Oblivion crashing after pressing new game

[yay855]

I rebuilt my bashed patch and started a new game, but it still crashes when I try to start a new game.

[yay855]

okay, I managed to merge some of the .esp, but it said that LoversCreature_SexualOrgans.esp had the 'no merge tag'.

[gregathit]

ok, try this then:

 

1. Go to your my documents folder and find your oblivion.ini file (it should be where your saved games folder is) and change it to oblivion.ini-disable

 

2. Then start the game via oblivion.exe

 

3. As soon as it gets to the title screen you can select "exit game".

 

4. After the game exits then try to start the game normally via obse-loader.exe

[yay855]

k, thanks

[yay855]

nope, it didn't help. Does it matter that I have to change the graphics settings because my video hardware is unrecognized?

[yay855]

also, it created another oblivion.ini

[gregathit]

also' date=' it created another oblivion.ini

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That was the point of the exercise

 

Sometimes the oblivion.ini file goes bad.

 

 

Let's try this: I want you to start the game via oblivion.exe again and this time try to start a new game. This will be a no mod run to see if perhaps your game is broken.

[yay855]

okay, I'll try that.

[yay855]

looks like it's the game itself that is broken. I'll run the check steam cache thing to see if anything is missing.

[yay855]

right then, I tried that and it was missing ten files. I tried playing it without any mods using the oblivion.exe and it still crashed, so I'm uninstalling it and reinstalling it. I'll tell you if it works when it's done.

[yay855]

Okay, I reinstalled it and it still crashes. If I put the oblivion.exe into compatibility mode, then I launch oblivion.exe and press play. It then opens up another oblivion launcher. It does that no matter how many times I press play when that happens.

[yay855]

Now, Oblivion.exe does that loop thingy no matter what.

[gregathit]

Ok, let's backup here. Will the game start ok if you use the play option in steam?

 

If this brings up the launcher then so be it and just use the launcher go try to play.

 

We want to make sure the vanilla game works before we mess with mods.

[Ark of Truth]

Ok' date=' let's backup here. Will the game start ok if you use the play option in steam?

 

If this brings up the launcher then so be it and just use the launcher go try to play.

 

We want to make sure the vanilla game works before we mess with mods.

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I use the OBSE steam loader and it works fine without issues, you have to use the launcher to make it play or at least I do.

 

Verify the game files in Steam? I know it's already been done but it's happen before, fixed only to break again.

[yay855]

Okay, I figured out that I had oblivion.exe in administrative mode, so I unchecked that and now it will load to the starting screen. It still crashes after I press new game though.

[gregathit]

Is this through steam or not?

[yay855]

yes, it is. Why?

[Ark of Truth]

You turned off Steam cloud for Oblivion right?

 

I have Steam GOTY and having no issues.

[yay855]

oh, No I didn't. Does that make a difference?

[Ark of Truth]

Yes, it keeps restoring your save games when you load the game up So if a save is causing the issue now it keeps coming back.

[gregathit]

Just wanted to make sure.

 

Well, it may be time to reinstall the game completely as much as you don't want to hear that.

 

If you can't start the game with the original games exe file then things are busted that may not be able to be fixed any other way.

 

The only other alternative is if you made a backup of your data folder recently.

[yay855]

no, I didn't. I suppose I'll start all over. Thanks anyways!

[gregathit]

Yes' date=' it keeps restoring your save games when you load the game up So if a save is causing the issue now it keeps coming back.

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Good catch...I forgot about this annoying feature of Steam. Yea disable cloud for oblivion and see if that helps you.

[Ark of Truth]

You can backup the original base game using the backup feature in Steam without copying the mods over too. That how I do it.

 

Restores the game in less then 15mins back into the computer or a hour and a half downloading again Which one do you pick?

[yay855]

okay, thanks. Too bad I already uninstalled it... Oh well, it only takes me half an hour anyways.