The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
Patches
- The current official patch is patch 1.2.0416. This can be downloaded from the Bethesda download page
- The unofficial oblivion patch is a fan made patch that corrects thousands of errors in the game, as well as providing slight tweaks to improve the game play experience:
- Unofficial Oblivion Patch (Made by Quarn and Kivan)
- Unofficial Shivering Isles Patch (Made by Quarn and Kivan)
- Unofficial Official Mods Patch (Made by Quarn and Kivan)
INI Tweaks
iPreloadSizeLimit= # (Default: 26214400) Recommended: 262144000 (2GB)
Mods and Utilities
Bethesda Game Studios is known for it's extensive mod support. Oblivion mods can be found at Oblivion Nexus or Planet Elder Scrolls.
Recommended mods
- Nehrim: Fate's Edge Developed by the popular German modding team SureAI, who also made the outstanding Fallout 3 mod Cube Experimental, Nehrim is a Total Conversion mod with all the features of a professionally developed game. Nehrim's impressive reel of awards such as best mod of 2010 from PC gamer, Editor's pick at ModDB, and #6 on ModDB's 2010 reader's poll, Nehrim is not only the best mod of 2010, but also one of the best RPGs. Inducted into a secretive magic society, you the player are introduced to one of the most compelling worlds in PC gaming through a story that competes with Bioware's best, distintive art direction, stunning voice acting from Germany's best, and gameplay that puts vanilla Oblivion to shame. Don't miss out on the most modded game of all time's crown jewel.
- Oscuro's Oblivion Overhaul OOO was one of the most comprehensive and popular mods ever created, rebalancing the game and modifying virtually every aspect. View the PDF readme for more details.
- Book Jackets Adds unique covers to every book in Oblivion. Also see DLC Book Jackets for the official DLC addons, and Book Jackets KOTN for Knights of the Nine.
- DarNified UI Tweaks the user interface to fit PC, rather then the enlarged Xbox optimized user interface. HUD is smaller, fonts are smaller, and more items can be fitted per "page" in the inventory.
- Morroblivion This mods ports The Elder Scrolls III Morrowind to the engine of Oblivion. It is recommended you perform a clean install of Oblivion before using this mod.
- Midas Magic Spells Of Aurum Adds over 300 new spells including summoning meteors, shooting laser beams, and even turning bodies into gold. Also adds new and exciting quests to other realms, with completely new creatures to fight, people to talk to, and new weapons to find.
Wrye Bash and Oblivion Mod Manager
Wrye bash and Oblivion Mod Manager are two utilities used for managing mods, Wrye Bash supports mods packed as .7z, while Oblivion Mod Manager offers a more easy to use format called .omod. Both utilities is used to install and uninstall mods, and ensure that mods are installed correctly.
Better Oblivion Sorting Manager (BOSS)
Better Oblivion Sorting Manager is a utility that sorts mods load order automaticly, to ensure no mods conflict with each other when the game is played. After each mod install it is recommended that you run BOSS. After the software is done working, a .html file will open in your standard browser.
Oblivion Script Extender (OBSE)
Oblivion Script Extender is a utility that extends the script capabilites of vanilla Oblivion, allowing modders to better take advantage of the engine. Most mods require this utility, and installation instructions are included in a README, when you download it.
Extra
There are many website out there with recommended mods, so instead of copy/pasting everything in here, here is a good extensive list of recommended Oblivion mods.
Useful links
The Unofficial Elder Scrolls Pages: Oblivion
Console Commands
For a complete list of console commands use the Unofficial Elder Scrolls Pages article.
To enable the use of console commands you must do follow these steps: Find your Oblivion.ini file. To find this file you must go to your oblivion game directory and find this file in the main directory.
C:\Program Files (x86)\Bethesda\The Elder Scrolls IV\
For Steam you will find this file in
C:\Users\%USERNAME%\Documents\My Games\Oblivion\
Open it with notepad. Make an initial copy of this file just in case! Find where it says "bAllowConsole" and set it to 1 if it is not already and save it. Use CTRL+F to search for it within the .ini file.
Field of Vision (FOV) tweaking
This setting can be changed by locating the Oblivion.ini file, in Users\[username]\Documents\My Games\Oblivion. Open the file with your preferred text editing tool, and locate the following line:
fDefaultFOV=75.0000
Although this setting changes the FOV setting, it can put items and actors out of sync. It is recommended you use the console command instead:
SetCameraFOV 75
The default setting is 75. The console can be opened by pressing "~" on your keyboard (for ISO-105 keyboard users, it is the key above the TAB key).
Mac OSX
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion can be played by using a wrapper developed by PortingTeam. It is required to have a legit copy of Oblivion, and no official support is available. More instructions on the website.