OBMM

[MattKelly77]

Hi, firstly apologies I'm new to Nexus mods and a total novice to modding. I'm trying to mod Oblivion and I'm currently having problems installing OBMM.

 

I have a CD Rom version which is installed and has It's own directory in the C drive(Not in Programs or Programs 86), however when I save the OBMM files and try to open I have an error message saying the following:

 

Oblivion mod manager must be installed to Oblivion's base directory. If you have moved or renamed 'oblivion_default.ini' please replace it.

 

The OBMM file was saved in the same directory file as my Oblivion.exe file however I'm unable to progress.

 

Would anyone be able to offer a suggestion?

 

Any help would be much appreciated

 

[Striker879]

The full path to OBMM's executable will be Bethesda Softworks\Oblivion\OblivionModManager.exe and you will also find the folder Bethesda Softworks\Oblivion\obmm which contains subfolders (obmm\backup obmm\corrupt obmm\mods and obmm\UI).

 

Is your custom path to the game's installation folder something you created when installing the game or have you 'moved' the game from it's original installation location? An exact full path to OblivionModManager.exe and Oblivion.exe would be helpful (example mine is G:\Games\Bethesda Softworks\Oblivion\Oblivion.exe and G:\Games\Bethesda Softworks\Oblivion\OblivionModManager.exe).

 

Edit - Another possibility is have you tried to edit Oblivion.ini?

 

A common mistake people make is to try to edit Oblivion_default.ini (which is located in the Bethesda Softworks\Oblivion folder) when they should have been editing Users\[username]\My Documents\My Games\Oblivion\Oblivion.ini (which by the way does not exist until you start the game after installing it ... another possible cause for your error message).

[MattKelly77]

Many thanks for replying Striker879

 

I noticed I got in trouble for posting my original on wrong forum section, wasn't till i posted the second I noticed they had moved my original to same place.

 

My installation of Oblivion I created a folder in my C drive to avoid it being saved to Programs etc. That custom folder contains the Oblivion.exe and Oblivion.launcher I had added OBSE and the 4gb patch to that directory too. The downloaded OBMM files in wizard recognised my custom folder and auto selected. The OBMM files appear in the same folder as my Oblivion.exe files along with the OBMM launcher.

 

The Oblivion.ini is i think stored in MY PC/Documents/My Games/Oblivion which I've not directly edited.

 

Do you think I have installed my Oblivion.exe in the appropriate place?

[Striker879]

It would help me if you gave the complete path to your Oblivion.exe and OblivionModManager.exe (as I did in my example ... gives me the chance to see if there is some detail missing/wrong).

 

After you installed the game did you start it at least once?

[MattKelly77]

"C:\Oblivion\Oblivion.exe"
"C:\Oblivion\OblivionModManager.exe"

 

Yes I have started and saved the game at several points

[Striker879]

OK ... I don't see anything in your folder path that should cause any trouble.

 

Confirm that you have Users\[username]\My Documents\My Games\Oblivion\Oblivion.ini (this is assuming you are using a version of Windows newer than WinXP like Vista, Win 7 or Win 10).

[MattKelly77]

I have windows 10

 

so my oblivion.ini file is in:

 

"C:\Users\matth\OneDrive\Documents\My Games\Oblivion\Oblivion.ini"

 

The "C:\Users\matth\Documents" does not contain the oblivion.ini

[Striker879]

OK I don't have any hands on Win 10 experience (I'm still Win 7) but from what I've seen reported by others your path to Oblivion.ini isn't what I expected. I'm guessing you have some feature in Win 10 enabled to share files across different machines or logins (the OneDrive part).

 

Just to confirm ... that is the folder path where the game saved Oblivion.ini after it created it on first start?

 

Do you have a folder path C:\Users\matth\OneDrive\Documents\My Games\Oblivion\Saves (which should contain your save files)?

 

In your C:\Oblivion folder do you have Oblivion_Default.ini (full path C:\Oblivion\Oblivion_Default.ini)?

[MattKelly77]

Thanks for continuing to help

 

So the file path for the oblvion.ini is where it was originally created when I installed the game. I havent altered the file path.

 

Yes I have saved game files in that file path i.e. "C:\Users\matth\OneDrive\Documents\My Games\Oblivion\Saves\Save 2

 

Ah, now as for the Oblivion_Default.ini which is mentioned in the error message, I appear not to have one anywhere. I have tried changing the names of the oblivion files match but no luck. I have since restored their original names

[Striker879]

Oblivion_Default.ini is copied to the game install's folder path when you first install the game. That is the file that the game loads if it can't find Oblivion.ini where it expects to find it (not your case in my opinion) and is the stub file that is used to create your first Oblivion.ini after the game detects your hardware (something it doesn't do a very good job with considering none of us are using hardware that was around back in 2006 when the game was released). That's why you ususally need to set the game resolution etc after that first game start.

 

The only way I know to get Oblivion_Default.ini back if it's missing is to re-install the game (unless you made a backup of it ... yes I have backups of even my backups, old guys tend to be very conservative).

 

- Edit - I'm not entirely clear why OBMM would need Oblivion_Default.ini unless it's looking for it as a simple check to confirm proper game install path. A temporary workaround in that case could be to make a copy of your current Oblivion.ini, rename the copy to Oblivion_Default.ini and then put the renamed copy in your C:\Oblivion folder (so the full path would then be C:\Oblivion\Oblivion_Default.ini). When you install OBMM it will then find a file named Oblivion_Default.ini in the folder path it expects (based on the Windows registry for the game) and OBMM should install correctly. Once you have OBMM installed I'd move your renamed Oblivion_Default.ini out of the C:\Oblivion folder just so the game doesn't try to use it if there is ever a problem with your Oblivion.ini (it would be better to go the proper route at that time and do a game re-install to recover the proper Oblivion_Default.ini ... this is just a possible workaround).