.

[edit] Save Game Problem

Ok, my brother and I both play Oblivion on our PC. After he was done play, I tried to load my save file to find it....corrupted. If I select load game, after it loads about half-way it crashes and states there is an error and the program needs to shut down. The kicker is, both the auto-save and the quicksave were used by my brother, so the only save of my game IS the corrupted game. I wouldn't mind if I had lost an hour, but I lost a good 130 hours, so yeah it kinda sucks.

Is there anyway to recover my save game, or should I just go ahead and get working on replacing those 130 hours of work?

Thanks for any help.

[edit] some one please help me with this!!

Problem Event Name:	APPCRASH
 Application Name:	Oblivion.exe
 Application Version:	1.1.0.425
 Application Timestamp:	444e8718
 Fault Module Name:	Oblivion.exe
 Fault Module Version:	1.1.0.425
 Fault Module Timestamp:	444e8718
 Exception Code:	c0000005
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when ever i try to run oblvion, i make to the screen that says 'play' and when i push the play button , it says it stopped working and needs to close and the problem details are listed above please help! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Dementia's doppleganger (talk • contribs) on October 5, 2007.

-Try this (albeit a little late):Sounds like you have the same problem I did, I'm not sure but this MIGHT work. I'm pretty sure this is in the article somewhere but here: Try going into (I had to manually open my docs then my games...etc.) My Documents/My Games/Oblivion and move everything you find in there somewhere else, doesn't matter where you can acess it later, try running oblivion. Still nothing? Try uninstall then reinstalling Oblivion, if that doesn't work then your problem's something different. Anyways once Oblivion is running, try moving your saves folder back into the My Docs/My Games/Oblivion file see if that gives you your saves back. Good Luck!

[edit] Graphics Problems

I have a Dell XPS 420 with a GeForce 8800 GTS. I did a fresh install of Oblivion and in the introductory sequence with the guards I noticed what looked like black lines on my screen. Then, when I got to fighting some rats I noticed that when I slash a sword I see blue/green lines and shapes. It happens more when I'm moving around than when I'm standing still, and it happens the most if I'm moving around while attacking. Please let me know if I should include additional information! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by reyes (talk • contribs) on October 16, 2008.

Maybe something is wrong with your Directx. I would try to upgrade that first. Otherwise I'm not sure what the problem is because your card should be able to run it fine (I have the same one). --Timmeh Talk 10:14, 16 October 2008 (EDT)

[edit] all trees missing in Oblivion

I was running Oblivion on a PC with XP SP2 with lots of mods. I moved my harddrive and graphics card into a new computer with a different motherboard and processor. After reparing windows, Oblivion ran well, except the trees wouldn't render. Rather, I will see them initially pop up in the distance and then the second I move they disappear never to return. So, I uninstalled Oblivion, then reinstalled. Still, no trees, with or without mods.

Has anyone had problems with Speedtree or issues with trees being displayed in Oblivion. I've searched high and low and found no reports of tree rendering problems. Anyone have a clue?

[edit] Four Problems

Problem
I'm playing Oblivion on a PC. In certain non-city areas saving a game is absolutely impossible.

CTDs occur

  • when I try to save
  • when I enter a new area
  • after most fights

This started happening immediately after I left the Prison Sewer, around the area of Sideways Cave. What is the solution to this problem?

Problem
I'm playing Oblivion GOTY on PS3, When I try to load my game, it goes to the Loading Screen, than just freezes. All the other Saves work fine.

-Sounds like your save was corrupted, as far as I know there Isn't much your going to be able to do, just try playing from a different save and remember SAVE OFTEN! 174.7.23.158 01:22, 29 May 2009 (EDT)

Problem
I'm playing Oblivion Game of the Year Edition/ patched Oblivion with no add-ons (including Shivering Isles) on Windows XP. My specs are all good and the game runs perfect except for one flaw. When I try to load a game, sometimes it locks up the computer completely at the Load/Save screen, with the arrow still on the "Yes" button. There's no way to exit the game; Ctrl+Alt+Delete does nothing, and same result with Ctrl+Shift+Esc. I've left it for up to ten minutes, with no hint that the game even starts loading. I have to restart the computer manually by unplugging it or holding the power button. The game will do this between two and four times in a row before finally loading a savegame, after which the game loads, runs, and saves just fine.
Problem
I've got Game of the Year on PC with no patches and I haven't installed Disc 2 yet. Whenever I save manually (autosaves work fine) I get a "Save Successful" (or whatever it is) message, but it doesn't save. If I overwrite an autosave, the save gets deleted but the manual doesn't show up anywhere, including the saves folder.


Moved from the article. The article isn't the place to post your problems - that's what the talk page is for. –Rpeh•T•C•E• 11:48, 20 December 2008 (EST)

[edit] Weird Graphics Issue

Whenever I play anything (Morrowind or Oblivion) my game doesn't show the graphics properly. Their scattered into different bits and lines. I can make one or two objects out, but that's it. My graphics card is Nvidia GeForce 7300 LE. It was just working fine 2 hours ago, and never made this kind of problem. Kestral 20:45, 25 December 2008 (EST)

Do the problems occur in other games as well now? My first thought is the card itself being damaged by something like excessive heat.--Ratwar 02:01, 29 December 2008 (EST)

[edit] NVIDIA GeForce 8200M G

Ok so I just got this laptop for Christmas, beautiful laptop, much better than my old piece of crap with the Intel integrated chipset bullcrap. My problem is, even with the resolution down in the 900 x whatevers (my laptops screen is the highest resolution on the list (1366 x whatever), the game is still abit choppy, especially in new places. I've tried putting all the sliders all the way down, even turning all effects off, and it was still choppy. Will Oldblivion work with this laptop, despite the laptop having Vista, and being brand new, without any problems from my video card (type is in this posts title)? Are there any other possible fixes to increase game speed? Daedryon•T•C•E• 20:13, 26 December 2008 (EST)

Does changing the sliders affect the choppiness? How much RAM do you have? And how choppy are we talking about in FPS?--Ratwar 02:06, 29 December 2008 (EST)
I usually have around 30-40% RAM used while using my laptop (thank you Vista Sidebar gadget :D). And the choppiness isn't that bad, it's noticeable, but not slow. Looking left and right while up close to an NPC is slowwww. Being in a dungeon is slow because of the lighting I think, but being out in the wilderness is ok. Cities are good too. I have the ArmoryLab mod, and I have all the mannequins clad in armor, and even thats getting choppy now. I tried editing the Oblivion INI file, removing the intro vids, but for some reason, after removing the original, and making a brand new INI, due to the original not letting me save my changes, the game still goes around my changes. I was trying to turn grass size off, etc, based on that guide somewhere on this site... Daedryon•T•C•E• 05:14, 29 December 2008 (EST)
Well, I think that you best bets are to just turn down most of the shadows options and perhaps use bloom instead of HDR lighting.--Ratwar 15:26, 29 December 2008 (EST)

[edit] Leyawiin Crash

Everytime I warp to Five whatever Stables near Leyawiin, and punch in tcl and tgm for god mode and clipping, to go outside the world borders, the game crashes, and Vista tries to solve the "Oblivion has stopped working". Daedryon•T•C•E• 21:32, 28 December 2008 (EST)

Actually, it's doing it whenever I fast travel out of the Hawkhaven testing cell. I have the following mods installed:
  • ArmoryLab.esp
  • Bonemold Armor Full.esp
  • DLCShiveringIsles.esp
  • gardening.esp
  • Knights - Unofficial Patch.esp
  • Knights.esp
  • Oblivion Citadel Door Fix.esp
  • Oblivion.esp
  • Unofficial Oblivion Patch.esp
  • Unofficial Shivering Isles Patch.esp
  • UOP Vampire Aging & Face Fix.esp

Whats going on? Daedryon•T•C•E• 21:37, 28 December 2008 (EST)

Can you give the mod load order? Kestral 01:11, 29 December 2008 (EST)
No, sorry, but, I did get things working properly. It was the Gardening mod that caused the crashes. The "About Gardening" scroll that the mod adds, states that if the gardening spell is used too much "Bad things happen (trademark symbol)". I turned it off, and the crashes stopped. I also found out that I can't go past world boundaries, even with clipping off =[ Daedryon•T•C•E• 01:54, 29 December 2008 (EST)

[edit] Meshes & Textures folder

I'm doing a fresh uninstall and reinstall, for the 4th time. I shouldn't have had to the last 2 times, except my game kept crashing due to existing save games. The first time I uninstalled, I had quite full textures and meshes folders. Once I reinstalled, I didn't have a meshes folder, and I had quite an empty textures folder. I just checked the folders again just now, as I've finished the 4th install, and there's nothing. When are the folders formed? During gameplay? I need to know as I'll be downloading several recommended mods, such as: Bravil Sea Domes, Qarl's texture pack 3, Natural Environments, Enhanced Water, Immersive Interface, Menu Video Replacement, Loading Screens Replacer, BTMod, Qarl's Texture Pack 3 (Redimized), Illumination Within, Real Lava, Clocks of Cyrodiil, Book Jackets and Lost Spires. Prince of MadnessDaedryon 14:12, 5 January 2009 (EST)

Oh wait, it's the UOP, UOMP, and USIP that put the folders. Just figured it out. Time to install some recommended mods! Prince of MadnessDaedryon 14:19, 5 January 2009 (EST)

[edit] Looting Armor Problem

(moved from the article - seems to be a one off problem) Dr Jones 17:15, 9 January 2009 (EST)
Problem
There's some specific events causing crashes in my game: After getting an Elven or Dwarven armor from a dead body; during the Dagon Shrine quest, after taking the Mysterium Xerxes, or releasing the prisoner, or attacking someone. (This is the most annoying, because I need to complete this quest!) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 85.191.7.212 (talk • contribs) on 9 January 2009.

[edit] Graphics bug when Casting spells or under Certain Light

When i cast restoration spells, my eyes, hair, ears, and sword (nothing else) instantly turn white for a few seconds, the same thing happens around sunset or in certain dungeons, My graphics card is an ATI radion 4870. I've tried reinstalls, taking away all mods, and nothing (MMM, capes and cloaks, magical staves, shivering isles, Knights of the nine, let the people drink, and Undeadfamiliars are the count of ANY AND ALL MODS that i have)

I'd guess there's a driver issue with the 4870.--Ratwar 01:43, 28 February 2009 (EST)

[edit] Blue Screen

(moved from the article)
Problem
I have had Oblivion for several months, and it has worked fine. Recently, whenever I restart after playing it, I get the Blue Screen of Death. Even putting the disk in the computer sometimes causes it to crash to the Blue Screen. The only change that I did to my computer before this happened was installed Steam, which caused any start of my computer to result in the same screen. Uninstalling Steam fixed everything else, except the problem I am having with Oblivion. What should I do? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.251.184.190 (talk • contribs) on 12 March 2009.

[edit] mod not playable

hey, ive recently started using the tes construction set and am working on a mod, it makes a smal hous near the water with a dock ect, but when i went to check my work ingame part way through it said "Not valid player or master file" when i tried to turn on the mod. Can anyone PLZ help?!

-Hmmm... More Info would help. Taking a shot in the dark here. So when you turn on your Mod (by turning on you mean using OBMM to activate your mod right?) you get the error message when you turn on your game, or when your halfway to the location (?) assuming it's the former assure you have saved everything properly. If that doesn't work try creating a new mod copying everything you did in your last mod onto it (takes about 5 minutes, remember how to duplicate cells and how to press ctrl+C ) see if that works. last Question have any of your other mods you made work ( have you made any others?)would make a differance.174.7.23.158 01:32, 29 May 2009 (EDT)

[edit] Odd camera (PS3)

Problem

Whenever I go into third person, and stop moving, the camera zooms in on my character's head, filling most of the screen. Also, when in vanity cam mode, it does this for whatever side of the guy's body it is pointed towards. It has just started after about a year of the game's ownership, far over 100 total play hours. Help, please? Lem0nhead 16:30, 20 March 2009 (EDT)

Cause/solution

The vanity cam will affect your third person zoom when you zoom in/out on it. Lem0nhead 17:05, 6 May 2009 (EDT)

[edit] Crash on Load

Problem
I have been playing Oblivion for a long time, but recently, I am unable to load any of my saves nor can I start a new game. When I press "load" it goes to the loading screen for 2seconds, then I get the message about encountering a problem. I have tried uninstalling, disabling many recently installed mods, and installing mods that might correct the problem. However, still no luck.

[edit] Screen freeze?

Problem
Screen freezes (not total crash, as in, I can still move around and the compass will respond, and I'm still being attacked) when an NPC uses a certain spell. I can still navigate the ESC menu fine and everything, but the screen will not update.

[edit] Grass/road textures failing

Problem
Throughout the game, the texture on the ground (other than the paths of the Imperial City) are blocked out into squares with an odd texture on them, tiled throughout. Pictures of this: [1] [2] Can anybody help with this? Dr. Kilereren 20:29, 20 April 2009 (EDT)


Have you patched it using the wrong patcher? make sure you get the one for your country otherwise that happens. I did it to myself once. 82.16.138.158 08:40, 10 May 2009 (EDT)

[edit] Inevitable crash to desktop when Tiber Septim is killed

On the tutorial, as soon as Baurus discovers the body of Tiber Septim, I get a crash to desktop. What should I do? I already turned HDR off. --Max Welrod 10:56, 23 May 2009 (EDT)

Restarting the codex and setting sound acceleration to standard in the dxdiag didn't seem to work. I'll try reinstalling it. --Max Welrod 13:53, 23 May 2009 (EDT)

[edit] TES Construction set stops responding all the time

Each time i load a mod/open a mod with TES construction set it suddenly doesent respond anymore, then after some time it works again, and all of a sudden it dont respond again, this continue till the program is closed, and re-opened then when i load a mod again it stops to respond again-.-. any solution?

How much RAM does your computer have?--Ratwar 03:39, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

[edit] .BSA Files

I have recently reinstalled Oblivion back onto my computer and when I load it up to the main menu and click start new game, and then yes. Nothing happenes. It dosent freeze, crash or anything, it just goes back to the main menu. I opened up my Oblivion program file and my meshes and textures are .BSA files and not folders. I have tried re installing the game and deleting the oblivion folder itself out of my program list then reinstalling it but it still puts in the .bsa files instead of the folders themselfs.

Then I went into my computer and explored the game disc and it says all the data files in there are damaged and need repair.

Dose anyone know what I can do to fix this or do I have to buy a new copy?

203.206.61.203 23:16, 12 July 2009 (UTC)

The game does place a couple of big .bsa files into the Oblivion\Data folder, so I don't think there is something wrong with that. But as you said, the data might be corrupted on the DVD. If you can't even explore the DVD properly, then something is wrong with the disc itself. You can always buy a new copy, but I'd recommend contacting Bethesda Technical Support first, they might be able (and willing) to replace the disc. --Timenn-<talk> 10:50, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Random crashes whilst playing.

Whilst playing oblivion my whole computer is freezing about 10-20 mins into the game. I think it may be due to my old graphics card, Although according to the game my optimal settings are medium, Not lowest of the low.. I have tried oldblivion but as soon as it loads up it crashes with the usual "Oblivion has encountered a problem" message. My computer COMPLETELY freezes. Have to restart. I'm using an Nvidia GeForce 6600. Please help!

[edit] oblivion crashes every half hour

i have recently come back to playing oblivion but every half hour or so gametime, my oblivion crashes. i am running several mods, and so though these could be the problem, except that about six months ago when i last played, all the mods i have up now were on and working fine. i then tried deleting all my mods, but it had no effect, so i reinstalled oblivion, but still no effect. Can anyone help me?

[edit] Crash/Freeze (Pretty sure it's different from the other 1,000 crash problems)

It's probably way too late to get an answer, but my Oblivion game keeps crashing (well, the better word is probably freezing) upon clicking on either Exit, Load, or New. I can go through options but once I click one of the three I just mentioned, and click Yes, it goes down. Now I'm far off an expert on computers, so please try to be as simple as you can be when answering.

The information I can give you is:

-I use a Windows Vista.

-No mods.

-Tried cleaning the disk (:P), reading the ReadMe, and testing a variety of other things, toggling with options and stuff.

-I have to get the Task Manager up to deal with the problem, it says the game is Not Responding.

-Don't think I have any patches, so if I need one, can you tell me how to get it/download it?

-All up, with different characters, probably played 300 hours or so all up.

-Happened out of the blue. I didn't do anything that I know of.

Sorry I can't give you all that technical mumbo jumbo, but help is greatly appreciated. It's been like this for a couple of months now, but I'm still a bit sad atm. I just want it to work.

Turns out it's a codec conflict. Disenabling music in the ini fixes this. 121.79.50.45 06:39, 9 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Oblivion Freezes during level-up

Problem When sleeping to level up, once the user clicks the "Exit" button, Oblivion instantly freezes, forcing the user to close Oblivion using the Task Manager.

Cause Unknown

Solution Back up and then edit the Oblivion.ini file. Under the section labeled "Gameplay", find the line that reads begins "STrackLevelUpPath=". Delete everything on that line after the equals sign ('='). Save, close, and restart Oblivion.

[edit] Stuttering when spotted by animals

PROBLEM

I used to have this problem on my Athlon XP 3.2, 1gb, 6800GT setup but I reinstalled recently and get it again on my newish Q8200, 4gb, GTX260 rig.

I get perfectly good framerates all the time except when I'm spotted by rats, bears and other animals. Not with anything humanoid or when still in sneak mode, but when spotted by animals the game goes really choppy and frame rates drop to the floor. Cannot find the solution to this, please help!!

CAUSE

Narrowed this down to my Terratec DMX 6Fire 24/96 soundcard

SOLUTION

As yet only using onboard audio

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