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[Drayor]

Hello, I purchased Oblivion (the disc) on window's vista (if that matters) and these mods look a amazing and all, my only problem is that I have absolutly NO idea what i'm doing. I downloaded a custom weapon (Dante's Scythe to be exact) and it tells me to extract the data to the oblivion directory.

If someone could tell me where to find this Oblivion Directory, and how to move this data.

Also, (if this helps), I've found the weapon's file, and inside is a. .esp file. I remember seeing these somewhere before but like I said, i'm still very new to this.

Anyone who could possibly help me with this would be doing me a great favor, thanks from a novice :)

[SylvanRuin]

Hello, I purchased Oblivion (the disc) on window's vista (if that matters) and these mods look a amazing and all, my only problem is that I have absolutly NO idea what i'm doing. I downloaded a custom weapon (Dante's Scythe to be exact) and it tells me to extract the data to the oblivion directory.

If someone could tell me where to find this Oblivion Directory, and how to move this data.

Also, (if this helps), I've found the weapon's file, and inside is a. .esp file. I remember seeing these somewhere before but like I said, i'm still very new to this.

Anyone who could possibly help me with this would be doing me a great favor, thanks from a novice :)

 

I think I can help you out with this :)

 

Since you have vista, im sorry to say that you are going to have a lot of random and wierd problems if you start using mods and such. Vista has these silly security settings that stop you from tampering around with the files.

 

If you went with all the defaults when installing oblivion, your Oblivion directory will be in C:\Program files (x86)\Bethesda Softworks\Oblivion just go to computer, and then your C drive should be there, and follow that path I just said.

 

If you want to use your esp file in game, just copy and paste it into C:\Program files (x86)\Bethesda Softworks\Oblivion\Data and then launch oblivion from the desktop and click on data files. make sure your scyther mod is checked and your good to go.

 

 

Notes:

 

- If your planning on using mods for now on, it would be highly beneficial to download and install the Oblivion Mod Manager OBMM

 

- Yo are going to have problems with your OS (operating system) which is Vista, which will be very annoying. Vista + Modders = No thanks. Im sure this is very upsetting to hear :( I feel for you. If you want to get into modding, your gonna have to change your OS somehow.

 

I hope this helps...

[Drayor]

Hello, I purchased Oblivion (the disc) on window's vista (if that matters) and these mods look a amazing and all, my only problem is that I have absolutly NO idea what i'm doing. I downloaded a custom weapon (Dante's Scythe to be exact) and it tells me to extract the data to the oblivion directory.

If someone could tell me where to find this Oblivion Directory, and how to move this data.

Also, (if this helps), I've found the weapon's file, and inside is a. .esp file. I remember seeing these somewhere before but like I said, i'm still very new to this.

Anyone who could possibly help me with this would be doing me a great favor, thanks from a novice :)

 

I think I can help you out with this :)

 

Since you have vista, im sorry to say that you are going to have a lot of random and wierd problems if you start using mods and such. Vista has these silly security settings that stop you from tampering around with the files.

 

If you went with all the defaults when installing oblivion, your Oblivion directory will be in C:\Program files (x86)\Bethesda Softworks\Oblivion just go to computer, and then your C drive should be there, and follow that path I just said.

 

If you want to use your esp file in game, just copy and paste it into C:\Program files (x86)\Bethesda Softworks\Oblivion\Data and then launch oblivion from the desktop and click on data files. make sure your scyther mod is checked and your good to go.

 

 

Notes:

 

- If your planning on using mods for now on, it would be highly beneficial to download and install the Oblivion Mod Manager OBMM

 

- Yo are going to have problems with your OS (operating system) which is Vista, which will be very annoying. Vista + Modders = No thanks. Im sure this is very upsetting to hear :( I feel for you. If you want to get into modding, your gonna have to change your OS somehow.

 

I hope this helps...

 

 

Thank you very much, yes i got the file working, and when i go to the location (lo and behold) its some strange yellow and brown shapes, i appreciate all the help, and (I hate asking more than one favor) Could you tell me if this is a fixable problem or is it just flatout un fixxable?

[SylvanRuin]

Your welcome, I've only just made the transition from beginner to..... something a little higher when it comes to this stuff :) I know how daunting it all is...

 

Are you saying the weapon only shows as blocks and colors?

 

What problem do you mean?

[SylvanRuin]

Your welcome, I've only just made the transition from beginner to..... something a little higher when it comes to this stuff :) I know how daunting it all is...

 

Are you saying the weapon only shows as blocks and colors?

 

What problem do you mean?

 

EDIT - Woops, posted twice...

Edited December 15, 2010 by SylvanRuin

[Drayor]

Your welcome, I've only just made the transition from beginner to..... something a little higher when it comes to this stuff :) I know how daunting it all is...

 

Are you saying the weapon only shows as blocks and colors?

 

What problem do you mean?

 

Well, when I go to the location the author instructs for the weapon, all i see are yellow blocks (or shapes of other varieties)

Though i did just notice that i only extracted the .esp file over, should i place everything in the file's folder in the oblivion directory?

[SylvanRuin]

Your welcome, I've only just made the transition from beginner to..... something a little higher when it comes to this stuff :) I know how daunting it all is...

 

Are you saying the weapon only shows as blocks and colors?

 

What problem do you mean?

 

Well, when I go to the location the author instructs for the weapon, all i see are yellow blocks (or shapes of other varieties)

Though i did just notice that i only extracted the .esp file over, should i place everything in the file's folder in the oblivion directory?

 

Send me a link to where you downloaded the mod from.

 

Is the place where you get the weapon an already existing place in the game, or is this also a plugin?

 

You should consider just copy and pasting all of whats in the mods archive to the data folder in the oblivion directory.

[Drayor]

Your welcome, I've only just made the transition from beginner to..... something a little higher when it comes to this stuff :) I know how daunting it all is...

 

Are you saying the weapon only shows as blocks and colors?

 

What problem do you mean?

 

Well, when I go to the location the author instructs for the weapon, all i see are yellow blocks (or shapes of other varieties)

Though i did just notice that i only extracted the .esp file over, should i place everything in the file's folder in the oblivion directory?

 

Send me a link to where you downloaded the mod from.

 

Is the place where you get the weapon an already existing place in the game, or is this also a plugin?

 

You should consider just copy and pasting all of whats in the mods archive to the data folder in the oblivion directory.

 

 

 

here's the link http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=29795

as for the location, i'm fairly sure they exsisted before, as the author didn't mention anything about a plug-in, though in my nebie-ness, i think i downloaded it twice, i've deleted the 2nd download and everything from the mod's folder is now in the oblivion directory, i'll try again, but as of this post, that's as far as i've gotten

(p.s) I noticed a file in the directory titled "shaders", and I'm just curious if the weapon mod should come with those or not.)

[SylvanRuin]

Your welcome, I've only just made the transition from beginner to..... something a little higher when it comes to this stuff :) I know how daunting it all is...

 

Are you saying the weapon only shows as blocks and colors?

 

What problem do you mean?

 

Well, when I go to the location the author instructs for the weapon, all i see are yellow blocks (or shapes of other varieties)

Though i did just notice that i only extracted the .esp file over, should i place everything in the file's folder in the oblivion directory?

 

Send me a link to where you downloaded the mod from.

 

Is the place where you get the weapon an already existing place in the game, or is this also a plugin?

 

You should consider just copy and pasting all of whats in the mods archive to the data folder in the oblivion directory.

 

 

 

here's the link http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=29795

as for the location, i'm fairly sure they exsisted before, as the author didn't mention anything about a plug-in, though in my nebie-ness, i think i downloaded it twice, i've deleted the 2nd download and everything from the mod's folder is now in the oblivion directory, i'll try again, but as of this post, that's as far as i've gotten

(p.s) I noticed a file in the directory titled "shaders", and I'm just curious if the weapon mod should come with those or not.)

 

Looks like you just have to merge the Data folder for the mod with your Oblivion data folder. Just copy and paste the data folder into oblivion directory, it will ask if you would like to merge them, say yes. It doesnt overwrite any existing files so you dont have to worry about that...

 

I myself dont know much abput shaders? Something to do with colors or something :)

 

Just uninstall the mod, delete all the files that are from the mod from your oblivion directory, and then reinstall it. by merging the data files.

 

if this doesnt work, it might be vista, but i didnt think it would be that neurotic...

 

EDIT - Teehee, I found your comment in the comment section :)

Edited December 15, 2010 by SylvanRuin

[Drayor]

Your welcome, I've only just made the transition from beginner to..... something a little higher when it comes to this stuff :) I know how daunting it all is...

 

Are you saying the weapon only shows as blocks and colors?

 

What problem do you mean?

 

Well, when I go to the location the author instructs for the weapon, all i see are yellow blocks (or shapes of other varieties)

Though i did just notice that i only extracted the .esp file over, should i place everything in the file's folder in the oblivion directory?

 

Send me a link to where you downloaded the mod from.

 

Is the place where you get the weapon an already existing place in the game, or is this also a plugin?

 

You should consider just copy and pasting all of whats in the mods archive to the data folder in the oblivion directory.

 

 

 

here's the link http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=29795

as for the location, i'm fairly sure they exsisted before, as the author didn't mention anything about a plug-in, though in my nebie-ness, i think i downloaded it twice, i've deleted the 2nd download and everything from the mod's folder is now in the oblivion directory, i'll try again, but as of this post, that's as far as i've gotten

(p.s) I noticed a file in the directory titled "shaders", and I'm just curious if the weapon mod should come with those or not.)

 

Looks like you just have to merge the Data folder for the mod with your Oblivion data folder. Just copy and paste the data folder into oblivion directory, it will ask if you would like to merge them, say yes. It doesnt overwrite any existing files so you dont have to worry about that...

 

I myself dont know much abput shaders? Something to do with colors or something :)

 

Just uninstall the mod, delete all the files that are from the mod from your oblivion directory, and then reinstall it. by merging the data files.

 

if this doesnt work, it might be vista, but i didnt think it would be that neurotic...

 

EDIT - Teehee, I found your comment in the comment section :)

 

 

Alright (again, sorry for being so needy on this) Once I have the Dante's Scythe file in my Oblivion Directory (P.S I put the file into the first folder that said data.) I just take everything out of it and put it into that folder, to where the Mod's folder is empty, but I can see the individual files (the ones in mod folder) in the data folder along with the other ACTUALL game files such as the Oblivion .esm

 

(P.S I just noticed something standing back, The blocks are actually a gray exclamation mark inside of a yellow triangle, if that helps)

Edited December 15, 2010 by Drayor