Darnified UI, Mouse issues + Unreadable Black text

[Falloutdude11]

Recently went through a multi-day process to try and work out a modded Oblivion. Despite all my best efforts however, i've been utterly unable to get the Darnified UI font to function properly. It's always a big blurry black smudgy mess that's borderline impossible to read unless you really like graffiti art.

Advice needed. I have tried all the obvious things. Reinstall mod, ini tweaking, changing the fonts listed in the ini, compatability settings, even the basic codec pack. Nothing fixes it.

The smudgy text doesn't seem to be a mod conflict either, I tried disabling everything and it still did this to me.

 

Mod Load Order is as follows.

 

• Oblivion.esm
  DLCShiveringIsles.esp
  DLCHorseArmor.esp
  DLCOrrery.esp
  DLCVileLair.esp
  DLCMehrunesRazor.esp
  DLCSpellTomes.esp
  DLCThievesDen.esp
  DLCBattlehornCastle.esp
  DLCFrostcrag.esp
  Knights.esp
  Bashed Patch, 0.esp
  WeaponDropFix.esp
  Unofficial Oblivion Patch.esp
  Oblivion Citadel Door Fix.esp
  UOP Vampire Aging & Face Fix.esp
  Unofficial Shivering Isles Patch.esp
  DLCBattlehornCastle - Unofficial Patch.esp
  DLCFrostcrag - Unofficial Patch.esp
  DLCHorseArmor - Unofficial Patch.esp
  DLCMehrunesRazor - Unofficial Patch.esp
  DLCOrrery - Unofficial Patch.esp
  DLCSpellTomes - Unofficial Patch.esp
  DLCThievesDen - Unofficial Patch.esp
  DLCThievesDen - Unofficial Patch - SSSB.esp
  DLCVileLair - Unofficial Patch.esp
  Knights - Unofficial Patch.esp
  MigMaster.esm
  MigMiscellanea.esp
  Dynamic Map.esp
  LootMenu.esp
  Extended UI.esp
  LINK.esp
  Maskar's Oblivion Overhaul.esp
  Oblivion_Character_Overhaul.esp
  Oblivion Character Overhaul Hair Edition.esp
  OCO Hair Edition - Unofficial Patch.esp
  NPC Hair Matches Beard.esp
  OCO uses merged teeth.esp
  OCO_Eyes_Fix.esp
  lLet there be Flowers.esp
• Harvest [Flora].esp

  Harvest [Flora] - DLCFrostcrag.esp
  Harvest [Flora] - DLCVileLair.esp
  Harvest [Flora] - Shivering Isles.esp
  Enhanced Vegetation [125%].esp
  Enhanced Vegetation SI.esp
  Enhanced Water v2.0 HD.esp
  Enhanced Water v2.0 HD - SI Addon.esp
  Real Lava 1.3.esp
  All Natural - Real Lights.esp
  All Natural - SI.esp
  All Natural Base.esm
  All Natural.esp
  Immersive Interiors.esp
  Immersive Interiors - Imperial City.esp
  Immersive Interiors - Landscape Addon.esp
  Immersive Interiors - Bravil.esp
  BrumasNorthernLights.esp
  Falling Leaves.esp
  QQuix - Rock, rock, rock your ship - V3.esp
  RoadLights.esp
  Unique Chapels.esp
  Unique Chapels UOP patch.esp
  Book Jackets DLC Misc.esp
  Glowing Fractured Soulgems.esp
  Alluring Wine Bottles - Mead Patch.esp
  Alluring Wine Bottles.esp
  CM_Better Wine_SI.esp
  PotionReplacer.esp
  GreyPrince.esp
  Dynamic Oblivion Combat.esp
  AddActorValues_example.esp
  Unique Heretic Robes.esp
  Av Latta Magicka - Rebalance Complete.esp
  Av Latta Magicka.esm
  Av Latta Magicka.esp
  MinimalMagicEffects.esp
  Ultimate Leveling.esp
  Bundlement.esp
  Fundament.esm
  RshAlchemy.esp
  RshAlchemyRecipes.esp
  RshAlchemy - AVU.esp
  Cobl Glue.esp
  Cobl Main.esm
  Cobl Patch - Hunger Tongue.esp
  Cobl Patch - Silent Misc Item Equip.esp
  Cobl Races.esp
  Cobl Races - Balanced.esp
  Cobl Races TNR SI.esp
  Cobl Races TNR.esp
  Cobl Si.esp
  Cobl Tweaks - SI.esp
  Cobl Tweaks - Vanilla.esp
  MigFEA.esp
  MigPickpocket.esp
  New skill - Unarmored.esp
  GOSH.esp
  GOSH - All Natural Patch.esp
  Alternative Beginnings.esp
  WindowLightingSystem.esp
  kuerteeCrimeHasWitnesses.esp
  WorldMapsForAllWorldspaces.esp
  Weapons Of Morrowind - Daedric Crescent.esp
  Spears!.esp
  Cloud Ruler Armory - Spear Compatible.esp
  BrotherhoodRenewed.esp
  The Lost Spires.esp
  VoicesForFemaleDremora.esp
  The Lost Spires - Cleaned Up Scribe.esp
  The Ayleid Steps.esp
  Bounty Quests.esp
  Auto Update Leveled Items And Spells.esp
  No Anachronistic MQ Comments.esp
  AoG - Is Anybody Home.esp
  AoG - Greed Arena.esp
  Enhanced Economy.esp
  Enhanced Economy - House prices.esp
  Colorful Clothing - Gloves.esp
  Colorful Clothing - Upperclass.esp
  Colorful Clothing - Middleclass.esp
  Enhanced Grabbing.esp
  Uncapped Skeleton Key OBSE.esp
  Artifacts Redone.esp
  Variant Vagabonds.esp
  SM Combat Hide.esp
  Quest NPCs Run.esp
  Better Dungeons.esp
  LightYourWay.esp
  lDisplay Skill Perk Effects.esp
  Display Stats.esp
  Consistent Beggar Voices.esp
  Give Me My Shader Effects.esp
  No More Wild Goose Chases.esp
  [cq]ColoredQuests.esp
  lVanilla Style Loading Screens Addon.esp
  Tavern Goers 2 - Redux SI.esp
  Imperial Horse Armor.esp
  TorchMoreBrighter_Bright_Wide_White.esp
  AgronakChampionHouse.v1.01.esp
  Arboretum Wayshrines.esp
  Shivering Isles - New Dukes.esp
  lVWD for Leyawiin.esp

[Pellape]

Could you add a screenshot?

 

How did you installed Darnified, manually or with mod manager and then, which mod manager and which source did you use?

 

The source I used uses a BAIN script and one part is about fonts during the installation process so I do suggest you use a mod manager capable of handling it and do not try to install it manually, not if modding is new for you at least.

Edited February 10, 2021 by Pellape

[Pellape]

So how did I do it? I installed my version with OBMM but I do prefer to use Wrye Bash for everything else if possible and I have used it the last 16 years and Wrye is still alive and kicking it around. I also think he was first making one if I recall right.

Edited February 10, 2021 by Pellape

[Falloutdude11]

Thanks for the tip regarding going for a Bain. That seems to have somewhat helped. I tried both manual and OBMM and both ended up rather broken. I swear there's no way I did anything wrong with the manual install but it just patently REFUSED to obey me.

 

This is someone else running into the same problem I did.

 

 

The two above problems have gone away now, but the text seems to be a bit too big and I can't actually read all of the descriptor text for the races on the character creation screen. Okay, seems like all is well finally. Wish I knew exactly what had gone wrong there. That vexed me for like two days straight.

[Pellape]

So damn cool. I am happy you did sort that crap out. Do send us a new screenie how it looks like now when you fixed it as well.

[DrakeTheDragon]

I was wondering... you said you did all the manual stuff, so I was half-expecting/accepting you also edited your Oblivion.ini, but... I also need to keep in mind how many people told me this already while they completely missed editing the "correct" INI file. They say Oblivion.ini but got "oblivion_default.ini" instead, not inside their "MyGames/Oblivion/" folder but inside the actual Oblivion game folder, which is the wrong one and won't have an (immediate) effect.

 

You doing it manually the fonts weren't correctly changed, but once you did it with a manager (BAIN = Wrye Bash) it worked? That does sound like you could have actually gotten the wrong file for your manual editing before, or your manual editing was somehow done wrong.

Now I wonder which it was. If you don't mind elaborating that is.

[zerglingalisk]

I was wondering... you said you did all the manual stuff, so I was half-expecting/accepting you also edited your Oblivion.ini, but... I also need to keep in mind how many people told me this already while they completely missed editing the "correct" INI file. They say Oblivion.ini but got "oblivion_default.ini" instead, not inside their "MyGames/Oblivion/" folder but inside the actual Oblivion game folder, which is the wrong one and won't have an (immediate) effect.

 

You doing it manually the fonts weren't correctly changed, but once you did it with a manager (BAIN = Wrye Bash) it worked? That does sound like you could have actually gotten the wrong file for your manual editing before, or your manual editing was somehow done wrong.

Now I wonder which it was. If you don't mind elaborating that is.

Hey I know this is late, but i was having the EXACT same issue as OP. You were right, I found the actual oblivion.ini and changed the font there. That fixed it for me. Thank you so much I was about to give up on my childhood game!