Help getting mods to all run smoothly?

[zasel]

Hey, I recently started playing Oblivion on my pc, and I've been downloading and installing a bunch of mods. This is my first time trying to mod a game, and it was all going pretty well, but now it seems like the mods are starting to glitch a lot.

 

I'm playing on Windows 7 on a laptop, I'm using OBMM, Wyre Bash, and BOSS these are the mods I have installed: Better Cities Permanent Resources, Oblivion Character Overhaul, 300 Combat Sounds, DarN UI, Get Wet, Reneers Guard Overhaul, Illumination Within Revived, Living Economy, LowPoly Grass, MartsMonsterMod, Liquid Water, Quiet Feet, Regal Imperial City, Streamline, Unique Landscapes, and Unofficial Oblivion Patch. I also have OBSE installed.

 

I'm getting some stuttering, not too bad, but I get other weird graphical glitches like colored pixels falling off of characters, blood randomly appearing on characters, and a few other things. I think MMM might also be glitching or clashing with another mod because i've been seeing some weird spawns for characters (or at least they seem weird). Also, the game almost always crashes when I am exiting out, but I've only had one or two crashes in game so far.

 

I feel like I've been installing my mods correctly, all through OBMM, but I'm still running into bugs. I also want to install other mods, but I don't want to take a risk to ruin or bug up my game even more. Am I doing something wrong? Are the mods glitched? Any help to get all my mods running smoothly would be appreciated as I've been enjoying modded Oblivion a lot and want to keep playing. Thanks.

 

[mhahn123]

Without seeing an actual load order it's very difficult to tell what might be conflicting. Post your load order as it's shown in Wrye Bash. It will contain a lot of useful info that may help. Crashing on exit is a common issue when using mods in general. Cleaning mods before use will help and using a mod like Fast Exit 2 will virtually eliminate the problem 99% or more.

 

Stuttering is a sign that your system is being overtaxed. Liquid water is a bit of resource hog and MMM can also be taxing on your pc if the spawns are set high.

[zasel]

• Ok This is the load order I got in wyre bash

Oblivion.esm

• Mart's Monster Mod.esm

• Unofficial Oblivion Patch.esp

• UOP Vampire Aging & Face Fix.esp

• Oblivion Citadel Door Fix.esp

• DLCShiveringIsles.esp

• Better Cities .esp

• OBGE - Liquid Water.esp

• 300_Combat Sounds.esp

• IWR-Windows.esp

• IWR-Lights.esp

• IWR-Shutters.esp

• Living Economy.esp

• Living Economy - Items.esp

• Cutthroat Merchants.esp

• Get Wet.esp

• Streamline 2.1.esp

• DLCHorseArmor.esp

• DLCOrrery.esp

• DLCVileLair.esp

• DLCMehrunesRazor.esp

• DLCSpellTomes.esp

• DLCThievesDen.esp

• Mart's Monster Mod.esp

• Mart's Monster Mod - Additional Enemy NPC Vars.esp

• Mart's Monster Mod - Diverse Imperial Armor.esp

• Mart's Monster Mod - Diverse Creature Skins.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 - Durability & Damage.esp

• Mart's Monster Mod - Less Bone Loot.esp

• Mart's Monster Mod - Less Rats.esp

• Mart's Monster Mod - Safer Roads.esp

• Mart's Monster Mod - Vindasel.esp

• Mart's Monster Mod - Foxes.esp

• Mart's Monster Mod - More Wilderness Life.esp

• Mart's Monster Mod - More Wilderness Life No Gates.esp

• Mart's Monster Mod - City Defences.esp

• Mart's Monster Mod - Extra Wounding.esp

• Mart's Monster Mod - Friendlier Factions MMM+Fran.esp

• 300_Regal_Imperial_City.esp

• DLCBattlehornCastle.esp

• DLCFrostcrag.esp

• Knights.esp

• QuietFeet.esp

• RenGuardOverhaul.esp

• Mart's Monster Mod - Resized Races.esp

Oblivion_Character_Overhaul.esp

• Bashed Patch, 0.esp

[eric31415]

Here are two OBSE plugins that will help;

 

OSR - really helps with the stuttering

 

Fast Exit - fixes the crash on exit. Don't worry, it seems like modded Oblivion will always COE if you don't use this.

[mhahn123]

So right off the top of my head there are two things I see here which could be draining resources. OBGE Liquid Water, and MMM More Wilderness Life. One is graphic intense, the other adds a lot of new spawn points. Keep in mind overall game performance is not a reflection of any given mod, but the combination of everything you have installed. Since these are both resource intensive it just may be one of them pushing your pc past it's limit. Sometimes you just have to make a choice and drop something. MMM More wilderness life has I think 6 different spawn options for that plugin. You may want to try a lighter version and see if that helps.

 

Also Illumination Within could be something to reconsider. You may try Animated Window Lighting System instead. AWLS has almost no effect on FPS/performance since it doesn't use actual light sources and it's compatible with most everything...including most mod added homes. Another thing to consider are mods like Low Poly Grass for example....helps performance and looks just as good as vanilla grasses. Playing with game settings can net some performance gains....one thing which helps and doesn't make a huge difference visually are shadows. Turn them off if you don't absolutely have to have them.

 

One other thing I noticed is the plugin for MMM Friendlier Factions MMM+Frans. I don't see Francescos mod listed in your load order so if you don't have it, you don't want that plugin installed.

 

Hope some of this helps.

[shinobi2008]

You're missing some of the unofficial patches such as SI and all other DLCs. That would help too. I would drop Living Economy and use Enhanced Economy by TheNiceOne. It basically does the same thing and more. Drop quiet feet and use the bashed patch tweaks instead to save yourself an esp slot. I see Better Cities but what happened to the rest of the esps?