LenaMarie Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 Has anyone managed to get it working? Fallout 3 works fine(ish) but Oblivion crashes right on start up. I've reinstalled it a few times, the DLC, SI patched it up to the latest one from the Bethesda website and crashes. any ideas? Yes this is all retail discs, no pirate crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyanideCloud Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 Has anyone managed to get it working? Fallout 3 works fine(ish) but Oblivion crashes right on start up. I've reinstalled it a few times, the DLC, SI patched it up to the latest one from the Bethesda website and crashes. any ideas? Yes this is all retail discs, no pirate crap. Hmm... First of all, Mod Load list please. and, Try UOP? I used to have a problem with Oblivion starting on Vista, but I reinstalled (several months later) after a re-installation of windows and it worked fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LenaMarie Posted July 15, 2009 Author Share Posted July 15, 2009 My load order is pretty simple, I havent bothered with mods since the base game itself doesnt want to work. Oblivion.esmDLCHorseArmor.espDLCOrrey.espDLCFrostcrag.espDLCThievesDen.espDLCVileLair.espDLCMehrunesRazor.espKnights.espDLCShiveringIsles.espDLCBattlehornCastle.esp I havent tried the unofficial patch with it yet but it doesnt hurt to give it a go i suppose. Basically what happens is I start the game, I get a flash of the Bethesda Logo and its back to the desktop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LenaMarie Posted July 17, 2009 Author Share Posted July 17, 2009 No one has any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold101 Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 Well, I have windows 7, and I have no problem with it at all, everything has ran smoothly besides excessive laggy spells crashing the game. But then again, I have the steam version of oblivion so... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aagar Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 I was getting to a point where Oblivion was impossible to play in Vista. Then Vista SP2 came out and I'm happy to say that Oblivion now won't run at all...This forced me to reboot into my windows 7 (build 7600) partition and load Oblivion. I have only been playing with this for 2 days now but no CTDs at all, not even crash when exiting. Windows 7 has a good batch of drivers onboard so I think that one of the Vista SP2 drivers were at fault. All I know is that Oblivion is playing better than it ever has over the last 2.5 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bben46 Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 I have been running Win7 x64 for several weeks now. Not only does it run, but better than my older WinXP Pro x32 system. I have had fewer crashes. and I have actually been able to alt tab out of Oblivion and run another application, then return to the game consistently - no crash while doing this. My FPS is slightly better also. Not dramatically so, but noticeable. I am running about 50 mods, OBSE, OBMM, BOSS, Wrye Bash all with no problems. I also have Windom Earle's crash prevention on. I have Si & most of the DLCs. & UOP I have had a few Nvidia black screen crashes (using a 7600 GT board) I started a topic on Win7, but as it works so well I haven't had much to report. The topic is pinned under Discussions > System Advisor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qwaxalot Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 Windows 7 should not be giving you any problems unless your hardware is inadequate for oblivion. If you upgraded from XP to Windows 7, and your game was working, you should expect the same issues as with Vista. Namely User Account Control. Although many users on this forum are likely using Windows XP, the bottom line is, the world is moving on. Specifically, Microsoft support for XP is coming to an end. For that matter, Windows VISTA is soon to be replaced by Windows 7. Therefore, it's appropriate to be prepared to move forward. First things first, if you're using Vista, make sure you're updated to SP1 (Service Pack 1). Pre service Pack versions are kind of wobbly, and have some pretty radical security problems. Vista uses a number of techniques to provide protection to programs installed in the "Program Files" directory. All of these techniques are controlled by the "UAC" (User Account Control) set of utilities. They effectively prevent users and other programs (read mods and mod utilities), without appropriate permissions from altering those programs. The most obvious solution to this issue is to turn off the UAC feature. Unfortunately, turning off UAC also defeats many of Vista's built in (and very good) defenses against hacker and virus attacks. NOTE, that with UAC turned off any malware attack, AUTOMATICALLY, has FULL administrative rights to your computer. This is not a good thing. What's a gamer to do? If you do want to turn off UAC, only do so if you have a hardware firewall, good anti-virus software, are paranoid about Internet sites, and are totally sure that no one else is going to use your computer. If your computer is in use by more than one person, then turning off UAC is a really bad idea. Alternatively, install your games to somewhere other than the default location, ie C:\Games\ (or something similar), or, better yet, if you have the hardware, install your games to a seperate partition, or seperate harddrive. For that matter, if your games are installed to a seperate physical harddrive (by this I don't mean an external USB drive) they will run better. By doing this, you can leave UAC engaged, thus increasing your protection, and still enjoy the gaming experience with mods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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