HELP!

[Kuraikiba]

No mod caused it. It occured as soon as I changed the INI. But I really think a total reinstall is completely last measure.

[HeyYou]

What are you doing about archive invalidation??

[Kuraikiba]

WHAT IS ARCHIVE INVALIDATION?

[HeyYou]

Its used to make sure the game uses the resources you want it to..... OBMM has the ability to do so, there is also a mod, archive invalidation invalidated...... get either one, or both..... and get 'em going.

[Kuraikiba]

How do I do Archive Invalidation stuff with OBMM?

[HeyYou]

Its under utilities, I think...... should just be able to click on it, and another window will come up, I think the redirection option is what is popular now days??

[Kuraikiba]

Okay. Just wanted to know how to use it.

[eric31415]

An option to reinstalling would be to see which mods are missing meshes and/or textures, and copy them back into the game from your backups.

If you installed everything via OBMM you could just deactivate/ reactivate the OMODs.

 

This problem sometimes happens from major changes to your load order.

 

When this happened to me, i opted for the complete reinstall. Just make sure you follow bben's guide or you will probably continue to have this problem.

 

If you really think that an ini change caused this, just rename the ini and run the game. It will automatically generate a fresh one.

 

When i did my reinstall i took the opportunity to convert all my mods to OMODs and install via OBMM. It took 3 days, but was well worth the effort.

 

When you run archive invalidation use the following settings;

BSA alteration

File types to include - textures

Ignore normal maps

Generate entries on hash collision

 

Using the wrong settings can cause serious problems.

[Kuraikiba]

It didn't really work.

 

Tried every one of those but deactivating all my mods (but I can't think of any that could have caused this), and reinstall.

 

Here is what we know:

 

ALL vanilla models are fine, even including modded elements made from vanilla meshes.

 

NO mod added meshes work.

 

NO mod added icons work.

 

ONLY after the change to the INI did I have this problem. I clearly remember everything working, then it not.

 

NO amount of replacing the INI has fixed this.

 

NO mod capable of causing this exists on my comp

 

I do NOT have the room on my comp for a backup.

 

 

What I need to know if I am to deactivate my mods:

 

WILL I HAVE TO START OVER AND GET EVERYTHING IN THEM AGAIN?

Edited May 22, 2011 by Kuraikiba

[bben46]

If you follow my reinstall procedure, it will not take up much more space on your hard drive as it has you remove the game completely before reinstalling. Instead of copying the data folder, just rename it or move it. That will not take up any more space either.

 

Here is a link to my complete uninstall/reinstall procedure located in the articles section of the Nexus

http://www.tesnexus.com/articles/article.php?id=240

 

It allows you to preserve any saves and mods, or remove them completely - your choice.

 

If you are that low on hard drive space, you really need to do some serious housecleaning. Low disk space will cause disk thrashing and slow things down as it tries to find free space for temp files created while the game is running.

 

I recommend getting a program to clean the trash off of your disk. I use a small program called Glary utilities. - here: http://majorgeeks.com/Glary_Utilities_Slim_d6236.html

 

It is not a antivirus, but it does have a small spyware remover built in. It can remove quite a bit of spyware, but not all.

 

Run the Glary Utilities after removing the game for best cleaning.

 

As with any program be sure to read the documentation first. If you run it about once a week or so it will help keep you HD clean. After running it, run the defrag to organize the hard drive.