Yet another "Oblivion won't work - need help" Thread

[thestaub]

Yeah, as you probably guessed, my Oblivion doesn't work and I wasn't able to find a solution in the forums so far.

 

Okay, so now for the reason why i post on here. I am unable to fix it myself.

Story is, I had to set up a new windows. So after reinstalling and copying over my backup of Oblivion, i had strange grapicall glitches due to missing meshes an textures (I point out it worked here).

So I said myself, reinstall it from a scratch. I uninstalled it via System, deleted every ramaining folder and started downloading every mod I intended to use, patched the game, isntalled all DLCs and mods, started it.

 

Intro ran, loading bar appeared - crash to desktop.

 

Well okay, Mod Load Order probably screwed but even deactivating all mods didn't fix the issue.

So I tried reinstalling again (deleted everything again) but still it crashes at the same point without even moving a single mod to the gamefolder.

Neither with or without patch works.

 

I am courious if by starting up my old backup game I screwed something in windows's registry or something, since I am without a clue why it won't work.

 

Hopefully someone can help me.

 

My system is:

Intel Quad Q9550

4Gb Ram

GeForce GTX 275

Windows 7 HomePremium x64

[Smooth613]

Windows 7 has a bad habit of ghosting files and storing them in the VirtualStore folder of My Documents. So even though your Data folder is empty it could be pooling information from the alternate location. This is a security "feature" associated with UAC.

 

I suggest you reinstall Oblivion outside of Program Files to a location such as C:\Games\Oblivion to avoid UAC interference.

 

Use Bben's Install Procedure to achieve a perfectly clean and fresh install.

[thestaub]

Sometimes I wonder how much of an idiot I can be.

I played worked and modded Oblivion and everything thereafter for years since its release and I really forgot to check the f****** MyGames/Oblivion Folder for remains of a previous install.

 

omg

 

But I should be happy since this was a problem easily solved.

Thanks a lot for your quick answer and this neat guide. It helped me remember... ^^

 

*leaves to hit his head at a wall*