Hi all,

I'm just starting to mod and I've found that whenever I save a new plugin for the first time I get a crash and lose my data.

I've tried saving before editing, saving before loading data as detailed on Bethesda's modding page, but to no avail.

I have Shivering Isles and my CS is version 1.2.404. Reinstalling the program helped. I saved before loading data and then proceeded to save after editing something, but when I visited the mod in game, or likewise, when I reloaded the mod in CS it was gone.

Any thoughts on this?

See if there's a .tes file in your Oblivion data folder. Change .tes to .esp, load your file in the CS and it should save normally. I only had this issue on Windows 7 early Beta versions.

Don't try to load another ESP when making one for yourself. It can't be done without a special trick called ESP Mastering.