Beautifying Oblivion the Complete Guide

[ponyboy82]

Originally Posted by Dualhammers

I followed all the instructions from Graphics to Gameplay and the game launched fine, but when I used the "Brand New Life" start the game crashed as soon as I left the ship. Has anyone figured out this problem?

Do you mean the "Alternative Start" mod? http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=11495
You may want to check the forum/comments on that page, but there is this nice note in the mod description:
"NOTE - Several people have reported problems with crashes. I hate to be rude, but the problem is on your end. Make sure you have patched the game to the latest version of the patch and it should be fine."

I've tried all of the Illumination Within versions I can find, and can't get any of them to light up Skingrad at night. Any suggestions?

I've copied the textures and meshes, loaded up the OMOD fine, and the rest of the windows work fine, but nothing in Skingrad even from the versions that claim to have added support for that city and have more mesh files in their folders.

[Twilight Mage]

This thread is slightly broken because megaupload is gone along with a few files this thread says to get.

[Whiplashr]

Originally Posted by Twilight Mage

This thread is now very broken because megaupload is gone along with files this thread says to get...

Most of the links were to outdated versions of the mods for some time now. I suspect you are more wanting to make a point about the megaupload shut down.

Because most anyone who has done any modding of this game knows about sites like The Elder Scrolls Nexus.

http://tes.nexusmods.com/

When I used this thread to do my own modding, months ago, most of the stuff was old/out of date versions. Even back then. It could only be worse now.

I just copy/pasted mod names into the Nexus site and found whatever I was looking for.

[Smooth613]

Originally Posted by Twilight Mage

This thread is now very broken because megaupload is gone along with files this thread says to get...

So by your logic the one single Megaupload link in the OP invalidates the entire topic? I find that rather silly. Anyway, yes, some of the information may be dated or simply point you to an older version but it's definitely a good starting point for anyone new to modding Oblivion.

Unless of course Whiplashr is correct and your point was to moan about Megaupload going down. If that's the case again I find that rather silly.

[Twilight Mage]

Derp...I should've checked more of the links before assuming that.
Somehow I was thinking something like half of them were on there at the time.
Here's a fixed version of one: http://tes.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=25023
Though I still can't find the one MMM file ( mmm37b3bsa ) that was on MegaUpload, not sure if it's necessary or not.

[step2ice]

Is there any, well more simplified or refined guide?

[stoli300]

is there an ENB that people here recommend to use?

thanks!

[Lawlhat]

The link for Deserts of Anequina on this thread is gone. Is there any chance somebody knows where I could find it?

[Sam Mizu]

Iliana's mod "Elsweyr the Deserts of Anequina" uploaded at PES. (Iliana basically said that it was ok to upload it anywhere other than Nexus). Any border removing mod is required for this to work.

The wormhole says it has a downloadable version that can be found at their site. How ever its a mega upload link. I did manage to find a 4shared link here

One small change you may want to look at is to download Immersive Interiors and http://oblivion.nexusmods.com/mods/18305 instead of Natural Environments. These two mods will cause the windows in game to act like windows. Allowing you to view out into the world from many of the in-game structures.

[hua91]

Hi there, this is awesome thread. However, when i click on the screenshot link it seems the image cannot be viewed now. Can you upload the image again so that I can have a preview on this before downloading it ?

Best Regards,
hua91

[Kisalyn]

This is a good guide. I forgot this was here on my recent reinstall of Oblivion. This is the guide I mostly followed in case it helps anyone else:

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/sho...php?t=18247684

[FurryLizzard]

Hello, I've followed the whole guide to the letter, I'm getting some random ctd's. I'm missing MMMMWL-TheHeath patch and MMMMWL-RollingHills patch which are no longer on nexus. I've also considered taking the advice on Kisalyn's link and cleaning the dirty edits out of the bethesda files. Is there any chance someone on here has the above MMM patches, or knows of a new place to find them?

[Kisalyn]

For what mod are the patches for? Unique landscapes? Maybe double check the mod's page at the Nexus to see if they have the patch for download. If it is for UL, take a look at the patch list here:

http://oblivion.nexusmods.com/mods/13834

[NilsJ]

Hi

Ive been following this guide step by step and with the exception of Natural Environments and Alive Waters, ive got all the graphic mods working.

Problem is the sound mods. Meaning I cant get ANY of them to work. When I put them in OMM and start the game It dont even get to the Menu Screen. So does anyone know of some reliable working sound MODS out there and perhaps a guide to install them?

Thanks :-)