Kdaj Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 At some time i've been playing TES:IV at my laptop that's holding Vista... It works fine though i must play it with low graphics... at my desktop i have it with Win7... at first time it worked extremely great with MAXed graphics... Some time later (maybe 1 - 2 weeks) the game crashes when showing the Bethesda Softworks... what the hell happened?? i just can't figure it out... any thing you may need to know plz ask me! i'll tell everything to have it running again ='( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Striker879 Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 More information is required. Did you install to the default location (i.e. is the game installed in C:\Program Files)? Have you installed any mods between when it worked and when it doesn't? Have you updated any drivers or DirectX? Have you installed any codec paks (may have been installed with a music or media player)? A working game installation won't self destruct. We need to figure out what changed to cause this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RubikNight Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 More details is a must. We must know if you have recently been playing with mods (mods can conflict and cause it to crash or have dirt in them to cause Oblivion to crash) and your setup. I found turning off V.Sync generally smoothness and prevents crashes from reoccurring often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kdaj Posted December 1, 2011 Author Share Posted December 1, 2011 fast explaining it... i even deleted all mods, re-installed it and put it vanilla (no OBSE no 1.2v patches)... i've deleted EVERYTHING... nothing happened... just kept malfunctioning... and no, i've not made any update to drivers, since my desktop is new... (i've bought it, started playing, and then puff!)yes, it is installed at the default location.the codec pack i've got was installed BEFORE installing TES:IV... i assure you... @RubikNight how can i change the v-sync option outside the game? at the *ini? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Striker879 Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 I mention the code paks because they are known to cause problems with the game (even if they were installed before you installed the game), not because I thought they were necessarily your problem. Here's a link to Bben46's Oblivion reinstall procedure. Your problem right now could very well be caused by an improperly uninstalled game (left over registry entries can mess up your reinstall, so don't neglect the part about running a registry cleaner). If you are using the Steam version of the game don't miss the link at the end of this line (I've expanded the link text to make it easier to find):For those who need to move the steam client: How to Move your Steam to another location Without having to reinstall anything. LinkIf you are still having problems after following the reinstall procedure we can troubleshoot whether or not your codec paks are causing a problem ... no need to do anything with them at this point. Get the game cleanly out of the UAC 'protected' C:\Program Files first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naktis Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 (edited) Like some people already mentioned, installing the game somewhere else like C:\Games might help. I had some problems with closing the game when I had Windows 7 installed and changing the installation location helped. :turned: Edited December 1, 2011 by Naktis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluekatt Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 other then the above have you changed anything about your system ?have you installed any new hard or software ?updated anything ?at times a new update or driver for key hardware ( video audio ) can actually break a game i have had a few times where a game would refuse to work with a specific driver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kdaj Posted December 1, 2011 Author Share Posted December 1, 2011 i've followed those unnistallion steps... all hail bben42... and striker879 of course... ;) probably i was a registry mistress but nows everything cool now... =) thx a lot everyone for your help... =D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Striker879 Posted December 2, 2011 Share Posted December 2, 2011 (edited) Don't neglect Bben46 if you're handing out cookies ... he did most of the heavy lifting, I just pasted in a link. Edited December 2, 2011 by Striker879 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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