Oblivion

[FuzzyPlushroom]

If you read through the whole thread, you will see that we are quite familiar with TES Nexux and UESP :p

Heh, sorry. Huge thread.

As for cheating: I did, when I was learning the game, with my first character, but now I don't. If I'm having a lot of trouble, I look it up or temporarily turn down the difficulty slider a bit. It can't be cheating if it's in the Options menu. :bunny:

Item hex codes with leading zeroes (such as gold, 0000000F, and lockpicks, 0000000A) can omit the zeroes (leaving F and A respectively). Of course, it's still cheating, but if you don't save before picking a lock, don't have the Skeleton Key yet, and go through an unusual number of lockpicks, there's nothing wrong with regaining a few.

player.placeatme is another cool command - rather than adding something to your inventory, it places it, well, at your feet. Fun to try with large items such as watermelons (336A0) - spawn a couple hundred and they bubble out of the ground and fill the street - but if you do it with more complicated items, such as sheep (151DD), too many will lock up the game and (hopefully) crash to desktop. Trust me. :facepalm: Additionally, overusing this can corrupt your save file, so don't make a habit of it if you plan to save afterward for any reason.

[Oneslowz28]

I also save twice. Had the corrupt save happen 3 times before I started twice.

[Oneslowz28]

man dont get me started on lock picks. I try and pick the very hard ones all the time. I went through over 150 the other night.

[FuzzyPlushroom]

man dont get me started on lock picks. I try and pick the very hard ones all the time. I went through over 150 the other night.

If you just want to increase your skill, it's a good way. I tend to ignore the Security skill altogether and just save before I attempt a lock, so that if I break too many picks I can just load and try again. I'm horrible at the minigame, between my already slow reflexes and the infuriating touchy, jerky motion of the lockpick from side to side. Easier to save first and auto-attempt a bunch of times.

I save often enough that one or two corrupt saves aren't a big deal, though the only trouble I've ever had was when the partition that held my save files filled up and it happily announced that it had saved the game, despite having no room to do so, eating a couple hours of gameplay.

[Zephik]

player.placeatme is another cool command - rather than adding something to your inventory, it places it, well, at your feet. Fun to try with large items such as watermelons (336A0) - spawn a couple hundred and they bubble out of the ground and fill the street - but if you do it with more complicated items, such as sheep (151DD), too many will lock up the game and (hopefully) crash to desktop. Trust me. :facepalm: Additionally, overusing this can corrupt your save file, so don't make a habit of it if you plan to save afterward for any reason.

I've had so much fun doing that. I did a bunch of nirnroots and the game basically became so slow that it took me like 5 minutes just to exist a small room. lol


man dont get me started on lock picks. I try and pick the very hard ones all the time. I went through over 150 the other night.

You need the skeleton key! That thing has saved me many headaches and frustrations. You just keep clicking auto-attempt until you get it, and it still raises your skill too.

Update: Took me a couple hours, but I finally got full amber armor! Pics to follow in the other thread here shortly...

Working on madness now. I have the grieves and the shield so far. Those matrix's are a bitch to find.

[x88x]

If you just want to increase your skill, it's a good way. I tend to ignore the Security skill altogether and just save before I attempt a lock, so that if I break too many picks I can just load and try again. I'm horrible at the minigame, between my already slow reflexes and the infuriating touchy, jerky motion of the lockpick from side to side. Easier to save first and auto-attempt a bunch of times.

You have to hit the pins a few times before trying to lock them; they don't follow a static behavior, sometimes they'll fall faster, sometimes slower, but it always fits a pattern. Find out the pattern for a pin, and then try and unlock that pin.

[Oneslowz28]

Anyone got a nice collection in their armory yet?

[The boy 4rm oz]

I did have, I had sets from the lowest crappiest armour to some of the best in the game. Unfortunately I no longer have the save file.

Something I did try once was downloading other peoples save files off of HEXNexus, it's pretty interesting to see how other people play, it also gives you an idea of how the game changes as you progress.

[Oneslowz28]

Ok I think I found a glitch in the game.

I was revisiting some of the dungeons seeing if anything new had spawned. I found 3 glass long swords in the back of one. I had to kill a few trolls, 2 bandits, and a ghost to get them. I also picked up some dwarven armor and some war hammers. So I was close to being over in-cumbered so I fast traveled to the nearest town to warp to my armory. When I spawn at the gate the 2 guards start attacking me for no reason. I have been a good boy lately and my last quest directly involved guards so I know I was clean then.

So I check my bounty and its at 3k. So I deposit my stuff in the armory and run out of town, and deep into the forest. I have to run half way across the map before the "enemy's near by" music stops playing. I fast travel back to the dungeon to pick up a few things I left behind and had to kill 2 more trolls that had spawned out side.

I kill them, grab my gear and fast travel back to a town. I think it was Chorrol. The guards attack me again and I look at my bounty and its 5k now. The game was treating the trolls as if they were solders or something. I go to jail and do my time and all is good.

[x88x]

O_o weird..what was the name of the dungeon? I'm curious to see if I can reproduce the results.

@Zephik: thanks for pointing out the Fin Gleam Helmet. That's, like, exactly what I had been looking for to take on the giant Slaughterfish....which, btw, has something interesting in it's belly that was a very nice addition to my looting suit.

[FuzzyPlushroom]

You have to hit the pins a few times before trying to lock them; they don't follow a static behavior, sometimes they'll fall faster, sometimes slower, but it always fits a pattern. Find out the pattern for a pin, and then try and unlock that pin.

Yeah, I got that. I might have to make a video to explain what I mean - basically, the mouse is very touchy when moving the pick from one pin to another, and if I move it at all to the left while setting a pin, it'll move over. It's a bit of a pain.

I do know that there's a repeating 'pattern', as you explained well. +rep for trying to solve the unsolvable, 'cos if that'd been my problem it'd be good and solved.

[x88x]

Yeah, I got that. I might have to make a video to explain what I mean - basically, the mouse is very touchy when moving the pick from one pin to another, and if I move it at all to the left while setting a pin, it'll move over. It's a bit of a pain.

Ah, yeah, I have that problem too; I think it's a result of the lockpicking mini-game taking control of the mouse. You get used to it eventually, though it's still annoying. Alternatively, especially if you have the Skeleton Key, you could just mash auto-solve :P but once you get good it actually takes less time to actually pick it. Also, in reference to ignoring the security skill, as you get a higher security skill, it actually makes the mini-game easier. Fewer (and eventually no) pins fall if you botch one pin, I think the pins fall slower, and I think once you hit 'Master' you have a chance of not breaking a pick when you botch a pin..course by that time there's no excuse for not having gotten the Skeleton Key :P (which gives a +40 boost to security, btw)


I do know that there's a repeating 'pattern', as you explained well. +rep for trying to solve the unsolvable, 'cos if that'd been my problem it'd be good and solved.

Haha, thanks.

[Oneslowz28]

I got the skeleton key a few days back. That was about the easiest quest on the whole game.

[The boy 4rm oz]

All the quests can be easy, depends what level you are at. As you level the quests become harder because the enemies level with you (to a degree).

[Oneslowz28]

I'm either 20 or 21 I forget which. I also play with the difficulty set on about 3/4 (I just carry lots of healing potions and have a decent healing spell I created.

[The boy 4rm oz]

The only spell I really used were the healing ones, wasn't really a big fan of offensive or buff magic, just smack em down with my warhammer and heal myself lol.

[Oneslowz28]

I have a spell I call 1337 Trifecta that incorporates all 3 of the destruction powers. (fire, frost, and shock) it deals 20% for each and also drains the magic of its target for 10 seconds. Hit a baddie with it once and it doesn't take but a blow or 2 from a weapon to kill them.

[The boy 4rm oz]

I tend to use my skill points on strength etc so my majika is fairly low. I had a battleaxe which was "weightless", could be swung as quick as a short sword and it had a 50% chance to crit, I stole it out of a display case somewhere lol. At level 25 this battleaxe could take down a minotour in 3 -4 hits lol.

[The boy 4rm oz]

I have been doing a bit of reading lately (yeah I know, neglecting my uni work but whatever lol) and came across this. We all know that there have been little updates, little add-ons added to Oblivion along the way, the biggest being "Nights of the Nine" (Shivering Isles is an expansion, not an "official add-on"), if you didn't know about these click HERE (http://oblivion.wikia.com/wiki/Modification) for the lowdown. These add-ons can be purchased for around about $3-5 each and downloaded straight from Bethesda. Basically these add-ons add extra dungeons/areas to explore, new items, in some cases new enemies and always, more fun.

Are you ready, this is the stupid part. The retail version of "Nights of the Nine" comes with all previous add-ons before it, pre loaded to the disk, that is every add-on except "Fighter's Stronghold" (this was released later). Now get this, if you buy the GOTY edition, you receive none of these additional add-ons, meaning you need to purchase all of them separately if you are interested in checking them out. Is it just me or do you think I have been ripped off.

*EDIT*
On a brighter note, if you look at the bottom of the link i posted above there is a small list of top rated "Unofficial Mods", I recommend you try these out, I have and have really liked them. The BTmod is fantastic, doesn't mess with game play and makes the menus so much easier to use. Silgrad Tower is also quite good and a must have for lovers of the old Morrowind games. And last but not least, Ocean Studios, come on, who doesn't love pirates ;).

[Oneslowz28]

I have the game of the year edition that came with Nights of the Nine so it should have all these add ons right?

[The boy 4rm oz]

Nope, your in the same boat as me, no add-ons. The GOTY version is a single disk with everything archived and crammed on there, it isn't the retail copy of Nights of the Nine, therefore no additional extras, sucks really. I am looking into buying them once I get my game back.

[Oneslowz28]

actually my GOTY edition came with 2 disk.

[The boy 4rm oz]

Actually, so did mine, I just looked it up, haven't seen it for over a year now :(, either way we don't get it. You need the separate, single retail copy of Night's of the Nine to get those add-ons. Pretty crap if you ask me. meh I think my mate has a copy of Nights of the Nine, when I got my GOTY back I will install it all, uninstall Night's of the Nine then reinstall off the single disk, save me having to buy all the add-ons.

[x88x]

That's so odd, the 'Knights of the Nine' in the GOTY edition was just the 'Knights of the Nine' add-on? Well, that's what they get for calling the separate retail pack the same thing :P Way to confuse your fans, BethSoft.

[Oneslowz28]

so if that is what nights of the nine is then what the hell was the nights of the nine that came with our goty disks

[x88x]

One of the official add-ons is called 'Knights of the Nine', but the retail disc that they released a while back with all of the official add-ons released up to that point on it is also called 'Knights of the Nine'. I'm guessing that the 'Knights of the Nine' that came in the GOTY edition was just the one add-on.

edit: BTW, the retail 'Knights of the Nine' CD doesn't have any fancy bulk installation anything, it's just a data CD with the installers for the various add-ons dumped in there :P

[Oneslowz28]

I need to find one then. I doubt I will be able to not fully 100% complete this game. I play it more than anything else now.

[The boy 4rm oz]

One of the official add-ons is called 'Knights of the Nine', but the retail disc that they released a while back with all of the official add-ons released up to that point on it is also called 'Knights of the Nine'. I'm guessing that the 'Knights of the Nine' that came in the GOTY edition was just the one add-on.


Yep, hit the nail on the head. The GOTY edition of Nights of the Nine is just that add-on, the retail release comes with all add-ons prior. However as Fighter's Stronghold was released after Nights of the Nine you will still need to purchase that seperately if you want to try it out.

[Oneslowz28]

I encountered a bandit while walking through the swamp last night. That's nothing new though right? This bandit was different. Could not kill him. It hit him with everything I had, including some strong destruction magic. I must have hit him 30 times with Umbras sword and he still only had a tiny dent in his health. He was wearing chainmail light armor and was carrying a dwarven bow. All armor and weapons were unenchanted. So he was nothing special. I wound up killing him using the console. I did find 2000 gold on him and 2 flawless diamonds along with 12 lock picks, and 3 grand soul gems. It was south east of layawind.

[The boy 4rm oz]

Yeah that is really weird.

[Oneslowz28]

I think I remember him casting a few spells before I got to him so he could have cast a few fortify health spells or something similar to make himself less damage resistant.

[Zephik]

Finally beat Shivering Isles. ....meh. I'm now level 40 too. Hadn't slept in forever, so I went from 28 to 40. lol

[x88x]

@Oneslowz28: How far SE of Leyawinn was this bandit? What race? Was he labeled as a bandit, not a name? Did you get bounty for killing him? What mods are you running that might have added him? I'm very curious to find this guy :P

Also, the fact that he was wearing chainmail armor when your char is lvl 20+ is very odd...

On a semi-related note, has anyone else found the "Isolated House"? It seems to just be a random house out in the middle of nowhere, with two bandits living in it...well, not so much with the living anymore :twisted: but you get the idea. The weird part is that it doesn't show up on my map.

EDIT: Found a uesp entry on it; apparently it's supposed to have an Oblivion gate in it..*shrugs*

[The boy 4rm oz]

Found a uesp entry on it; apparently it's supposed to have an Oblivion gate in it..*shrugs*

Now that is cool.

I might be getting my copy of Oblivion back very soon, YAY!!!

[Oneslowz28]

@Oneslowz28: How far SE of Leyawinn was this bandit? What race? Was he labeled as a bandit, not a name? Did you get bounty for killing him? What mods are you running that might have added him? I'm very curious to find this guy :P

Also, the fact that he was wearing chainmail armor when your char is lvl 20+ is very odd...

On a semi-related note, has anyone else found the "Isolated House"? It seems to just be a random house out in the middle of nowhere, with two bandits living in it...well, not so much with the living anymore :twisted: but you get the idea. The weird part is that it doesn't show up on my map.

EDIT: Found a uesp entry on it; apparently it's supposed to have an Oblivion gate in it..*shrugs*

He was a shadow-scale. Maybe 2-3" almost dead southeast of layawin. He was labeled as just "bandit" I should have went to the console and got his number. I went back to find his body but its not there any more. I got no bounty at all. All I have installed is the addons that came with the GOTY edition and the Armory mod. He was honestly harder to kill than umbra.

[x88x]

He was a shadow-scale. Maybe 2-3" almost dead southeast of layawin. He was labeled as just "bandit" I should have went to the console and got his number. I went back to find his body but its not there any more. I got no bounty at all. All I have installed is the addons that came with the GOTY edition and the Armory mod. He was honestly harder to kill than umbra.

Oooohh, I think I know who that was. Shadow-scales (assuming you didn't mean Argonian in general) are Argonian assassins. There's a side-quest for the Dark Brotherhood where you have to go kill a rouge shadow-scale in about that location. I'm gonna guess that if you find him before accepting the quest that he just appears as the bandit that you found.

Though I don't remember him being extraordinarily hard to kill..:think:

[The boy 4rm oz]

He was probably hard to kill because he was a quest item and the quest wasn't active, stuff like that has happened to me before but not to this extent.

[Oneslowz28]

I meant argonian I couldn't remember the actual race name. I killed the shadowscale for the argonian in the dark brotherhood a while back but this was close to his camp.

[Oneslowz28]

What of the news from Cyrodiil, my friends?

[The boy 4rm oz]

Still waiting for my game :(.

[Oneslowz28]

You better hurry up and get that game back so you can join in on the fun of killing bandits, closing oblivion gates, and enchanting weapons.

[The boy 4rm oz]

Yeah I really need to get it back, I sooooo wanna play it haha. I closed my first oblivion gate when I was level 5 haha. It was the one at Kravatch or whatever it is called, the destroyed castle.

[Oneslowz28]

Kavatch. Now get that darn game back. Your missing out on long shot killing of imps from hill tops.

[Zephik]

I closed the Kavatch oblivion gate at level 20 or 30 or something. It was pretty extreme. lol

[Oneslowz28]

I did it at like 18 and it was tough but not hard. Those land mine things that pop up and shoot stuff out are not fun. Wish I could plant them in places like the imperial city or along roads

[Zephik]

That would be awesome! lol

Next time someone see's one, try seeing if you can click it while in console to see if it has an item number. If it does, you can probably replicate them at will! :D

[x88x]

Yeah, the monsters in the gates level with you, the same as everywhere else, so yeah, nasty stuff when you do it at a high level :P

And it's Kvatch, btw.

[The boy 4rm oz]

That would be awesome! lol

Next time someone see's one, try seeing if you can click it while in console to see if it has an item number. If it does, you can probably replicate them at will! :D

That would be cool, spawn a whole heap in the city and blow up everyone lol.

[Oneslowz28]

I have been working my way through the shivering isles for the last few hours. Its not as weird the second time around. How weird would those mushroom trees be in real life?

[Zephik]

I'd imagine it being something like the redwood forest, except with mushrooms. ...and lots and lots of hippies around every corner. lol

[Oneslowz28]

peace, love, and SKOOMA?

[knowledgegranted]

With all this talk of oblivion I truley miss it, I'll have it installed byt the end of the day I bet :P

We will see

[billygoat333]

I know, makes me wanna buy it. lol

[Oneslowz28]

Oblivion is one of the best games I have ever played and that is saying a lot.

[Zephik]

Its in the news that there is another Elder Scrolls game in the make, but not within the near future.

So on one hand, YAY! But on the other hand, BOOOO. lol

[Oneslowz28]

please please make a new one. I would buy it

[x88x]

please please make a new one. I would buy it

Well, judging from the time between releases, TES V should be out sometime between 2010 and 2012.

[Oneslowz28]

I will have moved on by then.

[x88x]

I will have moved on by then.

Heheh... You'll be back. They always come back. :twisted:

[Zephik]

I'd say 2012 at least. "Not anytime in the near future" would not be 2010 or 2011, at least not in my book. 2010 is right around the corner, 2011 is only like a year and half away. Although, I suppose it could be 2011. But my guess is still 2012. Just seems like the right year.

This is typical of Elder Scrolls though. They take forever to create new games, but as you can see, they're worth it once they do come out. I can't imagine what the next game will be like, they've always made leaps and bounds between games so they have a lot to live up to. Probably why its taking so long.

I can't believe it was released in 2006. It seems like FOREVER ago but its only been like 3 years. Shivering Isles was 2007.

[The boy 4rm oz]

Do you know if Bethesda will be making the new one? I hope so, they did such a good job on Oblivion.

[Zephik]

http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/08/18/elder-scrolls-franchise-not-dead-yet/?awesm=tcrn.ch_71e4&utm_campaign=techcrunch&utm_medium=tcrn.ch-twitter&utm_source=direct-tcrn.ch&utm_content=techcrunch-autopost

[The boy 4rm oz]

Cheers mate.

[Zephik]

I swear, I'm ditching this country just so I can say cheers mate without people looking at me funny. lol

I guess that's what happens on international communities, you start picking up little bits of this and that from other languages. I now say cheers mate, bloody hell and aussie aussie aussie oi oi oi on a regular basis. ...I use the last one at any and every given opportunity. Sometimes just to confuse people. lol

Edit: Oooh, I also like to say "You're a gentleman and a scholar" too. :p

...now that I think about it, I sometimes start putting u's in weird places. Like colour. I mean honestly, it just looks right. lol

[The boy 4rm oz]

AHAHAHAHA, yeah it is pretty amazing what you pick up lol.

[x88x]

Do you know if Bethesda will be making the new one? I hope so, they did such a good job on Oblivion.

Like the post mentioned, the Elder Scrolls line have always been very popular games. I think every one of the major games (TES I, II, III, IV) have been awarded multiple 'game of the year' awards.

Personally, I'm hoping that TES V will be a giant MMO covering the entire continent...except that if that happened, my general productivity in...life...would drop exponentially. Of course, I also hope that TES V (whether an MMO or not) brings back some of the stuff from Morrowind. Bring back teleport spells and transportation services, ditch fast-travel, and make armor complicated again! Oh, and if we could have darts and crossbows again, that would be awesome. And werewolves. Gotta love werewolves.

[The boy 4rm oz]

I got Elder Scrolls II free today with a magazine :D.

[x88x]

Heheh, nice. You can actually download both TES I and II from Bethesda Softworks' website for free. They released I for free on TES' 10th anniversary, and II on TES' 15th.

[Zephik]

I'm hoping that the game will cover the entire continent too, except redo it all so its nice and fresh. Maybe include some old well-known places for nostalgia, except have them like in ruins or highly developed or something. Make all of the old rare armor like glass and daedric super ultra rare like a lost technology or something but totally awesome and introduce a crap ton of new never before seen equipment. Maybe add in some things like what you would find in DII where you can have socket-able equipment and gems and stuff on top of the ability to enchant.

And I definitely want it to be an MMO, especially if the game is going to be that huge. Nothing crazy like WoW, but just so there is a reasonable amount of people per server and per area that your in. I want it to be semi-rare to see other players, but not so rare that you almost never see anyone.

[x88x]

I also think it would be cool to see it work kinda like EVE, with players controlling at least a large portion of the workings of the world. Like, start off with smallish towns, and players can be adventurers, shop keepers, architects or artisans (TES Construction Set FTW!), or any number of things. I'd also like to see the different races actually start out in their home regions, and then they could from there either choose to live in their region or immigrate to another region. I think there's enough lore already in existence for it to be an incredibly deep game, especially if BethSoft were to draw on their fanbase to expand it.

[Oneslowz28]

This is why Oblivion is such a good game. Look at how much there is to do. This does not include shivering isles. link to the map http://www.oblivionmap.net/Cyrodiil.html

http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/5892/obl.jpg

[x88x]

Nice find. I'd seen a similar site somewhere before, but lost it.

For anyone who hasn't seen a map of the entire continent of Tamriel, that site has a nice display of it.

[Zephik]

Yet WoW is still bigger than even all of Tamriel. lol crazy.

[The boy 4rm oz]

Yet WoW is still bigger than even all of Tamriel. lol crazy.

And the thing is, if they stay true to Warcraft lore there will be about 3-5 more expansions, if they make the world to true scale, there are about 4 more continents/areas to go lol.

I never actually realized how big Tamriel was, I guess that's because really the only Elder Scrolls game I played was Oblivion, I must install ES2 lol. They really should make an Elder Scrolls MMO, there is more than enough lore and area to give it a good shot, but if they make it crappy and photo realistic like WoW, I will definitely not be giving t a go lol.

[Zephik]

As far as MMO's go, just keep it like it is now except let other players join the game with you. KISS! Keep it simple stupid!

I DO NOT want another WoW. Although, that would be pretty hard to stop from happening if they made TES into a MMO. Oh well, life sucking gaming it is, at least it'll kick ass.

...and PLEASE let people be able to create their own items that way we aren't stuck with just what the game developers have to offer. Make everyone into their own game developer. That'd be cool. Its kind of like enchanting really, except you get to alter the physical aesthetics too, within reason of course. If someone could make Nervershatter, I'd love to see what else could be made! Maybe Nervershatter armor. :p

[x88x]

Well, they've had the TES Construction set at least since TES III, IDK about before that, Morrowind was my first.

The problem with using that with an MMO would be that people would make crazy weapons/armor/etc that would completely unbalance the game. It would have to have some sort of screening process or something. Maybe an automated system that evaluates the attributes of the item and sets a price on it that the player can then buy in-game at a private store?

Case in point:
Just because I could, in Morrowind I used the TESCS to make a special ring. IIRC the enchantment was '1000 pts fire damage on 1000 ft on target' with a charge usage of 1. Yay for nuking towns from a distance :P

[Oneslowz28]

Post up some photos of your weapons collections in your armory I am curious to see what all of you have been doing

[Zephik]

I found a super ultra-realistic nirnroot the other day. Man this game is well made! :p

http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/8568/seedling4464242.jpg

[Oneslowz28]

lmao does it glow too?

[Zephik]

Only when under direct sunlight and only if you have bloom enabled.

See: Life>Options>Eyeballs>Video>Bloom and then "check mark" the Bloom option with an extra-fine sharpie.

[Zephik]

Alright, I can't for the life of me remember what to do next in the main quest. I've collected all of the books, talked to that one chick about them, and now it just says like I should investigate matters on my own further or something like that. There's no marker or person it tells me to see, just study the books for clues or something like that. Anyone know or remember what to do now?

[x88x]

You might have to actually read the books, and figure out where to go from that (ah, I miss Morrowind ;p ). Alternatively, get the quest title from your journal and search UESP for it.

[Oneslowz28]

lmao

[Zephik]

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:The_Path_of_Dawn

No freaking way in a million years would I have remembered that or figured it out on my own. lol

See: Cracking the Code.

Anyone else figure it out or did you have to look it up to? Maybe I'm just too lazy to look through all the books and figure it out. lol

Edit: Gah!! I'm so freaking tired of Oblivion crashing my system with a BSoD. What other game does that?? Ridiculous. Now I have to start over from where I last saved, which was quite awhile ago. ><

[The boy 4rm oz]

I got up to where you had to be some where at a certain time to see this shadow to point you in the right direction lol, decided to do side quests then and never went back to the main quest haha.

I have never had a problem with Oblivion crashing my system, never happened, not once.

[Zephik]

I have never had a problem with Oblivion crashing my system, never happened, not once.

Same with my old system. But this one for some reason it just likes doing it just to piss me off I swear. lol

Google "Oblivion BSOD", there are a ton of results. None of them helpful at all though. The only thing I can think of is overheating, but I feel it and it doesn't feel hot at all, just warm. SO IDK. I just roll with it and pray it doesn't keep doing it. It seems to do it far less often when I have it windowed instead of full screen though.

[x88x]

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:The_Path_of_Dawn

No freaking way in a million years would I have remembered that or figured it out on my own. lol

See: Cracking the Code.

Anyone else figure it out or did you have to look it up to? Maybe I'm just too lazy to look through all the books and figure it out. lol

Oh yeah! I remember that now! It took me so long to figure out what those headings meant.

I guess they did still put in a few puzzles, even if I don't remember them :D

That was one of my favorite parts of Morrowind; having to puzzle things out and find maps and notes and talk to people, in order to actually find stuff. It made for a much more immersive game, imo. Oblivion has a lot of features that make the game a lot easier, but they also take away a little of the spirit of the game, imo.


Edit: Gah!! I'm so freaking tired of Oblivion crashing my system with a BSoD. What other game does that?? Ridiculous. Now I have to start over from where I last saved, which was quite awhile ago. ><

I had this problem back when I was using an ATI video card. IDK if it was the ATI driver, the card, XP, or some combination, but it would crash probably every few hours when I ran Oblivion. Just remember, F5 is your friend! :P

[The boy 4rm oz]

Yep, I constantly quick save lol, it's like a compulsion HAHAHAH, I do the same when I am doing my uni work, constantly ctrl+s lol.

[Zephik]

Its funny. I save every single time I fast travel or open a door or do anything that prompts the loading screen as that's when it usually happens. The ONE time I decide to be lazy it BSOD's on me. lmao the game hates me pretty sure.

[Oneslowz28]

I have yet to get a bsod from it. I does stop responding when I close it some times but never a bsod. I started the main quest last night. And some how killed a guard with one accidental blow from a regular glass long sword while escorting the heir to the blades thing up in the mountains. Then got chased by another guard and he wound up getting into a fight with both the guys with me so I just loaded from my previous quick save and started over.

[The boy 4rm oz]

HAHA, I remember that escort mission, I was video encoding at the same time and lagged off the cliff lol, had to restart right from the start of the mission.

[x88x]

Hahaha, nice. Yeah, that's something you have to watch out for with quests that are designed to be done early in the game...even though the mobs level with you, the quest-related NPCs apparently don't....I found that out when I finally started the Fighters Guild quests around lvl 15... When I went to do the 'weapons delivery' quest, all three NPCs there that were supposed to "help" me clear the mine died within 15 seconds..

[Oneslowz28]

I dont think I have seen as many minotaurs in the whole game as I did in that single quest.

[billygoat333]

you guys suck. i wanna own this game :( lol I should just break down and go find it.

[Oneslowz28]

walmart has it for $19.95 all day long

[The boy 4rm oz]

We can get a pack in Oz, Bioshock and Oblivion for $40, seems like a good buy to me, they still sell individually for around $40-$50. I may go buy it just to keep Bioshock lol.

I loved all those guild missions, the Thieves guild was by far my favourite with the Dark Brotherhood a close second.

[billygoat333]

We can get a pack in Oz, Bioshock and Oblivion for $40, seems like a good buy to me, they still sell individually for around $40-$50. I may go buy it just to keep Bioshock lol.

I loved all those guild missions, the Thieves guild was by far my favourite with the Dark Brotherhood a close second.

that would be a good deal, I want bioshock too! lol only played it on the 360 and wow, its pretty. bet it would look incredible on the pc. :)

[The boy 4rm oz]

Yep :D, I might go and get it now haha, at least that way I can play a bit of Oblivion before I get my GOTY edition back.

[billygoat333]

hmm Barnes & Noble online has that bioshock/oblivion bundle for 30 bucks.

how much more worth it is the GOTY edition? (for oblivion that is :p)

[Oneslowz28]

The GOTY edition is worth it just for shivering isles

[Zephik]

Shivering Isles is cool, but its not that cool or anything. I like the main game FAR better than Shivering Isles. Plus, there is so much to do in the main game that by the time you even want to go to SI it'll be months down the road and you'll be able to afford it.

I'd get the Bioshock and Oblivion bundle and just get Shivering Isles down the road sometime.

http://www.amazon.com/Elder-Scrolls-IV-Oblivion-Game-Pc/dp/B000V9C9FO/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1251437028&sr=8-2

[The boy 4rm oz]

The only downside of the GOTY edition is that the copy of Nights of the Nine that you get with it is missing all previous add on areas (Bethesda sell them each for $5 for download), the retail version of Nights of the Nine comes with them slipstreamed on the disk.

[Zephik]

Found a Fire Ring which protects 100% against fire. I can't wait to try this out in the Oblivion realms, maybe I can walk across lava now? I also found a necklace of blades which reflects damage 33% and boosts blade skill by 20 points. Score!

I'm also creating a chameleon enchant suit which when finished will give me 100% chameleon. Just for kicks and giggles. I think I'll make it out of glass armor.

[Oneslowz28]

where did you find the ring zeph?

I am looking for a copy of nights of the nine right now

[Oneslowz28]

found one on ebay. Its higher than I want to go with shipping. http://cgi.ebay.com/The-Elder-Scrolls-IV-Knights-of-the-Nine-PC-Game_W0QQitemZ110426785119QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUS_So ftware?hash=item19b5f3055f&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

[x88x]

found one on ebay. Its higher than I want to go with shipping. http://cgi.ebay.com/The-Elder-Scrolls-IV-Knights-of-the-Nine-PC-Game_W0QQitemZ110426785119QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUS_So ftware?hash=item19b5f3055f&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

Try Walmart/Gamestop/BB/etc. It probably won't be much more than that, and you won't have to pay shipping.

[Zephik]

where did you find the ring zeph?

I believe I found it on the body of one of the mythic dawn baddies at their shrine which is part of the main quest. I don't know if it was random, but since its so powerful it might not be. The necklace was found in the same area. Lots of good stuff in that part of the main quest, at least for me anyways. I have luck enchants when I go into areas like that. :)

[eslfish]

Oblivion is a great game if you have the time. There is soo much to do in the game, I'm thinking about playing again. xD

[Oneslowz28]

play about 1.5 to 2 hours a day. I have the armory mod and spend a lot of my time dungeon clearing and collecting enchanted weapons and armor.

[Oneslowz28]

I have not had much time to play in the last few days. Well no time actually. Maybe I will get a free hour or 2 this weekend.

[Zephik]

I'm sort of stuck in the main quest. In the old emperors tomb where you have to kill the ancient blades, I've done all of that but still nothing. I go to the tomb and I can't get through. Hmmm.

I borrowed my friends copy of GTA IV but it keeps crashing on me. So disappointing. I'm stuck playing Oblivion I guess. not so bad really, since I've never actually beat the game. lol (It took me years to beat morrowind just simply because I get distracted too easily. lol)

[The boy 4rm oz]

The ancient blades quest? Isn't that the one where you are in the underground tomb with those platforms and you have that weird arrow? I know that one took me a little fiddling to do. You had to stand on the activation pad and shoot something with this special arrow.

[Zephik]

Hmmm, maybe I skipped that part. or maybe I haven't gotten to it yet. I never met the ghost who tells you to kill the ancient blades dudes, but I got quest updates whenever I did so I just rolled with it. Maybe thats what went wrong. idk. but that portal thing that hurts you wont let me through. probaby what i need the arrow for... maybe I'll just cheat and get the arrow that way lol

[Oneslowz28]

As much as I have played this game I still can not create armor. Did I miss something somewhere?

[The boy 4rm oz]

I'm pretty sure you have to be in the Shivering Isles, that's all I know lol.

[x88x]

Yup, only on Shivering Isles, and even then you don't really make it yourself, you just give materials and money to an NPC, come back in a few days, and they give you the armor.

[The boy 4rm oz]

I should finally be getting my GOTY copy back this Sunday :D and the news gets even better, as of this Friday I am on my 2 week mid Semester break :D, let the games begin lol.

[Oneslowz28]

Oh snap! Welcome back to the dark side young one.

[The boy 4rm oz]

Yep, I can't wait to get back into it.

[TheGreatSatan]

I'm getting really annoyed.

I closed the Oblivion gate and then was transported back to the front lines where the guard captain: Savlian Matius was.

I've read a few walkthroughs and they all say that The guard captain will go with you back in the church where Brother Martin is. Then everyone is supposed to leave together out the locked door in the church, but they don't. I spoke to the captain and he acts like the gate is still open. One of his guards recognizes that it is closed and so do all of the people in the town of Kvatch.

Brother Martin is acknowleding that he's ready to go to Weynon Priary and does follow me. When we get to the priory no one there recognizes that brother Martin is standing right next to me.

So it seems like somehow I've got to get the guard captain to recognize that the Oblivion gate threat is over. Any ideas?

[Zephik]

You can try using a console code to complete the current quest or current quest stage.

[Oneslowz28]

Did you speak to everyone in the church? Its been a while since I did that quest. If you have and went and found the guy dead in the castle then you might have to use the console.

[Zephik]

Also go through your quest log and make sure there aren't any unfinished related quests or something. That's happened to be plenty of times, where I think it's a glitch or a mess-up in the game but really I'm just missing something.

[x88x]

Did you speak to everyone in the church? Its been a while since I did that quest. If you have and went and found the guy dead in the castle then you might have to use the console.

This, I think. I seem to remember having to tell the head priest that the gate was closed.

[The boy 4rm oz]

I FINALLY got my copy back, however, Far Cry 2 has taken priority lol.

[x88x]

I FINALLY got my copy back, however, Far Cry 2 has taken priority lol.

Heheh, good game. I know the feeling...I made the mistake of finally getting Fallout 3 to run (reasonably) stably on my computer this weekend....I didn't get anything done this weekend...guess why. :P

[The boy 4rm oz]

HAHA, so far in the past week I have neglected 4 Uni assignments by working, Far Cry 2, drinking, Far Cry 2, spending money, and Far Cry 2 lol.

[TheGreatSatan]

OK. I found the journal in my menu that tells all the things I've done and it says I already took back the castle. It also says that Savlian Matius was killed in the battle, even though he is clearly still standing out there.

I think I'm a Ghost Whisperer and he doesn't know he's dead

Another thing. I won all the matches at the arena and became champ. My current quest sill shows me doing weekly matches at the arena against animals. I can't tell how long this will go on for. Can I quit a quest somehow?

[Oneslowz28]

The arena matches where you kill animals never end. Its a easy way to make some $$$. Buying houses gets expensive. Have you been given the kavatch curious?

[x88x]

It also says that Savlian Matius was killed in the battle, even though he is clearly still standing out there.

That's odd...he's definitely supposed to be dead...


Try going back to an earlier save (quick and auto saves you can go back one by going to the saves directory and renaming the files; I forget what the extensions are atm, but they're pretty self-evident).

[TheGreatSatan]

I delete as I go

Can I buy and sell stuff? I've never seen any kind of icon/option for it

[x88x]

Hahaha, yeah. Certain merchants will only buy and sell certain things, but yeah, pretty much anything you find can be sold. You can even sell stolen stuff if you join the Thieves' Guild and get a fence. As for houses, there's one house in each city that you can buy, but sometimes it requires...a bit of work. In each city, ask around for rumors and you'll find someone trying to sell a house.

[Oneslowz28]

Yea get off the main quest and start doing the side stuff. The game is much more fun with the side quest

[FuzzyPlushroom]

Playing only the main quest in Oblivion is like taking interstate 95 up through Maine: sure, it's not bad on its own, but you'll have a lot more fun, though it'll take longer, if you drive up Route 1 and the roads that parallel it along the ocean and through the various fishing villages. You'd miss out on so much if you ignored the side quests, it'd hardly be worth it.

As far as selling things, just walk into a building with a sign out front in any town; if there's someone behind a counter, have a chat and click the middle icon at the bottom (I honestly can't remember what it looks like, you can hit me if you like!). Shops have cheesy storelike names, sometimes related to their specialisation: Fire and Steel is a blacksmith's shop, Colovian Traders is a general store, and others such as Renoit's Books should be obvious. General traders will buy anything; blacksmiths will buy weapons and armour; magic shops will buy books, alchemical apparatus and ingredients, and soul gems; innkeepers will buy food and booze, and everyone will purchase clutter (such as plates/utensils, pelts, and the like; much of this is worthless). Without mods, the only people who will acknowledge stolen items are Thieves Guild fences.

Details on getting the best deal can be found here (http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Mercantile); the maximum amount shopkeepers will pay for your wares depends on their disposition toward you and both of your respective Mercantile skills.

[x88x]

On a related note, I found that once I got well into the Fighter's Guild stuff, the best deal on repairs was from the various Fighter's Guild porters. You know, that annoying guy that follows you around the building to keep you from steeling stuff? :P

[The boy 4rm oz]

I put that guy to sleep then stole the stuff anyway lol. A tip for you all. When you are doing the Thieves guild quests and need to sell gear to the fences the easiest way to do it is to just go to the fighters or mages guild (if you are a member) and take the stuff off desks and shelves, cos you are a member they don't care lol.

[TheGreatSatan]

Where will other Oblivion gates open up at? I want to go to them before they appear on my map

[xRyokenx]

They're usually all over the place. Just go wandering around in the wilderness and odds are you'll find one.

[Oneslowz28]

There is one not far outside the walls of chaydenahll, one in the mountians between chaydenhall and bruma, one close to layawin etc. Look back a few pages. I posted a map that list everything.

[Zephik]

I think the ones that are just outside cities only appear once you get to that point in the quest. But there are definitely quite a few out randomly in the wilderness.

[TheGreatSatan]

I found that "Strange Door". How do I get in?

[FuzzyPlushroom]

The "Strange Door" is actually an entire island; it's the entrance to the Shivering Isles. If you don't have that expansion pack, the 'door' you found is just a nearby (south of there) trapdoor exit from a quest I've long since forgotten. Pretty sure there's a giant slaughterfish and some steel armour on the other side.

I just looked it up and it goes here (http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Bravil_Wizard%27s_Grotto#Bravil_Wizard.27 s_Grotto), as part of this Thieves Guild quest (http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Arrow_of_Extrication).

[x88x]

Yup, there's a giant slaughterfish in there :D Stupid thing was pretty tough to kill too. If you kill it right under the hole into the lower cave it'll float up through the upper cave and you can see it's size in relation to you...thing if freakin HUGE. Assuming the a dark elf is about 5'6", the giant slaughterfish would be about 15' long, iirc.

[billygoat333]

noticed newegg has the collectors edition for 10 bucks. might just have to pick this game up! :D

[TheGreatSatan]

I got the Game of the year (http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=7790657) edition from Walmart. It's supposed to have the original and two expansions. There must be a mission where it becomes available for me to enter.

I was in the fighters guild and meant to click the spacebar and instead clicked my mouse and slashed another member. Then they all attacked me and I killed one of them. Now I have to find someone before I can get back in.

[x88x]

lol. That's where the auto-save when you enter the building becomes quite useful :P

On the plus side, next time you sleep you'll get a...friendly visitor.. :twisted:

[Oneslowz28]

I have the same edition TGS. You have shivering isles. Just talk to the guard and enter like you would any door / gate. Shivering isles is pretty fun. The cool visitor you will get when you sleep opens up some of the most fun quest on the game IMO.

[TheGreatSatan]

That was awhile ago and and I later got a visitor who gave me a note to meet the Gray Fox in some garden by the waterfront, but there are no gardens over there??

I just had a great mission where I went to find a necklace for a princess and fought ogres and skeletons. When it was over, I spoke with a ghost general and he gave me access to the room where it was hidden

[x88x]

hmmm, somebody actually got a Thieves Guild invite the other way? Wow! But no, I was talking about the other visitor. You know, the one in the long black robe? That came the first time you slept after killing someone you weren't supposed to?

[TheGreatSatan]

Oh, he came to the arena and talked to me.

I killed him too.

[x88x]

.... :facepalm: ...dude, you just missed out on some of the funnest quests in the game.

Actually, that's odd...you shouldn't have been able to do that. He should have just gone unconscious.

[TheGreatSatan]

He did the first time. He got up and then I killed him. I stripped him naked, stole all his stuff and sold it. His body is still laying in the arena basement. No way back in huh?

[x88x]

Huh, apparently you are supposed to be able to kill him.
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Dark_Brotherhood#Joining
And yeah, no way back in:

After you kill Lucien you will never be able to join the Dark Brotherhood.

I gotta ask, did it not occur to you that maybe there was a reason why this random guy in black robes woke you up and started talking to you?

[TheGreatSatan]

Maybe. I didn't think it mattered who I killed. I guess all the guys with black robes are dark brotherhood members? Whenever I go into those run down Lord of the Ring Elvish looking buildings they're in there and I kill a lot of them. That should be my new mission. Find and kill all of them

I also love going into sewers and caves

[x88x]

Nope, actually only the leaders of the Dark Brotherhood wear robes. What you're seeing in the Ayleid ruins are probably necromancers.

And yeah, something like 90% of the named NPCs in Oblivion have something to do with a quest of some sort. If you just go around killing everything you're missing out on sooo much of the game.

[TheGreatSatan]

Like I said. The fighter's guild says I have to meet with someone in order to get back in, but I don't know where to look for this person

[x88x]

According the the great UESP, you just have to go talk to Vilena Donton and fetch her a bunch of bear pelts.
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Expelled_from_the_Fighters_Guild

[TheGreatSatan]

Some of my weapons say they don't have enough of a charge to be "enchanted" anymore. How do I recharge them?

[Zephik]

You have to find someone to recharge items. It can get pretty costly first starting out, though. But, in some magic shops and/or most mage guilds you'll find someone.

[FuzzyPlushroom]

If you find soul gems that already contain a soul, you can use those 'points' toward recharging a weapon as well by using the gem and selecting the weapon in question. You can fill empty soul gems, too, but that's a pain and requires either a spell or a specially-enchanted weapon of its own.

[Zephik]

I believe you can also use Varla stones to recharge items, which can be found in aeylied ruins. They're a bit rare though. I just cheat by doing a "player.additem XXXXXX x" code in the console, replacing the X's with the items code and the small x with how many you want. It's not really an advantage I think, since they weigh freaking 1 pound each and you go through so quick you tend to carry a bunch at a time.

[x88x]

Varla stones will completely refill all the enchanted items in your inventory, so if you carry around a lot of enchanted stuff they're really handy. There's generally one per Ayleid ruin, with a few exceptions that have a lot (like, 4-5).

[Oneslowz28]

you killed him?

[TheGreatSatan]

Yep. I bought the haunted house in Anvil and completed the mission that makes it mine. I've been storing all my goodies there that I've pillaged. I have over 50 Varla stones and every time I find one of the Ayleid statues I sell them for 500 each to Umbacanno.

[x88x]

Heheh, nice. I never actually found out about Umbacanno until my most recent run through...before that I just horded them :P

I love the hidden basement chamber in that house.

[TheGreatSatan]

I didn't know about that chamber.

I finished all of the statues. Time to do his other quest

[x88x]

It's the chamber that what-his-face that you had to kill was in.

[TheGreatSatan]

After the 3rd statue he gave me another quest. I finished getting all the statues before I wanted to start that one, but now it's gone. I can't figure out what to do

[TheGreatSatan]

I read about what's supposed to happen. Once out of the ruins, the rival hunter ambushes you. I went to the site and killed the ambush party in advance. I'm going to try the console to open the door inside the ruins and get what's inside.

[Zephik]

I would love to have a t-shirt that says "TES IV: I <3 Console". haha

Here is a great one if you get into a pinch or you are about to die with no chance of potion recovery. "Killall". It kills EVERYTHING within a pretty wide radius. or you can just click the individual dudes and type "kill". You can also type "resurrect" to bring them back to life. Although that doesn't always work for quest dudes, sometimes after rez'ing they just become normal people that don't do anything, so be careful as its not fool proof.

[TheGreatSatan]

OK I went back to the arena where that leader of the brotherhood was still laying there. I used the console to resurrect him. He stood up, all his clothes reappeared on him, then he became near invisible and walked out of the building. I don't know if he'll just start off where he's supposed to or what.

Jaffre still doesn't see Martin standing right next to me, but that's all so far. I guess the main mission is scrapped for me. I may install the game on another computer so I can play the main mission and not get confused on what saves I have to keep. I completed all the recommendations and am nnow totally in the guild.

I'm a level 17 and just don't want to lose all that work just to play the main mission

[Zephik]

Ah, the benefit of having multiple saves. Its like a time machine, so if you screw up you can just go back a little ways and do it again. But if I remember correctly, you said you weren't creating multiple saves, so...

What you could do is start the game over and then manually raise your character's stats and level to what they are now. That way you don't have to regain all of that experience and what-not.

Now, you're probably thinking, well that's fine and all, but I don't want to have to redo all these quests and stuff either! If that's the case, then you can actually complete quests via console commands as well. You can pick what stage in the quest to complete up to as well, if you don't want to complete the entire quest.

As for special items, quest rewards, etc etc, you can also get those through console as well.

That's one option anyways. You can literally do just about anything and everything via console, if you're willing to spend a little bit of time researching and entering codes anyways.

[TheGreatSatan]

I can definitely look into that. But at least if I do some of the quests again, they'll be a lot easier

[Zephik]

That's true. When I first played Oblivion, it took me months to get to level 20. Last time I played, which was just recently, I got to level 40-ish in like what? A month or so? Granted, the first time I played I didn't use console since I didn't know how. But I still stuck to the game without too much help from console this time around too, just to keep it interesting. It gets boring too fast if you use console too much.

However, it is SO nice to know the "kill" and "killall" code when you're in a pinch between a bunch of baddies, have no more potions and are about to die. It has saved me numerous times. I'm too addicted to running into large situations and seeing if I can survive against many foe. ...I usually can't. But its fun anyways. lol

Edit: Hot damn this is one long thread! lol

[TheGreatSatan]

I always use use god mode in the console, mostly to get over the over-encumbered problem and it get's me to stay healthy. I also use the console to give me all Daedric armor and the bound sword. With all that, I'd easily start over

[TheGreatSatan]

What you could do is start the game over and then manually raise your character's stats and level to what they are now. That way you don't have to regain all of that experience and what-not.


How?

[Zephik]

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Console

[TheGreatSatan]

OK. I restarted the game and followed the main quest. I gave myself all Daedric armor and the bound sword at the start. I used the console to give me $100,000 too. When I got the chance I went to the Arcane city and bought the Lightning Blast from Raminus Polus and went from there. I didn't use the console to boost my stats at all.

I finished the main quest last night. I was sorry to see Martin die, but happy to loot the bodies in Paradise.

[The boy 4rm oz]

I really want to start the game again but with Uni exams just under a month away I'm gonna hold off until my exams end.

[TheGreatSatan]

Yesterday I completed the Knights of Nine quest, which was way cool. Shivering Isles is still on the horizon.

[Oneslowz28]

I remember a while back we talked about how flying around Cryodil would be awesome... Well I found this mod on File planet. Its called Akatosh Mount and lets you summon a drake to fly around the map. http://www.fileplanet.com/hosteddl.aspx?/planetelderscrolls/fms/files/oblivionmods/2774/Akatosh_Mount_By_Saiden_Storm_Release_19_Repackage d.7z

[The boy 4rm oz]

That is awesome, I am really going to have to try it out.

[Oneslowz28]

I installed it last night and Cryodil is quite interesting from the sky.

Adding the mod enables a new summon spell. When you cast the spell it adds a new summon drake spell. There are several to chose from and as far as I can tell they are the same drake just different colors.

I also went on a personal quest to collect every nirnroot on the map. I found a mod that exploits a unused sound file that was over layed but muted on all nirnroots during the design process. Now when I come within 20-40 feet I can actually hear the nirnroot and tell where it is.

There are a few more mods I am going to add in the next few weeks. One that adds an additional 15 hours and a new guild to the game.

[The boy 4rm oz]

Keep us posted on those mods, they sound awesome.

I went to install Oblivion yesterday and it installed fine. I started a new game, made the character and as soon as it drops me in the prison cell the game crashes. Apparently this is an ongoing problem with Oblivion and can not be fixed, looks like no more Oblivion for me :(.

[x88x]

Try rolling the save file back; that happens to me occasionally, where a save file will get corrupted and every time you try and load it the game will crash.

[Oneslowz28]

@TBFO have you downloaded the latest official and unofficial patches? YOu can get the unofficial ones from tesnexus.com

[Oneslowz28]

The mod I am talking about that adds 15 hours of play adds an Archeology Guild and you go on artifact finding missions.

[The boy 4rm oz]

@ x88x - Yeah I have tried that, the problem is happens with any save file, old, new or downloaded, as soon as it loads a picture the game crashes.

@ Oneslowz28- I have the game fully patched with official patches but not the unofficial ones, I will try those later. Cheers.

[The boy 4rm oz]

I finally found out what my problem was with Oblivion, funny thing is though, I discovered it when I recently purchased Fallout 3.

As most of you would know both Oblivion and Fallout 3 were (and still are) extremely buggy, so it came to no surprise to me that I am having the exact same problems with Fallout 3 as I do with Oblivion. As I stated earlier the problem is that the game would crash every time I load a save game or create a new game. After having no luck finding a solution for Oblivion I decided I would try out Fallout 3 and see if I could get that working. Most of the issues with Fallout 3 have been accredited to sound card issues or codecs. After spending a couple of hours fiddling with my sound as a last ditch effort I disabled it in device manager and lo-and-behold the game works perfectly. I am yet to test Oblivion to see if this fixes the problem (hopefully it will) but when I do I will let you know. Looks like it's back to on-board sound for me :(.

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I actually had the same issue with Fallout 3 crashing all the time, and I eventually figured out that apparently the Xonar driver is known to cause that behavior....I just never had the patience to switch back and forth between my onboard sound and my Xonar whenever I wanted to play Fallout3, so I just dealt with it crashing a lot.