Oblivion crashes :(

jegz · 17 Apr 2006 at 15:04

Just got oblivion and played through the tutorial and am just starting to begin the quests.

Im now outside and looking for some guy but nearly everytime i get attacked the game crashes to the desktop.

It worked fine for the first hour or 2 of the game just enough for me to want to play it and now its doing this :mad:

has anyone else had this problem ??? Plz help

Just thought i'd add my specs (i know theyre low but they meet the requirements):

Athlon 2800+ barton
1gb of corsair pc 3200
ATI Radeon 9600 tx

Last Kronin · 17 Apr 2006 at 15:09

Have you tried updating the frame network or what ever its called to 2.0, i used to have crashes until i updated.

jegz · 17 Apr 2006 at 15:10

Do you mean the .net framework for the ATI drivers???

Last Kronin · 17 Apr 2006 at 15:14

Thats the one, it may or maynot work for you but give it a try, cant hurt.

jegz · 17 Apr 2006 at 15:39

Just did it and get the same crash. Its seems its when a lot of movement goes on at once.

Ive looked for patches but there is none i can find

Gutted looks like ill have to settle for playing it on my mates pc :mad:

Any more ideas very welcome !

Sweetloaf · 17 Apr 2006 at 15:45

Are you running overclocked?

Do you have all the latest drivers? Gfx, sound, mobo?

Go into the Oblivion Data folder/music and rename the battle folder to BattleOFF. if this doesn't help just change it back!

jegz · 17 Apr 2006 at 15:53

yeha i have the processor overclocked but it is stable normally its a 2600+ but i have it running @ 2083mhz instead and its generally about 40-44c.

I have the latest drivers for the gfx card which is not overclocked atm. the mobo is a *whisper* PCCHIPS M848A *cough* iirc will try that file rename in a min hopefully that will work

Sweetloaf · 17 Apr 2006 at 15:55

You're gonna need to run everything at stock to truly rule that out, a pain I know but it's the only way to be sure

jegz · 17 Apr 2006 at 17:25

Running @ stock now. Still getting more random crashes

Gonna try renaming that folder is there anything enls it could be :confused:

jegz · 17 Apr 2006 at 17:54

Renaming that folder seems to work

cheers mate!

Sweetloaf · 17 Apr 2006 at 18:45

jegz said:
Renaming that folder seems to work cheers mate!

Hope so

Do you have a Creative soundcard by any chance?

jegz · 17 Apr 2006 at 19:48

Yeah man.

It just crashed then after making some awful white noise like noises :eek:

Is there a know compatibility issue with creative cards or summat???

Sweetloaf · 17 Apr 2006 at 20:11

yes, mainly associated with stuttering and long pauses though, try disabling hardware audio , think it's a case of going into your name documents, my games, Oblivion, Ob config settings and under audio you will see:

bDSoundHWAcceleration=1

change the value to 0, save and see what happens!

I'm not 100% sure that that is it...more 98%

jegz · 17 Apr 2006 at 20:20

If i do that wouldn't it stop the sound all together??

I've just installed the creative drivers and tried playing it and it crashed randomly

Sweetloaf · 18 Apr 2006 at 07:18

jegz said:
If i do that wouldn't it stop the sound all together??

Not sure if it will run in software mode??

Either way, if it stops the crashing it means that you've found the problem and have something to work with!

You can always change it back

EagleOC · 18 Apr 2006 at 07:26

This thread is looking all too familiar.

superpc · 18 Apr 2006 at 08:15

Oblivion is a bag of cow dung really. It is causing so many problems for a lot of people! The proof is in that other games run fine and then you put Oblivion on and trouble starts! I wish a game could come out that would be trouble free for 99% of people. I know there are different components in pc's but the game makers know this and should be able to have a good work-around.

modo77 · 18 Apr 2006 at 10:14

superpc said:
Oblivion is a bag of cow dung really. It is causing so many problems for a lot of people! The proof is in that other games run fine and then you put Oblivion on and trouble starts! I wish a game could come out that would be trouble free for 99% of people. I know there are different components in pc's but the game makers know this and should be able to have a good work-around.

Doesn't mean its oblivions fault, its pushing your computer more than pretty much any other game. Which could be the reason why some people have issues. Personally I've not had any problems and am loving a great game

Sweetloaf · 18 Apr 2006 at 10:21

I've had several crashes and a few other issues, I'm not too bothered by them personally it is still better than most games around (if a little rough around the edges)

jegz · 18 Apr 2006 at 12:11

It seems to be a lot better now for some reason. The crashes arent as frequent as when i first installed it so i think it must have been something to do with the sound :confused:

The only time it crashes now is sometimes when i leave an area it doesnt show the loading screen it just crashes to the desktop

Other than that this game is really good but it makes me wish i could buy a new pc :mad:

Cheers