Step by step guide to modding?

[Batman]

Full disclosure, I have no clue how to mod on my own. I have tried to follow a guide to get Oblivion up and running with mods but I can not seem to get it to work correctly (freezing every 2 minutes). That being said, is there a completely detailed guide that can walk me through the entire process of getting the game to work? When I say detailed, I mean explain like I'm 5 detailed. If it matters, here are my specs:
AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
Radeon RX Vega 11
12GB DDR4 2666 SDRAM
Windows 10
And the game is installed in a folder on a portable SSD as the guide I followed said to not install into C drive or whatever.

[Batman]

Originally posted by drecognis:

You have been using Mod Organizer/etc mod launcher or you've been manually installing mods?

I used Wirebash and I dragged/dropped files like the guide told me too. The guide also told me to use boss and loot and vortex. It's all Greek to me.

[MasterAub]

1) are you sure Wrye bash is well installed?
2) Click on the "installers" tab
3) Drop your zip (it will ask you if you wand to copy or to move choose whatever suit you best)
4) Right click on the mod file and click "Install"
5) Click on the "Mods" tab and check your mod

Give me the list of your mods so I'll make sure they don't need a special installation.
Good Luck mate

[Batman]

Originally posted by MasterAub:

1) are you sure Wrye bash is well installed?
2) Click on the "installers" tab
3) Drop your zip (it will ask you if you wand to copy or to move choose whatever suit you best)
4) Right click on the mod file and click "Install"
5) Click on the "Mods" tab and check your mod

Give me the list of your mods so I'll make sure they don't need a special installation.
Good Luck mate

I will jot everything down when I get back home.

[Batman]

Originally posted by MasterAub:

1) are you sure Wrye bash is well installed?
2) Click on the "installers" tab
3) Drop your zip (it will ask you if you wand to copy or to move choose whatever suit you best)
4) Right click on the mod file and click "Install"
5) Click on the "Mods" tab and check your mod

Give me the list of your mods so I'll make sure they don't need a special installation.
Good Luck mate

This is what I have downloaded:
Wirebash
Alive Waters
Better Saves
OBSE
OSR
OSR Multicore
Engine Bug Fixes
Blockhead
Pluggy
Unofficial DLC and Shivering Isles patches
Bomrets Textures for SI
GTP3 with updates
Menuque

Plus I have sorted the load with BOSS. So those may not be in the order that they load in or whatever. That said, should I maybe just uninstall and delete everything and start fresh and follow a different guide to get everything up and running?

[MasterAub]

Plus I have sorted the load with BOSS. So those may not be in the order that they load in or whatever. That said, should I maybe just uninstall and delete everything and start fresh and follow a different guide to get everything up and running?

Ok don't reinstall just yet. Let me check those mods first.. I am 5 hours ahead of you so I guess in 5 hours you'll be up and running. That gives me the time to check your mods.

Ok I've checked you mods and I think I know what's going on
Some mods, most of them can be installed with Wryebash or any mod installer without any problems but some should be installed manually.

Alive Waters, Better Saves, Unofficial DLC and Shivering Isles patches, Bomrets Textures for SI, QTP3 with updates ; all these mods can be installed with Wrybash without any problem because they follow the game structure files and folders.

OBSE, OSR, Pluggy, Blockhead, Engine Bug Fixes and MenuQue are better be installed manually (will do that together don't worry this is simple). I bet that the ones that cause problems are "OSR" and "Pluggy" but that can be any of the manul install ones.
When you're online contact me and we'll do the proper check and install. There is non reason you can not enjoy moded Oblivion.

[Batman]

Originally posted by MasterAub:

Plus I have sorted the load with BOSS. So those may not be in the order that they load in or whatever. That said, should I maybe just uninstall and delete everything and start fresh and follow a different guide to get everything up and running?

Ok don't reinstall just yet. Let me check those mods first.. I am 5 hours ahead of you so I guess in 5 hours you'll be up and running. That gives me the time to check your mods.

Ok I've checked you mods and I think I know what's going on
Some mods, most of them can be installed with Wryebash or any mod installer without any problems but some should be installed manually.

Alive Waters, Better Saves, Unofficial DLC and Shivering Isles patches, Bomrets Textures for SI, QTP3 with updates ; all these mods can be installed with Wrybash without any problem because they follow the game structure files and folders.

OBSE, OSR, Pluggy, Blockhead, Engine Bug Fixes and MenuQue are better be installed manually (will do that together don't worry this is simple). I bet that the ones that cause problems are "OSR" and "Pluggy" but that can be any of the manul install ones.
When you're online contact me and we'll do the proper check and install. There is non reason you can not enjoy moded Oblivion.

I actually started fresh, followed a different guide with a different setup, and got it up and running looking oh so nice. Lol. If I would’ve known about communities like this before, I would’ve started gaming on PC a lot sooner. Thanks for going through my previous set up though! Now to get NV and Skyrim up and going.

On a side note, after I uninstalled/deleted everything, I did a scan of my PC and found that I had downloaded a trainer for a different game that had been malicious. It got deleted and boosted performance as well. If you are curious, it was a trainer for GTA3, cause I didn’t wanna go through the slog of trying to beat the timer on a couple of missions. I noticed the freezing on a couple of games after I tried Oblivion, so I kinda figured that something was sapping my performance.

[MasterAub]

Good that you finally made it work. Enjoy your playthrough

[TacPheasant]

@braditude, What other guide did you follow? I'm interested in playing modded Oblivion myself (I've always played on console.)

[Batman]

Originally posted by TacPheasant:

@braditude, What other guide did you follow? I'm interested in playing modded Oblivion myself (I've always played on console.)

I am not exactly sure. I had my favorites deleted. But, I think it is either on Steam or Nexus. Was a very detailed guide. Walked thru installing Wyre Bash and everything.

[Batman]

Originally posted by TacPheasant:

@braditude, What other guide did you follow? I'm interested in playing modded Oblivion myself (I've always played on console.)

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1125736723

This is the one I followed Tac.

[TacPheasant]

Originally posted by braditude1984:

Originally posted by TacPheasant:

@braditude, What other guide did you follow? I'm interested in playing modded Oblivion myself (I've always played on console.)

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1125736723

This is the one I followed Tac.

Thank you very much!

[Batman]

No problem