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[psyclon09]

Okay so im trying to delete all the mods i had for oblivion but in the Data files all the mods are still on there but they arent on the main files in the programs section

 

How can I get rid of all the mods that are still on the Data Files on the game splash start up

[nosisab]

Okay so im trying to delete all the mods i had for oblivion but in the Data files all the mods are still on there but they arent on the main files in the programs section

 

How can I get rid of all the mods that are still on the Data Files on the game splash start up

Not sure if understand the problem (someway I foresaw this). No mod is expected to be into the Oblivion install root folder, they are meant to be under the /data and subfolders there. Some utilities would be into the oblivion root folder but not mods.

 

If you are going to uninstall all mods, the better is reinstalling the whole game, making sure to delete the oblivion folder after the uninstallation so no 'spurious' files remains there, delete the oblivion folder at the (my) documents too. You may want to backup those folders but this is about you.

 

Remember that former savegames may not work anymore if they were done while using mods.

[psyclon09]

Okay so im trying to delete all the mods i had for oblivion but in the Data files all the mods are still on there but they arent on the main files in the programs section

 

How can I get rid of all the mods that are still on the Data Files on the game splash start up

Not sure if understand the problem (someway I foresaw this). No mod is expected to be into the Oblivion install root folder, they are meant to be under the /data and subfolders there. Some utilities would be into the oblivion root folder but not mods.

 

If you are going to uninstall all mods, the better is reinstalling the whole game, making sure to delete the oblivion folder after the uninstallation so no 'spurious' files remains there, delete the oblivion folder at the (my) documents too. You may want to backup those folders but this is about you.

 

Remember that former savegames may not work anymore if they were done while using mods.

 

 

 

I did what u said already but all the mods are gone, but when I go to start up the game then go to Data Files, The list of all the mods I had before were all on there even though I got rid of them all.

[bben46]

This is a list of what should be in the \data folder with NO mods or anything except the original stuff installed by the DVD.

 

If you erase any of these, the game will not work properly. (credits is not actually needed, but it is a very small file.) If you erase everything else and only leave these, then you will have the equivalent of clean install.

 

Note, some music mods actually replace the original files so you may be stuck with what you have.

 

After you get to this point, TEST it make sure it works like you want. Then make a copy of the clean \data folder somewhere outside of the Oblivion folder. This will be your backup clean data folder.

 

Contents of a clean install \data folder :thumbsup:

 

Music (folder)

Shaders (folder)

Video (folder)

Credits (text)

Oblivion - Meshes.bsa

Oblivion - Misc.bsa

Oblivion - Sounds.bsa

Oblivion - Textures - Compressed.bsa

Oblivion - Voices1.bsa

Oblivion - voices2.bsa

Oblivion.esm

[psyclon09]

This is a list of what should be in the \data folder with NO mods or anything except the original stuff installed by the DVD.

 

If you erase any of these, the game will not work properly. (credits is not actually needed, but it is a very small file.) If you erase everything else and only leave these, then you will have the equivalent of clean install.

 

Note, some music mods actually replace the original files so you may be stuck with what you have.

 

After you get to this point, TEST it make sure it works like you want. Then make a copy of the clean \data folder somewhere outside of the Oblivion folder. This will be your backup clean data folder.

 

Contents of a clean install \data folder :thumbsup:

 

Music (folder)

Shaders (folder)

Video (folder)

Credits (text)

Oblivion - Meshes.bsa

Oblivion - Misc.bsa

Oblivion - Sounds.bsa

Oblivion - Textures - Compressed.bsa

Oblivion - Voices1.bsa

Oblivion - voices2.bsa

Oblivion.esm

 

 

 

I dont think anyone understands me :(

 

OKay try to make this as simple as possible, all my mods are gone but the main ones that are required to make the game work, so I have no mods, I start up the game and go to data files under the play button. All of my mods are still on the list even though they all have been deleted, how do I clean the list?

[bben46]

Go to C:\Program Files\Bethesda Softworks\oblivion\data. Delete all of the files and subfolders you find there except the ones I listed. That is where the data listing gets its list of mods from. Any .esm or .esp file in that folder will show up in the data list, either the one from the vanilla game ( under the play button) or the much better one from OBMM. Note that Oblivion.esm should still be there.

 

Also, this does not get rid of your saved games as they are located in a different place outside of the Oblivion folder.

 

If you need to reinstall, see this procedure:

 

Here is a link to my complete uninstall/reinstall procedure located in the articles section of the Nexus

http://www.tesnexus.com/articles/article.php?id=240

[psyclon09]

Go to C:\Program Files\Bethesda Softworks\oblivion\data. Delete all of the files and subfolders you find there except the ones I listed. That is where the data listing gets its list of mods from. Any .esm or .esp file in that folder will show up in the data list, either the one from the vanilla game ( under the play button) or the much better one from OBMM. Note that Oblivion.esm should still be there.

 

Also, this does not get rid of your saved games as they are located in a different place outside of the Oblivion folder.

 

If you need to reinstall, see this procedure:

 

Here is a link to my complete uninstall/reinstall procedure located in the articles section of the Nexus

http://www.tesnexus.com/articles/article.php?id=240

 

see thats the thing they are all deleted but still show up on the data files list x_x

[Qwaxalot]

Go to C:\Program Files\Bethesda Softworks\oblivion\data. Delete all of the files and subfolders you find there except the ones I listed. That is where the data listing gets its list of mods from. Any .esm or .esp file in that folder will show up in the data list, either the one from the vanilla game ( under the play button) or the much better one from OBMM. Note that Oblivion.esm should still be there.

 

Also, this does not get rid of your saved games as they are located in a different place outside of the Oblivion folder.

 

If you need to reinstall, see this procedure:

 

Here is a link to my complete uninstall/reinstall procedure located in the articles section of the Nexus

http://www.tesnexus.com/articles/article.php?id=240

 

see thats the thing they are all deleted but still show up on the data files list x_x

 

You have a Vista computer and installed Oblivion to the default location?

 

If so you've run afoul of the virtual drive feature of Vista's security system.

 

The solution is to use Bben's uninstallation and reinstallation guide to completely remove Oblivion, including registry entries. Then reinstall Oblivion to somewhere other than the default location (for example: C:\Bethesda\Oblivion)

 

Qwaxalot