mingus2012 Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 i have lost magic ability in the middle of the game. all spells will load, but when triggered have no effect. ranged spells have no animation, just look like a glowing hand. no fun! everything was running smoothly, then i loaded my savegame and... nada. any ideas? thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fonger Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 turn your machine off then try again if it still doesn't work, deactivate your newest mod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mingus2012 Posted March 16, 2010 Author Share Posted March 16, 2010 well i did both and then disabled all mods, now i crash on leaving the character screen. this has happened several times, i get to the middle of a game and splat, reinstall and start everything over just to get to the same place and splat, reinstall etc. kind of not worth the money i think, but you can't resell pc games. kinda hating bethesda right now, lotta time wasted and no fun... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenrai Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 Silly question - how long had you been playing those particular saves? Magic animations can be affected by the dreaded A-Bomb. Best way to tell is open a door (not a loading one- an internal door) does it seem to take it forever to open but the sound plays as normal? Failing that, you mention you've been hit by this before. Did you have the same mods loaded last time? Jenrai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mingus2012 Posted March 19, 2010 Author Share Posted March 19, 2010 well, i unloaded all mods, restarted the pc, made a character, now in the jail and still can't use the flare. just sticks his hand out and there's a glow and a sound, but no effect. it was fine after i reinstalled for the umpteenth time, had a decent game going, then pop. could it be something in the .ini ? i'm baffled. also, i have deleted all my old saves at the reinstall, and what is the 'a-bomb'? i'll try anything... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenrai Posted March 25, 2010 Share Posted March 25, 2010 Heya matey - sorry for the slow response, never spotted your reply.Yeah, if you've not already built a clean .ini, that could be it. Delete your old one (the one in the my docs >> my games >> Oblivion folder - bad things happen when you edit the default .ini in the game directory) The A-Bomb, or animation bomb, is an affect that rears its ugly mush after around 100 hours of gameplay (debatable) when animations such as flickering flame, opening doors, and some magicka effects start locking up and slowing down, or failing to play entirely. Its fixable - there are mods that fix it, Wrye Bash can too. Its a bug in the games default engine - not a right lot you can do about it until it happens, and as it has a variety of different effects that can all vary in severity, it can be kinda hard to pinpoint that as the issue. But thats NOT your problem. If it was, starting a new charector on a fresh install would have fixed it. So... two questions; 1 - when you did your clean install, did you empty your data folder too? & 2 - Did you clean your registry? Old defects can survive if you don't clean the registry, and definately if you leave the old data folder intact. Deactivating mods rarely, if ever, removes them completely from your game. Jenrai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mingus2012 Posted March 26, 2010 Author Share Posted March 26, 2010 well, i did the uninstall and ditched all mods from the HD. i redownloaded some faves, and cut the number way down. i also did a registry sweep, ran CCleaner, defragged (i do this often with AusLogic defrag tool), reinstalled, and everything was cool for about two days (except Dragon Age crapped out on me... i'm beginning to take it personally!) and macicka was fine. i bought 'enemies explode' which still works, but none of the other spells do. i'm baffled. i will rebuild the .ini, and i just now updated wrye bash, so i'll mess with that. thanks for the response, i have no other vices but time-wasting with games, but i'm REALLY wasting time lately... :huh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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