rladngus Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 Hello all! I haven't played a modded Oblivion game for a year and I just got back into it. I got all the mods I need and, of course, the Oblivion Mod Manager. I got all the mods loaded and activated. The only thing that is keeping me from clicking that Launch button is the fear of mod conflicts and crashes due to said issues. I've been trying to figure out the entire day how to use Wrye Bash to correctly order the mods to merge them into the game with no problem, but I just can't figure out how!! I know I can manually order them myself, and yes I do have a pretty bland idea of what the load order would look like, but I absolutely don't trust myself! That's why I'm relying so heavily on Wrye Bash, but like I said I have no idea how to use it... can someone help me please? Any links to special How-To-Guidelines for idiots (like me)? Thanks in advance! P.S: I've tried using the new Balo feature but I still have no idea what to do. All I see is different mod groups (Overhauls, Weapons, CLothes, etc) and "offset" numbers ranging from the negatives to the positives. I DID read guidelines but they all sound like I'm supposed to know the smallest detail they're talking about!!!! please help lol. P.S#2: I'm listening to Linkin Park. They are very good. LoLz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eggthief Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 I don't think you can trough Wyre Bash, however you can easily use BOSS to create the load order, it is fully compatible with Wyre Bash. Linkin Park < Killswitch Engage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex2avs Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 General Load-Order Guidelines Here are the guidelines that I adhere to, personally. ~ Unofficial Oblivon Patch should always be first on the list. The fixes are great, but most aren't essential, so if a mod overwrites them its not a big deal, and the fixes have the potential for screwing up other mods if loaded later. ~ Offical Content (DLC's) should be loaded last, until you complete all quests associated with them (that includes buying all furniture for the houses and whatnot). Once they're complete, they can be safely moved up in the list. This is especially important for Knights of the Nine, which will have some fairly major problems unless loaded last (unless you get the UOP for KotN) ~ Major overhaul mods (OOO, Frans, MMM) should be loaded near the end. That gives you the most complete experience with any of those particular mods. It also lets you carefully choose which other mods to load afterwards... only move mods that you know will conflict and that you want the changes from. For example, I have Improved Soul Gems below OOO because I know that OOO changes the icons of some of the SG's, and ISG needs to be below to show through. Some people will recommend putting larger mods first, but personally I disagree. There are a number of mods out there that make minor tweaks, and loading after a large mod will end up completely overwriting a chunk from one of the bigger mods because of the way conflicts work in Oblivion (even one minor change will take precedence over the entire record... for example, simply tweaking the speed of a weapon can cause every stat of that weapon to be retained to vanilla levels if loaded later). So basically, it stacks up like this... Oblivion.esm Unofficial Oblivion Patch <Minor Mods / DLC's (Post-Completion)> <Major Overhaul Mod/Mods> <Mods that specifically conflict with overhauls and need to take precedence> <DLC's (Pre-Completion)> Note: If using Mayu's Overhaul Mod. I recommend loading it after OOO or MMM Expanded Load-Order Guidelines by dev_akm I would extend this to include: Oblivion.esm Unofficial Oblivion Patch <Weather/Environment/Sound Mods> <Minor Mods/New Items/Houses/DLC's (Post-Completion)> <Major Overhaul Mods> <Mods that specifically conflict with overhauls and need to take precedence> <DLC's (Pre-Completion)> <Quests> <Compatibility Patches/UOMP/Merged Leveled Lists> And a special-case warning for Knights.esp (Knights of the Nine) -- you may not be able to move it earlier than some other mods (some people have had problems after moving it before OOO, for example). That's basically the structure I use and I have 140+ mods working well together. Another way of describing this (posted by DMan77): .... Oblivion unoffical patch Deeper realism mods that add sights and sounds added content like weapons/items gameplay changes, like 'must eat and sleep' The OOO type the 'new begining' type mod.. Qouted from Dezi's post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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