yoshimitsuhiro

Well, I finally got around to trying to fix the problem again and I tried disabling all of my mods to see what was causing the problem, but even after I loaded the game up with NO mods (not even the official mods) activated, my bows and arrows were still at half damage. I went and killed a guard and took his bow to make sure it wasn`t just my bows and arrows acting weird, but sure enough, the guard`s bows and arrows were only registering half damage as well. If it`s not a mod, then any ideas what could be causing this? Oh, and I also discovered that turning damage and durability on or off doesn`t really affect the difficulty level since it applies to monsters as well. It just makes the battles go faster. I noticed that the guard I fought was a lot more tough after I disabled MMM though. Does MMM somehow change the levels of enemies, and if so is there anyway to make the enemies tougher? I guess having half damage bows and arrows makes things tougher... :P But the half damage applies to enemies as well, so it really just kind of makes archery pointless... I guess as a last resort, I could use the console to change the damage of the bows and arrows I use manually (although that wouldn`t affect enemy bows, would it?). I can`t figure out the console command though... Anybody know what it is? Sorry to ask so many questions, but once again, any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks everybody!

Dezdimona, thanks a lot. That`s some good advice for loading mods. I`ll try reordering my mods like you suggested and see if it fixes the problem. If not, then I`ll disable all my mods and slowly activate them a few at a time until I find the culprit. But for now, I think I need to take a little break from Oblivion... It`s been controlling my life for the past week or so!! Once I figure out the problem, I`ll post back. If anybody already knows of a solution though, any advice would be greatly appreciated! Thanks everybody so far!!

Khet, thanks for the advice. I tried turning damage and durability back on and it pretty much doubled the damage values of all of my weapons across the board (including bows and arrows) as far as I can tell. However, the doubled damage amount for bows and arrows is about the same as the normal base damage amount. For example, my daedric bow is now 17 damage and my glass bow is 13 (the normal stats are 15 and 13). So I`m not really sure what`s going on. With damage and durability, my swords all go up to 50 or 60 damage, which is just way too strong. I can kill everything in 3-4 hits. Which would be alright if the monsters were strong too, but they do hardly any damage. I need to be attacked by a swarm of 10 or more monsters to have a challenge at all. My player`s at level 26 or 27, which I don`t think is a ridiculous high level or anything, but I could be wrong. Is this normal with the damage and durability mod? Is there any way I can set it to be more difficult? And, back to the original question, are there any other mods that might be interfering with my bow damage? I`m really lost on this one... Well, any help would be greatly appreciated. Sorry I`m too stupid to figure this out on my own... Thanks!

Hello. I recently installed a load of new mods for Oblivion, and suddenly the damage stats for all of my bows and arrows have decreased by half. For example, ebony bows only show 7 damage and daedric bows only show 8 damage now (as opposed to 14 and 15, like they should). It`s the same thing for arrows and this includes every bow and arrow that I`ve checked so far. As far as I can see, no other weapons/armor are affected. I`m not sure which mod did it, but I have speculations that it has something to do with the Damage & Durability plugin for MMM. I had this plugin enabled, however, battles had become too easy, so I disabled it, and it was after that I noticed the decrease in bow damage. But it could have resulted from another mod, and I just didn`t notice it until now... Anyways, any help I could get would be greatly appreciated! Thanks! Here`s my mod load list. It`s pretty large, but I don`t think I have any mods that mess with the default damage values of weapons except for the MMM Damage & Durability plugin, and perhaps UOP or COBL. Oblivion.esm Cobl Main.esm Mart's Monster Mod.esm TamrielTravellers.esm Armamentarium.esm Artifacts.esm Better Cities Resources.esm bookplacing.esm Lamps of Oblivion Master.esm HorseCombatMaster.esm Unofficial Oblivion Patch.esp UOP Vampire Aging & Face Fix.esp Oblivion Citadel Door Fix.esp DLCShiveringIsles.esp Unofficial Shivering Isles Patch.esp Better Cities .esp LoadingScreens.esp LoadingScreensAddOn.esp Arthur_Natural_Weather_HDR_by_Max_Tael.esp Natural_Habitat_by_Max_Tael.esp Enhanced Water v2.0 HD.esp WindowLightingSystem.esp Akatosh Mount By Saiden Storm.esp Book Jackets Oblivion - BP.esp Lamps of Oblivion.esp P1DmenuEscape.esp Improved Hotkeys.esp DLCHorseArmor.esp DLCHorseArmor - Unofficial Patch.esp DLCOrrery.esp DLCOrrery - Unofficial Patch.esp DLCVileLair.esp DLCVileLair - Unofficial Patch.esp DLCMehrunesRazor.esp DLCMehrunesRazor - Unofficial Patch.esp DLCSpellTomes.esp DBShadowSet_Khajiit.esp Dread Knight Armor.esp Lich King's Helm v1_0.esp New Frostmourne Sword by Jojjo v1_0.esp Nicoroshi Creations DW heavy.esp Thieves Arsenal.esp DLCThievesDen.esp DLCThievesDen - Unofficial Patch.esp DLCThievesDen - Unofficial Patch - SSSB.esp Cobl Glue.esp Cobl Si.esp Bob's Armory Oblivion.esp ArmamentariumArtifacts.esp Mart's Monster Mod.esp Mart's Monster Mod - Shivering Isles.esp Mart's Monster Mod - Additional Enemy NPC Vars.esp Mart's Monster Mod - Diverse Imperial Armor.esp Mart's Monster Mod - Gems & Gem Dust.esp Mart's Monster Mod - Hunting & Crafting.esp Mart's Monster Mod - Looting NPCs & Creatures.esp Mart's Monster Mod - Zombies for Body Meshes.esp Mart's Monster Mod - Vindasel.esp Mart's Monster Mod - Foxes.esp Mart's Monster Mod - Dungeons of MMM.esp Mart's Monster Mod - More Wilderness Life.esp Mart's Monster Mod - More Wilderness Life No Gates.esp Mart's Monster Mod - Extra Wounding.esp Mart's Monster Mod - Farm Animals.esp Mart's Monster Mod - Durzog Addon.esp TamrielTravellers4MMM.esp TamrielTravellersItemsnpc.esp ShiveringIsleTravellers.esp Ivellon.esp Artifacts.esp Dwemer_Skyship_1_1_0.esp GlenvarCastle.esp LetThePeopleDrink.esp mrSiikas_DwemerTechnology_DwemerSubway.esp VHBloodlines 1.2.esp DLCBattlehornCastle.esp DLCBattlehornCastle - Unofficial Patch.esp DLCfrostcrag.esp FrostcragRebornCobl.esp Knights.esp Knights - Unofficial Patch.esp The Lost Spires.esp Lost Paladins of the Divines.esp HoarfrostCastle.esp road+bridges.esp xuldarkforest.esp LostSpires-DarkForest patch.esp xulStendarrValley.esp xulTheHeath.esp MMMMWL-TheHeath patch.esp XulEntiusGorge.esp xulFallenleafEverglade.esp LostSpires-Everglade patch.esp xulColovianHighlands_EV.esp xulChorrolHinterland.esp xulBeachesOfCyrodiilLostCoast.esp xulBravilBarrowfields.esp OBCBravil-Barrowfields patch.esp xulLushWoodlands.esp xulAncientYews.esp xulAncientRedwoods.esp xulCloudtopMountains.esp xulArriusCreek.esp xulPatch_AY_AC.esp xulRollingHills_EV.esp MMMMWL-RollingHills patch.esp xulPantherRiver.esp xulRiverEthe.esp xulBrenaRiverRavine.esp xulImperialIsle.esp xulBlackwoodForest.esp NRB4+UL-II+LtPD Patch.esp bartholm.esp Open Better Cities Full.esp Open Better Cities - Full City Defences.esp OBCChorrol-ChorrolHinterland fix.esp Reaper's_Open-B.C._Secret_Entry.esp Natural_Vegetation_by_Max_Tael.esp Leviathan Soulgems.esp P1DkeyChain.esp Ring of console.esp Salmo the Baker, Cobl.esp Toggleable Quantity Prompt.esp Quest Award Leveller.esp Quest Award Leveller - Vile Lair.esp Quest Award Leveller - Knights of the Nine.esp MidasSpells.esp DeadlyReflex 5 - Combat Moves.esp Cobl Races.esp Better Imperial City.esp NRB4 Standard Road Record.esp Cobl Silent Equip Misc.esp Bashed Patch, 0.esp Streamline 3.1.esp SilverwareWeapons.esp Note: I also have COBL Tweaks, COBL Filter, Item interchange, and Armamentarium esps in my bashed patch in case that matters.