Sheathing And Footsteps Sounds Don't Play

[Honnou]

Alright. So, recently, I've been on a little Oblivion kick, reorganizing mods, optimizing the game, making it highly playable, something I'd want to play again. I've got it quite well set, with ONE exception. For a completely unknown reason, sheathing/unsheathing sounds, as well as footsteps, frankly, don't exist. I can't understand it.

 

A little backstory: this issue actually started months ago, at least some time last year, during my last Oblivion kick. A buddy of mine suggested I tried Unnecessary Violence, so I did. Now, it might not have been UV, but it was around that time that these sounds disappeared. I know for a fact it's not just .wavs, though - I've completely removed the data/sounds/ folder to test that option. As well, I've had UV uninstalled since after testing it (I really dislike it), and I'm on a different save; always start fresh when I make alot of mod changes.

 

One thought is that it could be some undocumented change in one of the mods I use, but this seems like a strange thing, especially since not that many of these came after the sounds stopped playing. I imagine it could potentially be something to do with the Oblivion.ini, but I can't find any info on that and don't have the original .ini any more to quickly test.

 

Now, obviously, this isn't a huge issue. I can live with(out) it if need be, I wouldn't consider reinstalling just to fix it. But it does bug me, since, at this point, this is basically THE last problem that I've got with the game, aside from a few complaints about some of the mods I use.

 

Here's my mod list, in case it might help. As well, this is my load order; if you can see any way that it can be improved, please, do tell. I know quite well it's in a fair amount of disarray.

 

Any help is appreciated, of course.

 

Oblivion.esm

Francesco's Leveled Creatures-Items Mod.esm

Francesco's Optional New Items Add-On.esm

Francesco's Optional New Creatures Add-On.esm

Mart's Monster Mod.esm

HorseCombatMaster.esm

All Natural Base.esm

HrmnsOblivionScriptOptimizationv1.0.esp

DLCShiveringIsles.esp

AmbientTownSounds.esp

Diverse Voices.esp

CharGenAmulet.esp

ReneerDialogMod.esp

Sexual_SpiderDaedra.esp

Xero's Fame Indicator.esp

Enhanced Economy.esp

DLCOrrery.esp

DLCMehrunesRazor.esp

doofdillas_potions_recolored_sorted_v0_3_1.esp

VA_HonamiDaito.esp

RealSwords - Goblin.esp

RealSwords - Nord LO-NPC.esp

Francesco's Optional Files.esp

Mart's Monster Mod for Fran.esp

Mart's Monster Mod - Shivering Isles.esp

Mart's Monster Mod - Diverse Creature Skins.esp

Mart's Monster Mod - Fran's leveled quests.esp

Mart's Monster Mod - Safer Roads.esp

Mart's Monster Mod - No Lanterns.esp

Mart's Monster Mod - Vindasel.esp

Mart's Monster Mod - Foxes.esp

Mart's Monster Mod - Bats Addon.esp

Mart's Monster Mod - Dungeons of MMM.esp

Mart's Monster Mod - Farm Animals.esp

Mart's Monster Mod - Durzog Addon.esp

Snow Dragon Temple v1.0.esp

24HrArenaAliveLow.esp

Knights.esp

Mart's Monster Mod - Knights.esp

Cliff_BetterLetters.esp

ImprovedSoulgems.esp

Scouter.esp

Talk With Your Hands.esp

RealisticForceMedium.esp

Vampire Ashes.esp

Disenchant.esp

SSEE.esp

More Realistic Sneaking 1.9 - Sleepkill Dagger.esp

RenGuardOverhaulShiveringIsles.esp

Enhanced Grabbing.esp

Realistic Arrow Flight.esp

NE_Realistic_Blocking.esp

Francesco's Slower skills x1.5.esp

DremoraFemales.esp

Riddick Saber Claws.esp

KT_CustomRaceFix.esp

Francesco's 10 days respawn time - 1-16 day lenght rescale.esp

HeatVision.esp

Real Lava 1.3.esp

X-Ray Detect.esp

Visual Enchantments v1.0.esp

Q - Playable Palace Guard Armor v1.0.esp

Q - Playable Dremora Armor v1.1.esp

Mephitis.esp

MelDemonRace.esp

PlayAurMaz.esp

Merchant - Friends Buy Stolen.esp

RenNPCNameMod.esp

All Natural - Real Lights.esp

All Natural.esp

All Natural - SI.esp

Streamline 3.1.esp

Atmospheric Oblivion.esp

Enhanced Water v2.0 HD.esp

RenCorpseMod.esp

Spears of Cyrodiil.esp

Hel Borne Spear Set.esp

Alternative Start - Ship.esp

ZumbsLockpickingMod - OBSE.esp

DeadlyReflex 5 - Combat Moves.esp

Deadly Reflex 5 - Timed Block with no damage or durability changes.esp

AkaviriSamuraiShop.esp

Enhanced Water v2.0 HD - SI Addon.esp

ReneerVariedNPCsMod.esp

RenGuardOverhaul.esp

RealSwords - Argonian LO-NPC.esp

RealSwords - Redguard LO-NPC.esp

RealSwords - Orc LO-NPC v1.0.esp

RealSwords - Bosmer LO-NPC.esp

RealSwords - Breton LO-NPC.esp

RealSwords - Khajiit LO-NPC v1.3.esp

Clutter Weapons.esp

L_HalfDremora.esp

JOES damage mod v1.esp

Bashed Patch, 0.esp

[yeldarb]

You can copy your current configuration settings in Documents\My Games\Oblivion( the file is also called Oblivion) and then delete the original to make the game create a new one.You just need to reset your screen resolution and reenable some tweaks like border removal and screenshots. If your sounds return you are happy, if they do not then reinstall the copy you made. Look at mods that you installed around the time your sounds did dissappear for a possible culprit.

[Honnou]

Hey, thanks for that. It was indeed SOMETHING in the .ini. I couldn't tell you what value. I'll have to see if I can look that up or find the difference between the two .inis, but still, seriously, thanks.

 

EDIT: It's something under the [AUDIO] settings. I just copy/pasted the fresh audio settings over the old ones, and, viola. My sounds.

 

Thank you so much, Yeldarb. I've given you some kudos.