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Got an answer somewhere else.

I'm currently playing through as a ranger and had originally planned to join the Dark Brotherhood but after a bit of reading (most of which I came across by accident) I was curious about a few things. I noticed that eventually you get a quest which involves you trying to assassinate the emperor. My problem with this is that I was planning on siding with the Empire as opposed to the Stormcloaks, is there any way around this or am I just going to have to side with the Stormcloaks to do the Dark Brotherhood quests? Also, are there any consequences to doing the Dark Brotherhood quests? I'd imagine that a failed assassination attempt would cause some issues, and a friend of mine advised putting off their quests until later on. I'm trying not to spoil anything else for myself (I've already ruined quite a bit as you can see), so if you could be fairly vague with your answers I would appreciate it.

Personally if I turn everything up via the volume control settings then everything else is too loud, it just isn't a viable option. The solution is for Bethesda to patch the game to fix this issue along with countless other ones (shadow quality being tied to distance being a big one).

Seems like the solution for now is to disable Oblivion's AA/AF and enable it via CCC/RadeonPro. http://forums.bethsoft.com/index.php?/topic/1262234-an-important-performance-tip-for-pc-users/ edit: Actually, doesn't seem to have fixed it though it did increase my fps a bit.

You need to find a guard and pay off your bounty.

You should only need an internet connection for the initial activation/setting up offline mode, after that's done you should be able to run it without an internet connection.

I'm having the same issue, also using an AMD card. Seems to only be occur inside of caves/ruins, mostly likely due to some sort of lighting issue. http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/613842195071837721/2C00DF540005C3E1B5C6EFEBF6DB2FD019076FA2/ Phenom II X4 965 HD 5850 1GB 6GB DDR3 Win 7 64-bit

So despite having the issue for several months, you never had the idea of contacting Steam support? Obviously there's something wrong on your end, it's not a widespread issue. I've had a few various issues in the past and generally doing the following (which is actually copied from an old support ticket) fixes most issues. Exit Steam and go to the folder called C:\Program Files\Steam\ (this is the default location for a Steam installation - if you set a different installation directory, you will need to browse to it). Delete all of the contents of this folder except: The Steamapps folder and Steam.exe (If 'exe' is not visible, look for the black and white Steam icon) Restart your computer. Then, you will need to launch Steam.exe from within the Steam installation folder, and not from a pre-existing shortcut. Have you never used any other form of DRM? Steam is easily the least intrusive of any DRM, all it requires is a single online activation. The offline mode has been worked on over the years and it's extremely reliable at this point (personally I've never had a single issue with it), there's nothing preventing you from playing your games. Not to mention all of the special features/services it provides, from reliable cloud saves/settings (unlike GFWL which is known to commonly delete saves), community features, screenshot manager, constant sales, and more. GFWL and Ubisoft's terrible PC DRM are FAR worse as far as being unreliable/buggy/requiring internet connection.

Fixed it, turns out it was happening because I had MMM's More Wilderness - No Gates enabled with the Rolling Hills and The Heath patch, decided to just change it to normal More Wilderness and Oblivion seems to launch now.

Was in the process of trying to install mods for Oblivion once again and everything seemed to be fine until installing OOO/MMM, now I can't seem to get the game to launch at all. The launcher seems normal, but when I click Play the game launches and immediately crashes (though sometimes it plays .5 sec of the Bethesda intro video). Current load order: OOO (and MMM) are the 2 most recent mods I installed, everything else was installed before those and my Oblivion launched without any issues. I've tried deactivating/reactivating them in OBMM and still haven't been able to get the game to launch properly. Any help would be appreciated, I've been wanting to play through Oblivion again before Skyrim.

I just finished Dead Money last night and enjoyed it, though I'll admit it dragged on a bit too long in outside portion.

Did a fresh reinstall of EVERYTHING and it seems to be fixed, thanks.

Also, does anyone have any clue of what could be causing this? http://imgur.com/GfUuq.png It's been like this since I first installed all of my mods, I have no clue of what could be causing it.

I've played New Vegas for 35+ hours and up until this point I've been fine, though a few minutes ago I ran into an issue and I'm not exactly sure of what's causing it. I'm currently playing through Dead Money and had been wearing a Sierra Madre helmet for quite a while and was perfectly fine. The problem seemed to start after I found a Sierra Marde Helmet, Reinforced and equipped it. After equipping the reinforced helmet some sort of blue VDSG message popped up which I immediately exited out of (by mistake). I'm fairly sure it mentioned some kind of scanner, unfortunately I was unable to read any more of it. At first I was fine until I tried using my ironsights which caused the game to crash. I tried restarting my game several times and every single time it crashed when trying to use ironsights. The only mod I have that really effects the core gameplay (as far as I can tell) is Project Nevada, I figured it could be related so I updated to the newest version but I'm still having the same issue. I've tried disabling various settings (Enhanced Zoom, Visor Overlays, etc.) but none of them seem to make any difference. Earlier today I found an AR Scanner implant from Project Nevada but never installed it so it doesn't seem as if it's the issue either. Here is my load order: http://i.imgur.com/QVbkO.png edit: Just tried reinstalling Project Nevada again and when doing the BOSS Auto-Sort it moved the Rebalance esp from the bottom to just under Cyberware. For now I'm going to try to finish Dead Money as I'm fine as long as I'm not wearing the helmet, though any idea/solutions would be appreciated. edit: Seems as if trying to sprint is also crashing my game (it was fine before), I guess my Project Nevada installation is more broken than I thought. What's strange is that I just uninstalled it/installed a new version so I'm not really sure of what to do at this point (also tried reinstalling this version, didn't fix either issue). I'm guessing that I'd be best off doing a fresh install of New Vegas/all of my mods.

Followed the instructions at https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=7418-YUBN-8129 and that seems to have fixed it, thanks :)

Deleted EVERYTHING again, then tried installing with UAC disabled, no luck.

I originally posted this on the Steam forums but figured someone here may have some idea of how to fix this, any help would be appreciated. I installed Oblivion last night (for the first time since reformatting ~2 weeks ago, it worked fine before) and installed Nehrim and at first everything was fine. I got to the main menu of the game itself but exited out to do something else. The next time I tried to launch Oblivion all of the buttons on the launcher were faded aside from "ElderScrolls.Com" and "Exit". I tried restarting multiple times as well as reinstalling Oblivion (probably 4-5 times now) and haven't had any luck. As far as uninstalling goes, I did "Delete Local Content" via Steam and made sure to delete both Oblivion folders (in Steam and My Documents). I've also tried running the OblivionLauncher.exe which seems to be fine until I hit play, which causes it to close and open up the broken launcher. Oblivion.esm is active along with various DLC .esp files (which I've tried disabling, still no luck). Asked around a bit and was sent to this: http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic52317.html Oblivion WAS missing from the registry but after following the instructions I'm still not having any luck with the launcher. For the install path I put "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\oblivion\" and also tried the folder in Documents->My Games and neither seemed to change anything. I tried calling Bethesda for the hell of it but they told me to contact Steam as it has to do with the installation, not anything they've done. edit: Just noticed that there was a thread roughly a month about the same issue, doesn't seem like it was ever resolved. (http://www.thenexusforums.com/index.php?/topic/318947-oblivion-goty-steam-help) I read through it a bit and tried disabling UAC, doesn't seem to have changed anything.

Yeah, changed that to a considerably higher amount as advised by Albertine's thread.

http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/9543/outsidecheydinhal.png for an example of where I was trying to gauge FPS...probably not a good idea.

FPS seems to have improved, I was being retarded with my location (if you have Unique Landscapes, right outside Cheydinhal and looking down the road into the valley is pretty amazing looking) but after checking a few less-demanding locations it seems decent. Still hovering in the 20s-low 30s although indoors I'm getting max FPS (which is currently set to 60). Will check out some of the other tweaks/improvements to see if they help as well. Do you think PYFFI is worth using in my case?

Edit: Apparently you have to go through the in-game menu and hit "Initialize with .ini settings" to get the .ini to work.

Was via the .ini, I'll try in-game.

Pretty sure I just turned off Streamsmooth, something must be wrong with my Streamline installation or something. edit: Streamline is definitely running, it just seems to be using default settings as opposed to the .ini for whatever reason. The .ini is located in Oblivion/Data/Streamline/INI Files/SL.ini as the readme says

Quick question, any idea as to why my video settings like to mess with themselves? I did the OBS/SL .ini changes but I'm currently trying to lower my video settings a bit but they keep resetting themselves constantly. It seems like I'll lower everything and go back to the game only to find out when I go back into the settings they reverted to 100% again (fade distances and shadows). It seems as if the fade distances always reset, shadows tend to do it half of the time. Also when I start Oblivion sometimes it randomly has the settings completely random (its generally the same thing every time but the settings are seemingly random), I really don't understand what in the hell is going on. I've tried changing the settings then doing saveini right afterwards but it generally changes itself back instantly. edit: Tried changing texture size to small (which makes the game look pretty bad) and didn't notice any increase to FPS. This could be partly due to not being able to get my fade/shadow settings to lower, not sure.

Don't get me wrong. That system is not going to run heavily modded Oblivion with QTP3 installed smoothly. However, you should be able to get better stats outside. (I cannot vouch for city FPS.) Outside of Albertine's guide, did you follow the suggestions on my site. Those are universal: the INI tweaks, optimization mods, etc. What recs did you follow in Albertine's guide? Edit: Did you look at the real load orders? As you can see, heavily modded Oblivion keeps good systems near 30FPS. I looked at the real load orders and understand that it runs ~30 FPS but mine is ~25 OUTSIDE cities while standing still. As I said, when I got into combat with a single barbarian yesterday outside Cheydinhal my FPS dropped to <10 and the entire game slowed down. I'll take another look at those links but I'm pretty sure I did most of it. I have Oblivion Stutter Fix + Streamline although I haven't really gone in-depth configuring either, Streamline's readme is pretty damn useless if you ask me. It doesn't really mention anything and instead directs you to their Bethsoft thread which would require quite a bit of random searching to find what I need. What I did from Albertine's thread: Adjusted my video settings in Catalyst control center Lowered actor/item/object fade Disabled shadows Grass + cell buffer + PreloadSizeLimit .ini tweaks Streamline/Oblivion Stutter Fix/4GB Patch