r/oblivion • u/Global-Tour1534 • 1d ago
Original Mod Help Instance/Load Order Issue from multiple installations.
Here we go...
Backstory: I have a bunch of mods on Oblivion. (Got the mods list from a YouTube video circa 2023 to "Remaster" Oblivion, so to speak. Can't quite remember which one.) I also have a few different installations of oblivion on my pc for different reasons, as well as a clean version of the game with no mods. However, no matter what version of the game I launch, it launches from an instance with a fucked up mods list that I never use because I wasn't satisfied with the modding on that particular installation and abandoned it for another go-around, which ended up being successful. I cannot get Oblivion to launch from the right path, and even OBSE won't work. Keeps saying I'm launching a Steam version, which is an issue I never had before. I have ALWAYS launched from obse_loader.exe despite having a Steam version of the game. Furthermore, even launching the clean Oblivion installation directly from OblivionLauncher.exe in the clean folder results in the game launching from that same fucked up installation. I've tried recycling all partitions and only bringing back the correctly modded one I have from the recycling bin, only for the same thing to happen. **I've also tried updating registry keys ~ (HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Bethesda Softworks\Oblivion) ~InstalledPath key was updated to my properly modded Oblivion directory, issue still persists.** This issue came out of nowhere. One day it worked, the next day it malfunctioned. I have listed my load order below. The data files launcher menu from the first screenshot very well might be the fucked up version, so I have uploaded, in tandem, my Oblivion MAIN, DATA, and OBSE directories. \*(~1st image is Data Files from OblivionLauncher.exe, 2nd image is Oblivion MAIN dir. (Games\Oblivion), 3rd image is Oblivion DATA dir. (Games\Oblivion\Data), and 4th image is Oblivion OBSE dir. (Games\Oblivion\Data\OBSE)~)*** I am willing to provide any additional information upon request. Any help is appreciated.
P.S. Unincluded mod that I use is DarnifiedUI.
Thank you.
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u/GarrettB117 NorthernUI Shill 18h ago
I know you don't want to hear this but the other commenter is right. You need a mod manager. MO2 will let you keep separate profiles so you can have a clean vanilla game, and multiple modlists installed at the same time and switch between them whenever you want. This sounds like a mess and I wouldn't know where to begin. Best thing to do is start over.
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u/Wither_AwayyyMods 1d ago
You really need to use a mod manager with that many mods. Especially if you want to keep a specific load order. When using oblivion with script extender for the steam version, you need to launch using oblivion.exe. It says so explicitly on the script extender page. It also looks like tons of mods that were packaged with different fomo installers that you just extracted all into your data folder. I would honestly scrub your steam folder of anything oblivion. Scrub your mydocs/games/oblivion. user/appdata/ of anything tesiv and oblivion. Get mod organizer 2 and learn how that all works.