Help Me Game Not Loading my saves

[Katreian]

Alright so I bought the Deluxe Edition a while back and started playing on my old computer, just built a new one and decided to play oblivion on the new one. I started playing one of my old saves and it was working fine. Today I wanted to play that same exact save file but as soon as I try to load into it the game crashes. I uninstalled and reinstalled, didn't change anything, verified the files, didn't help, deleted and reinstalled all addons, didn't help either. I can start up a new game and that works fine but i can't load my old files. HALP PLZ

[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

If you are going to play Oblivion or any of the last few TES games, you should do yourself a favor and save often. Keep several saves as backups.

Do not rely on only one single save, as saves can sometimes become corrupted.

As a general rule of thumb, always try to save your game before starting and after completing any quest if possible and after obtaining any item you want to keep. It is also a good idea to save your game before exiting an area as loading through the door may initiate a crash that will wipe out your progress.

The reason why you want to save before starting new quests is that sometimes problems can occur that cause CTD's when talking to NPC's related to the quest and having a save to load before starting the quest can sometimes help fix the problem. Saving the game after quests will help avoid repeating things over again if the game crashes and potentially losing good items that are lost because of a crash.

Have you tried starting a new game and saving to see if the new save works?

You can try deleting your Oblivion.ini and see if it fixes the problem. If not you can try removing the save from the folder and allow the Steam Cloud to replace it. Sometimes, although rarely, the Steam Cloud may have a non corrupted version of the save.

Other than that, you may be sol.