Oblivion Won't Launch

[aaronnich2015]

Just re-downloaded oblivion and every time I try and start the game it doesn't get to the launch menu. I tried going into the game files to start it but I can't get past the launcher. Any help would be appreciated.

[cheshirm]

oblivion released 2006 by bethesda. falloutnv released 2010 by obsidian. different companies, different programmers, etc. both games run on my win 11 without compatibilty changes/settings. just have to find what is unique to your pc that is stopping things.

error 52.0000 is the exact error msg? on screen? windows event viewer?

[GreeeenBuddy420]

Potential solution. I am windows 11. I did a multi-step solution. First i went to one-drive and deleted the oblivion folder under OneDrive - personal > Documents > Oblivion. Delete the whole folder. Second i went into steam. Go into the library/collections and right click Oblivion and hit properties. In the general tab at the bottom under launch options type -windowed

After that close the settings. DO NOT LAUNCH FROM STEAM. Go into the folder (this depends on where you saved it.... C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Oblivion ... once there right click The oblivion launcher an go to properties, then go to the compatibility tab and click run in compatibility mode for Windows XP (service pack 3) and apply. ... also go into properties for the oblivion application that just says Oblivion and go to compatibility and set it to windows 7.

ONCE YOU HAVE TAKEN THESE STEPS, ALWAYS OPEN FROM THE OblivionLauncher in the folder, not from steam..

Let me know if this works for anyone else please!! hope it helped... after i launched it the first time i closed out and updated graphic options to my resolution and ultra settings.

[Wai]

First, are you using One Drive? This causes problems with this old game. If you are you need to disable it for this game.

If you have ever had this game installed on your PC previously you need to ensure that it has been completely removed. You may have an old mods folder left behind. Move any old saves to a different folder or delete them if you don't want to try to use them.

Then Try this-
Disable any mods if you have any installed.
Turn off Cloud storage if used.
Locate the Oblivion Documents folder.
Delete: BlendSettings, Oblivion and RendererInfo configuration files from the Documents folder.
Start the game and save.
Exit.

You can now turn cloud back on if you wish, and, enable your mods if any.

You will need to reset your screen resolution using the Option on the Launcher window.

This usually fixes this problem.

[David.Dragonheart]

Origineel geplaatst door Wai:

First, are you using One Drive? This causes problems with this old game. If you are you need to disable it for this game.

If you have ever had this game installed on your PC previously you need to ensure that it has been completely removed. You may have an old mods folder left behind. Move any old saves to a different folder or delete them if you don't want to try to use them.

Then Try this-
Disable any mods if you have any installed.
Turn off Cloud storage if used.
Locate the Oblivion Documents folder.
Delete: BlendSettings, Oblivion and RendererInfo configuration files from the Documents folder.
Start the game and save.
Exit.

You can now turn cloud back on if you wish, and, enable your mods if any.

You will need to reset your screen resolution using the Option on the Launcher window.

This usually fixes this problem.

See, I see people mentioning those steps. I get caught at the Documents folder though: I DONT HAVE those .ini files to delete. Not even in OneDrive

[cheshirm]

so the game is crashing before it can write the ini files.
OR it cannot write the files
OR it wrote the files and something moved them.

game launcher takes your options and together with your graphics card driver, writes the settings to those files mentioned above.

check antivirus log AGAIN. might be blocking the game launcher and/or the game.
check windows security/controlled folder access. if on add exceptions.

windows one drive MOVES the files out of the documents folder. so the game has nothing to read. either turn one drive OFF or add exception to leave the ini files where they are. the 2006 game does NOT read one drive folders.

might also be your graphics card driver. use a utility like DDU and delete it. reboot.
CLEAN install the latest driver. reboot. steam verify game files then try the game launcher again and see if the .ini files are created.

go to the steam game folder then the directx folder and run dxsetup with admin permission.
maybe the old libraries did not get installed.

check windows event viewer and also windows reliability history. might be a game crash event or system related errors.

could also check your windows system files. open a command window with admin permission and run

sfc /scannow
DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /ScanHealth

[Arnolds Ostepops]

Same problem. Found out automatic video hardware detection failed and set my defaulted settings to medium quality (creating oblivion.ini). Changed it manualy in the options on the launcher menu to high quality and problem fixed.

[dacrro]

Origineel geplaatst door cheshirm:

I'm using windows 11 since christmas. game has been working. I also ran the game on win me when it came out, win 7 and win 10.

try steam verify game files.

neither steam nor the game installer nor the game nor any mods make any changes to windows security.

check antivirus log? might be blocking game/game launcher.
check windows security/controlled folder access. if on add exceptions for game launcher/game.

game launcher needs to create folder
Documents\My Games\Oblivion
folder should contain files BlendSettings.ini Oblivion.ini RendererInfo.txt
and after game starts your saves folder.

if these files are missing also besides no saves
running windows one drive? one drive moves the ini files to the one drive.
modify one drive to exclude the Oblivion folder

mods? mods cause all kinds of issues. uninstalling mods does NOT remove files that the mod creates/modifies when the game runs.

might be missing some old libraries that the game needs and may have failed to install.
go to folder
...\steam\steam\apps\common\oblivion\directx
and run dxsetup.exe with admin permission. use repair option if there is one.

run game from game folder .exe and NOT from your steam library or an icon. sometimes an error msg appears not hidden by steam.

Muchas gracias, funcionó tu ayuda

[basketball chicken man]

i had the same issue, it solved itself when i chose the right resolution for my screen in oblivion launcher (has to be the same size as ur screen). If u cant choose resolution look if u have a same graphic card 2 times under "Adapter" then take that, u should get to pick resolution now

[jdhthegr8]

I am having CTD after installing the base game fresh, then the Unofficial Oblivion Patch, Unofficial Shivering Isles Patch, Unofficial DLC Patch, and a transparent quest marker mod all through the NMM Vortex installer. Nothing else, nothing crazy. I've played with UOP and its variants before without issue, and using a great many more mods than just this.

The whacky part is that when I launch the game and select Data Files, I see ALL the non-mod content is unchecked. Not just Oblivion.esm but ALL of the game files and DLC packs are unselected. So, for example DLCBattlehornCastle.esp is unchecked but DLCBattlehornCastle - Unofficial Patch is checked.

I know from both experience and the description that the regular DLC esp file needs to be enabled as a master file to its patched version. But when I click "OK" with the options I want and open the Data Files back up, they are all reset to this strange configuration. As a result the game crashes within the first second of the Bethesda splash screen. What the hell is going on here?

[cheshirm]

at this point, any thing is possible. hardware issue, game issue, steam issue, windows issue, dlc issue, mods issue.

perhaps get the vanilla game running FIRST
then add DLC and get that running
then add ONE patch and get that running, etc

[jdhthegr8]

I did take the time to see if what mods I'd chosen, simple as they were, were to blame. I deleted all the files, uninstalled, and reinstalled fresh. Nothing. Tried launching with only Oblivion.esp, not even the retail DLCs. Like a game of Yahtzee from the thrift shop, no dice.

So far have tried:
- Moving the game to C: drive
- Disabling multi-monitor in windows
- Setting Oblivion.exe to run in compatibility mode for Windows XP and Windows Vista
- Running Oblivion.exe as administrator
- Disabling steam and discord overlay
- Looking for mpeg2dmx.ax on my System32 directory to see if it was the culprit (it wasn't, no such file was present)
- Sacrificing a chicken to Baal
- Praying to Todd Howard that if he makes it work I'll rebuy Skyrim again

At this point, I'm approaching the conclusion that some Windows 10 update in the last 2 years since I played it (on the same computer, mind you) has broken compatibility with Oblivion, which would be a huge shame. I am 100% game for eating my shoe if proven wrong though, I'd just like to get it working again.

[TheRandomFish]

Same issue here, I start up the game, the launcher loads up and when I click play, the window for the game appears in the top left corner of my screen. I wait for it to expand to fill the whole screen as it usually would, but it just closes and then nothing happens. Hoping I can get it working again, if not then there goes my hope of replaying the best Elder Scrolls game to date.

[lonetrav]

Origineel geplaatst door jdhthegr8:

I deleted all the files, uninstalled, and reinstalled fresh.

Are you sure that Oblivion was uninstalled completely - no trace left (using "uninstall" alone doesn't guarantee this - for more information search this forum)? Did you disable Steam cloud saving and OneDrive (should you use one these tools)?

[lonetrav]

Origineel geplaatst door TheRandomFish:

Same issue here, ...

Probably not the same issue. Difficult to say anything without more information (could even be a codec problem).

[TheRandomFish]

Origineel geplaatst door lonetrav:

Origineel geplaatst door TheRandomFish:

Same issue here, ...

Probably not the same issue. Difficult to say anything without more information (could even be a codec problem).

I don't really know computers so I don't really know what a codec problem is. Most technical thing I've done with Oblivion is the 4GB patch mod. As far as I can tell though I'm either having the same issue or a really really similar one to the one this post is about. I tried reinstalling it but that didn't do anything to help so now I've just turned off the steam cloud and am reinstalling it again in the hopes that fixes something. Prior to this even happening I was having an issue with crashing which isn't much of a surprise until I realised this crashing was consistent, I was doing the "Back to your Roots" quest or whatever it's called, it's the Nirnroot one, collecting a bunch of them to get this "Dungeon Delver's Elixir". I got to this little grove where some Nirnroot was, since the quest marker led me there, jumped into the water and the game crashed. I booted it back up and jumped in the water again, but no crash this time so I continued to collect the Nirnroot and headed back to Skingrad and on the way back, the game crashed again,. I tried this over and over and the game still kept crashing and started to realise there was a pattern in the crashes, being that every 15-20 seconds the game just closed itself. I thought it may be something to do with that specific area so I loaded a much earlier save and yet again after about 15-20 seconds of walking around, yet another crash. No clue what's happening and now I try to boot it up about a month later and now it refuses to even start so I'm just starting to think a Windows update screwed it up.