ratkiller13 Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 I have the Direct2Drive version of Oblivion, and according to the OBSE readme it's not compatible and they have no plans to ever make it compatible. So when I look for mods to download I skim through the entire description looking for "OBSE required" and only download the mod if I don't see that. Most mods are a pain because there are long descriptions, instructions, and dependent mods then "OBSE required" at the very bottom. This format;http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/16742/? Is the kind I love, because it states at the very top first thing that it requires OBSE so I can move on without wasting time. Some mods;http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/45794/? Fail to include the "OBSE required" either because the author didn't know or assumes everyone has OBSE. I'm not picking on that author in particular, it's just one example of many mods I've tried that didn't work and/or crashed, then after several days of troubleshooting I discover the mod uses script language which is OBSE specific and won't work without it.So this is a request, if you have OBSE and are uploading mods, PLEASE state "OBSE required" in the first line of the description, unless you're absolutely sure it will work without OBSE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeiYingLo Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 That's unfortunate. But if you have Steam you could get Oblivion really cheap if you wanted. The often have 75% or more sales where you could get the GotY edition for under 5$ if you want an OBSE compatible version. Without OBSE you're basically forced to skip some of the best mods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratkiller13 Posted July 12, 2015 Author Share Posted July 12, 2015 I don't mind skipping mods as long as I know which mods to skip, the whole point of this appeal is for uploaders to list the requirements at the top. And I do have STEAM (Half Life 2 and Railworks in the past) but I have more problems with STEAM than it's worth, so I no longer use it. If there's a disc version with no requirement for a key disc (I have an autistic kid so key discs tend to get scratched, dirty or lost frequently, which is why I went with D2D in the first place) I would buy that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surilindur Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 (edited) If you have a virtual drive program, you could buy a retail disc version, make a virtual DVD from it and use that one. It helps save the disk, as the virtual DVD (or CD) can be used instead. If you do not know what the thing is, there are programs that can create a virtual DVD or CD drive on your system, displayed like a real drive, but created by the program. They also offer the option to create virtual versions of CDs or DVDs, so that there will be a file on the disk that can be mounted in the virtual drive by the program and then used just like a normal disk in a drive. But no disk would be needed when there is a virtual one. A physical retail disk would be needed to create the virtual one, though. Maybe that could solve your problem? I dare not recommend any programs, though, as there are so many different ones available. Free ones should work just fine, but be careful not to install anything suspicious or adware, as the Internet is... well... what it is. :) Should you try such a program, read a lot of reviews, pick a good one, be very careful with what you install, test the program with another retail disc game you already own and if it works, buy a retail version of Oblivion and make a virtual DVD from it. The 5th anniversary edition has Oblivion, SI and KotN, but none of the small DLC. It was released in 2011, so that might be easiest to find (not sure, though). Hunting a retail version might be tricky now that the game is a bit old. And finding such versions that you can collect all the small DLCs is even more difficult. I bought my disc version maaaaany years ago, so I do not know what you can find today. At least there have not been any TES games on the shelves here where I live except for the ridicilous Skyrim 'disc' versions and such. And the odd expensive box with every game in it for those who buy it just to see another TES game come out after some years, which I suppose will happen. Bethesda would not kill a milking cow (or something like it), after all. I hope. :P If you have bought a version of Oblivion on Steam that has all DLC (also the small ones), it would be enough to download and install it, pick all the small DLC from that one, uninstall it, install a disc version and put all the small DLC into that one (SI will not work that way, the disc version needs to be 1.2 and have SI). That way you can have a disc version with all the DLC. And you can then use that with a virtual DVD. No Steam (except for when getting the small DLC), no disc (except for when making the virtual DVD) and all the DLC. The 5th anniversary edition should work with that trick. The Game of the Year Edition Deluxe from Steam has all the small DLC. If you do not care about the small DLC (Battlehorn Castle, Frostcrag Spire, etc.), and only want SI and KotN, just the 5th anniversary edition retail thing is enough. If you find it somewhere. I do not care much about Steam myself, either. But almost all new games require it. And it does make installing updates extremely easy and safe, as I do not need to find executables from the Internet. But it also adds an extra layer of frustration sometimes. Also it is unbelieveable how some games bought from Steam still require another third-party layer on top of that (mainly Ubisoft and all the Ubistuff and Uplay and everything just to deliver customers the ultimate annoyance). Just a few ideas. If you find them useful. :) Edited July 13, 2015 by PhilippePetain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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