The Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion (TIPS and HELP and HARDWARE Thread)

ViRuS2k · Mar 23, 2006, 02:21 PM

I have dedicated this thread to the following:

Help - Tips and Possible solutions to hardware problems for people :

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i will start with a help request :

I think i just made the biggest messup in the history of oblivion :P
can someone help me im stuck
if i cant figure this out its goodnight for me and i will have to start the game from scratch lol

on my way to some place i seen a guard, very tasty armor lol
well i managed to mow him down in good styleeee :P

problem is now im in a wanted state lol and on my route to where i have to go there are guards and i cant take them all on lol
they run up to me and say, something about breaking the law your under a rest lol and i have no cash so they say i will have to go to jail......

problem is how the hell do i kill the wanted state so they leave me alone lol ?????
do i have to wait ??? for a number of hours ??????? or days ????? or what lol

topbob · Mar 23, 2006, 05:28 PM

the only way to get rid of it that ive seen so far is you serve your time in jail, takes a couple sec, but they take all stolen goods, and you lose a couple points in a few skills, or join the theives guild and tell them to get rid of your wanted status.

ViP3RH3LL · Mar 23, 2006, 06:19 PM

Wow!! My system sucks, the game is running is lowest setting mode, even at that mode in battles with the blood spray, it is really really laggy the fps drops from say: 20 to 0. Is there a way to turn the blood off? But everything else is barely playable but its a really nice looking game. Mostly I think it's a videocard problem, since they say to run on the latest card and I have a 9600XT. But high-end cards are just to enpensive these day $500+. I could get a ATi X850XT for 300, but PCI cards if I did build a new system is even more expensive, so it's a no-win situation.

Dyre Straits · Mar 23, 2006, 07:04 PM

to ViRuS2K:

If you don't want to start over from either a previous saved game (pre-stolen guard armor) or from scratch (if you have no such saved game) then you do need to go to jail and serve your time. If your sneak and thief skills are good enough you can retrieve your stolen goods from a chest somewhere near the jail cell.

OR, if you have a saved game just prior to being approached by the guard who wants to arrest you, go to your Inventory and DROP everything you have. Then go serve your time in jail and return to pick up the things you dropped.

To ViP3RH3LL: What is the rest of your system specs? How much system RAM? Make absolutely sure you have AA completely turned off. If you're using Omega's drivers with ATT, make sure AA is turned off there, as well.
An X850XT or a X800XL (like mine) would give you a very significant boost. I went from 9600 Pro to the X800XL and was like, WOW!! what a boost!!

NOW, I have a little request:

I have been infected with Vampirism. This could be both good and bad, but, if it's anything like in Morrowind, it will be more bad than good this early in the game.

So, my question: Has anyone found a cure for Vampirism yet?

SFOSOK · Mar 23, 2006, 07:55 PM

I found Ivory Armor, the only problem is the person wearing it is a demi god. Its in a temple right around the city.

Virus, join the thieves guild (the guy is located at the waterfront where the houses are). You have to pursuade him to talk to you about it. Then you have to steal a book. After u steal the book before the other people trying to get it. Then talk to him to get your bounty off your head. If he can't do it go to Bruma where your first fence is located. I think the only person who can take that bounty off ur head is the guy in the waterfront though.

Dyre, there is a cure disease potion I picked up somewhere and I ended up using it. I was wandering around that lake that surrounds the city coin into pretty much every cave and such so you could start there. I know I killed a lot of Vampires in one cave or temple.

Well I'm goin to see if I can kill the guy with Irovy Armor, I'm sure after 150 arrows he should go down. Either that or he'll look like a pin cushion.

LeanWolf · Mar 23, 2006, 08:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ViRuS2k

i will start with a help request :

I think i just made the biggest messup in the history of oblivion :P
can someone help me im stuck
if i cant figure this out its goodnight for me and i will have to start the game from scratch lol

on my way to some place i seen a guard, very tasty armor lol
well i managed to mow him down in good styleeee :P

problem is now im in a wanted state lol and on my route to where i have to go there are guards and i cant take them all on lol
they run up to me and say, something about breaking the law your under a rest lol and i have no cash so they say i will have to go to jail......

problem is how the hell do i kill the wanted state so they leave me alone lol ?????
do i have to wait ??? for a number of hours ??????? or days ????? or what lol

Serves you right murderer!

In Morrowind you couldn't wear guard armour around guards without getting attacked. I think, I never wanted their stuff.

Dyre Straits · Mar 23, 2006, 08:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LeanWolf

Serves you right murderer!

In Morrowind you couldn't wear guard armour around guards without getting attacked. I think, I never wanted their stuff.

Oh, you know, you're right! If it's anything like the Ordinators in MW. Man, I HATED those guys! LOL!

GDF: Thanks for the tip. I think I took off away from the main city too soon. (Very eager to get that amulet to the guy up in the W/NW.

)

Dyre Straits · Mar 23, 2006, 11:19 PM

Like several others, the Inventory Menu takes some getting used to. But, once one understands the concept, it's actually not very difficult to master.

Here are some screenshots to get you started:

Once the selection has been made in the lower row, click on the specific icons in the row above to isolate certain inventory items that you're looking for.

For example: If you have the Weapons icon selected in the lower row, the first "BAG" icon will show EVERYTHING you have in your possession. Selecting other icons from the upper row will restrict what you see to that particular type of item.

ViP3RH3LL · Mar 24, 2006, 12:09 AM

Re-did Siggy, That's what I have, and I'm using the latest Xtreme-G WarCat ATi Drivers 6.3
32 bit.

What is the best videocard to get for AGP for the price? Nvidia or ATi? I'm not really a fan of either, as long as the price is good and the card kicks ass.

Dyre Straits · Mar 24, 2006, 12:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ViP3RH3LL

Re-did Siggy, That's what I have, and I'm using the latest Xtreme-G WarCat ATi Drivers 6.3
32 bit.

What is the best videocard to get for AGP for the price? Nvidia or ATi? I'm not really a fan of either, as long as the price is good and the card kicks ass.

What is a 'good price' for you?

SFOSOK · Mar 24, 2006, 12:55 AM

Also the F1, F2, F3, F4 are for ur inventory is no one has stated that. Press "T" to wait (like resting outdoors in morrowind). And press Z to move around items and such.

ViRuS2k · Mar 24, 2006, 08:16 AM

Ok i have an annoying problem,

everytime i enter a city or town ect a message pops up on my screen saying my horse has been stabbed lol
problem is i cant find my horse :/

and when i do find it lol if i can find it how do you heal it ?
does your horse show up on your map ?
becuse i cant locate my horse :/

Dyre Straits · Mar 24, 2006, 08:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ViRuS2k

Ok i have an annoying problem,

everytime i enter a city or town ect a message pops up on my screen saying my horse has been stabbed lol
problem is i cant find my horse :/

and when i do find it lol if i can find it how do you heal it ?
does your horse show up on your map ?
becuse i cant locate my horse :/

You mean you can't remember where you stabled your horse?

Well, it has happened to me a couple of times.

First of all, is this a horse you own or is it a stolen horse?

If it's been stolen, it will return to its own stable after you dismount.

If this is your horse, it should be where you left it. However, I guess -- from what I've read elsewhere -- it's possible for your horse to be stolen, too.

To be sure, use the map and speed travel to the stables near the city you're in. OR, be sure to exit the gate where you entered the city. That's what I've had to do a couple of times early on.

Tipstaff · Mar 24, 2006, 09:52 AM

Rather than repost my other postings:

Clearing the Xbox 360 Hard Drive Cache file

Crash and Stutter bug hack and fixes thread. This one has fixes and what not for audio pausing/crashing, to desktop crashes.

Both of those are on Bethesdas forum.

For almost a day I had serious audio pauses whenever music was being played, changing, or looping. I fixed it by removing the K-Lite Mega Codec Pack, and reinstalling the official Audigy drivers. Runs as smooth as silk now.

Tipstaff · Mar 24, 2006, 10:14 AM

BTW, don't know if you guys have found it yet, but if you want to do your own screenshots just like our man Dyre, this is what you'll need to do:

Open the oblivion.ini in the My Documents\My Games\Oblivion\ folder. Inside there change:

bAllowScreenShot=0

to:

bAllowScreenShot=1

As well, you will need to edit the next 2 accordingly:

iScreenShotIndex=0 (normally this is set to zero by default, but if this is somehow set to 1, change it back to zero)
SScreenShotBaseName=name (replace "name" with whatever you want to call the base name of your screenshots)

After you're done all you need to do is press the PRTSCN button ingame, and Oblivion will dump a BMP file into the game folder.

Flexkill · Mar 24, 2006, 10:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tipstaff

BTW, don't know if you guys have found it yet, but if you want to do your own screenshots just like our man Dyre, this is what you'll need to do:

Open the oblivion.ini in the My Documents\My Games\Oblivion\ folder. Inside there change:

bAllowScreenShot=0

to:

bAllowScreenShot=1

As well, you will need to edit the next 2 accordingly:

iScreenShotIndex=0 (normally this is set to zero by default, but if this is somehow set to 1, change it back to zero)
SScreenShotBaseName=name (replace "name" with whatever you want to call the base name of your screenshots)

After you're done all you need to do is press the PRTSCN button ingame, and Oblivion will dump a BMP file into the game folder.

Or just use ATT

Dyre Straits · Mar 24, 2006, 11:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Flexkill

Or just use ATT

There you go!

Tipstaff · Mar 24, 2006, 12:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Flexkill

Or just use ATT

True. 'Course, if you don't have ATT installed.. then this would do the job too. Either way, you get screenies.

Vikingod · Mar 24, 2006, 04:46 PM

For nvidia users...

Install Coolbits: http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=815

Once installed, open up Nvidia driver panel and under Performance and Quality Settings, click Additional Direct3d Settings.

Set Max Render Ahead to 0 (default: 3).

i did this and it gave me MUCH more stable frame rates, especially in the forests. I guess it also fixes some stuttering issues as well.

Partizan · Mar 24, 2006, 05:49 PM

The same apparently applies for ATI users too, but you have to do it in ATI Tray Tools under additional Direct3D settings: set Flip Queue Size to 0 (default is undefined).

regards, Partizan

topbob · Mar 24, 2006, 06:17 PM

I dont have that many problems, although the game sometimes randomly crashes when loading a new area, hopefully this will be resolved with the upcoming patch

Vikingod · Mar 24, 2006, 06:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by topbob

I dont have that many problems, although the game sometimes randomly crashes when loading a new area, hopefully this will be resolved with the upcoming patch

I got the same problem three times last night. I hope they fix it.

It probably did me some good, it made me go to bed

Dyre Straits · Mar 24, 2006, 08:01 PM

I've been very lucky, then. I've had only one instance of a crash during the game. That took place as I tried to exit the Archmage's place over in Skingrad.

However, I've had numerous errors when exiting the game. I get that 'report this to Microsoft' popup screen about 8 out of 10 times when I exit.

Forbidden Donut · Mar 24, 2006, 08:44 PM

I haven't had any in-game crashes, but I have had the MS error occur a number of times. It only seems to happen if I try to quit from the game outright, and doesn't do it if I quit to main menu first. Either way, I'm not to worried and won't be unless something actually happens while I'm playing.

Forbidden Donut · Mar 24, 2006, 09:35 PM

Does anyone know where to find the dude I need to steal some sword from to join the Thieves' Guild? I failed miserably in trying to get the diary and now the guy is having me take a sword from a guard or something to that effect. I don't remember the guy's name, but if someone can help me, please do.

ViRuS2k · Mar 24, 2006, 11:16 PM

pfft lol i thought my system was on the blink i get that error aswell when exiting the game, oblivion.exe has encountered a error, happens like 8 times out of 10 lol but i havent encountered any type of error within the game at all :/ :P

Tipstaff · Mar 25, 2006, 12:26 AM

Virus2k and Dyre: can you list what apps you are running in the background/taskbar, as well as what AV software? Since you both are having the same crash there might be a common program causing it. Would be interesting to see what that might be.

Dark Lord · Mar 25, 2006, 12:31 AM

i get the same things too, just not as often.

only apps i have running in the background are fraps, steam, AIM, and occasionaly firefox. as for AV, i dont have any.

Dyre Straits · Mar 25, 2006, 01:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tipstaff

Virus2k and Dyre: can you list what apps you are running in the background/taskbar, as well as what AV software? Since you both are having the same crash there might be a common program causing it. Would be interesting to see what that might be.

I've been visiting the official Elder Scrolls IV:Oblivion forums as well.

This seems to be a very commonly reported problem at this time. I hope a patch will take care of it.

However, to answer your question:

I turn off Steam before running the game.

The only other icons in my task manager are for ATT, Volume Control; McAfee Security; and my RealTek Sound Effects -- which is simply set to default.

I try to run my system as lean as possible and still keep it protected.

ViRuS2k · Mar 25, 2006, 02:26 AM

the stuff i have running in the background are,

MSN/Smart Guardian/Logitech Mouse And Keyboard Settings/AnyDVD/Quicktime/Daemontools
AV = Symantec AV Corp v10!

those are it, that might sound like a lot when playing something like Oblivion but the game doesnt crash at all, and its smooth as butter ingame to;

its just when i exit the game, lol oblivion.exe error.

Mar 23, 2006, 02:21 PM	#1
ViRuS2k HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Uk Posts: 8,334 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	The Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion (TIPS and HELP and HARDWARE Thread) I have dedicated this thread to the following: Help - Tips and Possible solutions to hardware problems for people : -------------------- i will start with a help request : I think i just made the biggest messup in the history of oblivion :P can someone help me im stuck if i cant figure this out its goodnight for me and i will have to start the game from scratch lol on my way to some place i seen a guard, very tasty armor lol well i managed to mow him down in good styleeee :P problem is now im in a wanted state lol and on my route to where i have to go there are guards and i cant take them all on lol they run up to me and say, something about breaking the law your under a rest lol and i have no cash so they say i will have to go to jail...... problem is how the hell do i kill the wanted state so they leave me alone lol ????? do i have to wait ??? for a number of hours ??????? or days ????? or what lol

Mar 23, 2006, 05:28 PM	#2
topbob HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: SFBA, CA, USA Posts: 463 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	the only way to get rid of it that ive seen so far is you serve your time in jail, takes a couple sec, but they take all stolen goods, and you lose a couple points in a few skills, or join the theives guild and tell them to get rid of your wanted status. __________________ 12090 in 3DMarks06 on current system, 5001 on old system, 4164 on older, 1587 on oldest

Mar 23, 2006, 07:55 PM	#5
SFOSOK 939 Goin Strong Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Ontario Posts: 7,033 Rep Power: 90 System Specs	I found Ivory Armor, the only problem is the person wearing it is a demi god. Its in a temple right around the city. Virus, join the thieves guild (the guy is located at the waterfront where the houses are). You have to pursuade him to talk to you about it. Then you have to steal a book. After u steal the book before the other people trying to get it. Then talk to him to get your bounty off your head. If he can't do it go to Bruma where your first fence is located. I think the only person who can take that bounty off ur head is the guy in the waterfront though. Dyre, there is a cure disease potion I picked up somewhere and I ended up using it. I was wandering around that lake that surrounds the city coin into pretty much every cave and such so you could start there. I know I killed a lot of Vampires in one cave or temple. Well I'm goin to see if I can kill the guy with Irovy Armor, I'm sure after 150 arrows he should go down. Either that or he'll look like a pin cushion. __________________ Warning - Explicit Content Preceeding METAL!!

Mar 24, 2006, 12:09 AM	#9
ViP3RH3LL DriverHeaven Addict Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: BF2142 Posts: 265 Rep Power: 0	Re-did Siggy, That's what I have, and I'm using the latest Xtreme-G WarCat ATi Drivers 6.3 32 bit. What is the best videocard to get for AGP for the price? Nvidia or ATi? I'm not really a fan of either, as long as the price is good and the card kicks ass. Last edited by ViP3RH3LL; Mar 24, 2006 at 12:20 AM.

Mar 24, 2006, 12:55 AM	#11
SFOSOK 939 Goin Strong Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Ontario Posts: 7,033 Rep Power: 90 System Specs	Also the F1, F2, F3, F4 are for ur inventory is no one has stated that. Press "T" to wait (like resting outdoors in morrowind). And press Z to move around items and such. __________________ Warning - Explicit Content Preceeding METAL!!

Mar 23, 2006, 06:19 PM	#3
ViP3RH3LL DriverHeaven Addict Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: BF2142 Posts: 265 Rep Power: 0	Wow!! My system sucks, the game is running is lowest setting mode, even at that mode in battles with the blood spray, it is really really laggy the fps drops from say: 20 to 0. Is there a way to turn the blood off? But everything else is barely playable but its a really nice looking game. Mostly I think it's a videocard problem, since they say to run on the latest card and I have a 9600XT. But high-end cards are just to enpensive these day $500+. I could get a ATi X850XT for 300, but PCI cards if I did build a new system is even more expensive, so it's a no-win situation.

Mar 24, 2006, 08:16 AM	Thread Starter #12
ViRuS2k HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Uk Posts: 8,334 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Ok i have an annoying problem, everytime i enter a city or town ect a message pops up on my screen saying my horse has been stabbed lol problem is i cant find my horse :/ and when i do find it lol if i can find it how do you heal it ? does your horse show up on your map ? becuse i cant locate my horse :/

Mar 24, 2006, 09:52 AM	#14
Tipstaff HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Real capital of Canada: Torauna Posts: 6,773 Rep Power: 190 System Specs	Rather than repost my other postings: Clearing the Xbox 360 Hard Drive Cache file Crash and Stutter bug hack and fixes thread. This one has fixes and what not for audio pausing/crashing, to desktop crashes. Both of those are on Bethesdas forum. For almost a day I had serious audio pauses whenever music was being played, changing, or looping. I fixed it by removing the K-Lite Mega Codec Pack, and reinstalling the official Audigy drivers. Runs as smooth as silk now. __________________ Portal: The Flash Version _________________________________ Brain: So, you sacked the cocky khaki Kicky Sack sock plucker? Mr. Sackett: The second cocky khaki Kicky Sack sock plucker I've sacked since the sixth sitting sheet slitter got sick.

Mar 24, 2006, 10:14 AM	#15
Tipstaff HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Real capital of Canada: Torauna Posts: 6,773 Rep Power: 190 System Specs	BTW, don't know if you guys have found it yet, but if you want to do your own screenshots just like our man Dyre, this is what you'll need to do: Open the oblivion.ini in the My Documents\My Games\Oblivion\ folder. Inside there change: bAllowScreenShot=0 to: bAllowScreenShot=1 As well, you will need to edit the next 2 accordingly: iScreenShotIndex=0 (normally this is set to zero by default, but if this is somehow set to 1, change it back to zero) SScreenShotBaseName=name (replace "name" with whatever you want to call the base name of your screenshots) After you're done all you need to do is press the PRTSCN button ingame, and Oblivion will dump a BMP file into the game folder. __________________ Portal: The Flash Version _________________________________ Brain: So, you sacked the cocky khaki Kicky Sack sock plucker? Mr. Sackett: The second cocky khaki Kicky Sack sock plucker I've sacked since the sixth sitting sheet slitter got sick.

Mar 24, 2006, 04:46 PM	#19
Vikingod Int'l Fish Liaison Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: By the light of lamp I sit and type... Posts: 16,197 Rep Power: 112 System Specs	For nvidia users... Install Coolbits: http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=815 Once installed, open up Nvidia driver panel and under Performance and Quality Settings, click Additional Direct3d Settings. Set Max Render Ahead to 0 (default: 3). i did this and it gave me MUCH more stable frame rates, especially in the forests. I guess it also fixes some stuttering issues as well.

Mar 24, 2006, 05:49 PM	#20
Partizan Fun loving criminal Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Slovenia Posts: 1,182 Rep Power: 62 System Specs	The same apparently applies for ATI users too, but you have to do it in ATI Tray Tools under additional Direct3D settings: set Flip Queue Size to 0 (default is undefined). regards, Partizan __________________ Live and let live!

Mar 24, 2006, 06:17 PM	#21
topbob HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: SFBA, CA, USA Posts: 463 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	I dont have that many problems, although the game sometimes randomly crashes when loading a new area, hopefully this will be resolved with the upcoming patch __________________ 12090 in 3DMarks06 on current system, 5001 on old system, 4164 on older, 1587 on oldest

Mar 24, 2006, 08:44 PM	#24
Forbidden Donut HardwareHeaven Junior Member Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 86 Rep Power: 0	I haven't had any in-game crashes, but I have had the MS error occur a number of times. It only seems to happen if I try to quit from the game outright, and doesn't do it if I quit to main menu first. Either way, I'm not to worried and won't be unless something actually happens while I'm playing. __________________ AMD Phenom II x4 955 3.2ghz DFI LP DK 790FX mobo 4GB (2x 2GB) Mushkin DDR2 800 Nvidia GTX 465 1 TB sata hdd - Win7/Games/all other software 250 GB sata hdd - storage 250 GB sata hdd - Win8 Sata dvdrw Mushkin 650w PSU

Mar 24, 2006, 09:35 PM	#25
Forbidden Donut HardwareHeaven Junior Member Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 86 Rep Power: 0	Does anyone know where to find the dude I need to steal some sword from to join the Thieves' Guild? I failed miserably in trying to get the diary and now the guy is having me take a sword from a guard or something to that effect. I don't remember the guy's name, but if someone can help me, please do. __________________ AMD Phenom II x4 955 3.2ghz DFI LP DK 790FX mobo 4GB (2x 2GB) Mushkin DDR2 800 Nvidia GTX 465 1 TB sata hdd - Win7/Games/all other software 250 GB sata hdd - storage 250 GB sata hdd - Win8 Sata dvdrw Mushkin 650w PSU

Mar 24, 2006, 11:16 PM	Thread Starter #26
ViRuS2k HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Uk Posts: 8,334 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	pfft lol i thought my system was on the blink i get that error aswell when exiting the game, oblivion.exe has encountered a error, happens like 8 times out of 10 lol but i havent encountered any type of error within the game at all :/ :P

Mar 25, 2006, 12:26 AM	#27
Tipstaff HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Real capital of Canada: Torauna Posts: 6,773 Rep Power: 190 System Specs	Virus2k and Dyre: can you list what apps you are running in the background/taskbar, as well as what AV software? Since you both are having the same crash there might be a common program causing it. Would be interesting to see what that might be. __________________ Portal: The Flash Version _________________________________ Brain: So, you sacked the cocky khaki Kicky Sack sock plucker? Mr. Sackett: The second cocky khaki Kicky Sack sock plucker I've sacked since the sixth sitting sheet slitter got sick.

Mar 25, 2006, 12:31 AM	#28
Dark Lord HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 5,945 Rep Power: 125 System Specs	i get the same things too, just not as often. only apps i have running in the background are fraps, steam, AIM, and occasionaly firefox. as for AV, i dont have any. __________________

Mar 25, 2006, 02:26 AM	Thread Starter #30
ViRuS2k HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Uk Posts: 8,334 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	the stuff i have running in the background are, MSN/Smart Guardian/Logitech Mouse And Keyboard Settings/AnyDVD/Quicktime/Daemontools AV = Symantec AV Corp v10! those are it, that might sound like a lot when playing something like Oblivion but the game doesnt crash at all, and its smooth as butter ingame to; its just when i exit the game, lol oblivion.exe error.