OBSE Mod not working - I've tried it all, spent the whole weekend trying every Thread solution

[Zyguy]

I spent the last two days googling and searching threads and I know OBSE comes up a lot, so I made sure not to make a post until I've reached the limit. I can't see my mods running within the game so I check online, thread after thread it says maybe my OBSE isn't working. I see so many threads with fixes and many more with unresolved questions about OBSE not working with Steam. I've checked to enable Steam Overlay in both the steam settings and on Oblivion itself in the steam library. I reinstalled Steam and Oblivion on the same drive. I made sure Steam was not running when I installed OBSE to the oblivion folder. I then ran steam as administrator, and it did not work. Some threads have commenters tell you "you'll need to launch through the OBSE launcher, of course" which doesn't work because you get prompted that you should open it through steam itself. Comments then say "well, of course, you should launch it through steam." I've also tried using the older version of OBSE launcher, which didn't fix it for me either, especially since I need to open it through steam anyway. I've uninstalled and reinstalled both steam and oblivion, I've uninstalled and reinstalled all the mods themselves with fresh downloads. I even saw a person say that the antivirus/firewalls could be preventing this, all I have is windows defender and I haven't found a way to see if I can even make exceptions for Steam other than running as administrator. I'm kind of at my wits end with modding because the videos and threads make it look so easy, yet I'm stuck with "install Blockhead" across all character faces (because script extender won't work, neither will blockhead nor other mods requiring OBSE). My current theory and I'm not a programmer so I'm not sure this affects it, is I have the Oblivion Game of the Year edition (Oblivion with 1 encompassing DLC pack) from Steam, and perhaps OBSE needs a compatibility for that? I don't know. What have I missed? What else can I try?

[StreamWhenGuy]

I have GOTY edition not Deluxe, OBSE does work just fine, so it isn't that.
As for the thread... I have no idea XD it should work just like that, you put all the OBSE files including Data folder inside the game folder (where Oblivion.exe located) and launch the game through Steam.
I've just checked full vanilla game, deleted whole Oblivion folder within My Documents\My Games, downloaded OBSE, installed OBSE Test Plugin and launched the game. Works fine even with overlay being disabled. I'm on Win7. I'm sure that's something pretty obvious unless there is anything going on with Win10 if you've been using it.

[BluntSword]

Set steam and steam overlay to run as administrator. Exit steam then restart it to make sure it's running as such. Launch oblivion then it should work but you have to make sure steam is open when ever you try to play oblivion from now on. At least that's what worked for me. Make sure you have obse 0.21 installed as well.

[Zyguy]

Originally posted by KamisantaLolz:

I have GOTY edition not Deluxe, OBSE does work just fine, so it isn't that.

Good to know

[Zyguy]

Originally posted by BluntSword:

Set steam and steam overlay to run as administrator. Exit steam then restart it to make sure it's running as such. Launch oblivion then it should work but you have to make sure steam is open when ever you try to play oblivion from now on. At least that's what worked for me. Make sure you have obse 0.21 installed as well.

I can run administrator for Steam but how do I run administrator for overlay?

As far as the rest, I've certainly tried it

[BluntSword]

Right click on the shortcut for steam and go to containing folder and right click on steam.exe and steamoverlay.exe and go to properties and in the second tab set it to run as administrator

[Bomb Bloke]

Is the Steam overlay active in your game? You've mentioned that the setting to enable it is checked, but is the overlay actually working? You should get a pop-up whenever you start the game to tell you so, if it's working correctly.

When you say that your mods "aren't working", exactly what are they doing instead? Are you getting in-game messages telling you that OBSE isn't active, or are they simply not affecting your game at all? Do all of your mods require OBSE? You make it sound like you can't get any mods working at all...

Is an OBSE log file appearing in your game's installation directory?