Oblivion unplayable? Help? Pls?!

[GoDoFcRaP42]

Okay, so- haven't played Oblivion since the 360 days. Loved it back then, decided to take advantage of the recent sales and get it on Steam. Figured that Bethesda would have had the common sense to implement decent controls... forgetting, of course, that they're Bethesda, the one company in all of gaming who rely on the community as unpaid QA testers and bug fixers.

Tried the native controller settings- non-existent. Tried the native keyboard/mouse controls- and I can sum up my experience there with the phrase "WHY IS JUMP MAPPED TO E BY DEFAULT?!". Started looking into community-made work arounds- my brain just f***ing exploded trying to comprehend just how much kibble you have to play with just to make the controls for Oblivion functional. And don't get me started on the audio problems.

So, can anyone help me figure out how to fix Oblivion? Like, where do I start with this thing?

[Futa Fanatic]

you have to use something like joy2key to get fill joypad controls, also you can actually redefine the keys quite easily to what you like, change jump to space and active should become E and that config is playable.

besides that what audio problems? never had an issue with audio even from a game thats 12? years old.

[Teratus]

Controls are iffy when using default keybinds but that's easily fixable in very little time.

I set mine as follows
WASD (naturally movement keys)
CRTL (Crouch)
SHIFT (Run/Walk hold)
CAPS (Run/Walk swap)
E (Activate)
R (Autorun/walk)
Q (Draw/Sheathe Weapon)
F (Change view first/3rd)
Space (Jump)
TAB (Inventory etc)
Mouse Left Click (Attack)
Mouse Right Click (Block)
Mouse Thumb button 4 (Cast spell)
Mouse Thumb Button 5 (Grab/Move)

Game controls perfectly fine for me with that config setup.
As for the Audio I can't help you.. i'm also having some really annoying problems with it.
Some say there isnt any at all but I do get music etc
It's usually fine for a little while but then starts getting progressively distorted the longer I play until it sounds like some kind of midified dubstep crap and I can't make out the music at all anymore XD
I've tried running the game in compatibility with Vista but doesn't fix anything.

[ralphtobybob]

Just train your brain, and get past the annoyance. I switch back sometimes between Fallout 4 and Oblivion. The camera and weapons keys are reversed too. I had the corrupted file crash a year or so ago and it took a while to get over the wanting to choke the stuff out of something or someone feeling and restart the game. I played the DVD version with only Knights and Isles and I wanted to play it all. It helps to use the keyboard with your dominant hand and the mouse with the other hand.

There's a conflict between the additional DLC that requires changing the load order and other problems. I resolved those then the save crashed a few days later. I don't remember what the exact fix was for the conflict. I do have the unofficial patch installed.

One quest doesn't start unless you show up in the essential NPC's residential district if you sell a certain item to a new vendor that's added in the additional DLC.

Check that your video driver is up to date, especially if its an Intel onboard type..

I've had problems losing the PC sound when switching between TV and HDMI if I've turned off the TV. Windows (10) was removing the TV and installing the video card sound driver. That was a Win update problem though, because it didn't do that until recently.
I don't have compatibility on for Oblivion.

Just an FYI on the corrupt save problem. The crash came after doing only menu saves and turning off etc. This time around, the only thing I'm doing differently is exiting to the main menu before quitting. Autosave is on, and I do quicksaves. I've had a few crashes to desktop but the saves were fine.