Oblivion mods jacking up

[TheBloodgunz]

Help help help~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Im sorta new to this whole moding thing but i can instal mods and play Oblivion so i can basicly understand this! When i get a mod i get all the meshes, textures, ect and i have a Vista pc. But when i add it to data files and try to play it on a game it ends up being a giant ! mark surrounded in yellow. Pls tell me how to fix and what is causeing the problem. I think its either i might have too much data, or if i cant do it casue its OMOD (can i do omod on vista?) or maybe its coruppted. i really need your help pls respond!!!!!!!!! if u need to you can E-mail me at [email protected] .

 

Mods that are jacking up~~~~~~

sexy dance club-Color Wheel

Aragorn-Cm companions (its his gear other cm companions work fine)

Gandalf-Cm companions (same thing as Aragorn its the gear)

Roxie's Erotic bookstore

Dwemer flying boat home

 

P.S.i dont think all mods listed are omod,Ihave lots of mods and these resent ones r jacking up maybe i dont have the memory???

[BossDweebe]

Just briefly -

You have not installed the mods incorrectly.

The yellow ! is a missing mesh. This means the mesh did not install to the correct folder.

if you installed all the mods in the list in one go and did not play test first it will be more

difficult to trouble shoot than if you did only one at a time.

 

look through the mods folders and compare with the game.

(long version on the Mod Trouble shooting page - Nif Problems)

[dezdimona]

Vista Problems

 

You MUST be signed on as an Administrator to do any of this.

 

If you have downloaded and installed a mod, and the mod is appearing in your Data Files List, but not in your game And you are running Vista, you have run into a security feature of Vista called User Account Control. Or more simply, UAC.

 

Quoted from the Oblivion Mods FAQ WIKI

 

Alternate Install Directory

If you install your Elder Scrolls game into any directory OTHER than the default, none of these problems occur. Thus, you can bypass the Vista security issues by installing the game onto another hard drive or into a new directory that is not located within the "Program Files" root directory (such as "C:\Games").

 

Run as Admin

Another way to fix it is to right-click the ".exe" file and click properties, then check "Run as administrator". Then click OK. Do this for both the "oblivion.exe" and TESConstructionSet.exe", and any programs you are using that copies files to protected directories (such as WinRAR, 7z, or WinZip).

 

Disable UAC

Windows Vista users who are fairly confident in the security of their computers might also consider disabling UAC altogether. This will allow all programs writing privileges to the Program Files directory. Although this obviously creates a state of decreased security for your PC, it is a very helpful one-size-fits-all solution to a number of compatibility issues with the Vista OS.

 

Look here for instructions on how to turn UAC off. http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vis...-windows-vista/

 

Of these, solution #1 is STRONGLY PREFERRED. Solutions 2 and 3 (running as admin and disabling UAC) remove important safety features of the OS. In contrast, installing Oblivion elsewhere resolves the problems with Oblivion without reducing your overall security.

Wiki entry on installing Oblivion in Vista: http://cs.elderscrolls.com/constwiki/index.php/Windows_Vista

 

Note that unless you opt to reinstall the game in a different location (option 1) when you start trying to make your own mods using the construction set, you will run into these problems again.

[gotxbrains]

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omg where's the delete post button

 

(woops)