Is Oblivion supposed to crash every half hour?

[Nightwolfhunter]

It has ALWAYS crashed almost every half hour for me. here is an LO for ya. My computer is lass than a year old and can run The Witcher 2 on High with almost no problem at all. So it might be a mod related issue.

 

Active Mod Files:

 

00 Oblivion.esm

01 All Natural Base.esm [Version 1.3]

02 Oscuro's_Oblivion_Overhaul.esm [Version 1.33]

03 Mart's Monster Mod.esm [Version 3.7b3p3]

04 Mart's Monster Mod for OOO.esm [Version 0.9.9MB3]

05 TamrielTravellers.esm [Version 1.39c]

06 Kvatch Rebuilt.esm

07 Better Cities Resources.esm [Version 4.9.5]

08 Unofficial Oblivion Patch.esp [Version 3.2.10]

09 DLCShiveringIsles.esp

0A Unofficial Shivering Isles Patch.esp [Version 1.4.0]

0B Better Cities .esp [Version 4.7.0]

++ LoadingScreens.esp

0C All Natural.esp [Version 1.3]

0D All Natural - SI.esp [Version 1.3]

0E Immersive Interiors.esp [Version 0.8.1]

0F Realistic Water.esp

10 Idle Dialogue.esp

11 Silent Player Voice.esp

12 Sounds of Cyrodiil.esp [Version 1.1]

13 All Natural - Real Lights.esp [Version 1.3]

14 IlluminationWithin.esp

15 Akatosh Mount By Saiden Storm.esp

16 Book Jackets Oblivion.esp

++ Item interchange - Extraction.esp [Version 0.78]

17 Living Economy.esp

18 Living Economy - Items.esp

19 Cutthroat Merchants.esp

1A Crowded Cities 30.esp

1B Crowded Roads 23.esp

1C Zira's Horse Modpack - My Horses.esp

1D Zira's Horse Modpack - Heavy Legion Horses.esp

1E Zira's Horse Modpack - Friesian Horses.esp

1F Zira's Horse Modpack - Shadowmere.esp

20 Zira's Horse Modpack - Extra Horses.esp

21 Zira's Horse Modpack - More Horses.esp

22 Oscuro's_Oblivion_Overhaul.esp [Version 1.33]

++ OOO-Water_Weeds.esp [Version 1.33]

** OMOBS_SI.esp [Version 2.0]

23 Mart's Monster Mod for OOO.esp [Version 0.9.9MB3]

++ Mart's Monster Mod - Shivering Isles.esp [Version 3.7b3p3]

24 Mart's Monster Mod - Additional Enemy NPC Vars.esp [Version 3.7b3p3]

25 Mart's Monster Mod - Hunting & Crafting.esp [Version 3.7b3p3]

++ Mart's Monster Mod - Looting NPCs & Creatures.esp [Version 3.7b3p3]

++ Mart's Monster Mod - Less Rats.esp [Version 3.7b3p3]

++ Mart's Monster Mod - Spawn Rates - Increased.esp [Version 3.7b3p3]

26 Mart's Monster Mod - Safer Quest Locations.esp [Version 3.7b3p3]

27 Mart's Monster Mod - Dungeons of MMM.esp [Version 3.7b3p3]

28 Mart's Monster Mod - More Wilderness Life.esp [Version 3.7b3p3]

29 Mart's Monster Mod - Extra Wounding.esp [Version 3.7b3p3]

++ Mart's Monster Mod - Friendlier Factions OOO.esp [Version 3.7b3p3]

2A Mart's Monster Mod - Farm Animals.esp [Version 3.7b3p3]

2B Mart's Monster Mod - Diverse WaterLife.esp [Version 3.7b3p3f]

++ Mart's Monster Mod - Diverse Runeskulls Loot OOO.esp [Version 3.7b3p3]

++ TamrielTravellerAdvscript.esp [Version 1.39c]

++ Travellers4MMMHostileFactions.esp [Version 1.39c]

2C TamrielTravellers4OOO.esp [Version 1.39c]

++ TamrielTravellersItemsnpc.esp [Version 1.39c]

2D ShiveringIsleTravellers.esp [Version 1.39c]

++ ShiveringIsleTravellersFriendlyFactions4MMM.esp [Version 1.39c]

2E Better Dark Brotherhood Sanctuary.esp

2F BDBS - Chapel Memorial.esp

30 BHC_Expanded.esp [Version 1.2]

31 BrotherhoodRenewed.esp [Version 1.0.11]

32 Kvatch Rebuilt.esp

++ Kvatch Rebuilt - OOO Compatibility.esp

33 Knights.esp

34 Knights - Unofficial Patch.esp [Version 1.0.9]

++ Mart's Monster Mod for OOO - Knights .esp [Version 0.9.9MB3]

35 Sounds of Cyrodiil - KOTN Add-on.esp [Version 1.0]

36 Lost Paladins of the Divines.esp

37 xuldarkforest.esp [Version 1.0.5]

38 xulStendarrValley.esp [Version 1.2.2]

39 xulTheHeath.esp

3A MMMMWL-TheHeath patch.esp

3B XulEntiusGorge.esp

3C xulFallenleafEverglade.esp [Version 1.3.1]

3D xulColovianHighlands_EV.esp [Version 1.2.1]

3E xulChorrolHinterland.esp [Version 1.2.2]

3F xulBeachesOfCyrodiilLostCoast.esp [Version 1.6.4]

40 xulBravilBarrowfields.esp [Version 1.3.3]

41 xulLushWoodlands.esp [Version 1.3.1]

42 xulAncientYews.esp [Version 1.4.3]

43 xulAncientRedwoods.esp [Version 1.6]

44 xulCloudtopMountains.esp [Version 1.0.3]

45 xulArriusCreek.esp [Version 1.1.3]

46 xulPatch_AY_AC.esp [Version 1.1]

47 xulRollingHills_EV.esp [Version 1.3.3]

48 MMMMWL-RollingHills patch.esp

49 xulPantherRiver.esp

4A xulRiverEthe.esp [Version 1.0.2]

4B xulBrenaRiverRavine.esp [Version 1.1]

4C xulImperialIsle.esp [Version 1.6.7]

4D xulBlackwoodForest.esp [Version 1.1.0]

4E xulCheydinhalFalls.esp [Version 1.0.1]

4F KvatchRebuilt-CheydinhalFalls patch.esp

50 xulAspenWood.esp [Version 1.0.2]

51 xulSkingradOutskirts.esp [Version 1.0.1]

52 xulSnowdale.esp [Version 1.0.2]

53 xulCliffsOfAnvil.esp [Version 1.12]

54 xulSilverfishRiverValley.esp [Version 1.0.1]

55 Harvest [Flora].esp [Version 3.0.0]

++ Harvest [Flora] - Shivering Isles.esp [Version 3.0.0]

++ Real Lava 1.3.esp

++ Improved Fires and Flames - Increased Sound.esp

56 Oblivion XP.esp [Version 4.1.5]

++ Item interchange - Placement.esp [Version 0.78]

++ Item interchange - Option, Ingredients in Bulk.esp [Version 0.78]

57 Better Cities Full.esp [Version 4.9.5]

58 Better Cities - VWD of the IC.esp [Version 4.7.0]

59 Better Imperial City.esp [Version 4.9.5]

5A Better Cities - All Natural.esp [Version 4.9.5]

5B Better Cities - Unique Landscape Barrowfields.esp [Version 4.9.5]

5C Better Cities - Unique Landscape Chorrol Hinterland.esp [Version 4.8.4]

5D Better Cities - Unique Landscape Cheydinhal Falls.esp [Version 4.8.1]

5E Better Cities - Unique Landscape Skingrad Outskirts.esp [Version 4.9.1]

5F Better Cities - Unique Landscape Imperial Isle.esp [Version 4.8.1]

** All Natural - Indoor Weather Filter For Mods.esp [Version 1.3]

60 Bashed Patch, 0.esp

 

 

[David Brasher]

Oblivion is an unconscionably buggy program and is indeed designed to crash every half hour. If you can't get that many crashes out of your game then you are doing something wrong and not playing hard enough.

 

If you want greater stability, you might try deactivating your Unique Landscapes mods, Better Cities mods, and overhaul mods.

[Balakirev]

As David pointed out, Better Cities has a very long list of incompatibilities with other mods. I"m assuming you checked it out, but if you haven't, you should. It also requires a lot of RAM and processing power. Unchecking all of it would probably be a good first step to try.

[bben46]

Not every crash is game or mod related. Some can be caused by background processes trying to do something that takes focus away from the game for just a little too long. Processes that check for new messages, that check for updates to programs Things like windows indexing and some defrag programs that auto run in the background.

 

Try to disable any of these that you find. I have been using a FREE version of Game Booster that has helped shut down some (but not all) background processes and even some services that can cause problems. Once you have eliminated the outside problems - then look at things like mods and limited RAM as the possible source of crashes.

 

Try these

Windom Earls Crash prevention System http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=22282

Fast Exit http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=22410

Game Booster http://majorgeeks.com/Iobit_Game_Booster_3_BETA_d6997.html

[rededge]

Bit of a late reply, but don't overlook any changes you've made to your Oblivion .ini in an attempt to improve things. Pretty much all "tweaks" achieve little in my experience, and can cause crashes. A default .ini is stable! Others may well disagree though....

[Balakirev]

Bit of a late reply, but don't overlook any changes you've made to your Oblivion .ini in an attempt to improve things. Pretty much all "tweaks" achieve little in my experience, and can cause crashes. A default .ini is stable! Others may well disagree though....

 

A lot of people who have written tweak guides to Oblivion would--and so would I, though I never wrote one. ;) You can change a lot of things in the INI that affect the game experience in many different ways, some subtle, some very, very obvious. You can also make it more stable, or unstable, faster or slower.

 

This is one tweak guide, but there are many more.