Obse and Blockhead

[Seerk]

Not sure if anyone can help me since I've done as mentioned in the readmes and my game yet fails to start.

I recently tried to get back into Oblivion and wanted the Oblivion Character Overhaul mod to be a part of that playthrough since it makes the characters look good, rather than potatoheads that is.

To get this mod to work, however, you need to install Blockhead which in turn need the Oblivion Script Extender mod to function. I can't get the game to start when using the latest version of Obse, namely V21, and while I can start the game with V17 it doesn't seem to actually work. I assume it doesn't work because OCO doesn't recognise that Blockhead is working.

I installed them in the specified order: Obse > Blockhead > OCO

I'm at a loss here and while I could play without OCO I would prefer not to so if anyone knows how I can get it working that would be very much appriciated.

[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

The only thing I can suggest is to make sure you are up to date on DirectX 9.0c as the mod description mentions.

Then make sure you extract the OBSE files into your Oblivion folder and not the data folder.

[Seerk]

I actually managed to start the game, problem is now that I'm having issues starting a new game. Also, if I do manage to start a new game (which is difficult but possible) I still see the "Install Blockhead" thing on my character's face meaning that Blockhead still isn't working. I also can't interact with any of the menus outside of the main menu (which has the options vertically now rather than horizontally) but I think this has something to do with the Darnefied UI mod I tried to install manually. (couldn't load it with NMM)

I tried updating my DirectX 9 components but this didn't seem to make a difference.
Also, starting the game was possible with the dll from Obse V17.

[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

Darnified UI might not work with NMM. You can install it manually, but it is rather complicated.

Unless you repackage the mods you download, so that they are structured in a way NMM understands, NMM is not compatible with a lot of Oblivion mods.

Installing DarNified UI with Oblivion Mod Manager is ideal.

I use OBMM to install only two mods, DarNified UI and Nighteye Shader Replacement. I use OBMM because DarNified requires to much effort to install manually.

Another reason you should use OBMM, is to activate Archive Invalidation, which may be why Blockhead is not working correctly.

[C H O D E L O R D]

Definitely make sure that the OBSE folder when installing blockhead (or in general) is within the Data folder, and not just sittin in the oblivion folder. The readme for blockhead is incorrect in where it tells you to extract the files. It should look like Data<OBSE<Plugins< - and this is where blockhead and the rest of the goodies should be.

[Seerk]

I do have the Obse folder in the data folder, I will try to use the OBMM though.
I used the OBMM and got Darnefied UI working through it, it also seems that I used to use the OBMM but for some reason I switched over to the NMM at some point in the past.

I'll try reinstalling the whole Blockhead thing again from the start: Obse > Blockhead > OCO
and see if that works.

[Seerk]

Okay, I downloaded some Obse test mod which said that Obse is working fine on V17 but I still see the 'Install Blockhead' text on my character's face.

[Seerk]

I did another fresh install, this time installing and checking mod by mods rather than installing all of them at once... It's all working now, with Obse V21 no less.
So it was most likely a mod that was casuing compatibility issues, which one that is I don't know (yet) though.

[SisyphusUnending]

Having this issue right now, trying to install just OBSE, Blockhead, and OCO. Only a few races display the blockhead error for some reason, even though the files are in the correct areas. Does the newest blockhead version not work or something?

[76561198034396398]

Oblivion Character Overhaul has a few conflicts make sure to read the full page here's a snippet

things you CANNOT run together with OCO:
-Hair/eye packs that affect vanilla races
-Any mods that affect vanilla NPCs
-Mods that change racial stats

Blockhead works fine

[SisyphusUnending]

Only using the three mods mentioned currently

[76561198034396398]

with Oblivion you need to use the Archive Invalidation (get the manual installer) also get the Unofficial patches from Nexus,if you've done a clean install and followed the instructions,it could be something else causing problems,delete your INI file (it'll generate a new one) get the 4G patch,was your game working before ? also is OBSE working ?