I have a proble about opening my data folders..

[Wowaboy]

at the very top it says to back up my saves but does not say how or where to find these saved files... ive been looking in the data folder but i dont see anything that says saved files. can anyone post a full set of instructions of how to back up the saved files.

 

please and thankyou

 

Republik

 

 

 

 

 

 

When you see big yellow exclamations in the game it means that there is still some mesh or texture files that are not in the right place. It could also be the mod that may have something missing or is corrupted.

 

After a couple of those yellow exclamation moments with Morrowind I started installing plugins the following way:

1. Open the plugin with winrar or zip or whatever you are using. EDIT Make sure that you can see the plugin file and the files changed by the mod, meshes, textures and so on as well as the plugin file. You know, the one with the swiss army knife icon. If you only see 'Data files' double click to open it up.

 

2. Double click the following;(for a default installation) my computer, the drive you installed the game in (default C), Program Files, Bethesda Softworks, Oblivion and leave it open there (C:\Program Files\Bethesda Softworks\Oblivion). You should see a folder called 'Data files' and a couple of others.

 

3. Size both of these windows so that you can see both at the same time.

 

4. Drag the folders from the downloaded plugin file you opened in step one and drop them into the 'Data files' folder. When it ask you if it should overwrite files, click on 'yes to all'

 

 

This way you also won't clutter your data file with all the readme's and screenshots, also why I dont like extracting directly into the data file. The cleanup is a female dog.

 

I hardly ever have any problems with plugins, and if I do its a conflict with another mod or the reasons given at the top.

 

EDIT: Do this only after following Stampede's instructions with the backups and stuff, of course

 

 

I cant open anyone of my data folders in det oblivion folder, because they are all .cab's can anyonehelp me and email me @: [email protected] ?

[Vagrant0]

I cant open anyone of my data folders in det oblivion folder, because they are all .cab's can anyonehelp me and email me @: [email protected] ?

Data folder refers to the folder in the install directory. Not anything on the DVD. Install the game, and the folders are created.

[Wowaboy]

I cant open anyone of my data folders in det oblivion folder, because they are all .cab's can anyonehelp me and email me @: [email protected] ?

Data folder refers to the folder in the install directory. Not anything on the DVD. Install the game, and the folders are created.

 

im trying t install mods, an i would think that I need to put them one of the data folders on the disk, but i cant open them and put the mod files in the data folders, cus its says that my .rar archives cant open the data1.cab, data2.cab...... cus they r .cab's and when try to put them directly in to the oblivion folder, i says; "indows does not support this cd-r format, try anoter disk" what can i do about it?

or more directly, hw do i then install mods??de

[Povuholo]

im trying t install mods, an i would think that I need to put them one of the data folders on the disk, but i cant open them and put the mod files in the data folders, cus its says that my .rar archives cant open the data1.cab, data2.cab...... cus they r .cab's and when try to put them directly in to the oblivion folder, i says; "indows does not support this cd-r format, try anoter disk" what can i do about it?

or more directly, hw do i then install mods??de

You're supposed to put them in the data folder where you installed Oblivion, not on the disc. By default this is C:\Program Files\Bethesda Softworks\Oblivion\Data.

[Wowaboy]

thx a lot how did I NOT figure that out :blush: