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Me too-- several threads going on this issue right now, so far the consensus is the last Steam update messed things up. It's possible that mods which used to work fine are conflicting with the updates. Out of curiosity, is there a way to re-vert Steam to an earlier version?

Is there a quick and easy way to disable ALL mods and try launching it vanilla? Pretty sure my mods aren't the problem, but I really wanna play... I find it gratifying that I'm not the only one experiencing issues. Misery really does love company!

Google code link also empty. Sigh oops-- found the file. Easy to download and run, and it spots errors in your mods [like missing files etc] that would be hard to spot otherwise. Not sure it's going to solve all my problems, but it's a start. http://code.google.com/p/better-oblivion-sorting-software/downloads/detail?name=BOSS%20v2.1.1%20Installer.exe&can=2&q=

I may be looking at two separate issues-- currently, Steam itself won't load properly for me. I can launch the game via NMM, but get the same crash. I suspect it's a load order issue for me, and as such trying to download BOSS, but the link in Nexus Mods is dead, only contains a link to the Google code version. I'm not stupid, but I'm not as skilled with this sort of thing as I ought to be-- pretty reluctant to just wade in...

Having a similar issue, sounds like some others are as well. Though I've heard of BOSS, I've no idea what it is or where to find it-- a little help?

I'm getting the same thing. I added a bunch of mods yesterday, and last night was getting a very brief error message about needing Heathfire to get the mods to work. I thought what the heck, it's only 5 bucks, so I went ahead and bought that. Not sure it ever installed properly-- I don't get that error anymore, but when I try to load the game, I get the Bethesda screen and first couple drum beats, just a glimpse of the Skyrim dragon screen before it shuts down. I can't make Steam itself open at all... support opens, but that's a whole different deal. Needless to say, I've disabled all the recently added mods to no effect. EDITED TO ASK: Did anyone else have a rather large Steam update in the last couple days? I suspect that the root of my problem lies there...

Thanks for the help-- I got brave, and re-downloaded the newest version without un-installing the old one. Seemed to work perfectly, it found and categorized all my existing mods. The only precaution I took was to screen shot the mod page from the old version if NMM and email myself the image in case I needed a list of what I was running. Happy to say that seems to have been unnecessary!

Long story short: been away from the game for a while, running Nexus Mod Manager 0.15.15, would like to update to the current version BUT when I click the 'update' button, the progress bar flashes for a while without progressing and eventually just disappears. Occasionally, I then get a 'NMM encountered an error and needs to be shut down', but not every time. The game runs fine and mods work as is, but I don't seem to be able to add new mods. Can I download a new version via the nexus file center without loosing my current mods? How will this affect my saved games? Thanks for your attention-- hope someone can offer insight.

For me, it's first person always and only-- I don't play games that don't support that. It's the difference between watching a movie versus starring it the movie.

It's kinda ridiculous-- many-- maybe all?-- NPCs in Oblivion switched to their undies when they slept, or slept naked if you used that sort of mod. Can't imagine why this simple bit of world building was skipped in Skyrim.

I'm not a fan of the 'humans with pointy ears' approach, but I think they could have created an alien looking elf that was still beautiful rather than weirdly malformed. The tradition of the elves as a race of tall, slender, beautiful people goes back WAY before Tolkien, arguably to the Tuatha of Irish legend. To me, it's one of the more irritating corners Bethesda cut in the rush to publish, knowing the mod community would fill in the blanks.

There's a big fine for breaking the law of gravity!

I think it's a little out of line to accuse someone of fetishism just because they'd like the characters too look a little more human and complete. Not a high priority for most of us, but not really an excuse to bash people, either.

I wish there were real differences in speed and stealth between the two, but I've played both and can't really see a difference. The fact that you can make either weightless at about the same point in the game when money becomes pointless [because you'll be swimming in it] just makes it worse. I'm not a Bethesda basher, I've played and loved all the Elder Scrolls series for years, but this is one aspect of the vanilla game that seems like it would have been an easy fix, and added a lot of realism.

Wow, condolences... I'm not enough of a tec to offer any but the obvious help: if you are using any mods, disable them one at a timve [starting with anything like textures that impacts on the display]. Perhaps the best thing would be to save your savegame files, then reinstall...

Ah-- sounds reasonable! For some reason I expected just clicking on the guy would take the place of hitting 'enter'. When I just got a number popup, I was confused. Thanks for the suggestion, will try that and report back. Edited to add: thanks again, Bradster-- you were right! That was a big help!

Ok, I'll admit it: though I've played TES games going waaay back, I've rarely used the console. I thought I remembered how it worked from prior games, maybe not so much. I've been trying to use 'removeallitems' on my follower. So I open the console, type the command, click on the follower and his number show up, so I hit the space bar once and that in, like this: `removeallitems 99867 hit enter, and the game completely freezes. I need to use task manager to close it. Clearly, I'm doing something wrong, but what? Oh, and I'm not sure what the actual number is, just made that up.

Pretty simple choice for me-- Would love to support the Stormcloaks for all the usual reasons, but they are a bunch of racists. Bad as the Empire is, still the better choice.

Wow... nastiness and negativity always seem to come coupled with terrible grammar, spelling and punctuation.

Always surprised that people who don't like the game take the time and trouble to seek out a forum to air their grievances instead of just shrugging walking away, and finding a game they like better... As to the OPs point though: This isn't really a Sim type game, where people you meet in caves and dungeons interact like the average Man on the Street, or wild animals behave as they do in the real world. It's an adventure type game, and adventure means conflict. Given this fact, I think the NPC behavior is pretty darn good-- If you play it a bit longer and do favors for people, you'll see that they DO remember you and enjoy having you around. If you hurt or betray them, they remember that, too-- and respond accordingly. I've played this series since Daggerfall, and enjoyed each installment for what it had to offer. I think vanilla Skyrim is more enjoyable than the unmodded versions of Morrowind or Oblivion. Yeah, there are things I'd change-- the return of custom spell making, at least one or two more slots for armor, better inventory and smoother scrolling pointer-- but when I look at the hours I've played, I've certainly got my moneys worth!

World of Scotty has it: mostly in the armor mods for improved bodies. Some say 'Acer' some 'noAcer', most mention neither. I was stressing that there were some compatibility issues... Thanks all for taking a moment to read this. Realized after the fact that I shoulda put it in the Mods section: sorry, my bad. Currently having issues downloading any mods on my slow, rural DSL, so until I can upgrade to a premium account it's all moot. Thanks again, though!

I stopped playing the Elder Scrolls games a few years back when my heavily modded Oblivion caused my hard drive to overheat and loose everything... back then, I think I spent more time playing *with* the mods than actually playing the game. I lost 'em all, didn't feel like starting over I've enjoyed vanilla Skyrim, but the fun is fading so I'm ready to add some mods. But I'm unclear on why some of them are labeled either 'Acer' or 'noAcer'. Is there a simple explanation?

Boy, I dunno-- I've never seen a mod for it, but it seems to me there must be an arrow 'timer' for how long they last before fading. It may be possible to address that via the console. But I think you'd look like a porcupine in no time, wouldn't be able to even see what race your character belongs to...

Had you already spoken to the Prophet before you did the pilgrimage? I think that makes a difference.

If you just install Oblivion to c:\games\oblivion, it will run outside of the user account controls and can be modded etc. just as if you were running XP.