CasperTheLich Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 after using oblivion for quite some time, and not really swapping out one mod for another, i found i had a pile of mods that i would like to try; however, installing them will undoubtedly conflict with most of the "core" mods i'm using now. from time to time i thought about installing another instance of oblivion in an alternate directory. however, that would involve a lot of work, rebuilding my data folder in a fashion that wouldn't conflict with some of those new mods. so my question would be something along the lines of: if running different instances of oblivion is possible what prep work would be required. mainly, unless i'm missing something; keeping the save folders, & the oblivion.ini files from each instance from overwriting each other would be the big issue right? well if that's all i have to worry about, i think i have everything covered. so could someone let me know if I am actually missing something before i go ahead & do something stupid. -thanks and if this isn't in the right spot for this post, my bad. didn't really get a good grasp of where such a post belongs. so if i'm wrong feel free to move this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkInMKUK Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 (edited) the utility I use for this is mTES4 Manager. It creates clone copies of Oblivion, with separated data and savegame folders. Just one word of warning - it takes 15 mins to make a clone copy of a vanilla(ish) install on my system, and if you do anything else while this happens one or two of the pop-up question boxes may "pop under" the main status screen and be awkward to get at. Once running, when you change clones, allow it to sit for a while to complete moving files. I generally leave it for five minutes (a good time to go make coffee) and have never had a problem with incomplete file transfers. When I tried immediately switching to another clone (being a little indecisive) it corrupted the clone copy. I use it to run 7 different copies, including one copy of Nehrim and one of Morroblivion Edited April 19, 2011 by MarkInMKUK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CasperTheLich Posted April 19, 2011 Author Share Posted April 19, 2011 thanks for the quick reply. i'll check it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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