Oblivion Tweaks

Dyre Straits · March 14th, 2007, 04:35 PM

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Originally Posted by squall_leonhart

Dyre, uninstall all your codecs, and reinstall them.

i once had really laggy audio becoz the creative mp3 decoder had put itself in first position, putting it behind the microsoft decoders fixed it.

Would just uninstalling and reinstalling do it? Or, do I need to do the reinstall in a particular order?

squall_leonhart · March 15th, 2007, 06:23 AM

it doesn't really matter :P coz you can reorder them in the Sounds and Audio devices section

RingWraith · March 15th, 2007, 07:51 PM

This game looks utterly amazing on the 8800 with angle independant AF and CSAA

Dyre Straits · March 17th, 2007, 08:07 AM

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Originally Posted by RingWraith

This game looks utterly amazing on the 8800 with angle independant AF and CSAA

I'm sure it does!! Lucky you!!

Anyway, I tried something and actually got the game to play very nicely. What I did was install a new HD and install ONLY Windows XP Pro SP2 full version from my CD. Then I made sure that DirectX was updated as well as the motherboard drivers.

THEN, I only installed Oblivion and patched it with the official patch. I followed that up with installing the mods I'd been using and then transferred over the most recent saved games I had.

The game plays.

Although the outdoors still takes a big hit in performance.

NOW...there's a NEW problem: Anywhere from 30 seconds to 5 minutes into the game, I lose my keyboard/mouse!!! I've never encountered this problem on the previous 3 systems I've played on. When this happens, I can only CTRL-ALT-DEL out of the game and then End Task on the game and restart it. To add insult to injury, after experimenting with this new Windows installation and having some success, I decided to shutdown and reboot to the original Windows install and the dang keyboard/mouse problem has followed me.

There must be a demon in my PC....it's the only explanation that makes sense.

Mac Daddy · March 17th, 2007, 12:02 PM

Dyre sounds like you need an exorcist Bro

Hope ya get it sorted

Unixlord · March 17th, 2007, 01:44 PM

This isn't related to overheating/overclocking/volting/bios/RAM usage/issues/mouse drivers/unwanted processes/antivirus/ is it?

RingWraith · March 17th, 2007, 06:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Dyre Straits

I'm sure it does!! Lucky you!!

Anyway, I tried something and actually got the game to play very nicely. What I did was install a new HD and install ONLY Windows XP Pro SP2 full version from my CD. Then I made sure that DirectX was updated as well as the motherboard drivers.

THEN, I only installed Oblivion and patched it with the official patch. I followed that up with installing the mods I'd been using and then transferred over the most recent saved games I had.

The game plays.

Although the outdoors still takes a big hit in performance.

NOW...there's a NEW problem: Anywhere from 30 seconds to 5 minutes into the game, I lose my keyboard/mouse!!! I've never encountered this problem on the previous 3 systems I've played on. When this happens, I can only CTRL-ALT-DEL out of the game and then End Task on the game and restart it. To add insult to injury, after experimenting with this new Windows installation and having some success, I decided to shutdown and reboot to the original Windows install and the dang keyboard/mouse problem has followed me.

There must be a demon in my PC....it's the only explanation that makes sense.

This may be a dumb question, but did you try it after patching, but BEFORE you installed all the mods?

Dyre Straits · March 18th, 2007, 07:57 AM

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Originally Posted by RingWraith

This may be a dumb question, but did you try it after patching, but BEFORE you installed all the mods?

It's not a dumb question by any means. But, as I do NOT want to have to start the game all over again, I've been keeping all the mods and my saved games handy so that I can just continue whenever changing or upgrading my system. I did the same with Morrowind for over ... what was it?.....4-5 years??

Anyway, I found out that the kb/mouse problem is not all that uncommon. In fact, the patch is supposed to take care of it.

Believe it or not, I'm still finding new ruins and caves to explore and plunder...even after a full year of playing. I just definitely want to be ready when Shivering Isles is released.

Chaos · March 18th, 2007, 01:01 PM

I never got into this game, perhaps I might give it a look now that I have an 8800GTS

squall_leonhart · March 18th, 2007, 01:10 PM

i have a copy of it sitting on my shelf,.... i installed it and tried playing it on my 5900xt

let me say :| don't ever try that....

LOL 10fps! LOL and that was indoors :\

guess i need a quicker card finally.

BIGIRB! hurry up and upgrade! i want that GS :P