How to install mods? Windows 8.1, already read several guides, but mos

[dtmwerks]

Hi. Maybe some of you remember me, but doubt it. I tried around 2-3 years to mod oblivion but gave up after being confused by all the jargon and conflicting things I read on different guides, but most importantly, being mostly incompetent with regards to techy stuff.

 

So...has any of this been more streamlined? Any easier way to get all this together? Well even if it isn't, I still want to do this, and I won't give up this time. I quit way too many things.

 

Good news is that I'm on a fresh laptop with steam installed but Oblivion hasn't been installed yet, which means I'm a bit ahead since I remember you need to put oblivion in a different folder than its default. And I don't have any saves I need to be worried about.

 

Specs: windows 8.1, lenovo y510p laptop, gt 750m, 8gb ram, 15.6 fhd

 

So is there a more recent guide, or the "best" guide for someone who doesn't even know how to backup files without googling it?

 

Btw, those who play this on laptop. Has heat ever been an issue? I have a cooling fan and plan to undervolt (good luck to me) my laptop but figured a game this old on a laptop this new should be fine.

 

Thanks in advance, appreciate ANY help.

 

 

[LID919]

I recently got nostalgic and reinstalled Oblivion on my Windows 8.1 machine, so here is my guide to installing Oblivion's many wonderful mods:

First, highly recommend that rather than installing oblivion in its default directory (C:\Program Files\Bethesda Softworks\Oblivion) You install it somewhere else, such as my location, (C:\games\Oblivion).

 

As for the mods, here is my methodology.

 

Before installing any oblivion mods, I usually save my Oblivion data folder in a zip file, just in case I ever need to revert to completely vanilla settings. (Do this by navigating to your oblivion folder, right clicking the data folder and selecting, "send to compressed (zipped) folder").

 

Next, I create a folder named, "Chocolate". In the chocolate folder, I copy the Oblivion Script Extender, then create a folder named, "Data".

 

In the "Data" folder of the "Chocolate" folder, I copy the files for all the mods I plan on using. I do not use managers to install/remove mods automatically, I prefer working with the files manually. For example, to install Glenvar Castle (which I highly recommend by the way), I copy, Glenvar Castle.esp, Textures, Meshes, and Sounds from the Glenvar Castle download I downloaded from the Nexus, into the Data folder in the Chocolate folder. I then add more mods, such as the Glenvar Castle Voice Addon, by copying it to that same folder. I add others like Basic Primary Needs by copying, Basic Primary Needs.esp, Basic Primary Needs,bsa, Basic Primary Needs.ini, Basic Primary Needs for objects.ini, basic primary needs for vampires.ini, and basic primary needs for werewolves.ini, from the download folder I got from the Nexus, to the Data folder in the Chocolate Folder.

 

Once all the mods I plan on using are in the Chocolate folder, along with the script extender, I copy the contents of the Chocolate folder, directly to the Oblivion folder. Doing so merges the Chocolate Data with the Oblivion Data folders, installing all the mods at once. I then launch the Oblivion Launcher, turn on the mods in the "Data Files" option, then exit the launcher.

 

Next, I run BOSS (which I highly recommend) which automatically sorts my Oblivion mods into the proper order so that none conflict.

 

Once all this is done, I launch Oblivion via the Script Extender launcher, and go have fun.

 

That is my method for installing Oblivion mods.