nicktheduke

Update: I disabled a lot of mods and streamlined the load order. Then I optimized all the meshes and BSAs. I thought I had it. I really did. And then... Using a variety of village additions like AFK and MTC with all the compatibility patches. I'm getting a crash in Weye North when approaching signposts at fork in road coming from IC or simply wandering around. Only when I deactivate MTC does the crash go away. It's very frustrating since I thought I got to a point of finalizing mods after 3 weeks lol. Does anyone know how to fix? I would really like to keep both and I've seen other people use together. Please help! Here's current load order: https://pastebin.com/pTUDsNrs

Hi again everyone. So I went through the fabulous process of uninstalling Mod Organizer and reinstalling everything through Wrye Bash. My install package order needs to be adjusted especially in terms of overriding textures. My caves/dungeons have suddenly gotten much darker than when I was using MO to install. And for some reason installing pHUD was a pain in the ass this time and wasn't working correctly. I still don't have fists icon appear in weapon slot where it should be... Also I had to change settings a few times to set FOV to 90. Currently the game is running OOO + MOO + Better Cities + Unique Landscapes + Vanilla Combat Enhanced w/ Deadly Reflex 5 and Balanced Magic + Sneak Detection Calibrated + Better Dungeons/Snu's Dungeons + a bunch of villages and immersion mods. It feels complete wouldn't you say? Lol. But the FPS sucks. Hence why I'm not using RAEVWD. On the bright side, the game isn't crashing. But like I said, I'm getting horrible performance. Maybe even worse than I was before using MO and this is after optimizing the entire mesh folder after installing with Wrye Bash. I don't think it's a textures issue since a single 970 should be able to handle whatever Oblivion can through at it? I really need to figure it out. It sucks because I feel like I've edited things down. I could get rid of a few more ESPs like Ravens & Seagulls? Doesn't OOO or MOO add flying birds? Or SOC-Wildlife Variety? What is causing FPS drop? Is it really having so many major mods like BC and UL? If you could look at load order + installed packages and tell me what I can get rid of, it would be appreciated. Thanks! Load Order: https://pastebin.com/mXADnDQF Installed Packages: https://pastebin.com/83Bi30J8 More info at BethSoft forums: https://forums.bethsoft.com/topic/1601170-help-with-ultimate-oblivion-mod-guide-2016

Hi everyone. I'm currently using the old version of this guide to create a 2016 edition of my own guide. You can check out my progress here: https://forums.bethsoft.com/topic/1601170-help-with-ultimate-oblivion-mod-guide-2016/ Trying my best to create a stable modded game with as much immersion and exploration as possible, etc. Currently having trouble with Really Textured Normal Maps. Discovering the Mouth of the Panther shipwreck, whenever I move the camera around the ship and parts of the area around it turn yellow. See here: https://imgur.com/a/hdSbZ Turning off RTNM fixed the problem. However I really liked what I thought added to the game. Is there a fix around this? Please see above link for load order, etc. Also, would love your feedback on mods and getting as much out of Oblivion as I can. Thanks!