Kilo88888888 Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 (edited) I have been looking everywhere for an answer to this problem and i cant find it, so hopefully one of you will help me. I have been trying to run oblivion without mods for some time now because i just got it. Before installing the latest patch, i could only run the game with Oldblivion. Now after downloading the patch it will do what it does when i dont try to use Oldblivion, which is: starting up with a black box in the upper right hand corner of my screen and then an error box showing up saying "Oblivion has encountered a problem and needs to close." How can i fix this problem, because i eventually want to run OBSE which wont work atm cause of the afore mentioned error. I have Mobile Intel 945GM Express Chipset (graphics), 2 gigs of dual channel ram, and Intel Core Duo T2050 processor. Please give me an answer that doesnt involve my graphics card, lol, cause not only can i not change that, but it was working earlier. I have used BBens complete uninstall guide as well, thats how i know the problem is with the update. I would also like to know why oblivion wont work without oldblivion, and if that can be changed. Edited March 14, 2011 by Kilo88888888 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qwaxalot Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 With your 945GM chipset, there is no answer. Oldblivion is a wrapper that allows video chips (yours) that don't support the proper shaders to operate. Here's a thread that might help: http://forums.bethsoft.com/index.php?/topic/561101-unofficial-technical-faq/page__view__findpost__p__13928838 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kilo88888888 Posted March 14, 2011 Author Share Posted March 14, 2011 With your 945GM chipset, there is no answer. Oldblivion is a wrapper that allows video chips (yours) that don't support the proper shaders to operate. Here's a thread that might help: http://forums.bethsoft.com/index.php?/topic/561101-unofficial-technical-faq/page__view__findpost__p__13928838 This is awesome! Thank you very much for this. I will try it when i have time and will let you know how it goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kilo88888888 Posted March 15, 2011 Author Share Posted March 15, 2011 Thanks again for the help. I tried what it suggested but it didnt work, so unless someone can explain to me how to run OBSE through Oldblivion or how to alter the Oblivion.ini file somehow so it wont instantly error on startup, it looks like im gonna have to get a new graphics card if im even gonna plan on playing this game... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kilo88888888 Posted March 15, 2011 Author Share Posted March 15, 2011 Thanks again for the help. I tried what it suggested but it didnt work, so unless someone can explain to me how to run OBSE through Oldblivion or how to alter the Oblivion.ini file somehow so it wont instantly error on startup, it looks like im gonna have to get a new graphics card if im even gonna plan on playing this game... Ok, so i found a way to run OBSE through Oldblivion, but now that i have the official 1.2 patch, the game just crashes again. Once again, ive searched for the answer but no-go, so i pose the question: Why does the patch make the game die for me before i can even initialize Streamline or other helpful mods like that? Can i fix it in any way short of getting a new GFX card? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kilo88888888 Posted March 15, 2011 Author Share Posted March 15, 2011 Thanks again for the help. I tried what it suggested but it didnt work, so unless someone can explain to me how to run OBSE through Oldblivion or how to alter the Oblivion.ini file somehow so it wont instantly error on startup, it looks like im gonna have to get a new graphics card if im even gonna plan on playing this game... Ok, so i found a way to run OBSE through Oldblivion, but now that i have the official 1.2 patch, the game just crashes again. Once again, ive searched for the answer but no-go, so i pose the question: Why does the patch make the game die for me before i can even initialize Streamline or other helpful mods like that? Can i fix it in any way short of getting a new GFX card? Hello me, its me again. Heres the answer to the first question: Apparently Oldblivion isnt compatible with patch 1.2 so patch 1.1 is needed. Can anyone confirm this?Info courtesy of http://www.oldblivion.com/sm/index.php?topic=4374.0 in case anyone is interested in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kilo88888888 Posted March 16, 2011 Author Share Posted March 16, 2011 Ok, i have it working now. All i have to do is install mods and see how well that goes. I will post all links that i found useful for anyone else who may have similar problems like this later. http://forums.bethsoft.com/?showtopic=868166&hl= : This topic outlines how another guy with a crappy intel chipset got his crap to work decently.http://www.oldblivion.com/sm/index.php?topic=2343.0 : This topic involves how to run Oldblivion with OBSE so that quality and speed enhancing mods may be used to prevent future crashes.http://obse.silverlock.org/download/archive/ : This is where to get OBSE v0016, which will work with Oblivion/Oldblivion v1.1, which is what is needed for this entire endeavor.http://www.freeinfosociety.com/site.php?postnum=873 : This is where i got my Oblivion v1.1 crack, which i needed because the Oblivion v1.1 update would not go through due to "old file with same name found" BS.http://www.oldblivion.com/sm/index.php?topic=4374.0 : This is how i figured out why Oldblivion kept crashing on startup. May be useful to others who have problems with Oldblivion in the future even after getting it to run with OBSE. And I Believe that is it. Thank you Qwak for helping me, lol. I hope this thread helps other people in the future. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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