What's wrong with my load order? CTD after installing Rhazed Battlemage Armour

[EnricoDandolo]

I realise there's probably a really nooby mistake going on here, so feel free to ridicule.

 

I installed the Rhazed Battlemage Armour today, using Wrye Bash, of course. The game was working fine before, but afterwards I got a CTD on start-up, as if there was a mod conflict. I ran BOSS, LOOT and rebuilt the Bashed Patch, always getting the same result. I proceeded to uninstall it, do the patches, CTD again. Eventually I did a complete reinstall of all my mods (not the game) in the order I had originally added them, and I'm still getting the CTD. Rhazed's armour mod worked fine for me on my last playthrough (which was cut short by different mod issues), so I suspect there might be a conflict with Better Cities here since it adds a chest in the Anvil worldspace. Any ideas?

 

Active Mod Files:

00  Oblivion.esm
01  All Natural Base.esm  [Version 1.34]
02  Better Cities Resources.esm  [Version 5.5.3]
03  Unofficial Oblivion Patch.esp  [Version 3.5.2]
04  UOP Vampire Aging & Face Fix.esp  [Version 1.0.0]
05  Oblivion Citadel Door Fix.esp
06  DLCShiveringIsles.esp
07  Unofficial Shivering Isles Patch.esp  [Version 1.5.6]
08  Better Cities .esp
09  Natural_Habitat_by_Max_Tael.esp
0A  All Natural.esp  [Version 1.35]
**  All Natural - SI.esp  [Version 1.35]
0B  Immersive Interiors.esp  [Version 0.8.1]
0C  Natural_Water_by_Max_Tael.esp
0D  All Natural - Real Lights.esp  [Version 1.35]
0E  DLCHorseArmor.esp
0F  DLCHorseArmor - Unofficial Patch.esp  [Version 1.0.8]
10  DLCOrrery.esp
11  DLCOrrery - Unofficial Patch.esp  [Version 1.0.6]
12  DLCVileLair.esp
13  DLCVileLair - Unofficial Patch.esp  [Version 1.0.10]
14  DLCMehrunesRazor.esp
15  DLCMehrunesRazor - Unofficial Patch.esp  [Version 1.0.7]
16  DLCSpellTomes.esp
++  DLCSpellTomes - Unofficial Patch.esp  [Version 1.0.1]
**  EVE_StockEquipmentReplacer.esp
++  MaleBodyReplacerV5.esp
17  Vvardenfell_Imports.esp
18  DLCThievesDen.esp
19  DLCThievesDen - Unofficial Patch.esp  [Version 1.0.13]
1A  DLCThievesDen - Unofficial Patch - SSSB.esp  [Version 1.0.13]
1B  DLCBattlehornCastle.esp
1C  DLCBattlehornCastle - Unofficial Patch.esp  [Version 1.0.10]
1D  DLCFrostcrag.esp
1E  DLCFrostcrag - Unofficial Patch.esp  [Version 1.0.9]
1F  Knights.esp
20  Knights - Unofficial Patch.esp  [Version 1.1.6]
**  EVE_KnightsoftheNine.esp
21  Natural_Vegetation_by_Max_Tael.esp
22  EVE_ShiveringIslesEasterEggs.esp
23  tkHairPack01.esp
++  EVE_KhajiitFix.esp
24  Oblivion_Character_Overhaul.esp  [Version 2.0]
**  Better Cities Full.esp  [Version 5.5.3]
25  Better Imperial City.esp  [Version 5.5.3]
**  Better Cities - All Natural.esp  [Version 5.5.0]
26  Better Imperial City FPS Patch.esp  [Version 5.5.1a]
27  Better Cities - Vvardenfell Imports.esp  [Version 5.5.0]
**  All Natural - Indoor Weather Filter For Mods.esp  [Version 1.35]
28  Bashed Patch, 0.esp

[Guinefort1]

Parts of your recounting are a tad unclear. So to make sure I understand correctly:

 

When you reinstalled all mods, did that include Rhazed? Did it still CTD on start up after the full mod reinstall, or could you at least get to the load saved file screen? If you can get to the select saved game screen, I suggest trying to lead an earlier save, i.e. one not dependent on Rhazed, while Rhazed is not installed. Other than that, I can only suggest a complete reinstall of the game, which should purify whatever weirdness the game has been inflicted with. If you still want the Rhazed armor in game, then I suggest building your own version in the CS and make the armor purchasable from a vanilla merchant. Adding it to a merchant's inventory should dodge the problem with Better Cities.

 

Sorry if this isn't helpful. Best of luck.

[EnricoDandolo]

Parts of your recounting are a tad unclear. So to make sure I understand correctly:

 

When you reinstalled all mods, did that include Rhazed? Did it still CTD on start up after the full mod reinstall, or could you at least get to the load saved file screen? If you can get to the select saved game screen, I suggest trying to lead an earlier save, i.e. one not dependent on Rhazed, while Rhazed is not installed. Other than that, I can only suggest a complete reinstall of the game, which should purify whatever weirdness the game has been inflicted with. If you still want the Rhazed armor in game, then I suggest building your own version in the CS and make the armor purchasable from a vanilla merchant. Adding it to a merchant's inventory should dodge the problem with Better Cities.

 

Sorry if this isn't helpful. Best of luck.

 

My bad, should have gone into more detail. I'm pretty sure I reinstalled my mods without Rhazed, because that would have been stupid. Now that you mention it, I might be mistaken, so I'll give it another try. All the CTDs are instant on start-up, from before the Bethesda intro graphic. (I managed to corrupt my save file the last time I tried to progress beyond the first few hours in Oblivion, but that was an unrelated issue.)

I'm somewhat daunted by the CS, so far, but this might turn out to be a valuable opportunity to learn :D

 

Thanks for the reply.

[Guinefort1]

If you wanna give the CS a go, I suggest the following website:

 

http://cs.elderscrolls.com/index.php/Main_Page

 

It has loads of tutorials on how to do stuff in the CS, and should walk you through just about everything you may need to know to make it happen. Best of luck.