Hard Drive access is definitely a bottleneck for Oblivion and the cause of a lot of Crash To Desktop.. Oblivion will run smoother if you follow these tips with regards to Hard Drives. – Install it on the fastest hard drive you have (if you have more than one)Use softs like HD Tack to measure speed of your drives :…
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Two performance boost tips
– Disable the background music altogether and use only sound effects. The constant loading of new MP3 files for the background music can have a serious effect on you performance depending on your system. Edit oblivion.ini file and set : bMusicEnabled=0 – Remove the Natural Vegetation part of Natural Environments, especially if used in conjunction with Unique Landscapes Mods. –…
How to fix repetitive sound due to a spell effect ?
Are you getting the sound effect of a spell every 5 to 10 seconds after you started wearing a particular item or being affected by some other mod ? You are most likely victim of a conflict between mods in which one mod is altering the way some magic effect is working in order to create a new effect, which…
How to bring Oblivion closer to the Morrowind experience ?
I’d say you can get very close to the same gaming experience. I still miss the customizable interface from Morrowind, the text based storytelling (a lot richer than voice acting) and levitation also to some extend (I know there is a mod for that but I got used to not having it by now) but that’s about it. First, some…
How to debug a large amount of mods at once ?
If you are in a mod debugging phase, the best approach is to create a base character without any mod – save it at the beginning of the prison cell tutorial and save it just before the exit of the sewers (in case you want to make changes to the race or class later). Once the character is saved, reactivate…
How to fix missing meshes ?
Missing meshes appear as yellow squares with a giant exclamation mark. The official patch version 1.2 (included with Shivering Isles) introduced a ‘fix’ that replaces missing meshes by these giant yellow markers instead of just ignoring them. Read below for instructions on how to fix missing meshes.
Martigen’s Monster Mod (MMM)
:: Martigen’s Monster Mod v3.0 MMM is a massive enhancement to Oblivion, with a strong focus on encounters and creatures. From the Readme file “Over 800M in 145+ brand new creatures and NPCs, 1900+ variant creatures and NPCs, unique encounters, advanced behaviour AI, advanced combat AI, tailored loot drops and more!” This release includes new features such as Racial Zombies,…
Tamriel Travelers
:: Tamriel Travelers 1.35 This mod adds traveling merchants with unique personalities, pets, and travel schedules. They sit down to eat, run from place to place, enter inns and cities when their pets are small enough and even help you when they feel threatened. This is a perfect companion mod to balance the difficulty of playing with MMM and OOO…
Danger sense – feral instinct
Danger Sense – Feral Instinct v1.5 Interesting variations on Detect Life with different colors for hostiles, friends, and even corpses. No more corpse lost in tall grass forever ! (Continue reading if you have issues with missing meshes with this mod) Edit: I ended up discarding this mod because of unresolved conflict around the Dark Forest area.
How to reduce crashes to desktop or on exit
I used to have systematic crash on exit after installing/removing/tweaking mods for a few months. I went through the pain of doing a clean install, with only the mods I found absolutely necessary, and used OBMM along the way to keep things clean. A good load order is vital to avoid crashes (for example, Knights of the Nine is known…