Hi folks, I just bought a new computer... (i7 2600, 8gb RAM, Geforce GTX460) and I want to transfer my Oblivion, with all its settings, save games AND installed mods to the new computer.


So what I did? I installed Oblivion in the same path I had it installed in the old computer (c:\games\TES4 Oblivion)

After I installed it, I copied/replaced the entire content of my old Oblivion folder to the new one, including all mods, OBMM, etc, etc, etc

Then I copied/replaced the entire content of the "documents\my game\Oblivion" folder to the new computer (on the same place the new Oblivion installation had created the folder)

However, when I start OBMM, no mod is selected. Where can I find OBMM settings, so it will behave JUST as if I was still at the old computer? (same mods already installed, etc)

thanks

I have become BAIN washed, but I read the OBMM readme and it mentions going into Batch Actions, and selecting Aquisition Activate Filtered to fix your issue. The Readme is accessed by actvating the help button, or going into Oblivion\obmm and selecting the Compiled HTML File.

I don't know if this will be much help, but I was amazed by my new computer when we had it built a few months ago. I was petrified of having to recreate my rather complex installation of modded Oblivion on the new computer.

The guys that built the new one simply cloned or ported or whatever, the whole guts of my old machine onto the new one. Right in the shop, I brought up Oblivion on the new computer and it worked flawlessly, as did everything else on the machine, right down to my old screensaver and settings. I was astonished. My old computer was running vista. The new one runs seven. I know nothing about computers, but the guys that built the new one said the reason they could 'clone and port' everything fully installed from one machine to another is because the old system was vista (or newer) and the new one is seven. Again, I don't understand it at all, but I sure am a happy camper about it. New computer and no need to reinstall Oblivion. How cool is that!?! :twirl:

Did you copy the C:\User Name\App Data\Local\Oblivion folder? It contains your plugin list.

No, I didnt!! Thanks for the tip!

You don't have to copy Oblivion.ini inside "Document/My games/Oblivion"!
It contains not only your game settings (video, audio, ... ).
When Oblivion create this file, it set many of the values in the file according to your PC hardware and software.
You can't edit these values yourself, only Oblivion know the right values.

If you copy that file, the game will run according to your old hardware/software.
This may cause several problems: CTDs, low FPS, visual and sound glitch.

You must force Oblivion to set the new values, but the only way is delete the old ini, so the game will create a new one with the correct values.
You'll lose the video/audio/etc... settings, but also you'll avoid these problems.

I suggest:
1) Delete Oblivion.ini
2) Run Oblivion once, choice either new or load game.
Oblivion has created a new ini in "Documents/My games/Oblivion" that fit your new PC.
3) Open the settings menu and choice your settings. Close the game (Some settings need restart)

Problems avoided!

While this is valid advice concerning the hardware, it also means that all customizations (either done by hand or by mods like Darnified UI for example) will be lost. So instead of deleting oblivion.ini, I'd suggest renaming it and comparimg both files and changimg the settings in the new ini-file that need changing.

But you don't exactly which settings need changing (the ones from the Oblivion menu).
You risk to copy the wrong settings, like hardware/software configuration.
The consequences are in my above post.

There is some risk, but if you try running for example DarNified UI without the ini-changes, you won't like the result at all. I also remember that some water mods required changes in the ini.
I'm not saying to copy all values blindly, you have to have an idea what the setting does. The mod readme files and the internet should help with this problem, most relevant settings are explained here:
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Ini_Settings
http://www.tweakguides.com/Oblivion_1.html

My personal method for migrating Oblivion from one computer to another was different. I made OMODs out of all my mods, so I made a clean install of Oblivion on the new computer, copied the OMOD folder over and installed all the mods with OBMM, checking the readme of each mod to see if there was any ini changes required (DarNified UI has a script to make the ini changes, most of the other mods that require a change rely on the user). Then I compared my old ini with the new ini, applying my personal performance tweaks to the new ini, checking each setting on the pages listed above or by searching the internet.

@Aloyse: I took it a step further...have image of Vanilla installed with Uop and DLC, and an image of my fully installed Oblivion on disc. The biggest problem I found was having to reinstall Wrye, as it relies on Python, and remembering to backup the Application Data folder.