KawaiiSpider Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 (edited) The mods I use are by no means a stable combination, but just recently Oblivion seemed to stop working for seemingly no reason at all and I have to admit I am utterly baffled as to what could have messed it up. I had just installed Deadly Reflex, SDR, and HUD Status Bars with Skyrim compass. This is on an fcom installation if that matters. So I started up my game and everything worked fine... but I noticed the HUD bars for primary basic needs overlapped with the Skyrim Compass. So I decided I'd just remove the Skyrim compass files from Oblivion/Data/ini, since I didn't care for it that much anyway. And then when I tried to start up Oblivion again, it crashed on startup. I tried two more times and it crashed again. Then I tried a thousand things such as deleting my Oblivion.ini file, deactivating mods one by one, deleting obse files, and even reinstalling the Skyrim Compass. Yet nothing worked. Since I have absolutely no idea how to fix this I'm going to just reinstall Oblivion... but can anyone tell me what on Earth happened? I understand using so many mods in conjunction with Fcom is probably pretty unstable, but how could removing such an insignificant file cause such a big problem? :confused: Edited June 24, 2012 by LaKitty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nephenee13 Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 So I decided I'd just remove the Skyrim compass files from Oblivion/Data/ini, since I didn't care for it that much anyway. Wait, you did what, precisely? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KawaiiSpider Posted June 24, 2012 Author Share Posted June 24, 2012 (edited) So I decided I'd just remove the Skyrim compass files from Oblivion/Data/ini, since I didn't care for it that much anyway. Wait, you did what, precisely? The Skyrim Compass option for HUD Status bars installed files in C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Oblivion\Data\menus\prefabs\HUDstatusBars. I decided I didn't want the Skyrim Compass addition though, so I deleted the prefabs folder from menus. I said data/ini for some reason, but after checking it looks like that was what I deleted. Edited June 24, 2012 by LaKitty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nephenee13 Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 The Skyrim Compass option for HUD Status bars installed files in C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Oblivion\Data\menus\prefabs\HUDstatusBars. I decided I didn't want the Skyrim Compass addition though, so I deleted the prefabs folder from menus. I said data/ini for some reason, but after checking it looks like that was what I deleted. Ok, first of all, move Steam and Oblivion out of Program Files, instructions here. Second, reinstall HUD Status Bars, then turn off the compass in the HSB INI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranoth Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 I feel for you.I have been rebuilding my Oblivion on a computer with Vista.At first it worked fine, then boom. Crash city. :verymad: :wallbash: So I followed all the advice I could get on-line. ( Thanks everyone! ) :thumbsup: I ended up doing a total uninstall and cleaned up my registry, defragged my hard drive and then set about doing another re-install. :whistling: The game should be put OUTSIDE of your program files. Somewhere like C:Games\OblivionDo follow the advice Nephenee13 gives. :thumbsup: I am almost done with my new,stable, improved Oblivion2.1. :biggrin: Hope it goes well.Oh, yeah.Do not move straight to a reinstall.Try reverting to Vanilla Oblivion first and see if it still crashes.If it does you need to start the uninstall / reinstall procedure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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