Hi.

I'm an artist by hobby and I used to love playing mods for Oblivion.

Recently some friends and I have begun our own video game project. It's been quite fun if a bit tiring.

I'm hoping to one day do my own mods for Oblivion for fun but also for practice.

Right now I need something to act as a fun break from my work so I thought I'd fire up Oblivion again. I'm well out of tune with this community and applying mods. It's been years and I'm afraid others may have even used my forum account (family). I've got some questions. Hopefully they'll find some answers.




Question 1: I bought the GOTY ed. of Oblivion through Steam. The game is installed exactly the same way but its folder location is obviously different. Should I copy the installation somewhere else on my HD? Any tips for steps I should take before modding?

Question 2: FCOM has greatly intrigued me and I wanted to download all its related files, however there is some confusion. The links for the required mods on the FCOM site do not all link properly or work. Searching for the mods by name in TES Nexus or Fileplanet do not always match up. I'd hate to start FCOM without doing it correctly. Any tips, hints or links for that would be greatly appreciated. Should I bother with FCOM or are there complete overhauls that might be a better choice?

As for the steam GOTY, you still just install your mods in your data folder. The path is something like C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\oblivion (or something very similar, working from memory). The only thing different I've noticed is that you'll need to watch out for is if you have mods that require Oblivion Script Extender, which does have a steam version (but you need to make sure to use it).

Other than that, it shouldn't make any difference. It's what I use.

The current http://www.gamesas.com/bgsforums/index.php?showtopic=1075069is really the place to ask all your FCOM-related questions. Make sure to read all of post #1 and #2 for up-to-date info. And, yes, FCOM is a wonderful complete overhaul system. If you can handle the tricky process of install, it's the best.

I also run the GOTY edition on Steam, so no problems there. If you end up using OBSE (Oblivion Script Extender), you'll need to make sure to follow the install instructions for Steam. If you are running Vista or Windows 7, you're probably best off installing Steam itself outside of the Program Files directory - someplace like C:\Games. This is to avoid problems with the UAC.

gothemasticator

Ok thanks fellas. I have UAC turned off so it shouldn't be a problem but I'll keep that in mind.