Oscuro O.Overhaul

[tones50cal]

hi guys

After returning from a very long Holilday in the sun my oblivion ooo game is well and truly cracked up. On reloading a saved game i got large yellow and gray blocks and npcs with no bodies. These problems ony seem to be around the added ooo items. I switched off my body replacer mod but htis made no differance . I then reinstalled oblivion ,mod manager, body replacer and then tried to install ooo, but it would not install . It kept extracting from the CGV disc but would not appear in the oblivion data file or the mod manager. I have now uninstalled everything and reinstalled it twice with the same result i am doing something wrong but what?????. Anybody willing to walk me through the right steps, make it nice and easy as i am not tech savvy. Hope you can help tones

[tones50cal]

Hi guys

Now things have really got strange. On trying to reinstall oblivion as soon as i put the disc in the play screen comes up. I can play my saved games plus new ones with all my dlc and exnem body replacer intact even though i unstalled them even the mod manager pops up and that was uninstalled as well. Any idea whats going on. tones

[dezdimona]

frombben the moderator

 

When you uninstall Oblivion it doesn't really uninstall everything. Then when you start adding mods before you have started the game, some things may not get initialized properly. Here is my recommended procedure for uninstalling and reinstalling.

 

It does not remove your mods, save games or Oblivion.ini or the entries that the original installation of Oblivion placed in your Windows registry. It also does not remove helper programs such as OBSE, OBMM, Wrye Bash, The construction set or any other programs you have installed in the \Oblivion folder or the save game folder. I recommend that you go ahead and delete them, then re download and install the latest version of them again later. After you have verified that the game works.

 

I would appreciate any feedback on this as it is something I expect to post often and I hate to give bogus or useless information.

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Uninstalling Oblivion

 

My instructions assume you are using Windows XP and have installed Oblivion into the default location. If you are using Vista or Linux, the file locations may be different, however, the procedure will be thae same.

 

For a full reinstall, first you can try to preserve your mods and save games. I recommend that you save them in a new folder with a new name. Create the new folder in C:\Program files\Bethesda Softeworks. Name it Old Files. So it will be C:\Program Files\Bethesda softworks\Old files.

 

Then copy the data folder where your mods are to the new folder - do not erase them, copy them. And in the new folder, rename the \data folder to \olddata. Then copy and rename the folder that has your saved games and Oblivion.ini, C:\documents and settings\your user name\my documents\My Games\oblivion to something like \My games\Old Oblivion - this saves your saved games and the oblivion.ini file.

 

Then, using the original CD, NOT the Launcher on your Hard drive. Select uninstall.

 

After it completes the uninstall, reboot your computer - this is important as it allows Windows to remove some references to the original Oblivion.

 

This would be the time to erase all of the helper programs you have in the \Oblivion folder. Such as OBMM, OBSE and some others. The simplest way is to delete the folder completely. The new install will re create the folder for you along with a fresh oblivion.ini and when you start the game and make a save, a new save folder and new \data folder.

 

This would also be a good time to do a file clean up.

 

To remove the registry entries that were left behind. There are several good programs for removing left behind entries. The one I use is ccleaner. Be sure to reboot before using it, and again after. It is free and available here: http://majorgeeks.com/download4191.html

 

Now that everything is cleaned up, do a full defrag on your hard drive to leave a large uncluttered area to reinstall to. This prevents your game from installing in a fragmented way, with parts scattered all over the drive. It also will speed up the install a little.

 

 

 

Now to Reinstall.

 

Again using the original CD, install Oblivion.

 

NOTE: If you are using Vista, DO NOT install to the default directory. Instead make a new directory I recommend C:\Games. Install Oblivion there to avoid the hassle with Vista UAC blocking mods.

 

Before adding any mods, patches, helper programs, Shivering Isles or anything else, start the game and make a save. This initializes some stuff that needs to be initialized.

 

If you are using the Game of the Year version of Oblivion you should not need any patches, skip the patching part.

 

Now, If you DO NOT use Shivering Isles, patch the game using ONLY the latest Oblivion patch. All of the stuff from the earlier patches is included.

 

Be sure you use the proper language patch. If you use the wrong one it may work, but with a strange mixture of languages. (Germanglish?) Or it may crash.

 

NOTE: there are two English Patches UK & US and they are different. (Some people actually think we speak the same language) Use the one that matches your original disk.

 

If you use Shivering Isles, Install it now. DO NOT install the Oblivion patch. Install Shivering Isles, then ONLY the latest Shivering Isles patch. All of the updates for Oblivion are included. There is only one Shivering Isles patch for both US & UK English (Maybe sometimes we do speak the same language.)

 

Now, again start the game, make sure it looks right, move around a little to test it, and make a save. Test to be sure everything is working right (No purple objects or yellow blocks)

 

Before adding any mods, back up both your \data folder and the save game folder. Copy them, don't move or rename them, to a different folder - such as \Bethesda\Clean Oblivion\data and \Bethesda\clean Oblivion\saves. Note that this is a different folder than the one used for your old data and saves.

 

Note, Your Oblivion.ini file is in the same folder, but separate from, the save game folder.

 

Now, if you want to try to run with your old mods, first rename the original folders. The \data folder to \newdata and the \oldata back to \data. this restores all of your mods. You should now have 2 data folders \data, and \newdata in your \oblivion folder

 

To restore your original saves and ini file, rename the new My Games\Oblivion to something like \New Oblivion. and the \Old oblivion to \oblivion - this restores all of your saved games and your original Oblivion.ini file.

 

DO NOT erase the files you renamed. These are your backup files in case the original mods do not work or give you the same problem.

 

If you have the same problem, it is most likely caused by a mod. However, you now have a clean install to fall back on. You can rename the files back to what they were and be back to your clean install without having to reinstall again.

 

Sounds like lots of work, but you will have a clean install and a back up clean install when you are finished.

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[tones50cal]

Hi Dezdimona

Many many thanks for clearing up the uninstall and reinstall. Things are almost back to normal. However my ooo will still not appear. I am using a dvd disc that came from the cvg mag of a few years back. This contains version 1.3. When i put the disc into my computer it askes me where i want to extract the data to. Previuosly i Typed in C:\Program Files\Bethesda Softworks\Oblivion and i was able to play the ooo game with no problems (ooo appeared in the data files section and i just clicked the box for it to work) . Now no matter what i type in the files just go into thin air no apperance in data files or even mod man. Where do i need to extract to in order to get ooo into my game again. Once again many thanks ,hope you can help me out again. tones

[tones50cal]

Hi guys

This is driving me nuts. I followed dezes advice wiped everthing out (even my saved games) and got a clean reinstall plus NOTN. I downloaded omod manager and exnems bodies all was well with the world until I tried to add OOO. Gave up on the disc and sent it for recyleing. I have downloaded OOO1.3 from a site followed the instructions and low and behold it worked (big mistake!!!!!), the same problem reared its ugly head (if you will forgive the pun), no bodies only heads on imp guards and big yellow blocks all over the place. It seems as though the meshes are not activated as the problem only occures around the new OOO added stuff. Does anybody know how to cure this problem or where can i download an omod version of OOO for free

tones :wallbash: I need help NOW

[MikeHibs]

I believe i had a similar problem.

 

Make sure that you downloaded the full version OOO, and not a Patch.

 

The full versoin should be about 400 MBs, if i remember right.

[MikeHibs]

I believe i had a similar problem.

 

Make sure that you downloaded the full version OOO, and not a Patch.

 

The full versoin should be about 400 MBs, if i remember right.

[tones50cal]

Hi

Yes it was a full download (413mb ). How did you get around the problem? tones

[MikeHibs]

My problem was that i didn't download the entire mod.

I wasn't aware that the full version wasn't on tesnexus.

I only had the Patch.

so when i install it, it was very glitchy.

 

As for your problem, you could try to redownload it. and intall it again.

Or you could try getting a later version. like 1.33.

[tones50cal]

Hi Mike

I checked all over tesnexus but could not find the full download. Other versions were available but all said i needed the original 1.3. So i downloaded from gamemaster (or something like that) site. For whatever reason the mod has decided to have a good day sort of!!!!!!!, no more yellow blocks and only half see through npcs, that is the ones wearing ooo added gear. So the game is at least playable that is if you can get used to the purple ground. I suspect that somewere i have corrputed data that is affecting the game. Still looking for a fix so if anybody can help me i would be very gratefull. tones :blink: