Is this a bug?

[AislinCade]

So after installing a whole whackload of mods over the last few days, I have noticed something kinda odd. I haven't run into any locked chests in quite a while. Every chest I find is unlocked. That wouldn't be too bad (I can just lock them through the console if I want to practice my lockpicking), but I've got Armamentarium Complete, which comes with leveled lists, and if I don't have any difficult locked chests in the game, I won't get any of the good gear from AC, will I?

 

I'm not sure if the "no locked chests" thing is a bug or not, but I've been in Janus Hassildor's bedroom where two chests behind his bed are unlocked (I'm not sure if they're supposed to be locked, though) and multiple dungeon crawls... again, all chests unlocked. If this is a bug, and anybody has ever dealt with it before, I'd appreciate any info you can give on how to fix it. I'd like access to some of the better goods from the Armamentarium mod, without having to go into the construction set and console to get them.

 

Thanks!

 

(Oh, and my load list, just in case it is a particular mod or a bug or something.)

 

Oblivion.esm

Cobl Main.esm

Armamentarium.esm

Artifacts.esm

Kvatch Rebuilt.esm

Better Cities Resources.esm

Younger Hotter NPC's v1.0.esp

Younger Hotter NPC's v1.0 Vwalk.esp

Unofficial Oblivion Patch.esp

UOP Vampire Aging & Face Fix.esp

Oblivion Citadel Door Fix.esp

DLCShiveringIsles.esp

Unofficial Shivering Isles Patch.esp

Better Cities .esp

Natural_Weather_by_Max_Tael_RD.esp

Natural_Weather_HDR_with_darker_Nights_by_Max_Tael_RD.esp

Natural_Habitat_by_Max_Tael.esp

Natural_Water_by_Max_Tael.esp

WindowLightingSystem.esp

ChaseCameraMod.esp

AyleidStatueMap.esp

ShadowbanishMap.esp

ShowDaedricShrines.esp

StoneMarkers.esp

WayshrineMapMarkers.esp

console codes.esp

KDCirclets.esp

KDDwemerSpectacles.esp

Dude Wheres My Horse.esp

Cobl Glue.esp

Cobl Si.esp

ArmamentariumArtifacts.esp

adTH-druidsdomain.esp

adTreeHome.esp

Artifacts.esp

Kvatch Rebuilt.esp

Kvatch Rebuilt Vwalk.esp

Knights.esp

Knights - Unofficial Patch.esp

Knights Vwalk UOP.esp

The Lost Spires.esp

The Lost Spires Vwalk.esp

Natural_Vegetation_by_Max_Tael.esp

Auto Potion.esp

Ring of console.esp

Scouter.esp

Quest Award Leveling.esp

Quest Award Leveling - Finger of the Mountain.esp

Alternative Start by Robert Evrae.esp

Disenchant.esp

DirenniAlchemyApparatus.esp

No psychic guards v1.2.esp

Oss133FrameRateOptimizer.esp

Educational Magicka - 2.1.esp

Beautiful People.esp

Better Cities - Full City Defences.esp

Better Cities Full.esp

Better Cities - VWD of the IC.esp

Better Imperial City.esp

Better Imperial City FPS Patch.esp

Better Cities - COBL.esp

Better Cities Full FPS Patch.esp

Bashed Patch, 1.esp

True Retroactive Health v3.1.esp

SaddleBag.esp

[yeldarb]

I don't use console codes enough to know if an "unlock all" command exists.Make a copy of your configuration settings in Documents\My Games\Oblivion-the file is named Oblivion too. When you have made a copy and placed the copy someplace safe then delete the original. Hopefully this will fix your bug. You will have to reset your screen resolution when you start a new game. If this does not work then reinstall the copy of your configuration settings and go through the readme files of all your downloaded mods to find the culprit mod.

[AislinCade]

Thanks, I'll try this! I thoroughly read all information in all the mods I installed, not just the readmes but also any notes and conflict reports on TESNexus and the other site I download from, Planet Elder Scrolls. I also glanced through the first page or two of comments to see any reported bugs. So I'm pretty sure none of them have anything listed about chests being unlocked. That's why I came here... to see if anyone else had ever experienced this, and maybe by comparing our mods we could determine which ones might be the culprit and track down information on how to fix it. Hopefully your suggestion works, and if not, I'll keep looking through the forum for anyone else complaining of the same thing. Thanks again!

[Tomlong54210]

So after installing a whole whackload of mods over the last few days, I have noticed something kinda odd. I haven't run into any locked chests in quite a while. Every chest I find is unlocked. That wouldn't be too bad (I can just lock them through the console if I want to practice my lockpicking), but I've got Armamentarium Complete, which comes with leveled lists, and if I don't have any difficult locked chests in the game, I won't get any of the good gear from AC, will I?

 

I'm not sure if the "no locked chests" thing is a bug or not, but I've been in Janus Hassildor's bedroom where two chests behind his bed are unlocked (I'm not sure if they're supposed to be locked, though) and multiple dungeon crawls... again, all chests unlocked. If this is a bug, and anybody has ever dealt with it before, I'd appreciate any info you can give on how to fix it. I'd like access to some of the better goods from the Armamentarium mod, without having to go into the construction set and console to get them.

 

Thanks!

 

(Oh, and my load list, just in case it is a particular mod or a bug or something.)

 

Oblivion.esm

Cobl Main.esm

Armamentarium.esm

Artifacts.esm

Kvatch Rebuilt.esm

Better Cities Resources.esm

Younger Hotter NPC's v1.0.esp

Younger Hotter NPC's v1.0 Vwalk.esp

Unofficial Oblivion Patch.esp

UOP Vampire Aging & Face Fix.esp

Oblivion Citadel Door Fix.esp

DLCShiveringIsles.esp

Unofficial Shivering Isles Patch.esp

Better Cities .esp

Natural_Weather_by_Max_Tael_RD.esp

Natural_Weather_HDR_with_darker_Nights_by_Max_Tael_RD.esp

Natural_Habitat_by_Max_Tael.esp

Natural_Water_by_Max_Tael.esp

WindowLightingSystem.esp

ChaseCameraMod.esp

AyleidStatueMap.esp

ShadowbanishMap.esp

ShowDaedricShrines.esp

StoneMarkers.esp

WayshrineMapMarkers.esp

console codes.esp

KDCirclets.esp

KDDwemerSpectacles.esp

Dude Wheres My Horse.esp

Cobl Glue.esp

Cobl Si.esp

ArmamentariumArtifacts.esp

adTH-druidsdomain.esp

adTreeHome.esp

Artifacts.esp

Kvatch Rebuilt.esp

Kvatch Rebuilt Vwalk.esp

Knights.esp

Knights - Unofficial Patch.esp

Knights Vwalk UOP.esp

The Lost Spires.esp

The Lost Spires Vwalk.esp

Natural_Vegetation_by_Max_Tael.esp

Auto Potion.esp

Ring of console.esp

Scouter.esp

Quest Award Leveling.esp

Quest Award Leveling - Finger of the Mountain.esp

Alternative Start by Robert Evrae.esp

Disenchant.esp

DirenniAlchemyApparatus.esp

No psychic guards v1.2.esp

Oss133FrameRateOptimizer.esp

Educational Magicka - 2.1.esp

Beautiful People.esp

Better Cities - Full City Defences.esp

Better Cities Full.esp

Better Cities - VWD of the IC.esp

Better Imperial City.esp

Better Imperial City FPS Patch.esp

Better Cities - COBL.esp

Better Cities Full FPS Patch.esp

Bashed Patch, 1.esp

True Retroactive Health v3.1.esp

SaddleBag.esp

You did not really just install all of these at once and load up the game...right?

 

Load Order Comments:

Natural Weather - Uninstall and the fixed version (LINK). (You should only have been using one of the weather plugins, by the way.)

Swap Natural Vegetation for Enhanced Vegetation (which has much better performance.)

Oss133FrameRateOptimizer <-- What is this?

Stabilization and Optimization Mods - http://tesivpositive.animolious.com/index.php?page=stabilization_and_optimization_mods

 

What is console codes.esp? and Scouter.esp?

[Falco544]

I've noticed this happen to me sometimes also, there is not a cheat that Unlocks every chest in the game unless you modded your Oblivion game to do so. There's nothing i really do but i just have to restart my game bcuz if u want the challenge of lockpicking then that's the way i do it. But check ur mod list first to make sure it wasn't something you downloaded

[Tomlong54210]

Yup, it could be a bad edit in a mod. Have you tried regenerating your Oblivion INI? http://tesivpositive.animolious.com/index.php?page=know_how_to#RegenerateTheOblivion.ini

[AislinCade]

You did not really just install all of these at once and load up the game...right?

No, of course not. I installed them either one at a time, or in small groups, then tested them and if there were any problems, I looked around for solutions. I also got rid of anything I didn't like or that didn't work with other mods I wanted more.

 

Natural Weather - Uninstall and the fixed version (LINK). (You should only have been using one of the weather plugins, by the way.)

I already installed RD's fix, though I didn't think about the two weather bits being active at the same time. I'll get rid of one. Thanks!

 

Oss133FrameRateOptimizer <-- What is this?

It just swings around the various control sliders when you're in combat for better performance and then back to better graphics when you're not.

 

Stabilization and Optimization Mods - http://tesivpositive.animolious.com/index.php?page=stabilization_and_optimization_mods

I'm already using OBSE, WeOCPS, and all the Unofficial patches (aside from the Mods one, which I'll get). I'll work on getting the rest. Again, thanks.

 

What is console codes.esp? and Scouter.esp?

Console codes just gives you a big ol' stack of books in-game with the various console codes, so you don't have to Alt+Tab or exit the game and risk it crashing in order to look something up. I use them a lot, actually... I've played through the game many times without them, so now that I know they're there, I just kinda go a bit crazy. Scouter is a Japanese mod that adds a health bar above NPC's heads.

 

Thanks for everything! I'll definitely follow your suggestions and if you have any more advice, I'd love to hear it.