LOD problem, strange terrain texture

[Leooel82]

Hi all,

 

here 's my problem:

I installed Obvlion with 1.2 patch, plus OOO 1.33 complete setup.

If i check distance land, the terrain texture became blue, if i uncheck, it turns out normal.

 

I upload a screenshoot to explain.

 

My pc is E6750, 2GB ram nvidia 9600gt512Mb, so I don't have problem to run all at max.

 

Thank you in advance, and sorry If i make some mistake, but I'm not english or american.

[I HaViC L]

I am also having this problem, can anybody help?

[bben46]

This has become a common problem. There are 2 possible solutions, one very easy and the other one hard

 

Sometimes it can be easily fixed by going into options - NOT the one on the start screen, but the one you get when you hit 'esc' key in the game , then Video and changing the texture size to large. If that doesn't work, it gets complicated.

 

 

The purple ground bug Is usually caused by installing something that overwrites a critical texture. Sometimes that is a wrong version of an oblivion patch. This is not an easy fix for someone not familiar with the file structure so this will be a long drawn out explanation that must be followed closely.

 

The only way I know of to fix it is to reinstall. But, Bethesda made uninstalling difficult. The uninstall on the disk does not remove the part that causes that problem.

 

Uninstalling Oblivion doesn't really uninstall the entire thing. It leaves behind several files such as your save game file, Oblivion.ini file, your /data file and some registry entries.

 

From my experience, the registry entries don't matter on this problem, but the others do.

 

If you are just starting the game you probably don't need to worry about losing your saved games. But your data file has all of your installed mods in it.

 

These instructions assume you are using the default path and running WinXP. the path is slightly different on Vista.

 

To save the data file with all of your mods, go to C:\Program Files\Bethesda Softworks\Oblivion\Data.

Rename the /data folder to something like oldata.

 

To save the folder that has your saved games go to C:\Documents and settings\your name\My Documents\My Games\Oblivion

rename the /Oblivion folder to oldoblivion - this saves all of your saved games and your Oblivion.ini.

 

When you reinstall, It will create new files to replace the ones you deleted and a new data file for the one you renamed.

 

Then when you reinstall, first install the oblivion from the original disk. Then, before installing anything else, SI or mods start the game and make a save. This allows Oblivion to initialize everything that needs to be initialized when you start , Then, if you use SI, install SI. Again start the game and make a save.

 

Now, download the latest patch - If you use SI, ONLY use the latest SI patch and not the oblivion patch. If you do NOT use SI, only use the latest Oblivion patch. you can get them here: http://www.elderscrolls.com/downloads/updates_patches.htm

 

Again, after installing the patch - only one - Start the game and make a save.

 

Now you should be at the beginning of the game with no mods. Now, go back to the new data folder (Oblivion/Data) and rename it to something like Newdata. Then rename the oldata back to data.

 

Now you should have all of your mods back. If one of them is a problem, you can always go back to the newdata.

 

To recover your old saves do the same with that folder, first rename the oblivion folder in that one to newoblivion then rename the one you named oldoblivion to oblivion. That puts all of your saved games back, and your oblivion.ini. if you changed anything in it. Plus, now you have the 'new game ' versions of both just in case.

 

If you lost all of your saves and don't want to go back through the training dungeon again, Try one of the mods that allows you to start somewhere else such as Alternative start Arrive by Ship: http://tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=11495

 

Sounds like a lot of work, but it should leave you with a clean install.

 

We were all noobs once.

 

Good luck