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
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.
- 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.
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.