Can't play Oblivion at all anymore?

[morteh]

So, my game all of a sudden, without me changing anything, started doing this: i try to start the game, i hear the music, but nothing comes up, after a few seconds the "oblivion.exe has stopped responding" window comes up and i have to close it. i tried reinstalling, without installing any mods, and it still does it. what could i do?

[rededge]

So, my game all of a sudden, without me changing anything, started doing this: i try to start the game, i hear the music, but nothing comes up, after a few seconds the "oblivion.exe has stopped responding" window comes up and i have to close it. i tried reinstalling, without installing any mods, and it still does it. what could i do?

 

Sure you've not altered anything in your Oblivion .ini?

Altered anything in OBGE .ini (assuming you use it obviously!)

Updated any drivers lately? Installed any programs, etc?

 

Oblivion shouldn't simply "stop" if it worked before...

[bben46]

The normal uninstall does not remove your mods. Or several other things you would expect it to, like the registry entries that are written when you first install. :confused:

 

I am assuming that you have already wiped out your data folder and your save game folder in your attempt to get the game back. Leaving the left over registry entries as the most likely culprit. (If not, don't delete them yet - read the info in my uninstall/reinstall first.)

 

Here is a link to my complete uninstall/reinstall procedure. It fixes most of the problems caused by a the Oblivion uninstall.

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

 

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

 

Once you have a working game again, don't add any mods until you make a backup of the base working game - OR, use this to make multiple versions (backups) mtes4manager http://tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=35263

[morteh]

The normal uninstall does not remove your mods. Or several other things you would expect it to, like the registry entries that are written when you first install. :confused:

 

I am assuming that you have already wiped out your data folder and your save game folder in your attempt to get the game back. Leaving the left over registry entries as the most likely culprit. (If not, don't delete them yet - read the info in my uninstall/reinstall first.)

 

Here is a link to my complete uninstall/reinstall procedure. It fixes most of the problems caused by a the Oblivion uninstall.

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

 

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

 

Once you have a working game again, don't add any mods until you make a backup of the base working game - OR, use this to make multiple versions (backups) mtes4manager http://tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=35263

Thanks, i'm gonna try that. but this link in the article is dead: http://tesnexus.com/articles/article.php?id=340

[Striker879]

Here you go ... click this.

[bben46]

Thanks for the feedback. Some articles were deleted when they were converted to the WIKI - This was one of them.

Fixed now, and you get the credit for bringing it to my attention. :thumbsup:

[morteh]

I did the whole uninstall thing like the article said, and it works now. Thank you very much.

[bben46]

Another satisfied customer. http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-dance009.gif http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-dance011.gif http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-dance017.gif