SheosMan117 Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 Hey, I'm playing Oblivion for the first time in years. I've had a lot of mods for it in the past, and I've played Nehrim on it. In fact, last time I played Oblivion, it wasn't Oblivion, it was Nehrim. I've got just Oblivion.esm loaded. It gets part way through the Bethesda Softworks Logo, and then it CTD's. I've tried from the default launcher. I've tried from OBMM. Now, I will end up loading more mods, like Shivering Isles, Knights of the Nine, and a few others, I wanted to try the KotN Revelations mod. Any reason for it to fail? Morrowind runs without a hitch. Skyrim runs without a hitch. Fallout 3 runs without a hitch, so why is Oblivion crashing before I even get to the menu? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrakeTheDragon Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 A CTD during the logo screen is usually caused by a missing master. One of the plugins you're using is missing one of its masters. What's your load order? This kind of severe error is usually easy to spot. It can however also be caused by missing fonts and other not-so-obvious files. But then you would know if you installed and uninstalled any such UI-changing mods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SheosMan117 Posted September 9, 2012 Author Share Posted September 9, 2012 Well I only have Oblivion.esm loaded at the moment. I have installed Darnified UI previously. Would all the other mods I have that aren't loaded matter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrakeTheDragon Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 Inactive plugins shouldn't matter. What isn't loaded can't be missing its master. And as we're not talking of crashes during loading of savegames but crashes before the main menu, it's save to say inactive plugins shouldn't matter. So you "were" using Darn UI previously or "are" you still? If you uninstalled Darn with its custom font files and the originals weren't restored or maybe the Oblivion.ini you had to alter for Darn UI wasn't correctly restored and is still referencing the now-missing font files, this could be an explanation. First thing you should do is check if it's caused by the ini. You're only using Oblivion.esm now and nothing else, so it should be save to have only default settings in your ini, just as after you configured the game for the first time after install.Locate the "Oblivion.ini" somewhere inside "documents and settings" "my games/oblivion" or where those files are found in your OS and rename it to something else (renaming is safer than deleting, so you can restore it later or use it for comparisons). Then start your game through the regular launcher, make the necessary configurations where needed, and a new "Oblivion.ini" with only default settings should be created automatically for you (it's a copy from "oblivion_default.ini" found inside your "oblivion" folder in "program files" with only the settings the launcher is able to configure filled in). If this fixes your crashes, they were caused by a faulty ini damaged by inproper uninstall of Darn UI or something along that line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SheosMan117 Posted September 9, 2012 Author Share Posted September 9, 2012 Well, when I first started Oblivion via default launcher, it did the usual message box that I've learned happens when no ini is present. I changed the options for resolution, and anti-aliasing, and that was it. It still failed. Now would Nehrim, since it has it's own launcher and all, somehow have messed things up? I hope not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discovery1 Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 Delete the ini file and restart oblivion, just in case you using an old save file. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SheosMan117 Posted September 12, 2012 Author Share Posted September 12, 2012 I had tried that, it did nothing to fix it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bben46 Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 Could you still have some of the Nehrim stuff installed? It's been a while since I played Nehrim, but as I remember I had to reinstall Oblivion to get it working right again. Try this first - Revert to vanilla game http://s1.zetaboards.com/bbenlibrary/topic/4308518/1/#new If that doesn't work Complete uninstall/reinstall - http://s1.zetaboards.com/bbenlibrary/topic/4308533/1/#new Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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