"You can't go that way. Turn back"

[Dimitrisgb]

Every time I try to go to an exterior, I get that message. And before you ask, I have disabled the border through the .ini file and I have used TES4EDIT and TESLODGEN. Any idea what's causing it?

[Striker879]

There are two entries in Oblivion.ini that sound like they are sort of the same (but I don't think they are).

 

In the top [General] section you will have bBorderRegionsEnabled (which I have set to bBorderRegionsEnabled=0) and in the [Main] section you will have bEnableBorderRegion (which I have set to bEnableBorderRegion=1).

 

I can go around the entire perimeter of the map. Make sure you are editing Oblivion.ini and not Oblivion_Default.ini (so not the one found in the game's Bethesda Softworks\Oblivion folder ... you want to edit the one found in the Oblivion folder in your MyDocuments folder where your save files are).

[Dimitrisgb]

There are two entries in Oblivion.ini that sound like they are sort of the same (but I don't think they are).

 

In the top [General] section you will have bBorderRegionsEnabled (which I have set to bBorderRegionsEnabled=0) and in the [Main] section you will have bEnableBorderRegion (which I have set to bEnableBorderRegion=1).

 

I can go around the entire perimeter of the map. Make sure you are editing Oblivion.ini and not Oblivion_Default.ini (so not the one found in the game's Bethesda Softworks\Oblivion folder ... you want to edit the one found in the Oblivion folder in your MyDocuments folder where your save files are).

 

There is no bBorderRegionsEnabled in the [general] section of the .ini file. Only bEnableBorderRegion in the [main] section.

[Striker879]

After I posted I had a look in the Oblivion_Default.ini and found that it does not have bBorderRegionsEnabled in the [General] section. This leads me to think that the game creates that entry in Oblivion.ini as it sets up the game while installing.

 

Make certain you are looking in C:\Users\My Documents\My Games\Oblivion\Oblivion.ini (or whatever that folder path has evolved to in the latest versions of Windows ... I'm still using Win7).

[Dimitrisgb]

After I posted I had a look in the Oblivion_Default.ini and found that it does not have bBorderRegionsEnabled in the [General] section. This leads me to think that the game creates that entry in Oblivion.ini as it sets up the game while installing.

 

Make certain you are looking in C:\Users\My Documents\My Games\Oblivion\Oblivion.ini (or whatever that folder path has evolved to in the latest versions of Windows ... I'm still using Win7).

 

Yes, that is what I am talking about. I edit the .ini file in My Documents. I also tried by putting bBorderRegionsEnabled under the [General] section by myself, but it doesn't work.

[Striker879]

To get the game to re-generate a new Oblivion.ini you will need to rename your current Oblivion.ini to MyOldOblivion.ini ( so change C:\Users\My Documents\My Games\Oblivion\Oblivion.ini to C:\Users\My Documents\My Games\Oblivion\MyOldOblivion.ini) and then start the game all the way to the Main menu. Exit the game and check your newly created C:\Users\My Documents\My Games\Oblivion\Oblivion.ini and see if it now has bBorderRegionsEnabled in the [General] section and set it to bBorderRegionsEnabled=0.

[RomanR]

It's also important to edit an Oblivion.ini which Oblivion uses. For example my old DVD version loads an Oblivion.ini from "{User name}/Documents/My Games/Oblivion/" directory for example and this dir contains "Saves" too. I don't know about other versions like GOG or Steam, but I'm assuming that directory structure would be same (Saves dir + Oblivion.ini + RendererInfo.txt + ConstructionSet.ini (if you use it) + BlendSettings.ini (optional too)) .

 

You can also check if "bUseMyGamesDirectory" setting (the last in [General] section) isn't switched off, but as I tested to switch it off myself it seems doing nothing.

 

Edit: Eh, Striker879 was much quicker to explain this. If you can't find the directory yourself, simply use Win's integrated search function for "Oblivion.ini" to find all places there it resides for you.

Edited May 2, 2023 by RomanR

[Dimitrisgb]

So, I renamed the .ini file, which has the bBorderRegionsEnabled. But I still face the problem and now I have two files: 1)MyOldOblivion.ini and Oblivion.ini (bBorderRegionsEnabled is not in the Oblivion.ini file).

[Dimitrisgb]

So, I renamed the .ini file, which has the bBorderRegionsEnabled. But I still face the problem and now I have two files: 1)MyOldOblivion.ini and Oblivion.ini (bBorderRegionsEnabled is not in the Oblivion.ini file).

 

[sorry for the second answer. How can I delete it?]

Edited May 2, 2023 by Dimitrisgb

[Striker879]

It's also important to edit an Oblivion.ini which Oblivion uses. For example my old DVD version loads an Oblivion.ini from "{User name}/Documents/My Games/Oblivion/" directory for example and this dir contains "Saves" too. I don't know about other versions like GOG or Steam, but I'm assuming that directory structure would be same (Saves dir + Oblivion.ini + RendererInfo.txt + ConstructionSet.ini (if you use it) + BlendSettings.ini (optional too)) .

 

You can also check if "bUseMyGamesDirectory" setting (the last in [General] section) isn't switched off, but as I tested to switch it off myself it seems doing nothing.

 

Edit: Eh, Striker879 was much quicker to explain this.

 

Yeah I've tried changing that when looking for a way to change the Saves folder to my big Data drive (wanting to save the wear and tear on my C drive SSD) but I had no luck whatsoever.