Need help, mod not working!

[Brendon123123]

Hey all. I'm a bit of a newb modder so work with me here xD. I wanted to add an item to the Arch Mage's Quarters, in a chest, so i did, using the Construction set. I dragged a chest in from the object window, made a new base ID and all that, put my item(s) in, and put a guard by it for good measure ;). Unfortunately when i go in there, the chest doesn't show up, or the guard. I've checked the launcher and the mod is enabled. Also, when i went back in to check in the CS, the guard and container were there. So i have no idea what's going wrong. Any ideas?

[Shadowfen]

Hey all. I'm a bit of a newb modder so work with me here xD. I wanted to add an item to the Arch Mage's Quarters, in a chest, so i did, using the Construction set. I dragged a chest in from the object window, made a new base ID and all that, put my item(s) in, and put a guard by it for good measure ;). Unfortunately when i go in there, the chest doesn't show up, or the guard. I've checked the launcher and the mod is enabled. Also, when i went back in to check in the CS, the guard and container were there. So i have no idea what's going wrong. Any ideas?

 

To eliminate the simplest thing first...

 

Are you running on Windows 7, or Vista and is Oblivion installed in c:\Program Files (x86)\Bethesda Softworks\Oblivion? If you answered yes, then you need to uninstall Oblivion and then reinstall it to a different directory such as c:\Games\Oblivion.

 

The single most common reason for mods to look like they are installed, and for the construction set to seem to work but not really is Windows 7/Vista security. I ran into it myself when I first got my new laptop. :)

[chaospearl]

Another thing to try is moving your mod down to the very bottom of your load order using OBMM or Wrye Bash. The problem could possibly be that you're using another mod that overwrites the Arch-Mage's room. If two mods want to change the same place, whichever mod is loaded last wins.