Oblivion crashes on title screen

[bben46]

BOSS is not infallible. It is a suggested load order. Most of the time it works fine. However, there are mods that will not be compatible no matter what their load order. Also, one of those few that BOSS could not order may be causing a problem. BOSS also cannot work with any OMODS that are not active - it works fine with those that are active (blue)

 

Using OMODs does make removing mods much easier as when you deactivate an OMOD it removes everything that was installed with that mod. However, OMODS are not immune to conflicts. They just make it easier to install and uninstall the mods.

 

I would first see about the map loop.bik file. This is set in the Oblivion.ini as SMainMenuMovie=Map loop.bik. Try editing the ini and putting it back like it was. The vanilla map loop.bik is located in the /data/videos folder, and that is where the game will look for it. If some mod replaced the map loop.bik without making a backup, that is not good modding practice as they should always give you a way to revert back to the original. Look for a file that has a similar name, possibly with a different suffix than .bik. If I were programming that I would have used a name like 'map loop.old' There are 9 files in the videos. Look for one that is different from this list.

 

2k games.bik

bethesda softworks HD720p.bik

CreditsMenu.bik

game studios.bik

Map loop.bik

Oblivion iv logo.bik

Oblivion Legal.bik

OblivionIntro.bik

OblivionOutro.bik

 

 

Don't just back up the vanilla data folder when you have a clean install, back up the oblivion.ini and the save game folder as well.

 

Contents of a clean install \data folder

 

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

[Lemonpieman]

Got it working, the post above did it for me. Thanks.