I'm facing a problem: I can't save neither settings or progress

[Schorl]

I've even checked the documents to see if there's the oblivion.ini file and there's none.
I'm running this on Windows 10 with One Drive disabled. I have checked permissions, disabled read only and have added exceptions to my anti virus. Even tried running the game as an administrator. Also downloaded OBSE, Wrye Bash, BOSS installer and the 4GB patch. Nothing worked.

[meheezen]

you added windows defender exceptions to the game executables?
did you try completely removing/renaming the Oblivion folder inside "my games"?

[Schorl]

Originally posted by meheezen:

you added windows defender exceptions to the game executables?
did you try completely removing/renaming the Oblivion folder inside "my games"?

Yes.

[meheezen]

strange, you say you have OneDrive disabled?
i cannot think of anything else.

[arottweiler]

Have you ever been able to save the game? What happens when you try to save? How big is your saved game folder? If it's over 1Gb move all but the last few saves to another folder and see if that helps.

[Schorl]

Originally posted by arottweiler:

Have you ever been able to save the game? What happens when you try to save? How big is your saved game folder? If it's over 1Gb move all but the last few saves to another folder and see if that helps.

I just bought the game.

[meheezen]

do you have controlled folder access enabled on windows defender?
did you do any tweaks to change the documents folder location? (symlink/junctions)
did you try "repairing" your library folder? (Steam menu -> settings -> downloads -> library folders -> click the 3 dots [...] -> repair folder)

[arottweiler]

What happens when you try to save the game? It helps to know exactly what is happening.

[Schorl]

Originally posted by arottweiler:

What happens when you try to save the game? It helps to know exactly what is happening.

I push save, but it doesn't work. Not even with console commands.

[Schorl]

Originally posted by meheezen:

do you have controlled folder access enabled on windows defender?
did you do any tweaks to change the documents folder location? (symlink/junctions)
did you try "repairing" your library folder? (Steam menu -> settings -> downloads -> library folders -> click the 3 dots [...] -> repair folder)

Explain how to do the tweaks with symlink/junctions.

[slayor3000]

Do you use Oblivion reloaded? If you do, you need to change OblivionReloaded.ini in the OBSE/ Pluggins folder. Under save settings change to 0.

Also try ingame opening console and type saveini and enter.
If it does not work, then create a Oblivion folder in Documents/My Games/ copy the default ini from the Steam, Oblivion folder. Put it in Oblivion folder you just created, rename it to Oblivion.ini. Open the ini and change your resolution settings. Save and open game. Has the resolution been used?

[Schorl]

Originally posted by slayor3000:

Do you use Oblivion reloaded? If you do, you need to change OblivionReloaded.ini in the OBSE/ Pluggins folder. Under save settings change to 0.

Also try ingame opening console and type saveini and enter.
If it does not work, then create a Oblivion folder in Documents/My Games/ copy the default ini from the Steam, Oblivion folder. Put it in Oblivion folder you just created, rename it to Oblivion.ini. Open the ini and change your resolution settings. Save and open game. Has the resolution been used?

How do I find the command on OblivionReloaded.ini? It doesn't show up.

[slayor3000]

So you use it?
Huge read here:
https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/articles/44296/

As they say in the readme : "SaveSettings: Set to 1 temporarily if you need to change settings in Oblivion. Otherwise leave it set to 0. It's necessary for OR's Framerate Manager and a few other features." With ini open goto edit and find. Type in Save then enter, F3 to find next.
It should be there.
Otherwise it maybe ingame menu. "Enter the letter O (not zero) to open or close the menu. Use the arrows keys to navigate and + or - to adjust setting, and hit Return to save settings. Not everything is adjustable here, but it’s still very handy if you aren’t sure what a particular effect does."
Also apparently reading the description there is more than one ini.
You may need to re-download the presets that have the ini's in.

Maybe someone else has used this and can help more, because they do make it seem you should have set Oblivion settings prior to installation, which is why there should be a SaveSettings in the ini, just in case.

[Schorl]

Originally posted by slayor3000:

So you use it?
Huge read here:
https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/articles/44296/

As they say in the readme : "SaveSettings: Set to 1 temporarily if you need to change settings in Oblivion. Otherwise leave it set to 0. It's necessary for OR's Framerate Manager and a few other features." With ini open goto edit and find. Type in Save then enter, F3 to find next.
It should be there.
Otherwise it maybe ingame menu. "Enter the letter O (not zero) to open or close the menu. Use the arrows keys to navigate and + or - to adjust setting, and hit Return to save settings. Not everything is adjustable here, but it’s still very handy if you aren’t sure what a particular effect does."
Also apparently reading the description there is more than one ini.
You may need to re-download the presets that have the ini's in.

Maybe someone else has used this and can help more, because they do make it seem you should have set Oblivion settings prior to installation, which is why there should be a SaveSettings in the ini, just in case.

One more thing: There's no Oblivion.ini in my Steam folder. There's only Oblivion_default.

[slayor3000]

Oblivion.ini will be in Documents\My Games\Oblivion
OblivionReloaded.ini is somewhere else. I believe you will find it in the OBSE\Plugin folder. Double check that read me if its not there.

[Schorl]

Originally posted by slayor3000:

Oblivion.ini will be in Documents\My Games\Oblivion
OblivionReloaded.ini is somewhere else. I believe you will find it in the OBSE\Plugin folder. Double check that read me if its not there.

I have both files. I thought there would also be an Oblivion.ini file in the game's folder.