I tried to install the Silver Ranger Animation Replacer just going about copying the _male folder into my \Oblivion\meshes\characters\ folder and it had all of the files needed, I went in-game and no animations had been replaced, meaning it didn't work, so I tried again, copied the data folder into my Oblivion Directory. Still nothing? I am missing something here? It's a simple copy-pasta installation but it doesn't seem to be activating o.O ??

any ideas?

don't forget to activate the .esp on Oblivion, as well as running BOSS to make sure other animations don't overwrite it. (if there is another animation replacer that may alter archery, I recommend moving Silver Ranger)

Are you using MAO, or any other animation replacers?

1.) There's no .esp included haha,
And 2.) I'm not using MAO or DMC Stylish,

Just The 3 Unofficial Patches, Oblivion SI and Mods,
Better Cities,
Stealth Overhaul,
3 Alternative Stories,
Bow Sway,
Moonshadow Elves,
Arcane Archery,
And Christians Claymore(s).

your problem might be because of bow sway

I don't think this comes with esp.
Showler is right, MAO would allow it to load properly.
Possible mods overriding SR: Deadly Reflex; Race balancing Project.

I'll try deactivating Bow Sway and then if that doesn't work I'll try MAO

I use Silver Ranger and Deadly reflex and have no problem...and excuse me for forgetting it doesn't have an .esp that is my bad.
I have had no troubles running this mod, and I have several animation replacers. However the bow sway does directly effect archery, and I have a tingling feeling that is where it is coming from.

Bow sway should just be a script that alters the crosshair position. Shouldn't interfere with animations at all.

So, all the animations are placed in "\Oblivion\Data\Meshes\Characters\_male", and you have no changes at all in third person view?

well I don't use bow sway, so I was unsure about that one...I thought it literally made the player move the bow (ever so slightly) in a sway to throw off aiming a little.

anyways...good point, I was looking at folder structer and realized there is the "optional" folder for first person animations. If you didn't plug those in as well (and playing in first person), that could be the cause.

if third person is too hard to aim with(due to camera position), I highly, HIGHLY recommend http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=29942. It doesn't work well with Deadly Reflex's animations, but the fix it does to the Third Person camera is worth it.

I have tried the U3P Camera but I couldn't seem to get back in 1st person mode which is kionda obvious because it's a 3rd person camera, but it reduces the element of immersion when you see a character on your screen rather than the hands of the player etc.

So...you know that the folder I listed, and most of the Silver Ranger animations are Third Person only, right?

Well, I've just gone back in-game and the sway hasn't worked so thats going off, Did you say MAO WILL make it work or WONT? o.O

Adn I've Justed clicked in, Ultimate 3rd Person Mod + Silver Ranger = Possible Ownage (If if works)?

I am using that set upright now and I say yes. and it does work for me.

Right, I downloaded the OMOD for Ult 3rd Person Camera - Close Right Side And now Silver Ranger still doesn't work, Here a full list of my mods and load order, but still if it's .kf files, And the fact that I don't have any other animation replacers makes this pretty puzzling;

Oblivion.esm
Better Cities Resources.esm
Unofficial Oblivion Patch.esp
DLCShiveringIsles.esp
Unofficial Shivering Isles Patch.esp
Ultimate 3rd Person Camera.esp
DLCHorseArmor.esp
DLCHorseArmor - Unofficial Patch.esp
DLCOrrery.esp
DLCOrrery - Unofficial Patch.esp
DLCVileLair.esp
DLCVileLair - Unofficial Patch.esp
DLCMehrunesRazor.esp
DLCMehrunesRazor - Unofficial Patch.esp
DLCSpellTomes.esp
DLCSpellTomes - Unofficial Patch.esp
Christian's Claymore.esp
The Bow of the Hunter.esp
DLCThievesDen.esp
DLCThievesDen - Unofficial Patch.esp
DLCThievesDen - Unofficial Patch - SSSB.esp
VaultsofCyrodiilBC.esp
DLCBattlehornCastle.esp
DLCBattlehornCastle - Unofficial Patch.esp
DLCFrostcrag.esp
DLCFrostcrag - Unofficial Patch.esp
Knights.esp
Knights - Unofficial Patch.esp
ArcaneArchery.esp
StealthOverhaul.esp
Better Cities - Full City Defences.esp
Better Cities Full.esp
Better Cities - VWD of the IC.esp
Better Imperial City.esp
Better Imperial City FPS Patch.esp
Better Cities Full FPS Patch.esp
Streamline 3.1.esp
3 Alternative Stories.esp
Moonshadow Elves - Sc.esp

Any ideas if any of these could be conflicting/stopping the Silver Ranger Animation Replacer from working?

Any Ideas....?

I included those animations too yesterday, and had the same issue with them nothing showing up. The problem is that game still uses animations from the bsa archives.

The way to fix this:
With Wrye Bash; go to the installers tab, right click on Packages tab and select "BSA redirection".

With OBMM; click the "Utilities" button, select "Archive Invalidation", select the "BSA redirection" option, and click the "update now" button.

That should do it.

Unfortunately, I have tried that and it STILL isn't having any effect, I seriously don't get it.