The silence is maddening! - Dialouge issues

[goldkear]

while I'm not new to oblivion (I used to have it for PS3) I am new to mods (I now have it for PC instead) and I went a little mod crazy, but i tried to be careful to pick ones that wouldn't conflict. everything seems to be working fine except the dialouge is silent. the other sounds are fine, including NPCs talking to each other, but as soon as I enter dialouge - silence. any suggestions/help would be greatly appreciated.

 

Now, here is my mods/load order. I may have went a little overboard :/

 

Oblivion.esm

Mart's Monster Mod.esm

Oscuro's_Oblivion_Overhaul.esm

Unofficial Oblivion Patch.esp

Knights - Unofficial Patch.esp

DLCHorseArmor.esp

DLCHorseArmor - Unofficial Patch.esp

DLCOrrery.esp

DLCOrrery - Unofficial Patch.esp

DLCFrostcrag.esp

DLCFrostcrag - Unofficial Patch.esp

DLCThievesDen.esp

DLCThievesDen - Unofficial Patch.esp

DLCThievesDen - Unofficial Patch - SSSB.esp

DLCVileLair.espX¯ É°pȈ"DLCVileLair - Unofficial Patch.esp

DLCMehrunesRazor.esp

DLCMehrunesRazor - Unofficial Patch.esp

DLCSpellTomes.esp

DLCSpellTomes - Unofficial Patch.esp

DLCShiveringIsles.esp

Unofficial Shivering Isles Patch.esp

Oscuro's_Oblivion_Overhaul.esp

OOO-Water_Weeds.esp

OOO-No_Guild_Ownership.esp

OOO-Map_Markers_Stock.esp

OOO-Container_Trap_Instant_Effects.esp

OOO-DLT_Remover.esp

OOO-Magic_Script_Effect_Fix.esp

Mart's Monster Mod for OOO.esp

Mart's Monster Mod - Gems & Gem Dust.esp

Mart's Monster Mod - More Wilderness Life.esp

Mart's Monster Mod - Durability & Damage.esp

1Mart's Monster Mod - Looting NPCs & Creatures.esp

Mart's Monster Mod - Reduced Spawn Rates.esp

Mart's Monster Mod - Diverse Creature Skins.esp

Kobu's Character Advancement System.esp

MaleBodyReplacerV3.esp

Vampire Aging & Face Fix.esp

Oblivion Citadel Door Fix.esp

[GFX]_Initial_Glow-all.esp

Cities Alive At Night.esp

Cutthroat Merchants.esp

Living Economy - Items.esp

Living Economy.esp

Thieves Arsenal.esp

Harvest [Flora] - DLCVileLair.esp

Harvest [Flora] - DLCFrostcrag.esp

Harvest [Flora].esp

Harvest [Flora] - Shivering Isles.esp

SupremeMagicka.esp

SM_MMM.esp

SM_OOO.esp

SM_SigilStone.esp

SM_Scrolls.esp

SM_DLCSpellTome.esp

SM_EnchantStaff.esp

SM_UnlockSpells.esp

xulCheydinhalFalls.esp

xulRollingHills_EV.esp

XulEntiusGorge.esp

xulAspenWood.esp

xulBrenaRiverRavine.esp

xulBravilBarrowfields.esp

xulArriusCreek.esp

xulBeachesOfCyrodiilLostCoast.esp

xulAncientYews.esp

xulBlackwoodForest.esp

Natural_Weather_HDR_by_Max_Tael.esp

Natural_Weather_by_Max_Tael.esp

Natural_Habitat_by_Max_Tael.esp

Natural_Water_by_Max_Tael.esp

Natural_Vegetation_by_Max_Tael.esp

Natural_Weather_HDR_2.1.2_bugfree.esp

ImprovedSigns.esp

P1DkeyChain.esp

P1DKeyChainSI.esp

RenGuardOverhaul.esp

RealisticFatigue.esp

RunFatigueMod-4787.esp

Jump_Adjustment-2211.esp

IWR-Windows.esp

IWR-Lights.esp

IWR-Shutters.esp

TNR ALL RACES FINAL.esp

TNR - ShiveringIsles.esp

 

my active omods, which included in the list above, i think.

Female EyeCandy - Body Replacer

Illumination Within Revived 0.9.2

LBM Weathered Direction Signs 1.3

Operation Optimization v1.1.1b

TNR_-_Tamriel_NPCs_Revamped_v106-16843

 

I suspect TNR or persuasion overhaul are the culprit, but i'm not sure.

[Tushaar]

Im guessing the TNR, try to disable it, see what you manage to get :)

[goldkear]

that just causes it to crash. I'm now trying a reinstall (i really wish I had more of these as omods, would be so much faster...)

[Smooth613]

I know you're new to this, we all were at one time, but you need to slow down and read about what you're doing instead of going in blindly, like you are now. I can tell you're just browsing, or ignoring information by your Load Order. Take the following for example;

 

Natural_Weather_HDR_by_Max_Tael.esp

Natural_Weather_by_Max_Tael.esp

Natural_Habitat_by_Max_Tael.esp

Natural_Water_by_Max_Tael.esp

Natural_Vegetation_by_Max_Tael.esp

Natural_Weather_HDR_2.1.2_bugfree.esp

 

You should only be using one of the Weather ESPs, not three... Read the ReadMe, thoroughly. You should do so for each mod.

 

I suggest you read over Tomlong's site for some great information, from beginner to advanced. Then do even more research of you own instead of just diving in. You're just asking for trouble at the rate you're going, as you've already experienced.

 

You can make OMODs for just about any mod you want. Again, you need to read documentation for the utilities and the mods you use and you would have known this. Don't rush things, it'll be here when you're ready. Here's another site to help you get going, LHammonds OBMM How-to.

 

Use BOSS to sort your Load Order.

 

Good luck.

[Swordfish42]

You have marts and Oscuro's, yet I see no bashed patches. VERY bad mistake. I wonder if that is the problem. I would reccomend Wyre bash, but that is extremely newbie unfriendly.

[goldkear]

well, I did wrye bash and boss, fixed some issues i didn't even know I had, however voices are still missing and now everyone's eyes are black. the black eyes I know has something to do with my body replacers, and i'm seraching about for that fix now.

I might not have patched everything with wrye bash, because I can't get the newest version to work, i read this and i'm running v284 at the moment. it should be noted that I use vista, and have everything installed outside the program files folder

 

 

here's an updated list, though i don't think it will tell you much Oblivion.esm

Oscuro's_Oblivion_Overhaul.esm

Mart's Monster Mod.esm

Unofficial Oblivion Patch.esp

UOP Vampire Aging & Face Fix.esp

Oblivion Citadel Door Fix.esp

DLCShiveringIsles.esp

Unofficial Shivering Isles Patch.esp

Natural_Weather_HDR_by_Max_Tael_RD.esp

Natural_Habitat_by_Max_Tael.esp

Natural_Water_by_Max_Tael.esp

Cities Alive At Night.esp

IWR-Lights.esp

IWR-Windows.esp

IWR-Shutters.esp

ImprovedSigns.esp

Living Economy.esp

Living Economy - Items.esp

Cutthroat Merchants.esp

DLCHorseArmor.esp

DLCHorseArmor - Unofficial Patch.esp

DLCOrrery.esp

DLCOrrery - Unofficial Patch.esp

DLCVileLair.esp

DLCVileLair - Unofficial Patch.esp

DLCMehrunesRazor.esp

DLCMehrunesRazor - Unofficial Patch.esp

DLCSpellTomes.esp

Thieves Arsenal.esp

DLCThievesDen.esp

DLCThievesDen - Unofficial Patch.esp

DLCThievesDen - Unofficial Patch - SSSB.esp

Oscuro's_Oblivion_Overhaul.esp

OOO-Map_Markers_Stock.esp

OOO-No_Guild_Ownership.esp

Mart's Monster Mod.esp

Mart's Monster Mod - Diverse Imperial Armor.esp

Mart's Monster Mod - Gems & Gem Dust.esp

Mart's Monster Mod - Durability & Damage.esp

Mart's Monster Mod - More Wilderness Life.esp

Mart's Monster Mod - City Defences.esp

Martigen's Monster Mod - Resized Races.esp

DLCFrostcrag.esp

DLCFrostcrag - Unofficial Patch.esp

Knights.esp

Knights - Unofficial Patch.esp

xuldarkforest.esp

xulStendarrValley.esp

xulTheHeath.esp

MMMMWL-TheHeath patch.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

MMMMWL-RollingHills patch.esp

xulPantherRiver.esp

xulRiverEthe.esp

xulBrenaRiverRavine.esp

xulImperialIsle.esp

xulBlackwoodForest.esp

xulCheydinhalFalls.esp

xulAspenWood.esp

xulSkingradOutskirts.esp

xulSnowdale.esp

OOO-Snowdale Patch.esp

Natural_Vegetation_by_Max_Tael.esp

Harvest [Flora].esp

Harvest [Flora] - DLCFrostcrag.esp

P1DkeyChain.esp

P1DKeyChainSI.esp

PersuasionOverhaul.esp

RealisticFatigue.esp

RealisticForceMedium.esp

RealisticMagicForceLow.esp

SupremeMagicka.esp

SM_ShiveringIsles.esp

SM_EnchantStaff.esp

RenGuardOverhaul.esp

Kobu's Character Advancement System.esp

Beautiful PeopleV22 - MaleReplacerV3.esp

Bashed Patch, 0.esp

[Smooth613]

For the black eyes problem you're either missing resources (textures) from your body mod or need to update Archive Invalidation.

 

Scroll down to the Pink or Missing Textures Section.

 

You likely need Archive Invalidation.

 

Or the records are being overwritten by another mod. Make sure your NPC mods have they Eyes tag and are imported in your Bashed Patch via the Import NPC Faces section.

 

For your next issue about Wrye Bash. You should have no problems updating Wrye Bash to a newer version. All you do is simply unpack the archive "over top" of the current stuff and select yes when ask to overwrite.

 

So go download Wrye Bash v290 (most recent stable version) and extract the archive directly to your Oblivion folder, not the data folder, and you're done. It's that simple. This will overwrite your current Mopy folder and add/replace any folders and files you're missing in the Data folder. You need to be using Wrye Bash 287 or 290. Those are the stable releases as of now. Avoid the others, especially 288 and 289, avoid those two like the plague. I will mention some older versions are okay to use but you shouldn't be using them due to the improvements made to newer versions and some necessary features and functions simply aren't available pre-287.

 

Good luck.

[goldkear]

I can't see any reason why it doesn't work, but it simply doesn't. i click the wrye bash launcher and nothing happens, i get the little blue thinking circle for about a second then nothing.

 

i decided the easiest way to clean up my mess was bite the bullet and just clear everything out, then reinstalling only with offical plugins and the mods that were really important to me, and everything is still silent. i don't know if it's because i can't bash patch everything boss is suggesting, or if the problem is beyond that.

its really getting frustrating....

 

good news is i got the eye issue fixed on my own, but im basically out of leads for the voices.

[Smooth613]

Make sure you're not installing to the default location of Program Files if you are on Windows 7 or Vista. UAC will cause some weird issues.

 

Use Bben's Install Procedure for a clean install.

[goldkear]

I think the problem might be that I have the UK version of the game, i had thought of this before, but there is no reason the race names should have changed (which can cause silent dialogue) however, if my mods are intended for the American version of the game it *might* be the cause of the problem, I'm just not sure how to fix it, since i'm not sure if it's a BSA issue or a race name issue, or something else entirely.