Oblivion, a little too close

[Garriath]

Hey, all,

 

So I've encountered a bit of a bizarre Oblivion bug, and I was wondering if anyone had had a similar experience and could help me out.

 

I just reinstalled Oblivion earlier today, and installed a whole bunch of mods for it (primarily FCOM, the darnified UI, and a handful of texture replacers.) The game ran perfectly smoothly for the first 20 minutes or so. However, after that, I began realizing that the graphics seemed a little bit off. I eventually realized that I could no longer see my health, magicka, etc. because all the game was showing me was what ought to have been the center or the screen, zoomed in to a big magnitude. This zooming-in also applies to all of my menus, in-game and out, though, oddly enough, 3rd-person playing still goes fine.

 

However, as I am unable to navigate the in-game menus (much less only load a saved game with difficulty) right now Oblivion is more-or-less unplayable.

 

I made a point of disabling all of my .esps, .esms, and omods except for Oblivion and SI, yet the problem was unaffected. I temporarily disabled OSE, to no effect. Restarting was similarly ineffectual.

 

I would really prefer not having to re-install Oblivion again- installing all of my mods took over two hours today, and if there were an easier solution, I'd be very grateful.

 

I've included several images of the issue; apologies for the large resolution.

 

http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/aa371/Tarvalar/Oblivion2011-10-2919-17-01-18.jpg

http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/aa371/Tarvalar/Oblivion2011-10-2919-17-20-89.jpg

http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/aa371/Tarvalar/Oblivion2011-10-2919-17-54-75.jpg

 

Thanks in advance.

[TheReverendTholomewPlague]

It could be your FOV settings.

 

Go to: C:\Users\YOUR USERNAME\My Documents\My Games\Oblivion\

 

There should be a file called 'Oblivion.ini'

 

Open this file in notepad and once notepad has loaded up, press 'CTRL+F'.

 

In the box that pops up, type this: fDefaultFOV

 

Click 'Find' or 'Find Next'

 

It should find the text you searched for.

 

If the line it highlights looks any different to this: fDefaultFOV=75.0000

change it so it's the same.

 

Save and exit.

 

Check the game.

[audioave10]

I may be reaching here but...Have you tried different resolutions or reinstalled Darnified?

I seem to remember Darnified as having a lot of options. I would think its a simple fix whatever it is.

Do you use any third-person mods?

Good Luck.

[Garriath]

The Reverend got it; somehow my default FOV had been altered along the way.

 

I'm very impressed; I was convinced I was going to have to go through the entire re-installation process again. Not only did you guys save me from that, you both got back to me within a half hour of my posting this issue. Kudos to both of you; thanks a billion.