Oblivion will not launch

[SandsOfTime404]

I've got all my Steam stuff in Program Files(x86) and have never had these problems. Hopefully I didn't just jinx it...

Meh, it's not a big deal since I just reformatted. I only have 2 games installed including Oblivion.

Yeah, it'd be a bigger deal for me though. I've got five games installed through Steam. Won't want to have to download those all over again lol.

[Warfare12]

I guess I was wrong.. I am still getting the error.

 

This is so strange..

 

EDIT:

I got it to work after messing around with it for a while. Now my problem is that I can't start a new game. When I click NEW a window pops up asking yes or no, but the buttons to nothing.

Edited January 1, 2011 by Warfare12

[JohnnyWarmonger]

Same problem here....running Oblivion GOTY Deluxe Edition. After deleting the .ini file in my documents and double clicking the game in the game library I get the message that Oblivion will detect my video settings. After that I get the message: Your video hardware is unrecognized. video quality settings defaulting to medium quality. After I close the box for that message the game crashes. When I try to start the game after that (without deleting the .ini file) the game immediately crashes without trying to detect my video settings. Here's the error log:

Problem Event Name: APPCRASH

Application Name: OblivionLauncher.exe

Application Version: 1.0.0.1

Application Timestamp: 443532f8

Fault Module Name: OblivionLauncher.exe

Fault Module Version: 1.0.0.1

Fault Module Timestamp: 443532f8

Exception Code: c0000005

Exception Offset: 0000c2ed

OS Version: 6.1.7600.2.0.0.256.1

Locale ID: 1033

Additional Information 1: 51dd

Additional Information 2: 51dd5632ec49c0b0482fa3180364c4ed

Additional Information 3: f73e

Additional Information 4: f73e7dbc74bc4c08ca9962c351ed364d

 

 

Ive tried all of the possible fixes that have been posted on the Steam forums so far (set music and sound to 0 in the ini file, disabled the steam community in game, rolled back and updated sound and video drivers, and Im not running multiple displays). I know the game will work on my system because at one time I had a cracked version of the game which I uninstalled prior to installing this version. I've also checked to make sure there are no traces of the previous version on my system. Thanks in advance

 

Win 7 Ultimate 64-bit

i7 920 Processor

6gb Ram

Ati Radeon HD4850

Onboard Sound Realtek HD 7.1

Sound blaster Audigy 2 Zs soundcard (for surround sound headphones)

[Fonger]

Same problem here....running Oblivion GOTY Deluxe Edition. After deleting the .ini file in my documents and double clicking the game in the game library I get the message that Oblivion will detect my video settings. After that I get the message: Your video hardware is unrecognized. video quality settings defaulting to medium quality. After I close the box for that message the game crashes.

let's start with the obvious

 

is your game save directory under my documents -- somehow write protected

 

and did you make the mistake of installing the game to the default location

or the similar mistake of installing steam to the default location

 

both of which enable and empower UAC to give you constant migraines

[JohnnyWarmonger]

Same problem here....running Oblivion GOTY Deluxe Edition. After deleting the .ini file in my documents and double clicking the game in the game library I get the message that Oblivion will detect my video settings. After that I get the message: Your video hardware is unrecognized. video quality settings defaulting to medium quality. After I close the box for that message the game crashes.

let's start with the obvious

 

is your game save directory under my documents -- somehow write protected

 

and did you make the mistake of installing the game to the default location

or the similar mistake of installing steam to the default location

 

both of which enable and empower UAC to give you constant migraines

 

Yes, Steam is installed in the default location but UAC is disabled, and yes the save directory is in my documents/my games/Oblivion but it's not write protected. I just tried disabling my onboard sound in the BIOS but that didn't work either.

Edited January 6, 2011 by JohnnyWarmonger