Need Help Fixing Game

[NexusKnight]

I haven't found an answer to this problem yet...

 

I don't know what happened. I was playing OB, problem free after a fresh game install, and needed to re-install Reznod's Mannequins - one of my last remaining mods. I saved while in the IC Market District, quit then installed the Mod using Obmm. I started up BOSS but wasn't connected to the Internet and then went into Wrye Bash to bash the patch. I figured I'd straighten things out with BOSS later.

 

Well, my game save didn't load - it CTD'd. I went back into WB to undo the changes I'd made - OOO-Level_Normal.esp which for some reason was 'merged' but wasn't activated - and uninstall RM but to no avail I still got the loading CTD and this BOSS error message (this time connected)...

 

BOSS Error Notice:

"Masterlist Parsing Error: Expected a "(" at:

FILE("Oscuro's_Oblivion_Overhaul.esm") SET: OOO<br / >

Masterlist Parsing aborted. Utility will end now."

 

Now I'm left wondering how I screwed up... if I did. I'd really appreciate a little help with this one. Can anyone please explain what's gone wrong and how to correct it? It would be much appreciated as none of my saves load - in Wrye Bash they all show up with orange check boxes.

 

System Specs: Intel E8500 3.1Ghz- Core2 Duo, 6Gb RAM, Radeon HD 7750 2 Gb GPU, Win7 64-bit

 

My Load Order... (WB settings = Auto Ghost-ON, Lock Times-OFF)

 

 

 

Oblivion.esm

underdark.esm

All Natural Base.esm

Cobl Main.esm

Oscuro's_Oblivion_Overhaul.esm

Mart's Monster Mod.esm

Mart's Monster Mod for OOO.esm

TamrielTravellers.esm

Kvatch Rebuilt.esm

TRoN.esp

Unofficial Oblivion Patch.esp

UOP Vampire Aging & Face Fix.esp

Oblivion Citadel Door Fix.esp

Unofficial Shivering Isles Patch.esp

All Natural.esp

All Natural - SI.esp

OBGE - Liquid Water.esp

All Natural - Real Lights.esp

WindowLightingSystem.esp

AliveWaters.esp

AliveWaters - Koi Addon.esp

AliveWaters - Slaughterfish Addon.esp

Fish! - v1.1.esp

RAEVWD Cities.esp

RAEVWD New Sheoth.esp

Enhanced Economy.esp

FF_Real_Thirst.esp

Streamline 3.0.esp

DLCHorseArmor.esp

DLCHorseArmor - Unofficial Patch.esp

DLCOrrery.esp

DLCOrrery - Unofficial Patch.esp

DLCVileLair.esp

DLCVileLair - Unofficial Patch.esp

DLCMehrunesRazor.esp

DLCMehrunesRazor - Unofficial Patch.esp

DLCSpellTomes.esp

VipCxj_HighHeels.esp

Alir'sArmor.esp

BlackLuster.esp

DFSL Leathery 4.esp

Exnem Pekka Pumps.esp

Lockbreaker.esp

Morrigan Armor Set v1_0.esp

Morrigan Swords Axes and Shield by Jojjo v1_1.esp

Seductress Armour.esp

VA_UniqueKatana1.esp

BisSP_RHH_2.esp

VipCxjHHTest.esp

R18PN - Lingeries.esp

AncientTowers.esp

DLCThievesDen.esp

DLCThievesDen - Unofficial Patch.esp

DLCThievesDen - Unofficial Patch - SSSB.esp

Cobl Glue.esp

Cobl Si.esp

FF_Real_Thirst, Cobl.esp

Oscuro's_Oblivion_Overhaul.esp

OOO-Map_Markers_Stock.esp

OOO-No_Guild_Ownership.esp

OOO-Armor_Perks_WearRate_Repair.esp

OOO-Combat_Skills_Perks_Marksmanship.esp

OOO-DaedraLord_Quests.esp

OOO-Deadly_Combat.esp

OOO-DLT_Immersion.esp

OOO-Magic_Effects+Enchantments.esp

OOO-Magic_Effects+Spells.esp

OOO-Magic_Game_Settings.esp

OOO-ThiefGuild_Difficult.esp

OOO 1.32-Cobl.esp

Mart's Monster Mod for OOO.esp

TamrielTravellers4OOO.esp

TamrielTravellersItemsCobl.esp

ShiveringIsleTravellers.esp

Plate Armor Plus - OOO_FCOM_version.esp

EM_CompInnsleeping.esp

Trade and Commerce.esp

AleswellHomeQuest.esp

AleswellCOBLaddon.esp

Imperial Furniture Renovated.esp

EM_RedRoseManor.esp

EMRedRoseAddonCOBL.esp

Highwood.esp

Highwood-Cobl-Support.esp

Highwood-OOO-Patch.esp

Kvatch Rebuilt.esp

Kvatch Rebuilt Weather Patch.esp

GlenvarCastle.esp

Nascosto Isles 3.esp

All Natural - Nascosto Isles Weather Patch.esp

SanctumSanctorum.esp

SenTineL's Legendary Weapons And Armors.esp

VHBloodlines 1.2.esp

Apachii_Goddess_Store.esp

Apachii_Wigs_MaleFemale.esp

DLCBattlehornCastle.esp

DLCBattlehornCastle - Unofficial Patch.esp

DLCFrostcrag.esp

DLCFrostcrag - Unofficial Patch.esp

Knights.esp

Knights - Unofficial Patch.esp

Lost Paladins of the Divines.esp

HoarfrostCastle.esp

MannimarcoRevisited.esp

MannimarcoRevisitedOOO.esp

xuldarkforest.esp

xulStendarrValley.esp

xulTheHeath.esp

XulEntiusGorge.esp

xulFallenleafEverglade.esp

xulChorrolHinterland.esp

VeronaHouseBloodlines-ChorrolHinterland fix.esp

HoarfrostCastle-ChorrolHinterland patch.esp

xulBeachesOfCyrodiilLostCoast.esp

VeronaHouseBloodlines-LostCoast fix.esp

xulBravilBarrowfields.esp

xulLushWoodlands.esp

VeronaHouseBloodlines-LushWoodlands fix.esp

HoarfrostCastle-LushWoodlands patch.esp

xulAncientYews.esp

xulAncientRedwoods.esp

xulCloudtopMountains.esp

xulRollingHills_EV.esp

xulPantherRiver.esp

xulRiverEthe.esp

xulBrenaRiverRavine.esp

xulImperialIsle.esp

xulBlackwoodForest.esp

xulCheydinhalFalls.esp

KvatchRebuilt-CheydinhalFalls patch.esp

xulAspenWood.esp

xulSkingradOutskirts.esp

xulSnowdale.esp

OOO-Snowdale patch.esp

xulCliffsOfAnvil.esp

OOO-CliffsOfAnvil patch.esp

xulSilverfishRiverValley.esp

xulJerallGlacier.esp

OOO-JerallGlacier patch.esp

bartholm.esp

Banes Guilds UnitedOOO.esp

HUD Status Bars.esp

DecoratorAssistant with OBSE v1.1.esp

EVE_ShiveringIslesEasterEggs.esp

gardening.esp

Lush & Gaudy Damn Greens.esp

Scouter.esp

RealisticFatigue.esp

RealSleepExtended.esp

_Ren_BeautyPack_onlyhairs.esp

_Ren_BeautyPack_full.esp

SuccubusRace.esp

Colourwheels Sexy Imperial Companion.esp

1em_Vilja.esp

BetterShack.esp

Cobl Races.esp

Real Hunger, Cobl.esp

UnderdarkSaga.esp

Companion Compatibility.esp

Cobl Silent Equip Misc.esp

Bashed Patch, 0.esp

DLCShiveringIsles.esp

Mart's Monster Mod - Additional Enemy NPC Vars.esp

Mart's Monster Mod - Gems & Gem Dust.esp

Mart's Monster Mod - Hunting & Crafting.esp

Mart's Monster Mod - No Carrion Rats.esp

Mart's Monster Mod - Safer Quest Locations.esp

Mart's Monster Mod - Dungeons of MMM.esp

Mart's Monster Mod - More Wilderness Life.esp

Mart's Monster Mod - City Defences.esp

Mart's Monster Mod - Extra Wounding.esp

Mart's Monster Mod - Farm Animals.esp

Mart's Monster Mod - Diverse WaterLife.esp

ArashikagesGear.esp

Woman's Move - Walking animation Replacer.esp

HTBAranmathi - noCOBL.esp

Ultimate_DaedricScourge_v1.0_Eng.esp

1em_ViljaCool51g.esp

Light Guts Body replacer-NoLowBodyReplace.esp

 

 

 

For some reason most of my MMM plugins are fixed at the bottom of LO - they won't stay when moved to where they should be! WTF is wrong with BOSS?

[madscientist24]

I've got the same exact error and I don't even have OOO installed. Boss also doesn't recognize dlcshiveringisles.esp and loads it at the very end.

 

I tried reinstalling boss to see if maybe the current masterlist is faulty but I still get the same error. I think it might have a problem with this line in the masterlist, which is basically the very beginning of the masterlist code:

 

// Masterlist variable setup for BOSS v1.7+.
 IF FILE("Oscuro's_Oblivion_Overhaul.esm") SET: OOO

 

 

BOSS reports this error:

 

Masterlist Parsing Error: Expected a "(" at:

FILE("Oscuro's_Oblivion_Overhaul.esm") SET: OOO<br /> 

Masterlist parsing aborted. Utility will end now.

 

From the looks of it though, the masterlist doesnt appear to have any syntax error there so I don't know why BOSS is going crazy all of a sudden...

Edited August 25, 2012 by madscientist24

[jisobo]

Adding myself to the list. I had OOO installed already, tried to add a few more mods today, BOSSed it, and came up w/ the error message. Uninstalled and BOSSed again, and the error is still there. Thinking about going ahead in spite of it. Not sure what risk that would carry, though.

 

After fooling around with different things - not even trying to address the error issue, just reinstalled OOO and more mods, I rebuilt the patch, and no warning came up asking if I wanted to proceed despite the error. Dunno if that means it was resolved or not, per se, since the BOSS log still showed the error at the top.

Edited August 26, 2012 by jisobo

[NexusKnight]

@madscientist24... That is wierd, very weird... in fact that's exactly what I did too, uninstalled and re-installed BOSS but to no avail. But can you get your game to start and continue playing?

 

jisobo, funny thing is I can start a new game with this new messed up load order, just can't get any of my old saves to load. I haven't tried experimenting yet, too busy today, but I'm going to try moving everything back into previous load order positions via Obmm and an old load order list I've got saved. I'll see if that will restore my old game, if so, I think I can write off BOSS for now - it apparently isn't working right. Strange how no one else is having this problem so far. From the lack of knowledgable help, this could be a stumper. But as far as consequences go, as far as I know, if you try to continue playing with a messed up load order, you may be able to play (or not) only some things may not work right. You may want to backup your saves before experimenting!

 

Fortunately, I don't need to install anything else that's not on my old load order list and I'm only on my 29th day in my old game - I'm not going to lose much. It's a shame if you've both invested a good deal of time into your games and can't get them to start, I know from experience what that's like - I've personally got 3 other games that won't start because of corrupt save and load order changes.

 

Anyways, I'll update with my findings... fingers crossed. Meantime, if BOSS problem resolves itself, post message here.

[madscientist24]

I was just testing some mods so I didn't have too many mods loaded. The game does start and the testing game saves I have also load. The only issues I'm having are the ones mentioned in my last post and I'm still having those issues.

[NexusKnight]

Well I tried re-load ordering with Wrye Bash -it was easier than Obmm, but it didn't work. My old load order list is not exactly the same as my new game - there are discrepencies. After bashing I checked my saves in Wrye Bash and they were still the wrong colour (orange) and won't load. It's as if some dependency was actually changed and that impacted everything else. Oh crap (sigh), caus I don't have any other options now, I guess I'll have to consider re-installing everything again and see if that fixes this BOSS problem.

 

What I can't understand, is why this problem has only happened to a few of us. There's got to be some other similar action we did that perhaps created or uncovered a glitch with BOSS. Maybe starting BOSS without an Internet connection was the start of it? Or maybe it was the combination of making a plugin selection while unconnected that's the real problem, I don't know. And then , madscientist24, you don't even have OOO installed you report, which puts and entirely new twist on it. I only wish someone more experienced could help. Anyone Please?

 

EDIT: OKAY I'VE GOT IT FIXED. For anyone else with similar problems dealing with BOSS error messages or parsing errors, you probably need the latest BOSS version (version 2.1.0) and Wrye Bash 300. I found out that the problem wasn't with BOSS per se, it was with the masterlist coding. Anyways that's been corrected, but now BOSS requires the latest WB because of the way they've been updated to work a little better together. The upgrades fixed my l/o problem and now I'm back in business. Thank you BOSS development team, you're the best.

[madscientist24]

Ok great. Thanks.

[jisobo]

Wow. Update BOSS and Wrye Bash. What a novel idea. :wink:

 

Which worked, by the way. Cheers NexusKnight.

Edited August 31, 2012 by jisobo