PaladinsLord Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 Ok, well I got this game in March 2008, I installed it and it installed great. But when I press "Play" The black comes up in the Top Left Hand Corner of my Screen, then it waits, then an Microsoft Error Message comes up and says Oblivion has incountered an Error and needs to shutdown. So I send the report and poo all happens. So I uninstall the game installed it again, and the same thing happend. So ever since March 28, 2008 I havn't tryed to install the game again. I want to play this game bad because I saw awesome mods and videos on it... Please some one help me out on this Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WoogieMonster Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 If the game crashes immediately upon trying to boot, there is a high chance that your system does not meet the requirements to run the game. Tell me the specs on your PC (how much RAM, type of CPU and video card). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamujiin Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 I agree, it sounds like you have incompatibilty issues. whats your video card? how much ram do you have? Whats your processor? cant help you if we dont know these things. Click on run and type in dxdiag and it will make a document called dxdiag, most likely you will find it in your document folder. Then when you reply here attach it to your post. it will say attachment on the bottom right side of the page. Do that and we can help you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nosisab Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 Ok, well I got this game in March 2008, I installed it and it installed great. But when I press "Play" The black comes up in the Top Left Hand Corner of my Screen, then it waits, then an Microsoft Error Message comes up and says Oblivion has incountered an Error and needs to shutdown. So I send the report and poo all happens. So I uninstall the game installed it again, and the same thing happend. So ever since March 28, 2008 I havn't tryed to install the game again. I want to play this game bad because I saw awesome mods and videos on it... Please some one help me out on this Thanks! WoogieMonster and einhander can be right and hardware not meeting the requirements being the problem, and placing your basic specs will help a lot, the more important being Video card, CPU and RAM amount. And if you are using XP or Vista. But, there is something will can try for now (maybe something got wrong at your first attempt to start the game) so, copy the Oblivion_Defaults.ini file from the folder you installed the game to C:\My Documents\My Games\Oblivion (or the similar you have there)rename the Oblivion.ini file you will find there to Oblivion.inibackup (just any name is fine) and rename the copied file to Oblivion.ini and try again starting the game. good luck Edit: this is valid even if you reinstalled the game, indeed it is specially valid in this case, as the reinstallation will keep the old Oblivion.ini Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaladinsLord Posted May 7, 2008 Author Share Posted May 7, 2008 Machine name: MAIN Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.070227-2254) Language: English (Regional Setting: English) System Manufacturer: Dell Computer Corporation System Model: Dimension 8250 BIOS: Default System BIOS Processor: Intel® Pentium® 4 CPU 2.40GHz Memory: 510MB RAM Page File: 468MB used, 781MB available Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904) DX Setup Parameters: Not found DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.2180 32bit Unicode I hope this will help you guys out, Thanks again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sinzombi Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 You might want to get some more ram probably around 1 gig or if you can afford it go for 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nosisab Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 Machine name: MAIN Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.070227-2254) Language: English (Regional Setting: English) System Manufacturer: Dell Computer Corporation System Model: Dimension 8250 BIOS: Default System BIOS Processor: Intel® Pentium® 4 CPU 2.40GHz Memory: 510MB RAM Page File: 468MB used, 781MB available Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904) DX Setup Parameters: Not found DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.2180 32bit Unicode I hope this will help you guys out, Thanks again!You didn't post your video card, the most critical component to this game. Some Intel based ones aren't supported nor as minimal. with this setup, you would not run at high sets, but if your Video card is at least at minimal you should be able to at least initiate the game. Have you tried the Oblivion.ini thing I said my last reply? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bben46 Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 I checked out the specs on this computer. It is definitely not a gaming rig. It can barely run the basic office programs needed for a business. It will do Ok for word processing and general web surfing, but will drag on video downloads. The audio is built in and will steal from what little RAM is available. The video is a 4x agp board - no specs beyond that listed, The power supply is the real bad news - 250 watts. Not enough to power a decent Video card. You might try looking for a program called oldblivion, it is supposed to be able to run Oblivion on less than optimal systems, but you will still need more RAM. Full specs here: http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/syst...ecs.htm#1105461 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaladinsLord Posted June 8, 2008 Author Share Posted June 8, 2008 Hey guys, I;m really sorry I didn't get back to the Video Card thing, I went back to Iraq for a few months to get my "Discharge" Please no questions on it, And I just remembered that I tryed Oblivion on My girlfriends laptop and it didnt work aswell and its a Acer Laptop, Im not sure what all its Info is but this is what I did at 10:50 at night, Oh and I got back a week and a half ago from Iraq, but I'm home and safe, and this is my computers crap now... ------------------System Information------------------Time of this report: 6/7/2008, 22:49:50 Machine name: MAIN Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.070227-2254) Language: English (Regional Setting: English)System Manufacturer: Dell Computer Corporation System Model: Dimension 8250 BIOS: Default System BIOS Processor: Intel® Pentium® 4 CPU 2.40GHz Memory: 510MB RAM Page File: 496MB used, 753MB available Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)DX Setup Parameters: Not found DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.2180 32bit Unicode ------------DxDiag Notes------------ DirectX Files Tab: No problems found. Display Tab 1: No problems found. Sound Tab 1: No problems found. Sound Tab 2: No problems found. Music Tab: No problems found. Input Tab: No problems found. Network Tab: No problems found. --------------------DirectX Debug Levels--------------------Direct3D: 0/4 (n/a)DirectDraw: 0/4 (retail)DirectInput: 0/5 (n/a)DirectMusic: 0/5 (n/a)DirectPlay: 0/9 (retail)DirectSound: 0/5 (retail)DirectShow: 0/6 (retail) ---------------Display Devices--------------- Card name: NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420 Manufacturer: NVIDIA Chip type: GeForce4 MX 420 DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0172&SUBSYS_015A10DE&REV_A3 Display Memory: 64.0 MB Current Mode: 1024 x 768 (32 bit) (85Hz) Monitor: Dell M992 Monitor Max Res: 1600,1200 Driver Name: nv4_disp.dll Driver Version: 6.14.0010.5216 (English) DDI Version: 9 (or higher)Driver Attributes: Final Retail Driver Date/Size: 10/6/2003 15:16:00, 4246528 bytes WHQL Logo'd: Yes WHQL Date Stamp: n/a VDD: n/a Mini VDD: nv4_mini.sys Mini VDD Date: 10/6/2003 15:16:00, 1550043 bytesDevice Identifier: {D7B71E3E-4232-11CF-0E67-502102C2CB35} Vendor ID: 0x10DE Device ID: 0x0172 SubSys ID: 0x015A10DE Revision ID: 0x00A3 Revision ID: 0x00A3 Video Accel: ModeMPEG2_A ModeMPEG2_B ModeMPEG2_C ModeMPEG2_D Deinterlace Caps: {335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(YUY2,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch {335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch Registry: OK DDraw Status: Enabled D3D Status: Enabled AGP Status: EnabledDDraw Test Result: Not run D3D7 Test Result: Not run D3D8 Test Result: Not run D3D9 Test Result: Not run Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluekatt Posted June 8, 2008 Share Posted June 8, 2008 for the love of god install more ram that and oldblivion will really help the game along plug in 1 gig extra and you wil feel the difference oblivion can run under a geforce mx4 if you use oldblivion i tried it ..it worked.....ish oblivion is not happy in 512 mb ram not happy at all oh and btw that your home savely i smor eimportant then a game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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