new modder having trouble

[Ichigo14405]

ok so i was in the mood to play oblivion again but since i recently got a new computer i decided to avoid 360 version and go to pc, i've just started to use mods but i'm having trouble having them install and use them in game without crashing, currently i'm using oblivion mod manager and previously installed a few and used them with no problem but at the moment i'm trying to install moonshadow elves (face expression fix and hair extra's as well), hgec body 1.21 and oblivion stereo sound overhaul, but when i activate them they do not show up in the left hand side menu or in the data files

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[erc1971]

My first question would be...have you installed OBSE (Oblivion Script Editor)? If not, get it now as it is needed for nearly every mod out there.

 

http://obse.silverlock.org/download/obse_0019b.zip

 

Hope this helps,

Eric

[KingBart]

This may sound like a stupid question, but did you check to see if they work in game yet, and have you tried to starting a new game?

 

About the files, I am pretty sure body mods are named exactly the same as the vanilla bodies so they get overwritten. Are their absolutely no data files for bodies, or what? Also don't know for sure, but I don't think hgec has an esp to activate, but if your installing a race it should have an esp so the game knows about a new race. Do absolutely no esp files show up on the left for the mods you just mentioned?

 

This is what I would do to troubleshoot

1.) deactivate all the OMODS you don't think are working.

2.) run oblivion, and check to see that everything else is working as it should.

3.) activate one OMOD file.

4.) repeat step 2

5.) If step 4 works, repeat step 3 and move on to step 4 again. Else, you have found a problem that can be worked on more specifically. In that case you would look at the specific mod's requirements and known issues to try to find a solution.

[Ichigo14405]

My first question would be...have you installed OBSE (Oblivion Script Editor)? If not, get it now as it is needed for nearly every mod out there.

 

http://obse.silverlock.org/download/obse_0019b.zip

 

Hope this helps,

Eric

 

 

downloaded that just now, what does it do >.> (i'm a total noob to mods ;-; )

 

and going through the process now for KingBart's post, i'll let you know how it goes i tried BPcosmetic library before and wouldn't let me even see the bethesda screen before it crashed

 

update: hgec body worked even though it didn't show up on either list, trying more

 

oh and the hgec body was working before but i turned it off due to a lot of crashes i was having and i tried using

Edited December 30, 2010 by Ichigo14405

[rgx02]

OBSE is used by a lot of mods to run non standard scripts/commands.

If you cant even get to the bethesda screen then you are missing a master file (your load order could be wrong). Download and run tes4edit and it will tell which one is it.

If your load order is really wrong them download BOSS and it will order it for you.

Edited December 30, 2010 by rgx02

[Ichigo14405]

update : most of the mods are working but can't for the life of me get chocolate elves to work, it said to have corean files on and i do but it still won't work, the class will come up but the whole character will be either misses the eyes and see thru the head or completely pitch black skin color so you can't even recognize it

[KingBart]

update : most of the mods are working but can't for the life of me get chocolate elves to work, it said to have corean files on and i do but it still won't work, the class will come up but the whole character will be either misses the eyes and see thru the head or completely pitch black skin color so you can't even recognize it

That kind of sounds like you need to do an archive invalidation. I don't remember if the oblivion mod manager has it built in or not. I would look under utilities for it and try that.

[Ichigo14405]

update : most of the mods are working but can't for the life of me get chocolate elves to work, it said to have corean files on and i do but it still won't work, the class will come up but the whole character will be either misses the eyes and see thru the head or completely pitch black skin color so you can't even recognize it

That kind of sounds like you need to do an archive invalidation. I don't remember if the oblivion mod manager has it built in or not. I would look under utilities for it and try that.

 

theres an option for it in mod manager but i dl'd one thru utilities as well, how do i go about using it to fix the problem?

 

update : tried hitting some random buttons on the mod manager one and it crashed my game after hitting new so reset it, no idea what to hit xD

Edited December 30, 2010 by Ichigo14405

[KingBart]

update : most of the mods are working but can't for the life of me get chocolate elves to work, it said to have corean files on and i do but it still won't work, the class will come up but the whole character will be either misses the eyes and see thru the head or completely pitch black skin color so you can't even recognize it

That kind of sounds like you need to do an archive invalidation. I don't remember if the oblivion mod manager has it built in or not. I would look under utilities for it and try that.

 

theres an option for it in mod manager but i dl'd one thru utilities as well, how do i go about using it to fix the problem?

 

update : tried hitting some random buttons on the mod manager one and it crashed my game after hitting new so reset it, no idea what to hit xD

 

This is a good area to look into archive invalidation: http://devnull.sweetdanger.net/archiveinvalidation.html This should answer any and all your questions about that.

 

PS hitting random buttons is not usually a good idea.

[Ichigo14405]

thank you, i'll look it up ^^ and yea random buttons not advised >.> lol

 

Update : Tried both alteration and redirection but neither solved the issue

Edited December 30, 2010 by Ichigo14405