Like I said in a previous thread today, years ago, when I was 12 no less, I was able to install heavy mods for Morrowind without any problem. Last year I found the same ease in installing mods for New Vegas. Now I'm trying to take on Oblivion and I'm having no such luck, I don't even know where to begin. I tried to download Wrye Bash but the mod I downloaded didn't show up. I just got really frustrated after toying with it, I deleted Wrye Bash and the Unoffical Oblivion patch and I'm currently reinstalling Oblivion to have a fresh start.

Does anyone know of any good tutorials, videos, or pointers/tips? I thought I could handle this but for some reason it's just going way over my head.

The mods I want to install are:

• Unofficial Oblivion Patch
• Unofficial Shivering Isles Patch
• Unofficial Official Mods Patch
• DarNified UI
• SDR - Sneaking Detection Recalibrated
• Weather - All Natural
• Better Cities
• Alternative Start Arrive by Ship
• Dynamic Map
• Immersive Interiors
• Immersive Interiors Landscape AddOn
• Natural Environments
• Unique Landscapes
• Vaults of Cyrodiil

I'll take any help I can get.

Thanks

Modding Oblivion is a bit different matter from other games you mentioned. Here are some web sites that might get you in the right direction:

http://tescosi.com/wiki/Main_Page Note: Some of the information are outdated but still valid.

http://testg.wikidot.com/ Everything you need to know about textures are gathered here.

http://www.saebel.net/TOQL/toql_Introduction.php For quests there's no other place to look for but here at this web site.

http://oblivion.nexusmods.com/mods/35230/? The best Wrye Bash guide you can find.

You have some readings to do it seems. It's best to start with a simple mod and go from there. Be sure to use Wrye Bash to install mods. There's no need to look for any other mod managers because either they are not compatible with Oblivion mods or are obsolete. Best of luck to you. If you have questions, other knowledgeable people will be more than happy to answer and offer help.

Also see http://www.gamesas.com/topic/449239-oblivion-mods-faq/

How to install plug-ins manually
(based on a Morrowind tutorial by lochnarus)

FOR BEGINNER MOD USERS

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1. Locate Your Oblivion Data Folder

This will be located wherever you installed Oblivion, so it is usually:

C:\Program Files\Bethesda Softworks\Oblivion\Data\

Unless you installed Oblivion in a non-standard location, in which case the path will be:

\Oblivion\Data\

For example, a lot of people install Oblivion to:

C:\games\

Because it's a lot easier to find things there than under "Program Files\etc".

In this case, the path would be:

C:\games\Oblivion\Data\
If you're not sure where you installed it, one easy way to locate the folder is to go to your desktop, right-click on the Oblivion icon, select Properties, and select the Shortcut tab. The path to your main Oblivion directory is shown in the "Start in" box.

You will know you've found the correct location if you find several very large files that look like this:

Oblivion.esm
Oblivion - Textures - Compressed.bsa
Oblivion - Voices1.bsa
etc.

This is the final destination where you will put the mod files. Don't put anything there yet, though.

If you want to be able to easily revert to the unmodified version of Oblivion, you can make a backup of the entire Data folder at this point (assuming you have plenty of free drive space). Doing this will avoid the need to reinstall Oblivion if you ever have a major problem down the road. You may also want to consider installing the 1.1 patch before making the backup so you don't have to reinstall the patch either.

When you're ready to install a mod, you will need to download the mod archive to a temporary folder and extract it, so let's talk about that next.

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Hey RantBusterCasey, I think you will end up enjoying modding Oblivion as much as I have. I'd be glad to answer any questions you might have as you move forward. First, make sure to install Oblivion outside of the Program Files folder in Windows. I have Oblivion under C:/Games for instance. If you want to mod Oblivion get ready to do a lot of reading, but believe me it's worth it. Modding Oblivion is almost as much fun as playing it.

Both of you talk about taking the game out of the Program Files folder but I only have the Steam version. Is that a problem?

Noob-friendly Installation/Modding Guide http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2377035&highlight=install

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