Problem patching from 1.0.228.

[Freezion]

i currently got patch 1.0.228 of the game and want to patch it to 1.2.416 so i can use the frostmourne/lich king armor mod. but i cant do it. it just says ''old files does not excist''

 

Any tips or tricks to get this fixed?

[bben46]

If you got your game through a download such as D2D, You have to go to them for any patches. The ones at the official site will not work because of the D2D copy protection. Programs like OBSE will probably not work because of the D2D copy protection. There is a special OBSE for the Steam version though. If you have a pirate version, sorry about your luck. Don't be so cheap, buy the game.

 

If you have the Game of the Year version, you don't need a patch as long as you have installed Shivering Isles. For some reason, Beth put the Oblivion Patchin the Shivering isles install instead of the Oblivion install.

 

To find what version you have, look in the lower left corner on the loading screen. If it shows v1.2.0416 you already have the latest patch.

 

You only need to install the latest patch, v1.2.0416, all of the stuff from earlier patches are included.

 

If you have Shivering Isles, DO NOT use the Oblivion patch, ONLY use the latest Shivering Isles patch. All of the oblivion stuff is included. There is only one English version SI patch for both US & UK versions.

 

If you DO NOT have Shivering Isles, use only the latest Oblivion patch for the language version on your original install disk.

 

Be sure to get your patch from the official Bethesda site where they have FREE patches for every language version, There are 2 English versions, UK & US be sure to get the one that matches your disk.

 

Bethesda site: http://www.elderscrolls.com/downloads/updates_patches.htm

[Freezion]

it is the retail version of the game i got :)

[Freezion]

but i have been trying with the US, UK, even the german version. just says the same over and over and over.

[Megatarius]

Do you have Shivering Isles?

 

As BBen said, install that and you're good. I had the same problem when I installed the game.

[bben46]

First, Check to see what version you already have - look in the lower left corner of the brown loading screen. In very small characters it will have the version.

 

If you have SI and have already used the Oblivion patch - sorry, you will have to reinstall. For some reason, Beth made the version number the same for the Oblivion only patch and for the combined SI/Oblivion version. Making them incompatible. - The patch installer only looks at the version number, if it sees the same number, it 'assumes' you have already patched your game and gives the error message that a file of the same name already exists.

 

If you are getting a different error - as you said, 'Old file does not exist' I would suspect there is something missing from your installed version. Or possibly a corrupted Windows registry entry. Try uninstalling and reinstalling using 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

[nosisab]

Actually the troubles patching with Oblivion's 1.2.0416 over SI is that patch will break it deeply. That patch gives pure Oblivion many things introduced by Shivering Isles but can do it only in a different way SI implements. So BBen is right, the better is installing the game again from scratch.

 

Skip all previous patch, use only the last one for your game and locale... probably patching a German version with the English one is bad Idea.

 

Repeating: if you have SI "do not" patch with Oblivion's ones. Go directly for the SI.

 

Since you are positive it is version 1.0 so it mean you do not have SI at this point and if not planning to install it you must use the patch for Oblivion.