OBLIVION: Game Experience and Opinions

laszlo462

Has anyone else noticed some CTD using OOO v1.3? Maybe it is becuase I did not install the offical Oblivion patch yet...but the game has crashed quite a few times. It is a fresh install and a newly installed OS. I did not run the game at all before installing OOO 1.3.

Just wondering if anyone else has noticed this crashing? It doesn't seem to be completely random, usually when you click on something like the button to enter the merchant screen. I have used the OOO 1.23 quite a bit before and did not have this problem. If this does not seem to be normal perhaps I should try reinstalling the game.

OmegaRED

You need the patch and also get the OOO 1.31 update.

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Dyre Straits

You should patch the game with the official patch. I did have a few crashes prior...but mostly it was a Windows error upon exiting the game that I had to deal with.

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riles9262

Ya, I had lots of crashing with 1.3 (at least 1 ctd per hour), fewer with 1.31 but still common. With ooo 1.23 it was really stable, so I stayed with that version.

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OmegaRED

I had crashing for OOO 1.3 and 1.31, to function crash free you really have to do a full reinstall of the game and install everything sequentially. I can't imagine going back to 1.23 it's just so plain in comparison.

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laszlo462

Yea still have lots of crashing, about once every 5 mins. So the sequential order would be to install the game itself, then official patch, then 000 1.3, and lastly 1.31?

I was thinking I may have to revert back to playing 1.23, but like you said, it is so plain compared to 1.31. If I can stop the crashing and actually play for a length of time, I may just decide to build a new desktop just for this game, running 1.31. Right now I'm playing on a Dell E1505 notebook with the x1400. Plays pretty well, just some slowdowns when I'm out and about in the wilderness.

Thanks for your help guys, I figured it must have been how I installed, as I didn't think Oscuros would release it in that crashy of a state.

Tinkerhell

question for you folks using OOO. I have the current "official" Oblivion & patches. No mods or add ons or anything else. If I back off my saved games, uninstall, & reinstall everything as noted above & add on OOO will my current saved game progress still work?

laszlo462

As far as I know you will still need to use Wrye Bash to update the NPC levels to the levels that OOO uses. The readme that comes with the OOO download tells you how to do this. Once you do that then yes, you should be able to continue your progress.

Dark Lord

any one remember what hte site was that had a ton of oblivion mods put up?

had them listed by Must Haves, Balance, Nature, etc etc? each mod had a couple of pictures and a description with it. was about 6 pages long last i saw it.

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laszlo462

http://www.tessource.net/ is great. Prolly what you're talking about.


http://elderscrolls.filefront.com is another one.

|Pabst|Raider

Hi, I've just bought a brand new ATI X850XT platinum video card. The problem is, when I'm on the internet or doing spmething light graphicly everything's fine, I even can play Counter-strike with highiest resolution but when I start a big game like Oblivion or an artifacs test then, my Computer make a high pitched whine, this is not mecanical like the fan but more like an alarm. Not sure if it's coming from the board but I guess it is. I've tryied to update bios but no result. note that I've sent the card back a first time for the same problem and the new one I've just received doing the same thing. For the artifacs test, everythings fine, no error. Everything seem to work normally before I start BF2. Maybe the board isn't made for high performance graphic card. I've heard something about power booster for PCI-E slot. HELP ME PLEASE !
-Gigabyte ga-81915pl-g
-P-4 2.8 775 pins 2mb 800mghz fsb
-1gig ram OCZ
-PS alpha 400 W
Thank you !!!!

Dyre Straits

Greetings and welcome to DriverHeaven!

That 'alarm' sound you're hearing is definitely from the motherboard. The most likely reason is that temperatures are getting too high for the CPU. Temperatures will invariably get hotter when going into 3D games and such.

So, you may have to check to make sure your cooling is adequate. If you put this system together yourself, make sure the thermal paste is properly applied and that all the fans are working properly.

If you're doing any overclocking, revert to the default speeds to see if the 'alarm' stops sounding during 3D games.

Good luck and post back.

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studbagel9

Dyre, have you tried the Knights of the Nine yet? I've been contemplating buying it (I have all the other addons) but I wanted another opinion.

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Dyre Straits

Yes, I've completed all the quests that come with KotN. It's worth it! Especially the Mehrune's Razor quest. Huge, convoluted with lots of combat and nice rewards.

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Rawr

I stopped playing for a while..but think I'll pick it up again however I don't want to take the route of archer..perhaps warrior..or mage.. but I was never really good at being a mage. Mayhaps I'll stop over at tweakguides and review there ..well tweak guide on the game.

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Dark Lord

i was wandering around a forest and just had to stop and look around. i just stood their and said to my self, damn, now THAT is impressive looking.

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Lelisevis

For those that may have missed it

http://www.hardwareheaven.com/gaming-discussion/128177-oblivion-shivering-isles.html

Be happy for a mod to merge the threads if it makes it easier for people.

wilmac

Hi all,

I've just joined the forum, and someone gave me Oblivion for Xmas.

Well - it's magnificent. But I have a few gripes. Well a lot of gripes actually.

I like to immerse myself in these fantasy role-playing games, such as decorating my houses and stocking them up with food and wines and silver table settings and so on...

BUT - there aren't enough items. Pretty soon one knows all the books and clothes and foods and herbs etc. Likewise the caves, ruins etc are way too alike, and it all gets rather repetitious.

The ability to pick up an item and place it on a table or whatever is great, except that if its field touches another, the effect is very violent. One could for example move a feather quill in such a way that everything on a desk is hurled aside as if hit by a baseball bat!

Trying to stock bookshelves is really, really difficult as one book wrongly placed can empty a whole shelf. And putting cutlery on a table is really, really difficult as a fork for example can hurl a silver bowl off the table and halfway across the room!

Another thing I don't like is that there are too many zero value items. Everything should have a value. Indeed, if I steal a planter, value zero and take it to a fence to launder, it disappears! I can't buy it back! But an item of clothing worth one gold CAN be laundered.

I do like the combat system though. Way better than it was in Morrowind where the program did all the scrapping. In Oblivion you have to control your weapons, shield etc, and doing it well can be the difference twixt life or death - as it should be.

The face to face dialogue system took a bit of getting used to, and I can't be bothered with that whirly thingamajig, or that lock-picking system. I just bribe to the max and let lock-picking run automatically. And when I run out of lockpicks I nip up to Bruma and buy another hundred from the fence.

Houses. Well, the hovels are hardly worth the effort but the good ones aren't all as good as they might be. Only the Skingrad house is actually logical so I've made that my home base. The maidservant's cute too.

The Anvil mansion in particular is a great disappointment. When it gets refurbished it has very meagre furnishing. No cupboard or drawers in the bedroom, nothing but table and chairs in the dining room, and no paintings on any of of the walls! Very drab.

It SHOULD be the most opulent of all the residences, but it's not. And it doesn't help that a couple of the ghosts are still glowing on the floor even after the refurbishing.

But my greatest gripe is with the program itself and its vast bug collection. Most of them are minor annoyances, but there are two that had me nearly using the disc as a frisbee. The Abomb hit me around 200 game hours, and I'm presently trying to find where I can download the fix.

But the last straw was when the game locked me out of a whole territiory, to the east of Skingrad. No matter from which direction I came, I'd reach the boundary and my computer would lock up, forcing me to reboot.

I still haven't found any info on how or why this has happened. My only way to open the region again was to go back to a MUCH earlier savegame and lose about fifty hours of game time and lose all the goodies I'd gained over that period. Plus several quests that will have to be played again.

It's pretty close to being a game killer. If any other territories lock up like this it really WILL be a game killer.

My overall impression; a fantasy role playing game that had the opportunity to be the greatest game ever, but which managed to miss out for want of necessary attention to detail. Having said this, had the same effort that went into the artwork been given to the program itself it would indeed be truly great.

But unfortunately, it's not.....



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OmegaRED

First off, welcome to HH! You may have dug up a 4 year old thread but I'm glad to see some more responses.

Second, I think the fact that years later people are still getting into the game and putting 200+ hours into Oblivion speaks to the quality of the game and it sucks that the bugs are spoiling it for you. I have to disagree with your overall impression...Oblivion is a classic game and the engine limitations are well noted and I believe there are workarounds or fixes for most game breaking bugs. I would definitely check out Oscuruo's Oblivion Overhaul for all the extra valuables and items that were added to address such complaints. Check Youtube for the trailer for this mod. I haven't played Oblivion in a few years but I doubt any mods have come out that offer such an improved experience.

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blibbax

I was playing the "stock" version of Oblivion again recently (I bought it on Steam!), and I have to say that it's still a great game. Sure, most of the issues you mention are negative points of the game (although I've never encountered a game breaking bug), but I don't think any of them prevent it from being still the best single player RPG out there.

It is showing it's age though, and that's why the sequel is coming out in 8 months

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wilmac

Thanx for the tip.

:-)

mac

Dyre Straits

FYI, there is a HUGE thread over at Rage3D that has information and links to downloads for some really nice mods for Oblivion. Check it out if you're interested in making "improvements" to the game....

Pahncrd's Oblivion Enhanced Edition RC2 - ( Private Release ) - Rage3D Discussion Area

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