Cant create save files (its not the alt/tab problem)

[Giannisl300]

So, i redownloaded oblivion after some years and now i cant create a new save file. The game says it is saving or creating an autosave but when i open the load menu there is nothing. It also wont recognize my video hardware. will prompt the message every time I open the launcher and is stuck in the lowest resolution.
Any advice will be appreciated

[Wai]

If you are using One Drive this could well cause problems. I don't have one drive, so cannot help with this, but, I know that Oblivion cannot recognise it so you need to have it off for Oblivion.

If that does not solve the issue:

I suggest you verify your game files first.

Then, before loading the game;

• Make sure you do not have any remaining files from your previous game.
  
• Turn off the cloud.
  
• Go to the Oblivion Documents file and;
  
• 1 - Remove or delete the Saves folder.
  
• 2 - Delete Blendstings, Oblivion and Renderinfo files.
  (Oblivion will create new files the first time you load your game.
  
• 3 - Start a new game and save as soon as you like.
  
• 4 - Exit the game and turn the cloud back on.
  
• 5 - Start a new game and save it.

(You could try returning your old saves at this point, if you only moved them, but, I would not recommend it and certainly not if you have any mods used with them.)

[Giannisl300]

Originally posted by Wai:

If you are using One Drive this could well cause problems. I don't have one drive, so cannot help with this, but, I know that Oblivion cannot recognise it so you need to have it off for Oblivion.

If that does not solve the issue:

I suggest you verify your game files first.

Then, before loading the game;

• Make sure you do not have any remaining files from your previous game.
  
• Turn off the cloud.
  
• Go to the Oblivion Documents file and;
  
• 1 - Remove or delete the Saves folder.
  
• 2 - Delete Blendstings, Oblivion and Renderinfo files.
  (Oblivion will create new files the first time you load your game.
  
• 3 - Start a new game and save as soon as you like.
  
• 4 - Exit the game and turn the cloud back on.
  
• 5 - Start a new game and save it.

(You could try returning your old saves at this point, if you only moved them, but, I would not recommend it and certainly not if you have any mods used with them.)

So nothing worked, but you know what did? Making a whole new local windows user and downloading the game there.

[lonetrav]

Originally posted by Giannisl300:

So nothing worked, but you know what did? Making a whole new local windows user and downloading the game there.

Congratulations!
And interesting. If creating a new local Windows user helped, then the problem was caused by a failure of the communication between the application software and the operating system.
Well, to me it looks like a cloud / synchronisation issue (Steam, OneDrive, or other similar systems, like Wai indicated above). New user - no synchronisation (at least initially).
Or is there a different potential explanation why creating a new user could fix this particular problem?

[cheshirm]

one possibilty. when you create a windows account it is created with a number of default settings. over time, some new app may change one of these settings causing other apps to stop working. or a setting may become corrupted. or when the game was released years ago, the setting did not even exist.

here is one setting example that stops skyrim and fallout nv from working. there are probably many more. maybe some website keeps track of them.
https://steamcommunity.com/app/22380/discussions/0/3830919351652104528/

[Giannisl300]

Originally posted by cheshirm:

one possibilty. when you create a windows account it is created with a number of default settings. over time, some new app may change one of these settings causing other apps to stop working. or a setting may become corrupted. or when the game was released years ago, the setting did not even exist.

here is one setting example that stops skyrim and fallout nv from working. there are probably many more. maybe some website keeps track of them.
https://steamcommunity.com/app/22380/discussions/0/3830919351652104528/

yeah, i had the same problems with fallout nv,4 and 76. Glory to bethesda xd