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» Tue May 11, 2010 2:28 pm

I have recently installed a fair amount of mods and started a new game, only to find that I get hits of extreme lag (5 fps or so) every few minutes. It doesn't matter what I'm doing: wandering the wilderness, standing still in an empty house, fighting for my life, etc. They last a random but very long period of time unless I "make them go away". I've found that hitting escape to pause the game, waiting a second (going in and out quickly sometimes doesn't work), then hitting escape to resume play fixes the problem... for a few minutes. This seems rather absurd, and I've been disabling all the new mods I've added except one. Since I'm using a cobl race and would like to have the various cobl features, I haven't disabled it. So, it seems cobl might be the culprit. I've tried the 3gb fix (using windows xp) to no avail, as well.

I have been driven to acts of terrible cruelty, wandering the outdoors simply to find rabbits, murder them with my bare fists, and feast on their raw flesh. I'm little more than an animal, driven into a senseless rage by the need to "buffer" my game every few minutes. Please, save me from this awful fate.

This problem is completely new, and all the mods on this list except things added by cobl were present before without it. I was playing for hours straight with no crazy lag spikes. Although why cobl would cause this, I have no idea.

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Oblivion.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
Better Cities Resources.esm
HorseCombatMaster.esm
UnnecessaryViolence.esm
VampireFaceBugFix.esm
Cobl Races TNR.esp
Cobl Races TNR SI.esp
TweakedGenericFaces.esp
DLCShiveringIsles.esp
Better Cities .esp
Oblivion.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
Francesco's Optional Leveled Guards.esp
FCOM_FrancescosNamedBosses.esp
Natural_Weather_by_Max_Tael.esp
Natural_Water_by_Max_Tael.esp
MIS Low Wind.esp
Atmospheric Oblivion.esp
Living Economy.esp
Living Economy - Items.esp
Cutthroat Merchants.esp
Streamline 3.0.esp
Enhanced Hotkeys.esp
DLCOrrery.esp
DLCVileLair.esp
DLCMehrunesRazor.esp
DLCSpellTomes.esp
DLCThievesDen.esp
Cobl Glue.esp
Cobl Si.esp
Oblivion WarCry EV.esp
FCOM_WarCry.esp
Oscuro's_Oblivion_Overhaul.esp
OMOBS Optional Combat Settings.esp
FCOM_Convergence.esp
FCOM_DurabilityAndDamage.esp
Mart's Monster Mod - More Wilderness Life.esp
Mart's Monster Mod - More Passive Wildlife.esp
Mart's Monster Mod - Extra Wounding.esp
Mart's Monster Mod - Vindasel.esp
Mart's Monster Mod - Farm Animals.esp
Mart's Monster Mod - Diverse WaterLife.esp
TamrielTravellers4OOO.esp
ShiveringIsleTravellers.esp
FCOM_MoreRandomSpawns.esp
FCOM_MoreRandomItems.esp
Scribe Supplies.esp
VaultsofCyrodiilBC.esp
DLCFrostcrag.esp
Knights.esp
MannimarcoComplete.esp
MannimarcoRevisited.esp
MannimarcoRevisitedOOO.esp
xuldarkforest.esp
xulStendarrValley.esp
xulTheHeath.esp
XulEntiusGorge.esp
xulFallenleafEverglade.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_withoutWheat.esp
xulPantherRiver.esp
xulRiverEthe.esp
xulBrenaRiverRavine.esp
xulImperialIsle.esp
xulBlackwoodForest.esp
xulCheydinhalFalls.esp
xulAspenWood.esp
xulSkingradOutskirts.esp
xulSnowdale.esp
OOO-Snowdale Patch.esp
Natural_Vegetation_by_Max_Tael.esp
Harvest [Flora].esp
FG_Merchant Inventory Realism V 1_5.esp
P1DkeyChain.esp
ReneerNPCSneakMod.esp
Salmo the Baker, Cobl.esp
RealisticForceMedium.esp
RealisticMagicForceMedium.esp
Egress.esp
Is It Safe.esp
Advanced Magecraft.esp
Vector.esp
Fizzle.esp
RshAlchemy.esp
Enchantment Enhanced.esp
EnchantmentRestore.esp
SM Combat Hide.esp
Toaster's Brutal Stealth.esp
No psychic guards harder v1.2.esp
RenGuardOverhaul.esp
cancelattack.esp
Deadly Reflex 5 - Timed block and 150% damage.esp
Duke Patricks - Actors Can Miss Now.esp
Let There Be Darkness - Cyrodiil + SI.esp
Let There Be Darkness - Knights.esp
Let There Be Darkness - Mehrunes Razor.esp
Cobl Races.esp
Cobl Races - Balanced.esp
Better Cities - Full City Defences.esp
Better Cities Full.esp
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 Cities - VWD of the IC.esp
Better Imperial City.esp
Better Imperial City FPS Patch.esp
Better Cities Full FPS Patch.esp
Francesco's 10 days respawn time - 1-20 day lenght rescale.esp
lumi_enchantments_subtle.esp
FCOM_Archery.esp
UnnecessaryViolence.esp
Bashed Patch, 0.esp
VFBF Quicksave.esp
test.esp

» Tue May 11, 2010 5:42 am

What's running in the background when you play? Any Anti-malware apps?

» Tue May 11, 2010 10:43 am

Nope, I close everything down. The lag is almost certainly triggered by something within the game, as it will continue almost indefinitely but end as soon as I hit escape, wait a second, and escape out of the menu.

» Tue May 11, 2010 8:07 am

Nope, I close everything down. The lag is almost certainly triggered by something within the game, as it will continue almost indefinitely but end as soon as I hit escape, wait a second, and escape out of the menu.

You're running FCOM and and old version of Streamline. I'd blame the mods first.

Edit: By "blame," I mean your system may not be able to handle your load order with smooth performance. That doesn't mean that there's anything wrong with your game.

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