Book texture mods cause oblivion to not work

[xShadowcat]

Ill start this off by saying i only began modding Oblivion a few days ago, and through Readme's, forum help topics, and of course trial and error, i have learned enough to get a decent number of mods running, mostly through using OBMM.

 

I downloaded a couple different book texture mods (Book Jackets: Oblivion - High Res, as well as Grimbot's Spelltomes and Grimbot's SI Jackets) and whenever i load any of them through OBMM, both at the start and end of the load order, Oblivion doesnt work. When i try to start oblivion, the screen goes black, like it normally does, but then i return to my desktop, instead of the bethesda logo as normal. There is no error message either.

 

If it helps, my current mod list is as follows.

 

All of the Official DLCs

Unofficial Oblivion Patch

Unofficial SI Patch

Quarl's Texture Pack III

Bananasplit Better Cities

Exnem's Female Eyecandy

Ren's Beauty Pack (Both the New race and hair)

Blackluster armor and weapons

Gray Fox Outfit (by Fearabbit)

Quarn's Quest Award Leveler

Unique Landscapes Compilation

Bag of Holding

 

I also tried to add Improved Amulets and Rings by Miknmel, Improved Signs by Miknmel, and Real Lava 1.3 by CptJoker71. While these three mods failed to have any effects, the files are still within Oblivion, and could potentially be causing the problem. I also mention these mods because I would really like to get the jewlery and lava mods working. (throughout the game, you end up looking at your hands a lot, as well as seeing a lot of lava)

 

While all of the mods im having difficulty with ultimately have no impact upon the game (theyre all just visual), i have a feeling that geting help with these will hopefully teach me a bit more about the modding process, so anything that will help me learn is appreciated, even if it doesnt directly make these mods work.

 

Edit: After doing a bit of reading, i see many sources suggesting that I shouldnt have installed Oblivion in the program files folder, since i use vista. Could this have something to do with the problem? Ignore this if its not actually relevant, just trying to provide more information.

[Tomlong54210]

Please, post your load order - http://tesivpositive.animolious.com/index.php?page=know_how_to#PostYourLoadOrder

 

You are probably missing a prerequisite. If you want to learn about mod usage.

 

New Users Guide - http://tesivpositive.animolious.com/#new_users_guide <-- You should be pretty well off after going through this.

 

Is your game patched to the latest version, and do you have OBSE v18 stable installed?

[xShadowcat]

The game is fully patched, but i do not have OBSE, as none of the mods i have used have said they needed it

 

Here is my load order, Exnems Female Eyecandy is not included as i used an installer for it, instead of OBMM

 

Oblivion.esm

Better Cities Resources.esm

bookplacing.esm

Unofficial Oblivion Patch.esp

UOP Vampire Aging & Face Fix.esp

DLCShiveringIsles.esp

Unofficial Shivering Isles Patch.esp

Better Cities .esp

Book Jackets Oblivion.esp

Book Jackets Oblivion - BP.esp

GrayFoxOutfit.esp

ImprovedSigns.esp

DLCHorseArmor.esp

DLCOrrery.esp

DLCVileLair.esp

DLCMehrunesRazor.esp

Book Jackets DLC.esp

GrimbotsSpellTomes.esp

BlackLuster.esp

StockClothingArmor-forExnems.esp

DLCThievesDen.esp

DLCBattlehornCastle.esp

DLCFrostcrag.esp

Knights.esp

xuldarkforest.esp

xulStendarrValley.esp

xulTheHeath.esp

XulEntiusGorge.esp

xulFallenleafEverglade.esp

xulColovianHighlands_EV.esp

xulChorrolHinterland.esp

xulBeachesOfCyrodiilLostCoast.esp

xulBravilBarrowfields.esp

xulLushWoodlands.esp

xulAncientYews.esp

xulAncientRedwoods.esp

xulCloudtopMountains.esp

xulArriusCreek.esp

xulPatch_AY_AC.esp

xulRollingHills_EV.esp

xulPantherRiver.esp

xulRiverEthe.esp

xulBrenaRiverRavine.esp

xulImperialIsle.esp

xulBlackwoodForest.esp

xulCheydinhalFalls.esp

xulAspenWood.esp

xulSkingradOutskirts.esp

Book Placement v2.esp

Bag of Holding.esp

Quest Award Leveller.esp

Quest Award Leveller - Vile Lair.esp

Quest Award Leveller - Mehrunes Razor.esp

Quest Award Leveller - Knights of the Nine.esp

_Ren_BeautyPack_full.esp

Better Cities Full.esp

Better Cities - Unique Landscape Barrowfields.esp

Better Cities - Unique Landscape Chorrol Hinterland.esp

Better Cities - Unique Landscape Cheydinhal Falls.esp

Better Cities - No LEYAWIIN Flooding.esp

Better Cities - Unique Landscape Skingrad Outskirts.esp

Better Cities - VWD of the IC.esp

Better Imperial City.esp

Better Imperial City FPS Patch.esp

Better Cities Full FPS Patch.esp

Real Lava 1.3.esp

[Tomlong54210]

Haha, you do have at least one mod that requires it, the Bag of Holding.

 

OBSE - http://tesivpositive.animolious.com/index.php?page=obse <-- The install is not complicated at all. Pay attention to the notes.

 

_Ren_BeautyPack_full.esp <-- Use only one main plugin

_Ren_BeautyPack_onlyhairs.esp <-- Use only one main plugin

 

BC and the ULs are loading in the wrong order. Get BOSS sort that out. http://tesivpositive.animolious.com/index.php?page=boss

 

Sorting your load order and installing OBSE should fix everything I can see. Where is the book replacement mod?

[xShadowcat]

It was fun wrestleing with Vista to make BOSS work, but its done, and updated my load order (above). I included Book Jackets DLC.esp and GrimbotsSpellTomes.esp with where BOSS thinks they go, but atm Oblivion only works if i deactivate them. Mainly due to your help, all the other problems have been fixed. ^^

 

Edit: Ive installed wyre bash, and it flagged Grimbots Spelltomes as missing a master file, while the Book Jackets DLC.esp is working now

[Tomlong54210]

It was fun wrestleing with Vista to make BOSS work, but its done, and updated my load order (above). I included Book Jackets DLC.esp and GrimbotsSpellTomes.esp with where BOSS thinks they go, but atm Oblivion only works if i deactivate them. Mainly due to your help, all the other problems have been fixed. ^^

 

Edit: Ive installed wyre bash, and it flagged Grimbots Spelltomes as missing a master file, while the Book Jackets DLC.esp is working now

Do you know what missing masters are? The only way to fix them is to install the missing master. When you install Book Jackets, you have the option of two plugins, one of which requires book placement. Grimbots Spell tomes requires the Spelltomes DLC. If you do not have that installed, remove that plugin. Book Jackets DLC is by the same author but for SI right?

[xShadowcat]

Well, that most likely explains it then. I must've forgotten to put that DLC back in when I reinstalled Oblivion after my first modding attempt. lol

 

I assume once i fix that problem, everything will be ok, so thank you for the help. Contrary to the silly mistakes I have made, youve actually taught me a fair deal about the whole modding process.

 

Edit: Verified, working. Again, thanks a bunch, Tom.

[Tomlong54210]

Sweet. ^____^

 

 

Happy gaming!

- Tomlong54210