Motions/actions stuck

[LannaKurylenko]

Need help with this one. Past couple days oblivion has been kinda freezing on me, after 5-10 minutes of play. I had mods earlier, so i deactivated all of them to see if it was a mod issue, kept doing it still. I then uninstalled and reinstalled , no mods and installed the recent patch for oblivion, but it still gets stuck in motion. It doesn't have to be motion either, usually it gets stuck in motion, but if i leave oblivion on and go afk without touching the keyboard or mouse my character will freeze up and I won't be able to move or use the cursor. Everything around my character still is functioning, I can still be hit and killed etc etc. The cursor sometimes moves if i minimize oblivion and full screen it again, but it freezes right after. I have nothing running while running Oblivion either. My computer meets the specs, and it's been running fine for the past 5 months or so. Just up until now it's been acting like this. Pls help

[Netwit2008]

I had somewhat of a similar problem a while back with doors moving incredibly slow and fires no longer flickering, spell effects lingered for quite some time after being cast. I found a little gem of a program called: OAF - Oblivion Animation fixer V1.1

 

This program was suggested to correct a glitch that occurs when you're about 200 hours into the game. Seems that at this point there is a problem which causes huge lags, especially in the areas I mentioned above.

 

I'm not sure if that's your problem, but it could be related. I installed the program and wha la! No more problems. This is a blurb from the readme file (hope it's ok to post, if not someone let me know and I won't offend again :) )

 

What this does:

This program, OAF, will un-stick your animations in Oblivion. All types of animations can become stuck in Oblivion such as fires, torches, magic effects, doors and moveable platforms. You will know when this happens. It is usually reported to occur in games with greater than 200 hours of playtime. This program should not be used to fix anything except stuck animations and can not be used to prevent stuck animations. This program does not fix corrupted savegame files. The program modifies one byte in your savegame file that has been found to be involved in this problem. This solution should be considered an un-official fix which will not be supported by Bethesda Softworks, the publisher of the game Oblivion.

 

OAF does not permanently fix your savegame, you may run it again at any time on any future savegame.

 

As I said, I'm not sure this is your problem, but if so, this program will certainly get you back in action. I'm assuming you can use the search function here and look for "OAF". Hope this helps and good luck!

[darkjaffar]

Make sure you follow the guides that describe how to do a complete clean uninstall and install process. It doesn't sound like a hardware issue, which would suggest maybe something faulty is being left behind. Just using the uninstaller doesn't cut it sometimes when it comes to uninstalling the game.

 

Can you open up console during this? Try running the command "enableplayercontrols" during the event and see if that fixes the issue. Maybe something is running disableplayercontrols without you knowing.

 

Though you said you disabled mods, there is a known problem with deadly reflex that causes something similar, though I think it freezes the whole game, except sound. Make sure you are using the most up to date version of that mod if you are using it, and make sure it is the very last thing in your load order.