simple Q-> TO OVERWRITE OR TO NOT OVERWRITE

[ilovemymurat]

I have gone through issue after issue of the game CTD because of me not installing mods correctly, well I AM installing them correctly, I just get all sketchy when it asks me to OVERWRITE, sometimes I skip. Thats wrong right? here are the mods I will install ( I have before but CTD, but in the beginning my game worked great.)

 

Children of Cyrodiil.esm

xeoex.esp

Beautiful_Women_NiceOnly.esp

Beautiful_Women_DB_Addon.esp

Beautiful_Women_NotSoNice_Bonus.esp

Handsome_Gents_Addon.esp

Handsome_Gents_Bonus.esp

Unofficial Oblivion Patch.esp

UOP Vampire Aging & Face Fix.esp

Better Cities .esp

Natural_Weather_by_Max_Tael.esp

Natural_Weather_HDR_by_Max_Tael.esp

Natural_Habitat_by_Max_Tael.esp

Natural_Water_by_Max_Tael.esp

Realistic Water.esp

AliveWaters.esp

AliveWaters - Koi Addon.esp

AliveWaters - Slaughterfish Addon.esp

Dangerous Waters.esp

Akatosh Mount By Saiden Storm.esp

ClocksOfCyrodiil_BC_OBC_OC_OCLR_Vanilla.esp

moDem's City Life.esp

Crowded Cities 15.esp

Crowded Roads.esp

Slof's Boners! v5.esp

Slof's Horses Base.esp

Slof's Extra Horses.esp

FarmAnimalsofCyrodiil.esp

00RBScribeSupplies Intensive.esp

00RBScribeSupplies02, read summary.esp

ICEXPAND.esp

Jason1_Pirate Ship.esp

Slof's Oblivion Goth Shop.esp

VaultsofCyrodiilBC.esp

Apachii_Goddess_Store.esp

RTT.esp

The Mystery of the Dulan Cult.esp

xuldarkforest.esp

xulStendarrValley.esp

xulTheHeath.esp

XulEntiusGorge.esp

xulFallenleafEverglade.esp

xulColovianHighlands_EV.esp

xulChorrolHinterland.esp

xulBeachesOfCyrodiilLostCoast.esp

xulBravilBarrowfields.esp

xulLushWoodlands.esp

xulAncientYews.esp

Millstone_Farm.esp

xulAncientRedwoods.esp

xulCloudtopMountains.esp

xulArriusCreek.esp

xulPatch_AY_AC.esp

xulRollingHills_EV.esp

xulPantherRiver.esp

xulRiverEthe.esp

xulBrenaRiverRavine.esp

xulImperialIsle.esp

xulBlackwoodForest.esp

xulCheydinhalFalls.esp

xulAspenWood.esp

xulSkingradOutskirts.esp

xulSnowdale.esp

xulCliffsOfAnvil.esp

xulSilverfishRiverValley.esp

xulJerallGlacier.esp

xulTheEasternPeaks.esp

Natural_Vegetation_by_Max_Tael.esp

CompanionHorseSupport.esp

Basic Primary Needs.esp

Basic Personal Hygiene.esp

Mayu's Animation Overhaul.esp

77_Umpa_Sexy_walk.esp

[Striker879]

If you read the Windows dialogue carefully you'll see that it specifies that a folder already exists with that name (be it Data, meshes or textures depending on how you are doing your manual install). There will always be a folder named Data in your Oblivion directory, so you will always get the OK to overwrite dialogue (actually if you don't it indicates that you are trying to install to the wrong directory).

 

I never extract directly to my Oblivion install (even though many many mods recommend that). When I download I download to a named folder (i.e. if I download Joes Cool Sword mod it will be downloaded to H:\OblivionDownloads\JoesCoolSword). I extract to that same folder. That way I can examine the mods files and folder structure and compare that to my Oblivion install. Lots of old armor/clothing mods came with a new (at the time) BBBed skeleton for example. The last thing I want is some old version of the BBB skeleton overwriting my latest and greatest version. Extracting to another folder first also gives me the chance to do things like apply the mesh updates needed for BBBed versions of non-BBBed armor/clothing before I install. That way i can verify that I have made the correct changes before committing to my game.