I just can't get OBSE to work.

[Tiparium]

I've tried everything this video suggests :https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=903&v=edB_LFNOdyM

I've tried installing a random other version of the OBSE launcher someone made. I've tried launching the game through my mod organizer, through my desktop, and directly through steam. I just cannot get OBSE to run.

If I luanch through steam no mods load. If I launch through the orgnizer my mods load, but OBSE doesn't and my tester fails. Does anyone know how to fix this?

[StreamWhenGuy]

Try this:
In MO go to settings -> workarounds and set the load mechanism to Script Extender.
Start the Modify executables dialog to create a new executable.
Give the executable a title, f.i. Steam.
In the Binary box navigate to where you have Steam installed.
In the arguments box add the following argument -applaunch 22330.
In the selector next to Run select your new executable and press run.

[Tiparium]

Originally posted by StreamWhenGuy:

Try this:
In MO go to settings -> workarounds and set the load mechanism to Script Extender.
Start the Modify executables dialog to create a new executable.
Give the executable a title, f.i. Steam.
In the Binary box navigate to where you have Steam installed.
In the arguments box add the following argument -applaunch 22330.
In the selector next to Run select your new executable and press run.

I'm at work right now but I'll try that asap. I don't know how to do any of the steps after set load mechanism to script extender though.

[StreamWhenGuy]

Oops I didn't complete some steps.
Start the Modify executables dialog to create a new executable. Just next to Run button there is the selector to add custom executables. Here: https://imgur.com/a/9NywpGw
I called mine Steam.
Then press Edit and add Steam.exe, mine is in D:\Games\Steam: https://imgur.com/a/PTGmONP
You can ignore Start in box.
Add the following argument to the argument box as well -applaunch 22330.
After all of that just choose your newly added Steam.exe and run the game through it.

[Tiparium]

Originally posted by StreamWhenGuy:

Oops I didn't complete some steps.
Start the Modify executables dialog to create a new executable. Just next to Run button there is the selector to add custom executables. Here: https://imgur.com/a/9NywpGw
I called mine Steam.
Then press Edit and add Steam.exe, mine is in D:\Games\Steam: https://imgur.com/a/PTGmONP
You can ignore Start in box.
Add the following argument to the argument box as well -applaunch 22330.
After all of that just choose your newly added Steam.exe and run the game through it.

So I've set up the Steam executable, but I no longer have the option to set the load mechanism to Script Extender. I used to have the option so I'm not sure why it went away, but the option is no longer available. It's just not showing up in the menu.

[StreamWhenGuy]

That's odd. It shouldn't go away. May be you forgot something? The argument box? Check if you have set everything like here: https://imgur.com/a/kbZ6gLQ
Those are just simple steps, there is nothing to break literally.

[SpookyKikii ♥TTV]

I have the exact same problem, haha! It just won't work, it's a massssiiiive pain in the ass

[Ceroki]

Modding this game is next to impossible now. Most things I've seen is that OBSE is just activated if you have the steam version automatically.

[StreamWhenGuy]

MO can and will be tricky with Oblivion. It took me a week may be to figure out what's what. Everything works fine now though. Some versions of MO just didn't work properly, OBSE didn't work, some plugins didn't work... All I did to fix some issues was those steps. OBSE plugins I installed manually otherwise they won't work.
May be you guys just should use Wrye Bash or/and OBMM to make it easier.

[Bomb Bloke]

Originally posted by Tiparium:

So I've set up the Steam executable, but I no longer have the option to set the load mechanism to Script Extender. I used to have the option so I'm not sure why it went away, but the option is no longer available. It's just not showing up in the menu.

I would guess that MO is now recognising that you're running the game through Steam, and therefore you don't need a separate launcher option for OBSE. This is because Steam's overlay should be starting OBSE for you.

If that's not happening, then make sure that the Steam overlay is active: you should get a pop-up telling you so ("Access Steam Community blah blah...") shortly after the game starts. If that's not happening, first check your Steam settings, and then have a think about which other programs might be interfering. Security tools such as BitDefender are notorious for blocking the overlay.

[Dingbat]

You have my sympathies. In my experience, OBSE can fail to work, work for a while and stop, and just drive people crazy as a part of it's normal operating procedure. Let's try the basics.
Bear with me, I'm sure you've tried at least some of this.

1. Did I install it in the right directory? Are your .dll in the Oblivion directory and do you have an obse folder within the data folder? o.k.

2. Am I certain OBSE is / is not working? There are 2 ways to check this that I know of. First is to check your save games. You should find these in the path User/Documents/My Games/Oblivion/Saves In addition to the normal .ess and .bak files, you should also find .obse files. If you find .obse files there, it is working, otherwise not. Obviously, you need to have installed OBSE and played a bit and then saved for this to work.The second way, if somehow this does not work for you, is with a mod from the Nexus called OBSE test plugin. It's a simple .esp file. Drop it in, check it off, run the game and do what it says.

With that out of the way, the following have caused me issues with obse in the past -

3. Do you have Steam Overlay enabled? It is in the top left menu. Steam>Settings>In Game.

4. The Steam Overlay executable file (GameOverlayUI.exe) in the Steam (not the Oblivion) directory. Try setting that to 'run as an administator'.

5. Windows UAC. Do you have your games in the default C:/Program Files(x86)/... ? Moving programs out of this file structure can help a lot, if you already haven't. For example I have my Steam stuff in C:/Games/Steam/ ... etc.

[Tiparium]

Originally posted by Bomb Bloke:

Originally posted by Tiparium:

So I've set up the Steam executable, but I no longer have the option to set the load mechanism to Script Extender. I used to have the option so I'm not sure why it went away, but the option is no longer available. It's just not showing up in the menu.

I would guess that MO is now recognising that you're running the game through Steam, and therefore you don't need a separate launcher option for OBSE. This is because Steam's overlay should be starting OBSE for you.

If that's not happening, then make sure that the Steam overlay is active: you should get a pop-up telling you so ("Access Steam Community blah blah...") shortly after the game starts. If that's not happening, first check your Steam settings, and then have a think about which other programs might be interfering. Security tools such as BitDefender are notorious for blocking the overlay.

The steam overlay is definitely active. But when I try to launch the game through steam, none of my mods work. I'm using the alternative start mod just so I can see right away if it's working or not. It's still loading me into the jail cell. The only software I can think of that might cause a problem is my VPN, but I tried disabling it and that didn't help.

[gr1nie]

I don't think Alternative Start requires OBSE. Not all mods do, actually (unless you only installed those that do require it), so check inside the Oblivion launcher ('Data files' button) that all of your desired mods are activated first, just to be sure.

[Bomb Bloke]

Originally posted by Tiparium:

The steam overlay is definitely active. But when I try to launch the game through steam, none of my mods work.

To be clear on this: you're having MO tell Steam to launch the game, using the custom launcher command StreamWhenGuy got you to set up?

[m0k]

use OBMM/Wrye Bash

[Tiparium]

Originally posted by Bomb Bloke:

Originally posted by Tiparium:

So I've set up the Steam executable, but I no longer have the option to set the load mechanism to Script Extender. I used to have the option so I'm not sure why it went away, but the option is no longer available. It's just not showing up in the menu.

I would guess that MO is now recognising that you're running the game through Steam, and therefore you don't need a separate launcher option for OBSE. This is because Steam's overlay should be starting OBSE for you.

If that's not happening, then make sure that the Steam overlay is active: you should get a pop-up telling you so ("Access Steam Community blah blah...") shortly after the game starts. If that's not happening, first check your Steam settings, and then have a think about which other programs might be interfering. Security tools such as BitDefender are notorious for blocking the overlay.

Okay so it looks like the reason the option dissapeared from MO is because when I reinstalled OBSE, I actually followed the instructions instead of dropping all the files into my Oblivion directory. Apparently for the Script Extender option to appear, you need to actually put the executable into the directory, which the instructions don't actually say to do. This hasn't actually solved my problem though, as my mods still don't work.