Oblivion is the fourth installment in The Elder Scrolls RPG series, a 2006 bestseller title. Until now, fans of role-playing games do not leave this game, traversed far and wide, since there is an opportunity to install plugins and mods to enjoy new quests, places, heroes.
Necessary
- Oblivion game installed;
- plugin;
- Oblivion Mod Manager program.
Instructions
Step 1
If you have The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion installed and want to install a plugin on it, look for sites that give away plugins and add-ons for free. Choose the plugin that is right for you, paying attention to which series it is suitable for. As a rule, the information for each plugin specifies the requirements for its installation: some require a gold edition of the game, some require that the official add-ons Shivering Isles, Knights of the Nine or others be installed as well. There are nine official add-ons in total, which can be purchased from game stores. Download the plugin of your choice.
Step 2
Open the folder where you downloaded the plugin archive. Simultaneously open the folder where the game is installed. Find the Data folder in the game folder. Move all files from the archive with the plugin to this folder. If the archive also has a folder called Data, open it and drag it to the Data folder of the game.
Step 3
If you are asked about overwriting files while recording, click Yes, for all. Do not worry if the files are overwritten, nothing will be lost, the plugin can only add its own files, but not erase the existing ones. The exception is mods - replayers and retextures that replace textures in the game with their own. In this case, the existing textures will be deleted, and the new ones will be recorded.
Step 4
Check if all files from the archive have been copied to the Data folder. If the archive contained files with the esp / esm extension, then they must also be activated. To do this, go from the Data folder to the shared folder with the game, find the OblivionLauncher.exe shortcut and click on it. A menu will open, in which the second item will be "Data files" (may be called differently depending on the version of the game). Click on this item - a list of all data files will open, among which you need to find the file with the esp / esm extension that was in the archive with your plugin. By selecting it, you will see its description in the window on the right. Check the box for this file and click "OK".
Step 5
Open the game as usual. When loading, you may see a message about loading the corresponding plugin. The plugin is installed and you can play.
Step 6
If an error appears when loading the game, then the plugin is not intended for this version of the game, or already installed plugins conflict with it. Buy a different version of the game, checking which plugin is suitable for, or disable existing plugins that do not work with this.
Step 7
There is an option to install plugins using a special program Oblivion Mod Manager, available for free download. The program allows you to easily and quickly install plugins, textures, mods, as well as change the order of their loading into the game, which will avoid conflicts. In this case, even conflicting plugins can be installed. There are also programs Better Oblivion Sorting Software and Wrye Bash, the first allows you to validate textures, the second - to create a plugin that combines all the changes of other plugins so as not to start a new game.
