Overview
- Where Is Installation Directory
- Military Installation Directory
- Oblivion Steam Unlocked
- Oblivion Installation Directory Steam Linux
- Oblivion Directory Steam
This guide will help you install Oblivion, the official expansions and DLCs, the official and unofficial patches.
- Files for games installed on Steam are stored in the following folder: C: Program Files Steam steamapps During the installation of Steam, you have the option to install Steam to a location other than the default. Since Steam relies on the game files residing in the SteamApps folder, your game files will go to whatever folder you have Steam.
- For The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion on the PC, a GameFAQs message board topic titled 'OBMM needs Oblivion installation directory, and I don't know what that is'.
- Delete the Oblivion Folder in MyGames. Deleting this folder should overwrite and reset any improper.
Windows Vista or Windows 7
If your operating system is Windows Vista or Windows 7, be sure to install Oblivion to someplace other than the default location under 'C:Program Files' such as C:Oblivion or D:GamesOblivion
Game of the Year Edition
Where Is Installation Directory
The 'Oblivion Install Directory' Means the folder that the Oblivion is installed in (Directory=Folder) - look for a file called Oblivion. Exe (NOT the ESM or ESP) and put it in the same folder. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion® Game of the Year Edition presents one of the best RPGs of all time like never before. Step inside the most richly detailed and vibrant game-world ever created. With a powerful combination of freeform gameplay and unprecedented graphics, you can unravel the main quest at your own pace or explore the vast.
You do not need to apply any Official patches to the GOTY Edition because it is already 1.2.0416.
- Install all Official Add-ons
- Install the Unofficial Oblivion Patch (user-made mod)
- Install the Unofficial Official Mods Patch (user-made mod)
- Install the Official Construction Set 1.2.404
Install this way if you do not have Shivering Isles
Military Installation Directory
- Install Oblivion 1.0
- Install Official 1.1.511 Patch (only if you want the launcher to be fully functional)
- Install Official 1.2.416 Patch
- Install all Official Add-ons
- Install the Unofficial Oblivion Patch (user-made mod)
- Install the Unofficial Official Mods Patch (user-made mod)
- Install the Official Construction Set 1.2.404
Install this way if you have Shivering Isles
- Install Oblivion 1.0
- Install Official 1.1.511 Patch (only if you want the launcher to be fully functional)
- Install Shivering Isles (which brings Oblivion to 1.2.201)
- Install Official 1.2.416 Patch
- Install all Official Add-ons
- Install the Unofficial Oblivion Patch (user-made mod)
- Install the Unofficial Shivering Isles Patch (user-made mod)
- Install the Unofficial Official Mods Patch (user-made mod)
- Install the Official Construction Set 1.2.404
Load order
There are a bunch of forum topics on this matter and they vary in implementation. Here is just one of the handy load order listings I found.
Patch install failures
Oblivion Steam Unlocked
If you get an error installing a patch at 8%, check for the following which might cause the patch to fail:
- You must use the patch that is specific to your edition. Example: Direct2Drive editions must use Direct2Drive patches.
- If you use OBMM or other tool for Archive Invalidation, be sure to disable this feature, remove BSA edits and restore to default.
- If you use a 'cracked' Oblivion.exe to bypass the CD-Check routine, be sure to restore your original EXE file or you will need to uninstall Oblivion, clean out the Oblivion folder and install from scratch.
- If you installed Oblivion 1.0 and then got it patched to 1.2.0416 before installing Shivering Isles, it is possible that the installer will not work because it was expecting an older version of Oblivion. This would require uninstalling Oblivion and re-installing everything in the correct order.
Miscellaneous
Oblivion Installation Directory Steam Linux
Note about patch file size of 1.2.0416: The SI patch is smaller because the SI Install process updates Oblivion to 1.2.201, any patches after it would not need to be cumulative from Oblivion 1.0, just SI 1.2.201. If you have SI installed, the SI 1.2.416 patch contains only the fixes since 1.2.201.
If you cannot install the 1.2.0416 patch after installing Shivering Isles, try uninstalling Oblivion, then follow the same procedure except apply the 1.2.0416 patch before installing Shivering Isles.
File Listing
This is the list of files in the 'Data' folder after a clean install of Oblivion and after installing the 1.2.416 patch:
References
Oblivion Directory Steam
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