Oblivion crashes when loading any save file

[Xenius]

Oblivion crashes when I load a save file, happens with both vanilla and custom races. Already had a topic on another forum so I'll just quote my comments from there:

 

Just reinstalled Oblivion and a few mods.

At first I thought my old save file didn't work anymore, thought it would be no problem because I could just import the face into a new save file.

 

I can create a character and save it without any problems, but when I load the save the game crashes.

This happens with all races including vanilla ones. The save created with Face Exchange has the same problem.

 

List of mods (load order):

 

Oblivion.esm
AWS-Core.esm
Unofficial Oblivion Patch.esp
UOP Vampire Aging & Face Fix.esp
XulEntiusGorge.esp
xulCliffsOfAnvil.esp
Knights.esp
DLCShiveringIsles.esp
ForecastersWill.esp
Screenshooter's Illumination.esp
xulAncientRedwoods.esp
xulChorrolHinterland.esp
xulTheHeath.esp
Shaman Clothing.esp
xulFallenleafEverglade.esp
Slaveknight armor.esp
xulColovianHighlands_EV.esp
xuldarkforest.esp
xulPantherRiver.esp
xulCheydinhalFalls.esp
Goma Pose 9.esp
Goma Pose 10.esp
xulImperialIsle.esp
Goma Pose 1.esp
Unholy Cathedral.esp
Goma Pose 11.esp
xulAspenWood.esp
xulBrenaRiverRavine.esp
xulLushWoodlands.esp
Goma Pose 5.esp
Goma Pose 12.esp
Goma Pose 2.esp
xulRollingHills_EV.esp
Goma Pose 6.esp
Goma Pose 7.esp
Haunted Woods.esp
Goma Pose 4.esp
xulSnowdale.esp
Goma Pose 3.esp
Goma Pose 8.esp
Goma Pose 15.esp
Goma Pose 13.esp
Goma Pose 16.esp
Goma Pose 14.esp
xulBravilBarrowfields.esp
xulRiverEthe.esp
xulAncientYews.esp
xulArriusCreek.esp
xulPatch_AY_AC.esp
xulCloudtopMountains.esp
xulStendarrValley.esp
xulBeachesOfCyrodiilLostCoast.esp
AWS-Water.esp
AWS-ShiveringIsles.esp
AWS-Main.esp
xulSkingradOutskirts.esp
xulBlackwoodForest.esp
X.Dea.Obscura.esp

 

Error:

 

http://i717.photobucket.com/albums/ww179/Xeniuss/Misc/error.jpg

 

It's been a while since I reinstalled Oblivion so I might have forgotten to install something.

I hope someone can help me with this.

 

Also I still have a backup of my old Oblivion folder, but I'd rather not use it because it's very old and there are pieces of land missing.

 

Edit: Still had the ini file from Nehrim, which I uninstalled earlier today, was hoping that would be the problem. So I removed it, now the game just freezes without any error...

 

I made a clean save with imported face from the old save. Also tried with a vanilla race (imperial), same problem.

 

Edit: I renamed the Oblivion folder, put back the backup. Made a new character, when I press "esc" the game crashes..

 

Just deactivated all mods, made an imperial character, when I press "esc" to go to the menu and save the game it crashes. This was with the backup, I'll try with the new install too.

 

As a bonus I also got a humming sound in windows (hanging music from Oblivion) which doesn't go away until I restart the computer.

 

Tried with new install, crash after character creation.. no mods loaded, using imperial race. Never had problems before with reinstalling Oblivion.

 

I renamed Oblivion folder in the My Games folder, started the game without any mods, created a character (imperial), game crashes.

 

2 days ago I reinstalled my Windows.

I had beta nvidia graphics drivers, which was causing problems, flashing black screen, "driver stopped working blabla" error in windows.

So I installed the latest WHQL drivers, no error yet, ran 3DMark 11 benchmark, no problems, max temp 54/65 C (cpu/gpu).

 

Tried the backup again, used Oblivion mod manager to activate all the mods that were used with my old save, game crashes when loading.. I don't know what to do anymore :(

 

Any help is appreciated. Let me know if more info is needed.

[HeyYou]

Try deleting the oblivion.ini, and renderer.txt in the Oblivion folder in my games. ( no mods running)

 

try creating a character, (no imported face, no mods.....) and see if that will work.

 

Didn't miss any drivers did you when you did the O/S reinstall?

[Xenius]

Already tried that, actually I renamed the whole Oblivion folder in "My Games", so a new one was created. But I still had the same problem.

I started the game without loading any mods, created an Imperial character, after the character creation the game will crash.

 

I installed all needed drivers, graphics, sound and some other ones including motherboard through windows update, I reinstall windows quite often so I never really forget any drivers.

 

3DMark 11 runs fine, but I haven't installed any other games yet. I will do that to see if it's related to the game or not.

[HeyYou]

Hhhhmmm..... that seems really odd.

 

Just out of idle curiosity, what O/S are you using, and where is oblivion installed to?

[Xenius]

Fallout 3 doesn't work either.. same error as the first quote, "Fallout 3 has stopped working", when starting a new game, no mods.

 

I use Windows 7 Professional with service pack 1. Oblivion and Fallout 3 are installed to C:\Games\

User account control is turned off and I have an administrator account.

 

I have no idea what's going on, I didn't do anything different from other times I reinstalled everything.

[HeyYou]

Try going into properties for the exe files, running in XP compatibility mode, and turning off visual themes..... Got any background processes running? (anything that shows up in the system tray.)

[Xenius]

I restarted my computer and I set the compatibility of Fallout3.exe to windows xp like you said, set the windows theme to windows classic. I start the game with alternate start mod, works fine, loading save works fine too. Now I'm going to try Oblivion. Only application in system tray is "Xonar DS Audio Center" from my sound card.

 

EDIT: Oblivion works fine too, I hope the xp compatibility is enough, don't really like windows classic theme.

Strange that I never had to use the compatibility feature before. Maybe it's because I installed the service pack before installing any applications.

 

Turned my favorite windows theme back on and still works fine.

 

Thanks a lot for the help, have a kudos from me :)

 

Still have crashes some times, then I get the error from the first post (Oblivion stopped working) and somehow get back into the game, then it freezes after while and it's normal for a few seconds then freezes, then normal, freeze etc FPS is not the problem.

Edited April 17, 2011 by Xenius