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By     |    Apr 22, 2007
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Streamline and OBSE

I just went through a major optimization.After backing up Oblivion.ini and let the game create a new one, I got rid of several tweaks that do not make sense any more with the 1.2 version of Oblivion. Then I installed Oblivion Script Extender... Read more

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By     |    Mar 13, 2007
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Starting over…. again

After another fight with unreliable performance of my system I traced the issue back to a faulty USB card reader.I still experienced too many crashes to desktop playing the game, probably a bad mod or issues in saved game, so I waited a few months... Read more

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By     |    Feb 20, 2007
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Changed look and feel of the site

I found this 'papyrus scroll' theme while upgrading the site to a new version of Movable Type - it feels much more appropriate for an Elder Scrolls site. I also decided to revise the structure of the site itself. Instead of a chronological log of... Read more

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Head in the Clouds and Flow
By     |    Dec 15, 2006
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Head in the Clouds and Flow

Forget about commanding armies, fighting monsters or killing soldiers from the Third Reich. Take a breath of fresh, creative air with these to, poetic games : Cloud and Flow by Xinghan "Jenova" Chen You will understand why they were presented... Read more

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By     |    Dec 12, 2006
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What is the matter with Knight of the Nine ?

Known issues with Knights of the Nine : - should be loaded at the end of load order - increases chances of crash on exit (sometimes 100% with certain mods loaded AFTER... Read more

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By     |    Sep 29, 2006
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Optimizing Oblivion

Here are a few tweaking guides for Oblivion that helped me squeeze some performance from this game:Optimizing Oblivion v3.0: Into Modblivion (atomic pc)Oblivion Tweak GuideNote: 'over tweaking' the oblivion.ini file can result in degraded... Read more

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By     |    Sep 6, 2006
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Lessons learned from managing Oblivion Mods

After a few months dealing with a multitude of mods for Oblivion, here are a few rules I have come to follow:- Save a copy of the original archive of every mod you care about (zip, rar, 7z files). I ran into a few situations where a new version of a... Read more

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By     |    Sep 3, 2006
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How to use OOO, MMM and other mods together ?

The real exciting news of the week was the much anticipated release of OOO 1.3 - Oscuro's Oblivion Overhaul. After playing it a bit, it looks well worth the wait (and the trouble of installing it).Making this mod coexist with several other mods can... Read more

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By     |    Aug 13, 2006
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How to install official mods ?

Purchased a new official mod and got the same, disappointing, pop-up quest out of nowehere when I activated it (speaking of activation, these official mods are a pain to activate. I had to start my PC in Safe Mod every single time I wanted to get... Read more

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By     |    Jul 24, 2006
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Odd conflicts between mods

I recently downloaded updates to several mods. Soon after, Oblivion refused to start (frozen during Loading sequence).After much tweaking I traced back the issue to three updates:- Mighty Magick 4.5- Arcane university revamped - Cyrodiil... Read more

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