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| Thomas Kaira |
Feb 8 2011, 06:45 AM
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Mouth

Joined: 10-December 10
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First off, some useful links and utilities: The Bethesda Oblivion Mods forum, this is where you'll want to go for all the latest news and updates on the mountains of unofficial content we all take for granted. If I don't have the answer you're looking for, chances are one of the many people here do. Oblivion Mod Manager, I don't think I need to explain this one. Better Oblivion Sorting Software, this is a well maintained utility that reads the mods you have installed and suggests the best order to load them in to avoid the inevitable conflicts. This is another must-have. Wrye Bash, the Swiss army knife of Oblivion modding, and I swear by it. It's intimidating at first, but surprisingly easy to use once you figure out how it works. Finally, Once you figure out BAIN, you will never need to worry about installation problems again. Wrye Bash Pictorial Guide for Newbies, if you are just starting Bash, it can be very easy to get lost in how much it does. This will help you get on the right foot. TES4Edit, a very important tool. Most of its features don't concern the end user, but its ability to clean up dirty and unneeded edits in a plugin is invaluable. TES4Edit Cleaning Guide at the TESCS Wiki. It contains a comprehensive list of mods that need to be cleaned, mods that are already clean, and mods that should not be cleaned, as well as a comprehensive guide on how to actually do it. So, it seems I have become "Mr. Modder" around these here parts, so I've decided to open this little thread if you have any questions for me. Questions about making modding easier for yourself, how to use a specific tool, if you've encountered a rather irksome problem and can't figure out what to do about it, or if you want to make your game perform a bit better. I will be the first to admit I'm not a professional modder, as I don't make my own mods. I do have the experience needed to maintain a heavy load order with minimal issues, as well as understanding a few advanced tricks to squeeze every last drop of performance out of the game, so I do know what I'm talking about. If anyone has any doubts, this is my load order: So with that, ask away. This post has been edited by Thomas Kaira: Feb 8 2011, 06:46 AM
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| Thomas Kaira |
Feb 12 2011, 10:30 PM
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Mouth

Joined: 10-December 10
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Yup, go ahead and let Maxical give 'em an explosion! Wait... No, don't do that! you don't know what she'll destroy! I'm sorry, I didn't mean to put your computer in jeopardy by suggesting that. Yeah, go ahead and delete them if you don't want them. EDIT: Celebratory 200th post dance is in order here... This post has been edited by Thomas Kaira: Feb 12 2011, 10:31 PM
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| King Coin |
Feb 18 2011, 07:57 PM
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Well I added this mod to my game: http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=2518and it has optional creatures add-on. I would like to use them but for some reason when I activate that part of the mod and go into the game world the game crashes. I deactivated almost every other mod I am running and it still crashes. Any suggestions?
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| Thomas Kaira |
Feb 18 2011, 08:37 PM
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Mouth

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That download doesn't provide the extra resources you need to use that portion of the mod. Grab them here. They've been optimized for improved performance on this download. Make sure to grab the items pack, as well, if you want the extra loot. This post has been edited by Thomas Kaira: Feb 18 2011, 08:38 PM
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| Thomas Kaira |
Feb 19 2011, 07:36 PM
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Mouth

Joined: 10-December 10
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That's because you didn't set the BSAs up properly. The game cannot use any resources from an Archive unless you do one of two things:
1: Register the BSA in Oblivion.INI
2: Load an ESP with an identical name to the BSA
Note that it has to be an ESP file in order for that to work, not an ESM. Since the optional creatures and items for that mod come in ESM form, your best bet if you want to use it on its own is to do this:
-Open Oblivion.INI (Documents, My Games, Oblivion) -Find the entry "sArchiveList" -Scroll to the end add the BSAs to the list, it should look like this:
sArchiveList=ArchiveInvalidationInvalidated!.bsa, Oblivion - Meshes.bsa, (the rest of Oblivion's base resources go here), Oblivion - Misc.bsa, FraNewCrea.bsa, FraNewItems.bsa
If you don't have Archive Invalidation Invalidated, I do recommend you obtain it to fix the archive invalidation bug, but it's not absolutely necessary.
This is also the only mod I recommend toing this for, because there is a 256 character limit to the sArchiveList entry.
This post has been edited by Thomas Kaira: Feb 19 2011, 07:37 PM
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| Thomas Kaira |
Feb 20 2011, 02:31 AM
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Mouth

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Archiveinvalidation Invalidated! It's a form of Archive Invalidation called BSA Redirection, which essentially tricks Oblivion into using its bugged automated Archive Invalidation technique on the wrong BSA, allowing for file dates to properly supersede the archives like they did in Morrowind. It needs to be first because I noticed that the linked installer actually places the BSA's registration after the Meshes BSA, which is not a good place for it to be. You want for that dummy BSA to be the very first one Oblivion sees. I know this because I am now solely using BSA Redirection myself and have absolutely zero problems with my replacers not showing up. No more archive invalidation hassles for me! (In case you are wondering, that was my endorsement for using BSA Redirection as your primary Archive Invalidation technique) This post has been edited by Thomas Kaira: Feb 20 2011, 10:20 PM
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| Thomas Kaira |
Feb 23 2011, 01:11 AM
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Mouth

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QUOTE(King Coin @ Feb 22 2011, 05:09 PM)  thanks.
I'll just deal with it because I don't know how to use Bash
*nudge nudge* The OP has links... they can be handy. 
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