Able to start new game, but unable to load old saves

[quartet1977]

Hi, I had to move Oblivion to a new drive after the old one crashed. Now, when I try to load an old save, which has tons of mods, it starts fine, meaning I don't get the message about missing plugins. Then, the red loading bar appears, fills up about half way, then hangs for 30 seconds or so, after which the game crashes. This happens for all old saves, whether or not all plugins for those saves are currently active. The only way I can get the game to start is by beginning a new game. That new game starts fine with all the mods from the previous saves still active. Any suggestions on how to get one of those old saves to load? I've logged 60 hours so I would hate to lose the playthrough entirely. Thanks so much in advance for any tips/suggestions/etc.!

[Fonger]

did you run BOSS

[nosisab]

Most of times it is due to changes in the load order invalidating the save. Running BOSS like pointed by Fonger may solve the problem... or could be the cause of it already.

 

If it is the last case it is problematic for you would have to try returning the load order to former state, starting by those mods known to be problematic till you are able to load, save the game and quit. Once it is done you could try running BOSS again and load the game. with luck this time you can load it and have the correct load order.

[quartet1977]

Thanks for your replies! I have not changed the load order of my mods. Everything from the old drive was copied exactly to the new drive, so nothing should have changed. I'll run BOSS to see if that helps, but I'm not optimistic. I'll post back my results.

 

EDIT: That did it! Running BOSS and rebuilding the patch fixed it. Now I feel a bit silly for not having thought of that on my own, but no matter. Thanks again for the tip! It was just what I needed