Having a weird problem with my current Oblivion setup. My camera has begun "strobing" between two different views any time 1) I cast a spell, 2) am struck by a weapon, spell, or arrow, 3) take damage from falling. The second view seems to be quite random - often a scene from minutes ago! In one example, I was attacked by wolves and found the camera strobing between myself and a guard on horseback I had spoken two several minutes ago and way up the road, nowhere in current view.

My game has quite a few mods installed, all as OMODs and, where possible, bashed. I've been trying to peel some of them out bit by bit, and sometimes I can solve the problem temporarily by just yanking random mods, but it always comes back within a few minutes, so I clearly haven't found the root of the problem yet. I have tried reinstalling Oblivion, but it didn't help. I could probably post a mod list if it would help anyone help me... thanks.

A mod list never hurts.

Oblivion.esm
Beautiful People 2ch-Ed.esm
All Natural Base.esm
Francesco's Leveled Creatures-Items Mod.esm
Francesco's Optional New Items Add-On.esm
Cobl Main.esm
Oscuro's_Oblivion_Overhaul.esm
Mart's Monster Mod.esm
Enhanced Daedric Invasion.esm
TamrielTravellers.esm
FCOM_Convergence.esm
Kvatch Rebuilt.esm
Better Cities Resources.esm
Lovers with PK.esm
LoversCreature.esm
BreakUndies.esm
TantrivayliaChimer.esm
CM Partners.esm (INACTIVE)
x117race.esm (INACTIVE)
HorseCombatMaster.esm
UndiesUnderneath.esm
TamagoClub.esm
HiyokoClub.esm
HrmnsOblivionScriptOptimizationv1.0.esp
xeoex.esp (INACTIVE)
xeosp++.esp
GrassFix.esp
Unofficial Oblivion Patch.esp
UOP Vampire Aging & Face Fix.esp
Oblivion Citadel Door Fix.esp
DLCShiveringIsles.esp
Unofficial Shivering Isles Patch.esp
Better Cities .esp
Francesco's Optional Chance of Stronger Bosses.esp
Francesco's Optional Chance of Stronger Enemies.esp
Francesco's Optional Chance of More Enemies.esp (INACTIVE)
Francesco's Optional Leveled Guards.esp
FCOM_Francescos.esp
FCOM_FrancescosItemsAddOn.esp
FCOM_FrancescosNamedBosses.esp
Fran Armor Add-on.esp
Fran_Lv30Item_Maltz.esp
All Natural.esp
All Natural - SI.esp
All Natural - MMM Patch.esp
All Natural - Real Lights.esp
WindowLightingSystem.esp
advlt Books.esp
Ayleid Loot EXtension.esp
Ayleid Loot EXtension - OOO Dungeons.esp
Item interchange - Extraction.esp
rwr mannequins.esp
Tc2rPoisonsOfNamira.esp
Living Economy - SI.esp
Living Economy - Items.esp
Cutthroat Merchants.esp
Crowded Roads Revisited.esp
BookTrackerOBSE.esp
FormID Finder4.esp
Streamline 3.1.esp
AyleidStatueMap.esp
HouseMapMarkersOnlyBought.esp
ShadowbanishMap.esp
ShowDaedricShrines.esp
DLCOrrery.esp
DLCOrrery - Unofficial Patch.esp
DLCMehrunesRazor.esp
DLCMehrunesRazor - Unofficial Patch.esp
EVE_StockEquipmentReplacer.esp (INACTIVE)
PTArtifacts.esp
UU_Female_Undies.esp
VipCxj_HighHeels.esp
VipCxjHHTest.esp (INACTIVE)
DMRA Stock Clothing Skimpy.esp
DMRA Skimpy Armor Expanded.esp
DMRA Stock Robe Skimpy Replacer.esp
StockClothingArmorHGECFighterD.esp
KDCircletsOOOOptimized - NPC Equip.esp
FCOM_KDCircletsOOOOptimizedNPCEquip.esp
ExnemRuneskulls.esp
FCOM_ExnemRuneskulls.esp
Slof's Oblivion Robe Trader.esp
Cobl Glue.esp
Cobl Si.esp
Bob's Armory Oblivion.esp
FCOM_BobsArmory.esp
Loth's Blunt Weapons for Npcs.esp
FCOM_LothsBluntWeapons.esp
Oblivion WarCry EV.esp
FCOM_WarCry.esp
Oscuro's_Oblivion_Overhaul.esp
OOO-Water_Weeds.esp
OOO-No_Guild_Ownership.esp
Alluring Potion Bottles v3.esp
AGEHA Tortured Souls OOO.esp
OOO 1.32-Cobl.esp
FCOM_Cobl.esp
FCOM_Convergence.esp
FCOM_RealSwords.esp
Mart's Monster Mod - More Wilderness Life.esp
Mart's Monster Mod - Extra Wounding.esp
Mart's Monster Mod - Looting NPCs & Creatures.esp
Mart's Monster Mod - No Carrion Rats.esp
Mart's Monster Mod - No Undead Rise.esp
Mart's Monster Mod - Less Bone Loot.esp
Mart's Monster Mod - Dungeons of MMM.esp
Mart's Monster Mod - Gems & Gem Dust.esp
Mart's Monster Mod - Hunting & Crafting.esp
Mart's Monster Mod - Farm Animals.esp
Mart's Monster Mod - Diverse WaterLife.esp
Mart's Monster Mod - Slof Horses Complete.esp
Mart's Monster Mod - Diverse Runeskulls Loot G&GD.esp
TamrielTravellerAdvScript.esp
TamrielTravellers4OOO.esp
TamrielTravellersItemsNPC.esp
TamrielTravellersItemsCobl.esp
FCOM_TamrielTravelers.esp
FCOM_DiverseGuardUnity.esp (INACTIVE)
FCOM_BobsGuardUnity.esp (INACTIVE)
FCOM_ArcheryRealSwords.esp
FCOM_ArcheryHunting&Crafting.esp
FCOM_FriendlierFactions.esp
FCOM_MoreRandomSpawns.esp
FCOM_MoreRandomItems.esp
Mart's Monster Mod - Shivering Isles.esp
Fransfemale.esp
OOOLivingEconomyWornRebalance.esp
OOO-WaterFish.esp
MMM-Cobl.esp
EVE_StockEquipmentReplacer4FCOM.esp (INACTIVE)
EVE_StockEquipmentReplacer4MMM.esp
300_Artifacts.esp
advlt_BookStore.esp
Atropa.esp
Better Dark Brotherhood Sanctuary.esp
BDBS - Chapel Memorial.esp
Better Benirus Manor.esp
DMwardropemerged.esp (INACTIVE)
Abriael_Human.esp
BridFetishGirl.esp
BridFetishGirlTrainerAddon.esp
OblivionFarmer'sMarket3NoHungry.esp
GwedenBrothel.esp
GwedenExpansion.esp (INACTIVE)
Kvatch Rebuilt.esp
Kvatch Rebuilt - OOO Compatibility.esp
Kvatch Rebuilt - Leveled Guards - FCOM.esp
Kvatch Rebuilt Weather Patch.esp
LetThePeopleDrink.esp
Naughty_Joana_01.esp
QQuix - Divine Elegance Showroom.esp
Servant of the Dawn.esp
SMChorrol.esp
Tantrivaylia.esp
The Ayleid Steps.esp
VaultsofCyrodiilBC.esp
Apachii_Goddess_Store.esp
24HrArenaAliveV2.esp
24HrArenaAliveV2Towers.esp (INACTIVE)
24HrArenaAliveLow.esp (INACTIVE)
DLCfrostcrag.esp
Kvatch Rebuilt_Frostcrag Reborn.esp
DLCFrostcrag - Unofficial Patch.esp
FrostcragRebornCobl.esp
Knights.esp
Knights - Unofficial Patch.esp
EVE_KnightsoftheNine.esp (INACTIVE)
Knights - Cobl.esp
The Lost Spires.esp
MannimarcoRevisited.esp
MannimarcoRevisitedOOO.esp
MannimarcoWardrobeChest.esp
Mart's Monster Mod - City Defences.esp
FCOM_Knights.esp
FCOM_SlofsRobeTrader.esp
Enhanced Daedric Invasion.esp
FCOM_EnhancedDaedricInvasion.esp
road+bridges.esp
xuldarkforest.esp
LostSpires-DarkForest patch.esp
xulStendarrValley.esp
xulTheHeath.esp
MMMMWL-TheHeath patch.esp
XulEntiusGorge.esp
xulFallenleafEverglade.esp
LostSpires-Everglade patch.esp
xulColovianHighlands_EV.esp
xulChorrolHinterland.esp
xulBeachesOfCyrodiilLostCoast.esp
xulBravilBarrowfields.esp
xulLushWoodlands.esp
xulAncientYews.esp
xulAncientRedwoods.esp
xulCloudtopMountains.esp
xulArriusCreek.esp
xulPatch_AY_AC.esp
xulRollingHills_EV.esp
MMMMWL-RollingHills patch.esp
xulPantherRiver.esp
xulRiverEthe.esp
xulBrenaRiverRavine.esp
xulImperialIsle.esp
xulBlackwoodForest.esp
xulCheydinhalFalls.esp
KvatchRebuilt-CheydinhalFalls patch.esp
xulAspenWood.esp
xulSkingradOutskirts.esp
xulSnowdale.esp
FrostcragReborn-Snowdale patch.esp
OOO-Snowdale Patch.esp
xulCliffsOfAnvil.esp
OOOCliffsofAnvilPatch.esp
MMMDungeons-CliffsOfAnvil patch.esp
xulSilverfishRiverValley.esp
Lost Spires + Silverfish River Patch.esp
NRB4+UL-II+LtPD Patch.esp
West Roads.esp
Salmo the Baker, Cobl.esp
FCOM_UnofficialFranArmorAddon.esp
Harvest [Flora].esp
Harvest [Flora] - Shivering Isles.esp
Harvest [Flora] - DLCFrostcrag.esp
300_Test.esp (INACTIVE)
Cliff_BetterLetters.esp
HUD Status Bars.esp
DS Portable Sorters.esp
EVE_ShiveringIslesEasterEggs.esp
Furniture Prices.esp
PersuasionOverhaul.esp
PersuasionOverhaul_OOO.esp
PersuasionOverhaul_MMM.esp
PersuasionOverhaul_LITE.esp (INACTIVE)
Short Grass V3.esp
Quest Award Leveller.esp
Quest Award Leveller - Battlehorn Castle.esp (INACTIVE)
Quest Award Leveller - Vile Lair.esp (INACTIVE)
Quest Award Leveller - Mehrunes Razor.esp
Quest Award Leveller - Knights of the Nine.esp
Alternative Start by Robert Evrae.esp
SetEssentialActors.esp
SetBody.esp
RshAlchemy.esp
RshAlchemyRecipes.esp
DeadlyReflex 5 - Combat Moves.esp
Smarter Mercantile Leveling - Multi.esp
SniperSneakSkillup.esp
Legendary Abilities-Fortify Health MOJ.esp
Grandmaster of Alchemy.esp
OOO-Level_Stock.esp
Item interchange - Placement for FCOM.esp
Item interchange - Placement for Frostcrag Reborn.esp
Item interchange - Option, Ingredients in Bulk, reduced.esp
Corean_hair_for_Original_race.esp
CM Partners.esp (INACTIVE)
Beautiful People 2ch-Ed Disable BandBlindMask.esp (INACTIVE)
Beautiful People 2ch-Ed Sheogorath Eye.esp
Beautiful People 2ch-Ed Vanilla Race.esp
Beautiful People 2ch-Ed Merged Hair Modules.esp
Beautiful People 2ch-Ed Merged Eye Modules.esp
x117 Merged SKSRENs Hair Modules.esp (INACTIVE)
Beautiful People 2ch-Ed Chocolate Elves.esp
Beautiful People 2ch-Ed MS Elves - Sc.esp
Beautiful People 2ch-Ed MS Elves - NoSc.esp
IDKRRR_C_race.esp
Chocolate Elves.esp
eyja.esp
CM Partners NPC.esp (INACTIVE)
CM Partners NPC NE.esp (INACTIVE)
cmChocolates.esp (INACTIVE)
1em_Vilja.esp
1em_Vilja_as_Chocolate_Elf.esp (INACTIVE)
1em_Vilja_as_Custom_by_Xtudo.esp
1em_Vilja MMM FCOM Fix.esp
companion_chocolate.esp
SMChocolateElf.esp
EVE_KhajiitFix.esp
Better Cities Full.esp
Better Cities - VWD of the IC.esp
Better Imperial City.esp
Better Cities Full FPS Patch.esp (INACTIVE)
Better Cities - Unique Landscape Barrowfields.esp
Better Cities - Unique Landscape Chorrol Hinterland.esp
Better Cities - Unique Landscape Cheydinhal Falls.esp
Better Cities - Unique Landscape Skingrad Outskirts.esp
Better Imperial City FPS Patch.esp (INACTIVE)
Better Cities - COBL.esp
Better Cities - Unique Landscape Imperial Isle.esp
Better Cities - No LEYAWIIN Flooding.esp
Better Cities - Open Better Cities.esp
FCOM_Archery.esp
MiniMap.esp
NRB4 Standard Road Record.esp
Cobl Filter Late MERGE ONLY.esp
All Natural - Indoor Weather Filter For Mods.esp
Wayshrines on the Map.esp
Beautiful People 2ch-Ed Flonne's Ren Eye Recolored.esp
Dremora Females.esp
Knights_DMRA.esp
Beautiful People 2ch-Ed NeqEye.esp
remake.esp
Idle Dialogue.esp
UL Beaches of Cyrodiil - DMwardrobe patch.esp (INACTIVE)
DMwardropemergednoenchant.esp
UL Beaches of Cyrodiil - DMwardrobe patch - No Enchant.esp
SMChorrol - BC Patch.esp
Bashed Patch, 0.esp
LoversBackup2.esp (INACTIVE)
LoversCrowningIsle.esp (INACTIVE)
LoversTamagoClub.esp (INACTIVE)
HiyokoGenerator.esp (INACTIVE)
LoversFSE.esp (INACTIVE)
LoversadvltPlayPlusforSSP.esp (INACTIVE)
LoversJoburg.esp (INACTIVE)
LoversBed.esp (INACTIVE)
LoversPayBandit.esp (INACTIVE)
Lovers with PK.esp
LoversCreature.esp (INACTIVE)
LoversHelpraqeVPlayer.esp (INACTIVE)
LoversStopCombatEx.esp (INACTIVE)
LoversSpermSplashEx.esp (INACTIVE)
LoversEscaperaqeVPlayer.esp (INACTIVE)
LoversraqeSlave.esp (INACTIVE)
LoversHideMenus.esp (INACTIVE)
Lovers[censored].esp (INACTIVE)
LoversEncounter.esp (INACTIVE)
LoversGnomercyraqer.esp (INACTIVE)
LoversPower.esp (INACTIVE)
LoversSlavePlay.esp (INACTIVE)
LoversStupidNpc.esp (INACTIVE)
TamagoBreak.esp (INACTIVE)
TamagoConfide.esp (INACTIVE)
TamagoNews.esp (INACTIVE)
TamagoPlayerHUD.esp (INACTIVE)
TamagoSetBody.esp (INACTIVE)
LoversIdleAnimsPriority.esp (INACTIVE)
LoversAnimObjectsPriority.esp (INACTIVE)
TamagoTopic.esp (INACTIVE)
Vtoy.esp
SMVtoyCross.esp
TamagoShop.esp (INACTIVE)
Gabriella's sixy Boutique.esp
ImaItemBase.esp
Ima Pain.esp
Ima NoPain.esp

I don't know how to generate an OBSE list, but I have: Elyx_USV, EnhancedMusicControl, FastExit2, Pluggy v125 w/HUD, Elys Uncapper, MenuQue, Oblivion Stutter Remover, vipcxj plugin collection, weocps

Not reflected in either list: HGEC Body with BBB, Correana's Maximum Compat. skeleton, NoMaam 3.0 animations, Stylish Jump, Natural Walk, Operation Optimization textures

Now, I began stripping out mods (some of the current INACTIVES). I stripped out Atropa and Crowded Roads Revisited, both of which fixed the problem TEMPORARILY, but it came back pretty quickly...

I hear that if you're total of esps+esms+bsas is more than 400 weird things can start to happen. Do you use BOSS? Other than that I don't know what to tell you because I've never heard of anything like this.

Run BOSS on your Load Order, You should check the website where You downloaded the lovers mods for a list of a known working Load Order for them. You should only a few mods that go after a Bashed Patch, two of them are the lovers anim priority esp's and another one is Vtoy.esp, because of how the eye are assigned in the mod.
I have no idea what is causing the animation issues, You can try using PM's to contact other posters with this issue to find out what your Load Orders have in common, and this thread is a good place for them to be posted for comparison.

I do use BOSS, yes, and then manually move vtoy and lover*.esp below the bashed patch. The former is done because if I don't I get googly eyes, regardless of what I do or do not include in the bashed patch, and the latter because that's what's recommended (and I have all of those disabled now anyway).

Well, for now I'll continue slowly stripping things out and see what happens... but it was all working so well for a while...

Well, at this point I've stripped out everything I'm willing to strip out - no good. Only thing I can think to do now is to deactivate ALL omods, uninstall everything, and rebuild from scratch.

I have seen a bunch of these types of problems lately, I still haven't found a common cause though, and for the most part, I don't know that anyone has found even an UNcommon cause....... Looking at your load list though, reinstalling FCOM is not a trivial undertaking. Try unchecking EVERYTHING EXCEPT FCOM mods, and see if you still have the problem.

Done. To my surprise I was still able to load my saved game without problem, but got a CTD as soon as I struck a guard. So I tried a new game - no dice, as soon as I took damage I had camera strobing.

It has been suggested this is either an animation issue or a skeleton issue. I have tried removing all .kf animation files, but that has not helped. Tried removing skeleton.nif from my first person meshes folder - no good (and caused other problems). Actually, I accidently loaded an autosave from my new game and then reloaded a position where I could punch a guard in the face, and I was getting strobing views from the imperial sewer!

You've mentioned you've heard of no common cause - how about uncommon causes?

I sent you the PM because you are using some mods that can not be discussed on this website, I actually know the skeleton removal problems.
On your FCOM install, You are using the Gems and Gem dust plugins with FCOM, you want to remove these plugins from your install, and use the Diverse Runeskulls plugin for OOO instead.
The Exnem Runeskulls has been incorporated into MMM/FCOM, so dropping this will free an esp slot. You do not want to use the FCOM-Cobl plugin with the latest version of MMM (3.73).
You want to use the full version of OOO 1.33 and update it to 1.34, Could you repost your Load Order using Wrye Bash? That way there will be version numbers attatched to your mods.

When I said Skeleton issues, it might be because one or two mods were made for a different skeleton than one based off of Corroneras. For your Load Order, you need the skeleton you are using.

Problem (MAYBE) solved.

I got a clue from this thread: http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1193126-odd-glitch-when-being-attacked/

It was suggested that the problem may have had to do with OBGE, one of the plugins for OBSE. I think I installed it because I was originally using DR6 instead of DR5 (I'm not clear if DR5 requires it, I still need to look into that.

I have an OBGEv2.log file, and it read as follows:
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Ingnoring message.
Ingnoring message.
Pre Hook
RESZ not supported.
Depth buffer texture (INTZ) (1680,1050) created OK.
Depth buffer attached OK. 0
Ingnoring message.
Received load game message.
Loading a game.
Creating vertex buffers.
Creating shader textures.
Width = 1680, Height = 1050
Setting shader surfaces.
Setting depth texture.
Loading the shaders.
Error opening shaderlist.txt file.
Added to list OK.
Loading the shaders.
Error opening shaderlist.txt file.
Save file links 0 textures.
Shader Index = 0
Ingnoring message.
Alt Render target - width = 1680, height = 1050
Ingnoring message.
Alt Render target - width = 1680, height = 1050
Received load game message.
Loading a game.
Loading the shaders.
Error opening shaderlist.txt file.
Save file links 0 textures.
Shader Index = 0
Ingnoring message.
Alt Render target - width = 1680, height = 1050
Received ExitGame message.
Calling Release Device
Releasing thisframe surface.
Releasing thisframe texture.
Releasing lastpass surface.
Releasing lastpass texture.
Releasing lastframe surface.
Releasing lastframe texture.
Releasing shader vertex buffer.
Depth buffer : Lost device callback.
Releasing the depth buffer surface.
Releasing the depth buffer texture.
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I don't know what most of that means, but I understand the words "error" and "not supported." (and the fact that "ignoring" is spelled wrong is a tad alarming as well) I renamed my OBGE plugin to OBGEv2.dll.bak and tried again - no weird strobing. But I've gotten the game not to strobe before by removing random stuff, so we'll just have to see....