Dastardlybob Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 (edited) Every time I try to start oblivion OBSE or not. The game crashes right between the Bethesda logo and the loading screen for the main menu. Is there any way to fix this? I'm using Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit if that helps EDIT: I believe I have found my problem! I'm 99% sure it was due to NOT having the proper SI patch (fail on my part heh)It has now loaded properly, I'll see how long it lasts. Edited August 21, 2011 by Dastardlybob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkInMKUK Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 If you have Windows Vista or Windows 7 and are thinking of modding, do yourself (and us, because you'd no doubt be asking for help with it later) a BIG favour and use Bben46's guide here to move the game from the default install position to C:\Games\Oblivion. That stops the UAC from mucking up just about every mod you try to use, including (sometimes) official patches. Many mods will require you to be patched to version 1.2.0416, and a lot will require the Shivering Isles expansion - if you don't already have Shivering Isles, buy it and add it to the game, THEN patch it (otherwise you'll need to uninstall and reinstall from scratch to add Shivering Isles later). I strongly suggest adding the Unofficial Oblivion Patch (UOP), the Unofficial Shivering Isles Patch (UOSP), and (if you have Knights of the Nine and/or any of the official downloadable content files, the Unofficial Official Mods Patch (UOMP), plus the Unofficial Patch Supplementals and the UOP Dark Sister Voice Fix. They between them bugfix several thousand bugs and errors, and make the game much better to play. Other "essential" mods are Oblivion Script Extender (OBSE), and then Fast Exit and Windom Earle's Oblivion Crash Prevention System (weOCPS) - the pair of those greatly aid stability and stop many of the more common crash scenarios from wrecking your game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dastardlybob Posted August 21, 2011 Author Share Posted August 21, 2011 (edited) Just saying I'm not new to modding Oblivion and the required stuff. It's just I'm trying to play again on Windows 7 and I used to play on XP. My re-install of Oblivion is a 100% clean install. Edited August 21, 2011 by Dastardlybob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkInMKUK Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 If you read the stuff I put, you may notice the advice to NOT install in the default folder - did you do that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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