I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO

[Jenrai]

Two very silly questions;

 

1 - Where did you get your game from? If its D2D or Steam, more often than not there own copyright protection systems block attempts to mod a game. If its hacked, forget it. Cracked Oblivion ESM = No mods.

 

2 - Have you definately checked the boxes for the mods in whatever launcher program you use. The number of times I've spent ages looking for things in game, then quit in a huff to examine the mod in the CS, found nothing wrong and launched again only to realise that I hadn't checked it in the first place... well, lets just say I can't count them all on both hands.

 

Jenrai

[bben46]

I haven't heard of any problems with mods and steam. There is a special version of OBSE that works with it also.

 

D2D uses a protection scheme that will not allow OBSE. I recently saw a work around for that but cannot locate it right now. If you need the latest patch, you must go to D2D for one that works. Most mods that do not require OBSE will work.

 

As for pirated versions - you are on your own, who knows what you have or what the pirate left out or added. Pirated games are a favorite vector for spyware and virus. TesNexus has a zero tolerance for pirates. Anyone either giving info or asking for info on pirated versions will walk the plank. Don't be so cheap, buy the game.

[Jenrai]

I haven't heard of any problems with mods and steam. There is a special version of OBSE that works with it also.

 

Eh... maybe I'ma gettin confused... but if you used the steam launcher with some product or other it shot it apart if you had modified the game directory. That said I never had Oblivion or any add-ons from steam. So chances are it was ETW or something. My bad.

 

As for D2D... really? Hmmm... suddenly feeling tempted to get the rest of the DLCs from em... (they do the KotN version with all the DLCs) if its not going to break my mods. From a lot of the "Heeeeelp meeeees!" threads on here and other Oblivion Mod forums I was under the impression that it would. Guess thats me jumping to conclusions again. :D

 

Jen

[bben46]

Everything from D2D has their proprietary protection. Only get the DLCs there if you got the game there. In that case, you should get any patches there also.

 

As I don't use steam, I was basing my statement on what I have seen posted on TesNexus.

[Jenrai]

Bah. I didn't. Beth have really dropped the ball killing off the official DLC site. :(

 

Anyways... briefly back on topic for the OP -

 

Get a few small mods... say R19 of Saiden Storms Akatosh Mount (just because its a rockin steed) and a few weapons and armour mods (for ease of testing something that you don't have to quest for but just find - Gizmodian has released a belting little weapon set just lately but I'll be damned if I can remember its name) & install them manually, just for practice purposes. Fire up the game, check the esps, and go find em. If they are there, quit the game, uninstall the mods (usually you'll only have like 3 - 4 files with a single weapon or peice of armour to hunt down and delete - remember to keep your original zip files so you can identify what file the mod placed where for ease of uninstalling) and then make your omod out of em and try again. If they are still there, you dun good, grasshopper.

 

Experimenting and experience is still the best, if not the only way, to find out what mods work and what don't for you, and the all important bit of wether or not you like the mod in the first place. But get used to installing small mods first, and manually, before you move onto the larger mods and the installers like Bain and OMOD. It'll help you spot problems before they occur and in some cases, fix broken mods without breaking a sweat.

 

Jenrai