Modding headache. Please send help.

[Unclean Nurgle]

So I've been sitting here for about two days without sleep desperately trying to install a series of mods. At first it was for nostalgia, but now I'm simply hell bent of having this work.

So I'll list off my mods, then the load order.

I've got NMM and OBMM, I use OBMM for everything.
OBSE (21)
DarNified UI 132
Maskar's Oblivion Overhaul 4_8_1
Oblivion Reloaded (Needed for Maskar's Overhaul, or so I was told.)

(So at this point, I can launch oblivion and start a new game fine, I never actually played through because I wanted the last mod in the list, notably, when exiting the game it'd crash instead.)

Oblivion Character Overhaul v2 and the blockhead plugin.

So when I try and install the character overhaul I was unable to start a new game without crashing after the loading screen finished, I then noticed that Maskar's overhaul had a body mod called HGEC, so I DLed and installed the patch it needed for compatability.

Still got the crash, so I've then resorted to trying many different things including shuffling the load order through BOSS and what not, in the end I got extremely angry and disabled the character overhaul. Too bad, because even after disabling it, I still get the CTD upon starting a new game.

So here's the load order I have right now.

Oblivion.esm
DLCShiveringisles.esp
Knights.esp
DLCHorseArmor.esp
DLCFrostcrag.esp
DLCSpellTomes.esp
DLCMehrunesRazor.esp
DLCVileLair.esp
DLCOrrery.esp
DLCThievesDen.esp
DLCBattlehornCastle.esp
OblivionReloaded.esp
Maska's Oblivion Overhaul.esp
Oblivion_Character_Overhaul.esp

I've heard there might be an issue with OBSE running, I've gone over anything I could, steam overlay is enabled and functions in Oblivion, I cannot run OBSE's launcher because for some reason the creators thought it'd be a good idea to restrict access to steam users since they didn't have to, despite it not being wrong/bad to run the OBSE launcher.

Help is appreciated.

[Unclean Nurgle]

I've deleted them already I'm afraid.

[LEGACY]

Looks like you've already thrown in the towel, but I would still like to give my 2 cents.
I've experienced pretty much the same problem and what fixed it for me was Archive Invalidation.

Using Oblivion Mod Manager, go to Utilities and then Archive Invalidation.
There I selected BSA redirection and hit the update now.
After that the crash went away.

If you ever try to install those mods again and experiences the crashes again, give this a try.

[Unclean Nurgle]

I'm going to try it without the character overhaul and get back to you on what happens.

Also I fixed the CTD on startup, there was a corrupted file being autoloaded from OBMM.

[Unclean Nurgle]

It finally worked, to a degree. I did the same steps but instead of doing what the character overhaul demanded, I just extracted it manually.

There's only one issue left, I semi-consistently crash when leaving or loading even with the stutter fixer, I fear eventually the game will become corrupt or something like that, any tips to keep it stable?

[RangerDog]

I might be that you need to install the 4GB patch as well, to allot more memory to the game. Since it came out in 32xbit only, it can't utilize all of the available memory you probably have available unless you use the patch.

Additionally, OCO needs some compatability patches to work with the expansions, if you use those. I don't think that would cause the crashes, but it could be useful for you. Below is the link.

http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/46249/?

There is a guide on the Nexus that is pretty useful for setting up for modding your game. It is meant for a full overhaul, but the opening sections deal with load order, Wyre Bash, OBMM, and other important things. I reccommend checking it out too. Below is the link.

http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/47591/?

Also, I think LOOT is a better sorting tool, personally. You could check that out if you want.

Finally, I recommend using Wrye Bash in addition to OBMM. It makes things so simple in my opinion. I believe it runs BOSS internally which is convenient, though LOOT is my preferred sorter, as I mentioned above.

I run a mod setup similar to your, though I don't have MOO or HGEC. If I think of anything else I'll let you know. :P

I feel you're pain. Over the years, I've pulled out enough hair from dealing with modding problems to create a 1:1 scale effigy of myself.

[RangerDog]

Originally posted by Unclean Nurgle:

I fear eventually the game will become corrupt or something like that, any tips to keep it stable?

I have used MoreHeap, as I was dealing with crashing every 20 min or so. Installing it has completely removed the crashing for me. You could give it a try. I recommend adjusting its INI file to allow 512 instead of the default 256.

http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/44985/?

[Kongha]

Originally posted by WingNut:

http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/47591/?

Also, I think LOOT is a better sorting tool, personally. You could check that out if you want.

Finally, I recommend using Wrye Bash in addition to OBMM. It makes things so simple in my opinion. I believe it runs BOSS internally which is convenient, though LOOT is my preferred sorter, as I mentioned above.

I run a mod setup similar to your, though I don't have MOO or HGEC. If I think of anything else I'll let you know. :P

I feel you're pain. Over the years, I've pulled out enough hair from dealing with modding problems to create a 1:1 scale effigy of myself.

Thank you! I didnt know that patch existed.

Loot isnt good when used with Oblivion, some mods that needs to be high in the load order ends up in the botton and it misses mods that needs to cleaned. BOSS is still updated and puts the mods in correct order.

Wrye Bash is the tool to use. Its said to be "super hard" but if you can drag and drop files in windows Explorer you are all set tbh :)

Have a look at my modlist/tutorial there you will se a good video of how to simply use Wrye bash. http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=971312438

Best of luck OP, Ive felt the same but if you take your time and read the readmes and install one mod at the time you will soon be all set :) Dont give up

[RangerDog]

Originally posted by Kongha:

Wrye Bash is the tool to use. Its said to be "super hard" but if you can drag and drop files in windows Explorer you are all set tbh :)

Its scary becuase it doesn't have a slick acronym lke everything else in the TES Modding community ;)

[Unclean Nurgle]

So far it's going smoothly, thank you all so much for the tips.