gutsandcasca Posted May 1, 2007 Share Posted May 1, 2007 Okay I bought shivering isles, after burying Oblivion a long time ago. I unearthed my game to play through the isles, and installed it. Now. When I play the game, when I make my new character, as soon as I step out into the sunlight (after the 1st dungeon) whatever I'm holding starts blinking, almost to where I can't see I'm holding it. This does not happen indoors - only outside. If I switch to third person view, there's no problem. But as soon as I mouse-wheel back into 1st person, whatever I'm holding is blinking again like it's about to disappear. Can someone help me out? This never used to happen when I played oblivion when it was released. I've installed and re-installed a ton. And yes, I've installed it with NO patches and NO add-ons and given it a whirl, and still, I get this insidious blinking. Thanks a bazillion in advance to anybody who can help me out here! Sincerely, ---- Bri Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switch Posted May 1, 2007 Share Posted May 1, 2007 Sounds like it could be a rendering issue with your graphics card to me. Try turning the graphics options down to minimum and see if the flickering persists. If it does then it may be something else... if it doesn't then it's probably one of the graphics options deciding it doesn't like your card, possibly the HDR/Bloom lighting as they're most prominent in exteriors. Just a guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDFan Posted May 1, 2007 Share Posted May 1, 2007 Okay I bought shivering isles, after burying Oblivion a long time ago. I unearthed my game to play through the isles, and installed it. Now. When I play the game, when I make my new character, as soon as I step out into the sunlight (after the 1st dungeon) whatever I'm holding starts blinking, almost to where I can't see I'm holding it. This does not happen indoors - only outside. If I switch to third person view, there's no problem. But as soon as I mouse-wheel back into 1st person, whatever I'm holding is blinking again like it's about to disappear. Can someone help me out? This never used to happen when I played oblivion when it was released. I've installed and re-installed a ton. And yes, I've installed it with NO patches and NO add-ons and given it a whirl, and still, I get this insidious blinking. Thanks a bazillion in advance to anybody who can help me out here! Sincerely, ---- Bri Bri, This sounds like it is a problem with the FOV (field of view) on some cards the default field of view for the game will be right on the border of whether the weapon you are holding is drawn or is invisible and this will cause it to blink on and off as in different frames it tries to draw it and others it does not !! (same as in 3rd person if you get right to a position where you character is drawn or invisible ) To fix it go into your Oblivion.ini (oblivion configuration file in My Games\Oblivion\ folder ) open it in Notepad - find the fDefaultFOV=75.0000 line and adjust it to fDefaultFOV=80.0000 This will add a bit to your field of view and should have the weapon draw correctly without the flickering in first person view !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gutsandcasca Posted May 1, 2007 Author Share Posted May 1, 2007 Oblivion is up and running smooth now! Thanks a billion for your time. Sincerely, ---Bri Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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