installing a 2nd copy of the game?

[diosoth]

My main install of Oblivion, with all DLC and expansions, OOO, Exnem's FEC and a few other addons is doing fine for me but I may eventually want to go all out in modding for a second play-through whenever I'm done on this game, with HGEC, BBB and more mods than I run now. But I also don't want to fiddle with my current game setup so... is there any way I can install a 2nd copy of the game without the first interfering? I'd need a full, fresh install and set to access saves from a different folder, though in my experience game installers generally accept one install(barring DRM and such, the installer generally accepts a game as installed if it's installed) and simply copying the Oblivion game directory isn't going to work. So, can I install a 2nd copy of the game without the first copy getting in the way?

[AnimalRiot]

There is mTES4 Manager to create and manage multiple copies of Oblivion. I haven't personally used it though. Maybe, I will soon; I've been wanting to play Nehrim but I don't want to give up my fully modded Oblivion setup. Edited October 8, 2011 by AnimalRiot

[ub3rman123]

I've been wanting to play Nehrim but I don't want to give up my fully modded Oblivion setup.

 

You don't have to! Nehrim installs to its own directory with its own .exe launcher.

[bben46]

I do use mtes4Manager. It works. Currently 6 copies of Oblivion, plus 1 Nehrim, plus 3 Fallout3 and 2 New Vegas. I hope it works for Skyrim also. :thumbsup:

 

As for the way it works, there is really only one copy of Oblivion. But multiple copies of the data folder, save games folder, Ini file, and everything else that is a part of one game that you don't want in another copy of that game.

[NikhilR]

I do use mtes4Manager. It works. Currently 6 copies of Oblivion, plus 1 Nehrim, plus 3 Fallout3 and 2 New Vegas. I hope it works for Skyrim also. :thumbsup:

 

As for the way it works, there is really only one copy of Oblivion. But multiple copies of the data folder, save games folder, Ini file, and everything else that is a part of one game that you don't want in another copy of that game.

 

6 copies of Oblivion's data folder?! I didn't know it was possible to run multiple copies on the same machine.

[bben46]

Read it again. I only have ONE copy of the game. What I do have multiple copies of is everything else - data folder, saves etc. The Mtes4Manager program handles all of the renaming and swapping these multiple copies for you. Before Mtes4manager, I was doing all of that manually and accomplishing the same thing. :thumbsup:

 

You cannot have 2 folders with the same name inside the same folder. If you rename one of the data folders to data1, another to data2 etc - then rename them as needed, being careful not to overwrite any of them.

[AnimalRiot]

You don't have to! Nehrim installs to its own directory with its own .exe launcher.

 

Oh yeah! Thanks for reminding me. Somehow, I keep thinking that I needed mtes4Manager to be able to successfully mod Nehrim as well. Do I?

[diosoth]

This is exactly what I need.

 

Though when I'm done on this playthorugh, I may re-install the game fresh. I need to reinstall OOO anyway, I somehow think the copy I got is broken because some features described in the PDF aren't working(I'm running 1.33 full) and some files indicated in the add ons folder are missing, plus other bugs I'm having. So I don't think it installed properly.