The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

Cool! Looks like I should be able to run it well. My current PC should last me until 2007 at least, it looks like, by which time the new AMD 64-bit chipsets should have been out awhile and should be a bit cheaper...

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Gah! Can anyone actually get this game to run? If so I'm amazed... So many problems on the official forums' tech support that I can't even keep a thread bumped to page 3 after 10 seconds...

Anyways, specs:

Athlon XP @ 2.4Ghz
1GB Corsair XMS PC3200
Abit NF7S rev 2.0 (on-board nVidia Soundstorm audio)
ATI x850XT 256MB @ 520/540
NEC DVD dual-layer burner

After 7 minutes of playing, the game crashes to desktop. NO error messages, and only about 1-2 seconds of HD thrashing, then a clean crash. NO hanging at all, and no residual effects. It's like the game says, "Well, you've been at it for 7 minutes, so now it's time for my coffee break." I have the CE version because it's all they had left for PC at the local shop.

So frustrating... Game plays just fine while it's going, but crashing every 7 minutes, wtf?

There's nowhere I can't reach.

What I would like to know is: how are you people getting this game to work? Still no fix for the CTD problems, which are game-breaking. The official tech support forums are seeing 200+ new threads per hour and god knows how many actual posts...

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Originally Posted by Lipid

I dont have any CTD problems that make the game in any sense unplayable. When I alt-tab, it gets screwey sometimes, but thats usually it. Maybe once every 3-5 hours will i CTD. And that's fine by me

That's good to hear. The game won't let me uninstall; just gives an error message. I tried deleting everything and wiping the registry of entries, so we'll see if that does anything. Already have the latest drivers for all hardware, so not much I can do there. For me, the game is unplayable in its present state, and I far exceed the minimum specs...

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Originally Posted by Forsety

They suggest uninstalling it from the launcher as opposed to your control panel. I know it's a shitty suggestion but it's the best I can think of ATM. :/

Lol... The launcher just gives you an error message. They couldn't even ge the installer right! The game doesn't work and there's no way to uninstall it. I just bought a $60 paperweight until a patch comes out...

I was speaking idiomatically.

Any word on a patch yet?

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Isn't there a patch for this game yet?

FELIPE NO