Oblivion on steam crashing on start up

[pharaoh66]

I'm sure everyone has seen this problem a million times but i just re-installed oblivion fresh on steam and it crashes just after the Bethesda logo pops up ( Specifically says oblivion has stopped working). I have tried deleting the .ini file and it did nothing could use some help please.

 

 

[Lanceor]

Could be a missing master or load order issue. Use BOSS to autosort your mods (including DLCs) and see if there are any warning messages.

[pharaoh66]

So I tried using BOSS it said there were no problems (I have no mods on right now other then the official plugins) and still getting the same crash

[Lanceor]

Give these a try. Source: http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Technical_Support

 

Problem

Oblivion crashes on startup, I don't even get to the main menu.

 

Cause 1

Other programs disrupting disk operation, or you have old save games and settings in the (My Documents/My Games/Oblivion).

Solution

Disable them. Most likely you'll have to switch off your antivirus (if it scans all files you access), Google Desktop (same), possibly any P2P apps running in the background (they are rather disk-intense and memory-heavy) and anything that could pop up a message from system tray during the game (email notifiers, instant messengers, automatic updaters). This is the recommended minimum, but for optimal performance and stability turn off everything that is not essential to the system operation, freeing up resources for the game. You can safely switch this all back on after you finished playing. Note the firewall apps shouldn't affect the game stability (theoretically...) so feel free to leave them on, or if you feel unsafe, disable the network connection together with the firewall for time of playing.

Second Solution

Move all files in (My Documents/My Games/Oblivion) to a different location. Start the game and see if it works. If it does then you may copy back the "Save" folder back in.

 

Cause 2

Mods selected without having the correct master files

Solution

Check through all mods and ensure they have the required master files present and clicked on.

 

Cause 3

DirectX is missing newer d3dx9 revision files.

Solution

Download and install the newest DirectX End-User Runtime.

 

Cause 4

Installing a mod in the wrong folder, i.e placing a "textures" or "meshes" folder with files in them, in the root folder instead of in the data folder.

Solution

Remove/move mods that are out of place. Almost all mods should go to the data folder, unless otherwise specified.

 

Cause 5

You have multiple monitors.

Solution

Disable all monitors except your primary display. If you have an Nvidia graphics card, right click on an empty space on the desktop, and select "Nvidia Control Panel". Under the display tab in the sidebar there will be a line that says "Set up multiple displays". Disable all monitors except your primary display. If you have an AMD/ATI graphics card, go to "AMD Catalyst Control Center" and select "Display Management". Disable all monitors except for your primary display.

 

Cause 6

Switched to monitor with different resolution.

Solution

The easiest way to fix this without deleting your oblivion.ini file (by doing would delete any good changes you've made) is to go into the My Documents/My Games/Oblivion/oblivion.ini find iSize W= and iSize H= and change the values to the correct ones. So if you have a screen which uses 1440x900 you would make the following changes: iSize W=1440 iSize H=900 then save changes.

[Viking1962]

First, sorry for my bad englsih

 

Do you have Asus Xonar soundcard? it will crash the game if the option GX is enabled in the Asus Audio Center, so turn it off. My Oblivion crashed at startup then returned to desktop when GX is enabled

Edited September 19, 2013 by Viking1962