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Oblivion Prob

post #1 of 10
4/26/06 at 12:22pm
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Hi One and all
have a very frustrating problem with oblivion every time i try to start the game it just freezes i get as far as the start new game screen and thats it. i have tried various drivers from tonys 84.25gs all the way back to an old set of dell 78.51s and still no joy. i have heard what a great game it is but as yet have faied to see any of it.
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post #2 of 10
4/26/06 at 12:52pm

It may help to post your system specifications

What system are you using and what are the specifications?
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post #3 of 10
4/26/06 at 1:14pm
it freezes? Specify, please. once you press start new game, it just stops? the screen doesnt move anymore?
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post #4 of 10
4/26/06 at 1:24pm
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my system is XPS GEN2 6800 ultra / 2gb ram/ sb audigy2 zs /2.13 pentium m/ and yes it freezes at that point totally as in i have too do a restart manually .
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post #5 of 10
4/26/06 at 2:07pm
Have you tried re-installing the game? If you have already done that and that didn't work, then you might try and go into the options menu under the game start window (the one that pops up when you put the CD in. Again, go to options and check if there is anything abnormal about the game settings in this section. This might lead you in the right direction.

Also, are you using I9KFanGui? because this game can heat up your video card and if you have the Ultra you might also experience crashes during the character creation stage. So download that.

If that doesn't work you may have to simply wait for a patch to come out.

Hope that helped
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post #6 of 10
4/26/06 at 6:16pm
Newest Direct X driver too, in case you hadn't already thought of it.
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post #7 of 10
4/26/06 at 6:49pm
Had same problem. Rename the music folder to something else and that will fix it. No idea why, as my stepson has the exact same laptop with same upgrades and has no problem with the music.

You will not have music in the game, but it is no big deal, as you get all the sound effects, voices, etc - just no music. Many people turn the music off anyway.

BigTymer
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post #8 of 10
4/26/06 at 11:14pm
One thing I want to add is that the game runs much better w/o the Audigy 2. It does not sound as good but it runs much better. BTW-I also turned off music as I find it distracting (when life gets a soundtrack I'll start using music in games). The only time I crash is when I exist and I hear everyone crashes there if they play for more than a couple of hours.

Bob

XPS Gen2 PM 2.0GHz 1GB RAM GF6800Go Ultra 100gb 7200rpm HD ForceWare 84.43
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post #9 of 10
4/27/06 at 12:14am
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Originally Posted by Rochfordrambo
Hi One and all have a very frustrating problem with oblivion every time i try to start the game it just freezes i get as far as the start new game screen and thats it. i have tried various drivers from tonys 84.25gs all the way back to an old set of dell 78.51s and still no joy. i have heard what a great game it is but as yet have faied to see any of it.
Did you run drivercleaner before installing new drivers? Most of the time this wont matter and there will be no side effects if you ignore drivercleaner, but it has solved a few of my problems in the past (for instance, I was getting lockups in fear. reinstalling drivers did nothing, so I utilized drivercleaner and it no longer locked up).. use driver cleaner when you uninstall your drivers, then reinstall the xg-moibleforce 84.25 and see what happens.. if it is strictly a driver issue, this should solve it.
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post #10 of 10
4/27/06 at 3:58pm
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thanks evey one for your help but i have too give the kudos too bigtymer renamed music folder and it worked perfect
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